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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1957
Page
10
The Second Bethlehem Church will hold services Sunday starting at 10 30 am 2 30 pm and 7 45 pm Elder R L Fletcher serves as pastor
In fog at Glenview Naval Air Station a twin engine P2V Neptune bomber crashed into a pond during an instrument approach. Ten airmen were injured, six with undisclosed minor injuries treated at the base hospital. Names were not released. The aircraft settled in chest deep water. cause was not immediately known.
A squall line moved across northern Texas bringing heavy rain hail and thunderstorms. One tornado reached the ground but caused no damage while a twister struck near Mineral Wells and another sighting occurred near Lubbock. Flooding hit Lubbock Big Spring and Colorado City with up to four inches of rain.
Members of the Chicago Civil War Round Table left the city this morning on the last leg of a Shenandoah Valley battle grounds tour. About 125 people from three groups attended a dinner at the George Washington Hotel with Hagerstown and local members.
A group from New Market visited battlefields along U S Route 11 including Kernstown and left Winchester this morning. They were to visit Shepherdstown and Antietam, then return to Chicago tomorrow.
Sheckless shredding on the Brillion reduces tough material to short lengths. The unit uses two blade sets with suction action to pick up down material and clear fields quickly. See the features in the brochure.
Special services for the Francis Asbury Methodist Charge have been announced by the Rev. Harry C. Renner. Memorial service at Howard's Chapel at 11 a.m. and another at Shockeysville at 2 30 p.m. Rev. Millard Resis to speak at Shockeysville. J B Armstrong to speak at Lamp's Church at 11 a.m.
Rescuers broke through to a boy trapped in a deep backyard well at 7:10 p.m. Thursday after workmen clawed with bare hands through the last several inches of dirt. The incident unfolded at the Hoopers residence on Long Island with the rescue finally succeeding at 7:30 p.m.
The article notes that many visitors to Jamestown in the coming months should recall the soil there holds the mortal dust of thousands who died there so that a nation, our nation, might live. It frames the site as a testament to sacrifice and national origin.
In Shimoda Japan on May 18 the U S Worcester and attack cargo Tulare held open house for the 104th anniversary of Commodore Perry arriving in Japan. Worcester commander Captain Russell C William led the parade honoring the event.
Herbert Allen, 43, producer of the Bob Crosby and Johnny Carson TV shows, died in a Hollywood hospital from acute hepatitis. He previously worked as an NBC and CBS radio announcer.
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