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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1959
Page
3
First choice: Second choice: Tear out and mail to Calendar Girl, Winchester Evening Star, Winchester, Va. No facsimile ballots will be accepted. Envelope must be postmarked no later than midnight Wednesday, June 24.
A HAL BOYLE column sketches a string of quirky facts and wry observations on life. It notes pianos with about 7,500 parts versus cars, long-lived women, teen earnings, and humorous anecdotes about secretsaries and romance.
Las Vegas AP reports first full scale test of atomic Kiwi-A rocket engine at Jackass Flats Nevada. Four minutes on a railroad flatcar produced four white plume effects while air samples were taken for radioactivity and heat impact. Kiwi-A, heavier than practical rockets, aims to guide smaller future engines.
Fred Boulineau of Hyattsville Maryland formerly of this city has been promoted to assistant controller of the Hot Shonnes chain headquartered in Washington He is married to the former Miss Lizanne Pinsley of 1920 West Monmouth Street and is a member of the Washington Board of Trade the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Maryland and District of Columbia Associations of Certified Public Accountants.
The body of 48 year old Oscar Rufus Zigler was found in a wooded area near Winchester. He lived at 306 Bellview Ave and had left home Saturday morning. Survived by wife Gladys Bly, mother Mrs Mary Mills Zigler Curtis, son Wayne Zigler, and sister Mrs Douglas Sirbaugh, funeral set for Tuesday at 3 30 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Robert A Whitten officiating. Burial in Mt Hebron.
Clara Guillemont Despecher, 77, former personal secretary to Gen. John J. Pershing, died Saturday. She served as secretary at the American Embassy in Paris for 25 years between the wars.
Across clues include Soapstone Step Craze Beetle Fencing swords Mentions Coin Jap Young child and more. Down entries note Solar deity Undere bridge Bolivian Once more Hiawatha's tent and Biblical terms with varied spellings.
A compact crossword clue set lists Upright 35, Animal fat 36, Infant 38, Gaelic name 42, and English river 44 with no solution provided. The item reads like a puzzle snippet or clue header from a newspaper page segment.
A bust of Col. John S. Mosby was presented to the United Daughters of the Confederacy Museum in Front Royal yesterday by Beverly M. Coleman, Mosby’s living grandson. The museum dedication is set for next Sunday at 2 p.m. Senator Strom Thurmond will deliver the keynote address on the lawn of the Blathis House, followed by a noon dinner at the Virginia Gentleman Restaurant.
In Port au Prince a fire that leveled a wing of the main army barracks behind the National Palace raised tensions as soldiers and tanks lined the streets. Firemen battled the blaze for more than two hours. officials attributed the fire to a short circuit.
Fort Worth Texas AP The story says a child burned to death on Sunday while babysitter Valerie Pool rescued his brother Kathy Gail and Ricky from a second floor bedroom. Stephen eight was missing and found wedged between a wall and his bed near the back door.
Dr. Samuel Ramos Magana a 62 year old professor at the University of Mexico and highly regarded philosopher died after a heart attack Saturday night in Mexico City A death notice confirms his passing and stature in Mexican academia.
Millions of Chinese work on hastily built river dikes across Kwangtun and Kwangsi in a bid to halt what may be the century’s greatest flood. The Pearl River delta floods are forecast to peak along west and north rivers by Tuesday or Wednesday. Peiping radio cites 12 inches of rain in Kwangsi from June 15 to 21 damaging 250000 acres.
Carl Walter Shatto aged 54 a longtime Chicago Tribune sport staffer died Sunday after a heart attack. He previously served as sports editor of the Cleveland Press and worked for the Sharon Telegraph and the Pittsburgh Press.
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