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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1951
Page
10
Maria Eva Duarte de Peron born May 7 1919 in Los Toldos Argentina. She became Eva Peron wife of Argentina's president and influential figure in social policy. Previously a radio and film star, she married in 1945 and has remained a focus of world press attention.
In 1922 the United States saw its first life saved by a parachute when Lt. Harold R. Harris jumped from a wrecked plane over Wright Field and was saved.
Radio listings show a dense May 7 lineup from 6:00 PM through 11:00 PM. Programs include News for 15 Minutes, Sports Music Time, Three News and Commentary, Beulah's Skit, Dinner Date, Lone Ranger Drama, One Man's Family, Gordon MacRae Show, Barrow Concert, Talent Scouts, and Boston Pops with various stations and hosts listed.
Winchester Presbytery sponsors two Vacation Church School Institutes for western and eastern sections. May 10 at Keyser Presbyterian Church and May 11 at Winchester Presbyterian Church include 2 PM sessions and an 8:15 PM closing, with devotionals and age group conferences. Supper at 5:30, leadership training for Bible schools, with Rev J C B McLaughlin leading the dedication service.
President Truman’s address on civilian defense will be broadcast tonight by NBC CBS and MBS radio and NBC TV. Earlier today Secretary Marshall spoke at 1 30 pm and Gov Warren of California is slated for Tuesday at 2 pm. Broadway Open House faces changes as Lester Delugg Dagmar stay with the show for now though schedule shifts reduce the run to three nights weekly after May 25.
A dense schedule of day and night programs across WNEW Channel 6 features Footlight Theater The Lost Will at 6, Ladies in Retirement at 9 30, President Truman at 10 30, Broadway Open House at 11, and Late News at 12. The lineup includes Space Cadet Muppet Captain Video Your Civil Defense Film Shorts Al Morgan Show Wrestling and multiple talk and variety shows with hosts Dick Noel William Holden Mary Sinclair and Perry Como among others.
Walker Mcc Bond chairman of the supervisors of Lord Fairfax Soil Conservation District was principal speaker at morning services of the Lutheran Church New Market Sunday April 29. He spoke on soil stewardship and the district distributed 300 copies of a leaflet Soil Stewardship Sunday May 20 1951.
Public safety notice urges careful driving and adherence to speed limits to cut traffic crashes. Campaign stresses responsible behavior by motorists, pedestrians, and cyclists alike.
Hollywood columnist details Cecil B. DeMille staging a life like train crash for The Greatest Show on Earth. On set are real and fake cars, a trapped Charlton Heston, and a faux fire lighting the wreckage while Mel Koontz and animal trainer work to heighten tension. Jimmy Stewart visits between scenes. Gloria Grahame leads an elephant to lift wreckage.
Virginia travel leaders tour North Carolina May 6 to 10 to promote cross state tourism. George Summerson leads delegates from Bristol and other regions meeting travel executives in Greensboro Asheville Charlotte and Raleigh to boost year round Southerntidewater attractions. They showcase motion pictures to encourage reciprocal visits among travelers and highlight historic shrines and resorts.
Navy Sea Rescue Mane has documented a Chinese seaman who survived 133 days adrift on a small life raft in the mid Atlantic drinking rain water and eating fish. During World War II Army filers drifted 83 days in the Pacific before rescue.
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