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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1947
Page
5
Present and past rainfall data show 24 hour precipitation at .001 inches, year to date 2.02 inches, and 34 year average annual rainfall at 36.30 inches. Monthly averages from 1913 to 1946 list values from January 2.45 inches to December 1.97 inches. Data is courtesy of the Winches' Research Laboratory.
Walter S. Hallanan chairman of the National Petroleum Council urged a Senate appropriations panel to reverse a House vote cutting $245 000 for the Interior Department oil and gas division He argued the cut rests on a false view that the division only serves the petroleum industry and that wasteful spending should be stopped.
An agency described shortages in petroleum products that threaten essential military needs and stressed the duty to protect American security. The speaker urged prioritizing national defense in addressing supply gaps.
Bradley Casteel compared his age to 23 by sisters while in Wise Virginia as he met attorney Fred B Creear to decide next steps in the Bone Hollow grave case after traveling from Norfolk to the area.
Police say a 26 year old Baltimore woman was shot to death and buried six years earlier. The suspect, a former coal miner, denied speaking until hiring an attorney. He was jailed in Wise on suspicion of murder as detectives and residents followed the case. The sisters recalled injuries but disputed the war wound claim.
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