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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1955
Page
4
Maj J W Huffman chief of the St Louis Army medical depot stock control division says 11 000 bottles of quinine sulfate tablets were burned last month because surplus sale was not economical. Each bottle held 1000 five grain tablets. cost 28050 dollars with a current value 7920 dollars. He notes no Army or federal demand and that a lab analysis would be required before any surplus sale.
Mr and Mrs Daniel Salk the 65 year old parents of Dr Jonas E Salk discoverer of the antipolio vaccine have been named Jewish Parents of the Year by the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York.
The report shows stockholders, labor leaders and tax collectors buoyed as profits climb 27 percent from last year. First-quarter cash dividends reach 21.3 billion dollars, with reserves for federal taxes rising by almost 500 million. March orders total 29 billion, five billion above last year, hinting at stronger months ahead.
The text notes that as new orders materialize into sales in coming months, the government will collect about half the profit as corporate income tax. It emphasizes timing and anticipated tax revenue from these future transactions.
Frosted glass on a Capitol door shattered yesterday. Rep. Edna Kelly suffered a facial cut and received first aid. The incident appears caused by a loose crew head on the heavy grillwork holding the glass.
Emergency guidance lists the number 3670 to contact four physicians. In urgent care, call this line for physician access and immediate medical coordination. This compact directive emphasizes rapid physician contact in crises.
Wrecking crews worked to clear the Norfolk and Western main line two miles east of Wakefield Sussex County after 37 loaded freight cars derailed from Train 84 en route Cincinnati to Norfolk at about 8 35 p m No injuries were reported the cause not yet determined but a journal rung off overheating bearing was suspected Both tracks were damaged trains rerouted via Seaboard Airline from Petersburg Crewe and Norfolk crews were called to the scene with an estimated 12 hours or more to finish repairs
Gen. George S. Patton Jr. lies buried in the American Cemetery of Hamm a few miles outside Luxembourg City. The site enjoys extra territorial rights for 99 years.
The Rev. A H Brown of Berryville will show pictures and lecture on his Holy Land trip at Rest Church Sunday at 7 30 p m. The Rest Quartet and Paynes Chapel choir will perform musical numbers.
Makenia Harman of 629 Watson Ave is fined $10.25 for drunkenness. William Everhart of 119 W Boscawen St is fined $14.25 for drunkenness. William Bryant Breckenridge of 309 N Kent St is fined $10.25 for drunkenness.
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