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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1954
Page
1
Fewer injuries and arrests marked the festival two days with the chief of police noting orderly crowds and only 20 arrests mostly for drunkenness. Five traffic accidents occurred with three injuries and one minor injury in Clearbrook. Memorial Hospital treated few injuries. two admissions.
Prize winners announced in the Antique Car Division of the Grand Feature parade at Apple Blossom Festival. Judging concluded before 2 pm with ribbons for first through third places. Winners include 1907 Shad, 1906 Wayne, 1907 Hupmobile, 1913 Hupmobile, 1921 Dodge Touring, 1923 Chevrolet Touring, 1911 Rolls Royce, and more across multiple classes.
Winchester floats dominated the Grand Feature Parade taking five of eight awards. Kiwanis Club won Artistic Division first prize, $250, Junior Chamber of Commerce second prize, and Exchange Club fourth prize while Front Royal Junior Chamber won third prize. Commercial division awarded Myrtle Beach SC Chamber first prize, Duff’s Diner Winchester second, Joseph Ney and Co Harrisonburg third, and Glaize and Brother Winchester fourth. The event lasted about three hours with top drum major and majorette honors to entrants from Milton PA, Martinsburg WV, and Arlington County. High School bands from John Marshall Richmond Giles County and Charles Town also placed. Continued on Page 2 Col 5.
A 41 year old former roomer blew up a Dearborn hotel killing himself and injuring five of the 90 occupants. The blasts damaged 18 of 146 rooms and left a 25 by 15 foot hole in the Tuxedo Hotel. Police identified the dead as John Sustersic a former coal miner from Cairn Brook Pennsylvania and said he set off the charges. The note in his room spoke of having peace and revenge. Five victims were treated and released. Vilga said Sustersic learned dynamite use in coal mines and had planned the act for weeks.
In Geneva U S Secretary of State Dulles and Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov met privately to push Eisenhower plan for an international atomic energy pool. It was their second session since the conference opened last Monday on Far Eastern questions. The talks were kept secret as Molotov indicated Russia would respond to the U S concrete proposals presented March 19.
City crews cleared parade routes and downtown streets of more than 30 tons of paper after two days of Apple Blossom Festival celebrations. Work began at 3 a.m. and by mid morning the downtown area was nearly clear, with crews planned to resume cleanup at 5 a.m. tomorrow.
Sen Mundt says a move may come to narrow the public probe of the McCarthy army dispute. The hearings have run seven days under oath with no sign of a consensus. Stevens testified he told McCarthy of plans to relieve Maj Gen Kirke B Lawton at Ft Monmouth, a radar center tied to the espionage inquiry.
Grace A. Taylor 64 and her son John M. Taylor 44 died yesterday evening within hours of each other. Grace Taylor of 22 S. Braddock St. was found in the backyard after reportedly falling from a porch and died at Memorial Hospital at 9:35 p.m. John Taylor of 248 Shawnee Ave. died at home about 8 p.m. Both were Presbyterians and local plumbers by trade. funeral services set for Monday at 11 a.m. at Kurtz Funeral Home with burial in Mt. Hebron.
Sullivan and Ed Sullivan joined Queen Shenandoah XXVII Patricia Ann Priest and 36 princesses in the grand feature parade ending the Apple Blossom Festival. Officials say about 150000 people attended the two day event with crowds larger than prior years. Sullivan praised Winchester hospitality and hinted at comments on Toast of the Town.
The largest Firemen's Parade in this region drew 231 units and a 45 minute fireworks display at Handley campus on Thursday. Miss Rose Marie Meadows was honored as honorary chief among 23 out of town chiefs in a beauty contest at City Hall. Prizes were awarded to multiple fire companies and school bands, with regional and out of town entrants noted.
The Soviet air force dominated the May Day parade with a sweeping jet bomber and 175 new jet fighters making a dramatic public debut over Red Square. Premier Malenkov and Soviet leaders watched as Western observers hailed the new aircraft as highly capable and potentially weaponizable.
May Day observed with peace appeals from both sides of the Iron Curtain. Moscow showcased a military parade led by Marshal Bulganin, while West Europe saw Communist and Socialist rallies. In Tokyo 400000 protested hydrogen bomb tests, and in Rome a large Rome Chamber of Labor rally took place amid broader observances.
Greek officials reported that earthquakes in Central Greece killed 20 people and injured 130 with over 25 000 left homeless. The initial toll rose from earlier estimates of 150 as aftershocks continued and Volos received royal inspection.
Danville's captain of detectives L ink has been discharged for conduct unbecoming an officer tied to license tags on a private car from a stolen auto. Police Chief J C Garrett cited failure to follow orders and unpaid debts as embarrassing to the department. Link is brother to Commonwealth's Atty Eugene A Link. The officer helped lead a recent vice probe and a $33,000 bank robbery case.
At least 11 small tornadoes hit eastern Iowa injuring nine. The Lester Bahr family of La Fayette had their home demolished with all five members hospitalized after being hurled 100 feet. La Fayette suffered heavy damage while Cedar Rapids faced street flooding and a darkened city as a power transformer was struck.
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