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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1952
Page
10
Yes. The spinet now at Mount Vernon was ordered by George Washington for his wife's granddaughter Nelly Custis, linking the instrument to the Washington family.
A brief notice reports that Dr Daniel Wallace Doctor has just graduated from the New York Medical College in New York City.
A dense list of broadcast slots from 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. features ABC NBC CBS and local programs. Notable entries include This I Believe Music and Al Helfer Sporte plus Gun Smoke Drama Judy Canova and Grand Ole Opry with a mix of news commentary, dance orchestras, and variety shows.
A dense listing of afternoon and evening radio and TV programs across channels with schedules for music, drama, news, and entertainment. Includes military topic mention of the flaming onion napalm device, its Australian development, field tests, and use in Korea.
The state now charging the highest gasoline tax is Louisiana with a cents a gallon rate. By September 1, 1952, Labor Day, the rate will drop to seven cents, a level already matched by several states.
Hollywood column notes Angela Lansbury, London born, seeks to be liked for her own personality not just for roles. She recalls being trained to act under many disguises and recalls NA amdoms and past MGM career while emphasizing a wish to show true self and not rely on neurotic characterizations.
Miss Lansbury contemplates a straight play or a musical in New York with singing lessons three or four days weekly. She will tour eastern summer theatres for nine weeks in The Gramercy Ghost with her four months-old son Anthony Peter and a nurse. husband Peter Shaw stays in Hollywood as his agent duties continue.
Mr and Mrs Francis S Reed of Mattoon Illinois moved to Mt Carmel Illinois in a covered wagon. They traveled 100 miles in four days to bring their home furnishings ahead by truck and take the wagon relic and horse with them.
Reports from Red China say the Communists are stepping up their campaign to gain control over teachers in South China. Communists bosses in Canton will give tests to 1 000 teachers to check political ideas. Similar efforts are under way in North China.
An Illinois air marker directs pilots to an airport that no longer exists in Du Quoin. The town’s only airport closed May 1, yet two months later state painters covered a building with a large yellow and green symbol pointing to the former airstrip.
An observer claims Ethiopians routinely kiss on the streets and church walls, with triple cheek kisses and much mouth kissing widespread. Doctors warn such habits may spread syphilis already prevalent in the country.
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