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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1947
Page
4
Howard Hughes demonstrates a lightweight radar system weighing under 16 pounds that warns pilots of terrain within 2,000 feet and can be set to 500 feet for landings. He plans to install it on all TWA planes, offer it to other airlines at cost, and extend it to private flyers once airline needs are met.
The article traces how White House press conferences evolved from Woodrow Wilson to Franklin D. Roosevelt and beyond. It notes early restrictions, Harding era routine, Coolidge requiring pre submitted questions, Hoover discomfort, FDR openness and petulance, and the lasting tradition of accessible presidents and media scrutiny.
The Richmond News Leader urges Tidewater residents to explore Southwest Virginia this summer. The writer praises the region’s mountains valleys and towns and notes easy access from Roanoke via the New River corridor. It highlights hospitality and affordable hotels and invites Tidewater vacationists to discover the Highlands and Cumberland Gap route.
Orchardists faced a brief frost scare last week but report little damage to apples or peaches. Six weeks of consistently cold weather delayed development, helping crop prospects in Augusta and neighboring counties. Peach prices for summer look uncertain as bumper crops in Georgia and the Carolinas may depress returns at market.
Barbourville Ky Advocate notes warm weather drives a quip about fashion. The old meanie jokes that a girl buying slacks need not have all wool fabric but often require a yard wide fit.
Wayne Omps announces the purchase of the Fred Robinson residence on N Braddock Street to convert it into a funeral home. Also noted are local oddities and incidents including a Zeppelin tragedy and various community updates from 1946.
An impoverished elderly woman lived in a squalid home yet depicted a serene faith. She rejected pity, credited her happiness to blessings, and believed a powerful God guides a managed universe despite poverty.
A quiz page asks seven questions about NMU population state of the union Universalist Church Transvaal cipher ween French naval base scuttling during World War II Whitney Mount Whitney and a correction to a sentence about the committee’s decision.
Fred A. Whitacre was unanimously re elected school trustee by the Frederick County School Trustee Electoral Board. The appointment runs for four years from July 1 following a meeting held last week in Frederick.
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