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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1952
Page
12
Washington report notes House committees ordered to investigate radio and television content books magazines and comics to determine how much material may be improper or offensive. A nine member panel will review current literature under Speaker Rayburn.
Nine Martin Mariner flying boats will take off from Norfolk on May 16 for a 2,000 mile flight to Coco Solo in the Panama Canal Zone.
A dense listing of day and night programs across WNEW WMAL and WTOP channels. Includes a mix of variety shows, news updates, dramas, comedy, sports, and kids programs with times from 3:00 PM to 11:15 PM. Prominent names include Ralph Edwards Dinah Shore Fulton J Sheen, Aretha Agee, and Milton Berle among others.
The Hetty Purcell case from Lone Marsh District, charged with depriving cattle of sustenance, was appealed from Trial Justice Court. It was set for May 22 at 10 am in Clarke County Circuit Court after a $50 fine and costs were upheld. Purcell offered to pay and withdraw the appeal, but the court denied the request and ordered a jury trial.
The FBI reports the capture of Wade Hanlin as the second gunman in the April 17 Leaksville bank robbery. He was arrested by Petersburg officers while hitchhiking along U S Highway 1 and held for a removal hearing. About $24,000 of the $50,000 loot remains missing with $26,000 recovered after Woodrow Wilson James was arrested in Stokes County.
Clarence Jones, 35, a Black resident, died when a fire destroyed his two story frame house at Meachams River in Albemarle County. His elderly blind father Albert escaped through a first story window as flames raged.
A detailed schedule of radio and television programs for the evening, listing times and show titles such as News Broadcast, Sports Discussion, Jack Smith Show, Cavalcade, Black Museum, Mr. and Mrs. North, Life With Luigi, Fibber and Molly, The Lineup, and News & Variety across networks Abe and related stations.
The Air Force disclosed dimensions showing the YB 60 larger than the YB 52 and released pictures of unpublished details. The YB 52 Strato Fortress goes into production at Boeing in Seattle while no plans were announced for the Convair YB 60 at Fort Worth. Secret remain speed range and other performance figures. The letters Y designate developmental status for B 52 and B 60.
Clarke County High School principal E Miley Jr announces Anne Harris Cooley of Berryville as sponsor for the Common Glory Essay Contest. Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs Juniors and Jamestown Corporation back the event with a $100 prize pool and trips to Williamsburg. Madison College president G Tyler Miller selects three faculty judges. winners to be announced soon.
At Quantico Virginia the body of Sergeant Keastol David Nethers from Nashport Ohio was recovered from the Potomac River after a power driven rowboat capsized. Three Marines drowned Friday. another Marine survived.
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