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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1956
Page
3
Donald Johnson and Albert Prevost faced fines of 200 dollars plus costs after stealing five gallons of fuel from a coal company in Cadiz. Police said the men intended gasoline but took diesel oil, causing their car to stall and leading to arrest.
President Eisenhower urges a wide observance of September 17 to deepen national appreciation of the Constitution and the heritage it secures for all citizens.
Sen. Alan Bible said he will seek renomination in the Sept. 4 primary to fill the unexpired term of the late Sen. Pat McCarran. He had earlier suggested retirement unless the party urged him to run.
Mr. Brooks named manager of Winchester Creamery filling the vacancy caused by the death of Marion Weaver of Harrisonburg. Brooks, raised on a dairy, has worked with Blue Ribbon Creamery and other Virginia dairy firms. He married Elsie Brewer, has two children, bought a Virginia Avenue home, and plans to move in within about 60 days. He is a South Hill High School graduate and studied dairy courses at VPI. His family will join Braddock Street Methodist Church.
The State Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission called for volunteers to hunt bats after a bat that bit two people tested rabid. Bats killed are sent to state labs for study as rabies carriers. Dr. C. L. Mayfield noted bat rabies is rare in humans.
Mary Roberts Rinehart, nearing 80, endures writer's cramp yet cherishes a 24 year old fountain pen. The pen, kept in a bedside box, fuels her craft as she recalls a life of tragedy, success and resilience, writing 2000 to 6000 words daily while noting a world she sees as chaotic in 1956.
Edward Leo Williams, a 27 year old ex convict, confessed to fatally shooting Tommie Robert Cooke, 24, a Tulsa minister who had been missing since Sunday. Cooke, assistant pastor at Glenwood Baptist Church, allegedly picked up Williams for a ride near Taft Oklahoma, where the slaying occurred after a gunpoint theft at Talihina. Williams led authorities on a Kiowa Mountain search before his capture.
John Cussen, a representative of White-Weld, will speak at the Kiwanis Club luncheon tomorrow at 12 15 p m in the George Washington Hotel. He will discuss investments.
Abe Zirk of Capon Bridge was charged with drunkenness and fined $14.75. Harry Keckley of 550 North Loudoun Street faced assault and battery with a $31.25 fine. Julia M Richardson of 664 North Loudoun Street cited for no city auto tag with a $9.25 fine.
Harold Walters was installed as president of the Middletown Lions Club at a dinner at the Old Mill in Strasburg. District Governor James Newkirk presided as installing officer, with officers named for two and one year terms and a post-dinner dance completing the event.
KEARNEY Neb. The city council learned there is brisk demand for used railroad locomotives. It asked Union Pacific for a retired engine to place in a city park, but the railroad said supplies are exhausted due to prior city demands.
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