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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 10, 1950

Page

14

Wage Hikes For 1800 Rail Workers In Arbitration

In Philadelphia 1800 employees of the Pennsylvania Railroad and its subsidiary Baltimore and Eastern Railroad receive wage increases of two to three cents an hour after a three man arbitration board ruling filed in U S District Court. The decision covers signalmen telegraph and telephone construction and maintenance workers and also improves working conditions and equalizes Western pay with eastern standards.

Philadelphia Pennsylvania Railroad Baltimore and Eastern Railroad U. S East

Evening 6 News Schedule Highlights a Busy Local Lineup

Evening schedule lists 6:00 news and silent hour blocks, 6:15 sports discussion, 7:00 Frank Ginatre Beulah News, 7:18 Jack Smith Show, 7:46 News commentary, 8:00 Dick Powell drama and quiz, 9:00 Break the Bank and Groucho, 9:30 District Attorney and Bing Crosby, 10:00 Big Story drama, 11:00 News and dancing hour with various program notes.

Mbs-East Mbs-West Nbe Cbs Frank Ginatre Abe Beulah Cbe Abe Mbs Abe Jack Smith Ity Playboys Abe Rosby Cbs Me Cb 5 Dick Powell Abc Mr. Chameleon Cbs Doc LQ Great Gildersleeve Hannibal Cobb Abe Bing Crosby Cbs Buzz Adlam Abe Borns and Allen Cbs N Trial News Cbs News News & Variety

Evening TV Schedule Highlights for Local Stations

Channel lineups show Footlight Theater Kukla Fran Ollie Roberta Quinlan and more across WNEW WTTG WMAL WWAL with sports news and late night programs listed through 11:00 PM including boxing weather and weather updates.

WNEW Channel 4 Footlight Kukla, Fran Ollie Roberta Quinlan Break the Bank Dateline WMAL Frontier Theater Telenews Gibbons Shop By TV Turner’s

Virginia Highway Dept Sets Plan to Ease Overloading

The State Highway Department announced a drive to regulate loadings with seven round the clock truck weighing stations to be online by year end. Three permanent scales near completion on U S 1 in Prince William County U S 13 on the Eastern Shore and U S 301 south of the Potomac. Additional stations on U S 50 U S 11 U S 58 and U S 11 Roanoke will start soon with two roving eight party teams and State police armed with portable scales. The last known passenger pigeon died in 1914.

Richmond State Highway Department Virginia U.S. 1 Woodbridge Prince William County U.S. 13 Maryland Line Potomac River Bridge King George County Middleburg U. S. 11 Middletown U.S. 58 Suffolk U.S. 11 Roanoke

City Budget and Appropriations Details

The report lists city budget items with current vs prior year figures including maintenance, street work, libraries, parks, and utilities. It notes capital outlay under budget, debt service mainly for the sewage plant, and anticipated receipts from property taxes licenses fees fines and intergovernmental funds to balance expenditures. It also mentions Handley tuition and park sewering initiatives as budget shifts.

City Hall George Washington Hollingsworth House Steck Handley ABC Handley Fund

City Budget Totals and Teaching Salaries Rise

The city budget totals 301500 with 164000 funded by the city. this is a 14500 increase over the current year. Schools propose a budget 18800 above 1949 50 with 13590 of the rise asked for teacher salaries. The document notes ancient proof by casting out nines and sevens. Hippolytus, bishop of Portus Romae, linked to early use of this method. The spa term from Belgium city noted for mineral springs discovered in 1326.

Hippolytus Portus Romae Italy Belgium

Beach area refinements eyed for ship access inquiry

A town official and Mayor Brewington discussed refinements for beach facilities and a potential ship-to-shore shuttle. They declined details beyond noting local property owners along the beach and said no application has been filed to use the town pier as embarkation.

Brewington

Central School Plan Opposed In Shenandoah

About 400 Shenandoah County residents voted to oppose consolidating six high schools into one central high school. They endorsed preserving the current system and supporting using funds for improving existing school plants. The mass meeting at the Methodist Church named a five member committee to present the action to Governor Battle and the State Department of Education.

Mount Jackson Shenandoah County State Department of Education General Assembly Methodist Church Battle

National AAU Track Championships Set for Washington DC

The national AAU track and field championships will be staged in Washington DC on June 23 and 24. Top athletes from across the country are expected to compete in sprint, distance, and field events at the event.

Washington, D. C

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