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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1958
Page
12
Construction of Frank Pacosta’s pool in Elmhurst is paused after workers found a nest of six baby rabbits in a 16 by 34 foot hole. Mrs Padesta calls the sight a good luck omen and agrees to wait while the bunnies move on.
Richmond Virginia advisory legislative council adopts a broad study agenda with 23 resolutions. The panel will consider pari mutuel betting to gauge its legality and impact while planning committees and a new chairman are set for election.
Richmond physician outlines emergency kits and rapid treatment to reduce deaths from insect bites and stings. He cites Virginia deaths, 1955 bite fatalities, and a near fatal deer fly incident of AP chief Frank H. Fuller. Kits include owner instructions and immunization programs for sensitive individuals.
Oscar Levant, recently back from amnesia, rises to TV prominence with a show where he interviews eggheads and entertainers, plays piano, and rambles about poetry and art. He disputes a magazine claim his sobriety cure came from alcohol and discusses psychiatry, hospitals, and his outlook while preparing for NBC appearances and summer concerts.
Ray E. Reid of Richmond resigns as Virginia assistant superintendent to become Arlington County school superintendent. The 53 year old will earn 16500 dollars yearly, starting immediately on a two day per week basis under T Edward Rutter, who resigns July 1 to head Radnor Township schools near Philadelphia.
Lincoln man Jack Coffman aged 27 arrived at a Lincoln hospital with mangled fingers after a power mower accident. He required six stitches in an index finger and was released. Later that day he returned with a severed left toe needing extensive surgery.
I L H Petree reported two young men visited his home with a small dog. One claimed they hit the dog with their car and questioned ownership. While Petree talked, the other man vanished and later Petree found all the gasoline siphoned from his car.
Orrin Stofflet Jr aged 33 rammed a parked car tied to his ex wife’s boyfriend in Madison. He faced $250 in damages and fines and nearly enough points to suspend his license, with potential suspension looming.
Two Warwick fire engines responding to a grass blaze on Midget Avenue diverged and met at the Midget Avenue and Nansauket Road intersection. The crash caused vehicle damage but no injuries reported. The fire remained a minor grass blaze.
TV actress Marjorie Lord 34, known as Danny Thomas TV wife, will marry producer Randolph Hale 47 in Hollywood. Both are widowed with two children each. Lord previously wed actor John Archer and Hale to Jean Gilbert.
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