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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1955
Page
13
In Jay Oklahoma the FBI joined a widening hunt for 44 year old Leota Werner charged with murdering her third husband, a 310 pound chef. The badly decomposed body of Joseph Werner was found on a 30 acre tract near Oklahoma's northeast border and buried in unslaked lime.
About 150 people attended the third annual 4-H Commercial Steer and Lamb Sale at the Farmers' Livestock Exchange on U.S. Rt. 56. 18 grain finished steers and 104 market lambs raised by 4-H members from six northern Virginia counties were sold, with top pens bought by Robert Hemp of Frederick, Md., and others including James Heidrick of Mine Run Va., and Thompson's Grocery of Berryville. The show and sale were led by Frederick County Agent John T. Wolfe and 4-H Livestock specialist Hugh E. Henderson of VPI. Prices ranged from about 19.75 to 39.50 per hundredweight, reflecting market conditions.
A 27 year old woman Miss Sarah Fly pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the December Nashville club killing of William D. Fernandez. An all male Criminal Court jury sentenced her to one day in jail, with she serving 12 hours in a private cell before release.
The Virginia vaccination group presses for public publicity and local oversight to curb abuses while backing Dr. Salk’s formula as safe. Doubts linger on second-shot availability with June arrival hoped after Eli Lilly supply delays, leaving schools and clinics uncertain.
Government property valued at 155 billion dollars is kept in warehouses around the world, excluding farm products or strategic stockpiles. The armed forces account for nearly 99 percent of government purchases and stockpiles.
Funeral services for Mrs. Hilda Clark Burner 40 of Whitacre were at Redland Methodist Church Whitacre. She died Friday after a year of declining health. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery Whitacre. Survived by husband Eugene and children Paul Alfred Betty James Reva plus five sisters and one brother.
All types of personnel parachutes undergo rigorous jump tests before acceptance. High speed photographs capture evidence of parachute behavior from exit to full inflation during the critical deployment period.
Mrs. Paul Terretta and Mrs. Charles Lyles finished first in the regular duplicate contract bridge event at the George Washington Hotel. Runners up were Mr. and Mrs. T G Scully with third place earned by Mrs. Gordon Harman and Mrs. David Gross. The Monday event is open to all players and held weekly at 8 p.m.
State Police report one more traffic death, bringing Virginia's 1955 toll to 265. Lillian Iris Battle, 6, of Louisa, was struck by a car on U S 33 about three miles west of her home.
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