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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1959
Page
7
The economy surged into summer with strong consumer spending and rising industrial activity. Car sales, textiles, aluminum output, and Great Lakes freight all point to a continued boom barring a steel strike, while Ford and Chevrolet push small car programs to lead the market.
H A Shackelford of Brandon Drive won the grand prize a power mower at the South End Fire Company yard party held Saturday evening. John Kaknis took second prize an electric barbecue grill and Mrs. Raymond Campbell won third prize an aluminum picnic cooler. The event raised about 900 dollars and the company praised contributors and volunteers. In Ithaca New York Cornell University researcher Charles Walcott reports spiders heal with their legs. nerve impulses rise when chimes ring and a leg end acts as an eardrum. Each leg contains about 10 slits tuned to sound frequencies.
George W. Jones a Winchester postal worker of 28 years received U S Patent No 2891504 for a humane dog muzzle that allows panting drinking and eating while preventing bites. The device designed after his experience delivering mail amid many dogs features multiple materials and five views and aims for broad adoption.
NEW YORK AP The Lions Club provided Dr Arthur V Jensen assistant dean and anatomy professor at New York Medical College with a whale brain. Jensen had long sought a whale brain for his studies while Lions members contacted Norwegian whaling fleets in Tonsberg seeking a specimen.
A car backfired through its carburetor causing a small fire at Kent and Cecil Streets last night. The 1956 Chevrolet owned by G L Dick had scorched paint only. Round Hill Fire Company arrived after 9 p.m. to extinguish the brief blaze.
MINNEAPOLIS Luther an Brotherhood, a fraternal life insurance society serving Lutherans, has joined 77 U S firms with one billion dollars or more in force. The society recently passed that mark as it observed its 40th year of operation.
The Pelagos whaling vessel crew arrived with the complete skulls of one female and two male whales in large barrels. The donation came from the Norwegian government and Norwegian America Line. Also, Herman Leopoldi, a 70 year old Austrian composer and performer, died of a heart attack in Vienna.
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