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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1959
Page
7
Rabies is a deadly disease spread by saliva from bites or licks from infected animals. Immediate medical care is advised for any bite and the health department should be notified for confinement and evaluation.
The Shenandoah Valley Amateur Radio Club held its annual field day on a hillside two miles north of Route 50. About 30 members camped and 15 stayed overnight as 50 000 to 75 000 hams nationwide joined to test emergency communications readiness. The group logged over 300 contacts including operators in Florida New England Illinois Michigan and Maine using a jointly owned truck and generator. The club founded in 1947 after a Capital Air Lines crash near Lovettsville, operates as a non profit inviting licensed operators. FCC licenses govern entries with local exams for novice and technician classes conducted in Winchester.
In Caledonia New York two boys on a fishing trip were struck by a freight train. Paul Lathan aged 7 fell into a creek died on his birthday. William Hayward aged 8 was dragged to death by the engine after clinging to a catwalk. Norman Lathan, the father, shouted for them to cross to safety before the train passed.
A compact puzzle item listing clues for a crossword style grid. It presents numbered entries such as 44 and 47 with brief prompts like Little girl s children and City official, plus additional down clues for 1 and 2 region and trays for bricks.
The article notes grants of restricted Morse code licenses at five words per minute and a general class license without band limits renew able every five years. It mentions an FCC examination in Washington and a 13 wpm test. It recalls a Peters, West Virginia flood relief where Ira Sirbaugh helped establish communications.
The club sets up a base station to field broom sale calls and dispatches cars on frequency orders. Nearest car to origin delivers. Red Cross aid uses similar method, election returns from districts with no phone and residents contact family members overseas in the armed forces.
Johnston's No-Roach offers a modern brush-on method to eliminate roaches and ants. The product is advertised as safe at Safeway and other retailers including Peep Grant's Rhodes Martin's Boyd's and similar outlets, distributed by Gilpin Dist and Strother.
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