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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1959
Page
3
Harold G. Brown, president of the bank, said the parking area will be kept for now but that ultimately more drive-in windows may be provided for customers in this area.
The historic Legion pool at 209 N Loudoun St Winchester is being filled to create 12 extra parking spaces for Shenandoah Valley National Bank. Once a Boy Scouts pool opened 1919 and later used by Legion, National Guard, and others the building changes hands several times before Bank acquisition in 1955. Current salvage by Joe Bayliss precedes demolition and paving for parking.
Three Cuban navy personnel arrive in Key West aboard a PT boat after fleeing Fidel Castro's government bringing total up to twelve who sought asylum in the last four days. The men Vicente Carmona y Acosta Modesto Carmona and Bartolomeo Diaz Cruz departed Cuba at midnight Saturday and were handed to Miami immigration authorities as the U.S. Navy took custody of the vessel.
A convent fire in East Riverdale Maryland was ruled arson with $50 damages. A second fire at St Michael's Church in Annandale Virginia caused thousands in damage and was listed as suspicious. Two firefighters were injured as crews tore off the hall roof to control the Annandale blaze.
A frame chicken house on Jacob Randall’s Valley Mill Road burned at 12 05 a m Saturday, destroying 50 baby chicks. Damage estimated 250 to 300 dollars. Firemen listed defective wiring and a 150 watt bulb as likely causes. building not discovered burning until after the blaze.
A joint force of Marines and forest service personnel began mop up operations today for a Camden County forest fire in the Dismal Swamp. The blaze, estimated at 8000 to 10000 acres, started last Thursday and was contained by control lines completed Sunday night between Moyock and South Mills.
U S military personnel recovered the nose cone of a Jupiter rocket fired May 6 from Cape Canaveral 1 500 miles away near Antigua Island. The 60 foot missile was launched over the Atlantic and described as a highly successful flight.
Washington report states John Foster Dulles remains in unchanged condition amid pneumonia and cancer. Eleanor Dulles returns to Washington after Berlin assignment as State Department notes mild pneumonia with normal temperature following treatment.
Front Royal public meetings focus on Warren County schools. Supt. Gasque will answer questions on new General Assembly laws at the Elementary School at 8. An earlier call by Jack Crouse seeks citizen discussion on selling Warren County High School to the Educational Foundation at the Virginia Gentleman Restaurant.
Billy Glenn Newhouse 22 accused of murder kidnapping and rape walked into the St Francois County Jail office with his mother and two aunts nine hours after escaping on Mother's Day He said he returned of his own accord to see his mother amid a manhunt for three accomplices His trial set for Thursday concerns the killing of his uncle last year Also noted is Evelyn Greco a key figure who helped secure his surrender along with a brief stray reference to a 1948 Preakness meet.
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