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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1957

Page

7

City Firemen Answer Two Alarms

City firemen were called to two minor blazes in the area. At 11:40 p.m. a burning awning on 30 E. Picaldilly St. was extinguished after a passerby dumped water on it. the blaze likely started from a lighted cigarette. At 12:35 p.m. Tuesday crews from South End and Friendship fought a marker paint fire at the City Yards, caused by gasoline from cleaning the street machine, with about $50 damage.

Sarah Zane The Valley News E. Pica Dilly St South End Friendship

Russian Freighter Clears Suez Canal

The 8287 ton Kronstadt cleared the Suez Canal, the fifth Soviet ship passage this year, carrying Cuban sugar to Nak hodka on the Sea of Japan. The vessel, escorted through canal waters, follows two other Soviet trips this year with close surveillance.

Panama Kronstadt Panama Canal Nakhodka Sea of Japan

Copters Rescue Four Marooned On Christoval Roofs

Helicopters from Goodfellow and Webb bases rescued at least four residents marooned on rooftops in Christoval Texas after a cloudburst dumped over seven inches of rain. Flooding along Pecan Creek cut the highway and knocked out communications as the line of storms moved eastward across West Texas.

Dallas P Christoval San Angelo Pecan Snyder Big Spring C. F. Wiggins Goodfellow Air Force Base Webb Air Force Base A. G. Stinson Texas

Continental Can workers approve 5 percent pay raise

An agreement granting about 850 union employees at Continental Can Co in Hopewell a 5 percent general pay increase was approved by the workers. Hourly rates will rise by 9 to 28 cents, yielding pay scales from roughly $1.70 to $3.21.

Hopewell Continental Can Co

Weather forecast predicts more warmth and showers tomorrow

The current warm spell continues with today's high reaching 85 degrees and a low of 56. The Associated Press forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and a chance of showers tomorrow. This compares to yesterday's top of 83 and a year ago high of 71 with a low of 26.

Associated Press

Parole Officer Scheduled In Abortion Case

Mrs. Alice Elizabeth Wine 61 of Frederick County pleaded guilty to the second counts of two indictments for abortion related charges. The case, opened by a Corporation Court grand jury in April, involves alleged abortions on February 24 in Hillside Maryland and March 3 in Winchester. Police claim she admitted to 35 to 40 abortions in seven years. She was jailed on $10,000 bond and remains in custody. Defense is by H. R. Kern Jr.

Alice Elizabeth Wine Corporation Court Wine Frederick County Hillside Beautician Winchester

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