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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1957
Page
7
Vienna reports Hungary imposes water rationing with a 10 percent cut in industrial supplies and suspension of washing courtyards and corridors. Streets receive only minimal sloshing and a heavy rain is needed to relieve the shortage.
Pattern advertisement for a women's 8 gore skirt style with tab detail optional. Includes sizes from 30 to 46 inches and fabric yardage for size 30. Instructions printed on pattern parts. requests 35 cents plus 5 cents for mailing to Anne Adams in New York.
Northern Italy battles floods from the Po Centschia Dora and Stura rivers and a rare tornado that killed eight in Cigognala and Rebecco Pavese. Four drowned in past week. 60 hospitalized. Damage estimated at 50 million dollars. An entire family perished in Cigognala as their home collapsed.
Roanoke earned the top national pedestrian safety award in a contest by the American Automobile Association. Virginia cities Petersburg Galax Radford Salem Norfolk Virginia Beach Front Royal received honorable mentions or special citations. G Wise Wescott announced the results in Richmond.
Kathryn Stone of Arlington urged Howard C. Gilmer Jr. to withdraw from the Democratic nomination for attorney general of Virginia citing charges of unethical conduct by the Virginia Association of Life Underwriters. She suggested a 30 day withdrawal to allow others to enter, noting a write-in campaign could renew competition. Gilmer refused to quit. Also answering the Star questionnaire were Harrison Mann William Winston and Thomas J. Broyhill, who supported Gilmer’s candidacy.
Miss Anne Radzewicz 43 secretary to Rep Sadiak of Connecticut was found dead in a Fredericksburg hotel room with a .22 caliber pistol in her hand. Police ruled the death a suicide, noting she had been under medical care in Washington for about two weeks and had purchased the pistol the day before.
A dense slate of evening programs across channels four to seven shows detective dramas, game shows, news, sports, soaps and classic reruns. Highlights include City Detective and Sheriff of Cochise on Channel Four, The Great Gildersleeve and boxing on Channel Five, and Adventures of Robin Hood and Studio One on Channel Thirty Nine with multiple news updates interspersed.
Dr James R York spoke on Summer First Aid at Clarke County Junior Woman's Club held at the Presbyterian church. Betty Lee Tharp received the annual scholarship. A July 3 community building dance for fundraising was announced with tickets available and Paul Sybert providing music. A white elephant sale benefited CARE. Meanwhile Immigration Commissioner Have man projected 1957 outflows: 34 000 Dutch to overseas destinations including 15 000 to Canada 9 000 to Australia 8 000 to the United States 1 600 to South Africa and 1 200 to New Zealand.
The 43rd annual Back Creek District Sunday School Convention will be held June 23 at Gravel Springs Lutheran Church Star Tannery starting at 12 o'clock with a fellowship lunch. Rev E B Smith will give devotions. Frank Himelright will give the welcome address and Garland Arnold will respond. Jean Baker a Bible teacher in Frederick County schools will be guest speaker on The Sunday School Strengthens Faith in God. M A Wiley of Hayfield is president and in charge of the program.
June 15 London dispatch notes cats suffering a deadly influenza outbreak while Britain anticipates a human flu invasion. Experts say the viruses differ and do not jump between species.
Braddock Street Methodist Church hosts daily Vacation Church School from 9 to 11 30 a m June 17 to 28. Programs include Kindergarten Primary and Junior departments with named teachers and supervisors, directed by Mrs Harry E Gregory.
Chelmsford reporters note 11 year old pupils in Essex County answered an exam prompt asking for a word meaning something pleasing to have but not a necessity. Answers included bath brain kiss wife and virtue. The key term given in the book was luxury.
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