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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1959
Page
3
A jovial 110th anniversary exchange between an elderly couple recalls long journeys and old technology. The husband teases about stagecoaches and clippers while the wife jokes about finances and a future with television and radio.
Richmond AP reports Southern Railway president Harry A. Debutts signals the company may oppose the proposed merger of Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line Railroads. He also doubts the SAL-ACL plan, suggesting it could hurt the Southern. ICC approval remains for Virginian and Norfolk and Western merger.
In Geneva at the Big Four meeting Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, acting as chairman, called on East German spokesman Lothar Bolz before U S Secretary of State Christian A. Herter could speak. Western ministers called it a double cross and said they would protest if repeated.
The Richmond Symphony Orchestra receives a 6050 grant from the Old Dominion Foundation to cover half of next season’s out-of-town concert costs. Plans include performances in Charlottesville on Oct 29 and at William and Mary Williamsburg Sweet Briar College and Longwood College Farmville with a youth concert in development. Local communities will fund the other half of the expenses for the 85‑piece ensemble.
The Virginia AFL-CIO protested National Guard use in the Harriet-Henderson cotton mill strike in Henderson North Carolina. The group urged President Eisenhower to influence an end to federal arms and equipment in breaking the strike.
A list style crossword clue set featuring terms like Old Irish and diseases, with entries such as having bluish eyes, paradise, and rabba across hints including Moslem title and sea eagle. The fragmented clues cover across entries 1 19 24 25 27 28 33 34 35 40 41 42 43 with varied definitions.
Overflowing irrigation water undermined a country road in Salt Lake City Utah creating a 30 foot deep 67 by 42 foot hole. Farmer Kingi Kuru mada 74 died after his car plunged in while returning from chores. A newspaper delivery boy said the road was fine three hours earlier.
Harry L. Smith aged 44 will become public information director for the Virginia Department of Education on June 1. He has led public information for the State Highway Department seven years and will also assist with publications and other assignments from the State Superintendent. Smith is a Staunton native, Washington and Lee graduate, and previously worked for the Times-Herald and Times-Dispatch. He is married to Cary Louise Gilman and has two daughters.
The daily word challenge promotes building a broader vocabulary by mastering one term each day. Today's choice is comity meaning politeness and courtesy, with a pronunciation note and a usage example illustrating its proper context.
RICHMOND AP rules for Nicaea state scholarship program will be adopted at the State Board of Education meeting. Dr. Davis Y. Paschall said action on tuition grants under the old law will be completed at the May 28 session, with the new regulations to follow in June. About 1,000 old grant applications remain.
In Falls Mills, a leaking coal furnace flue sent carbon monoxide into a residence, nearly killing Mrs. Samuel Graham Hedrick and her daughter Nancy Carroll Thompson. Both women were hospitalized after being overcome. a rotted pipe connected to the furnace caused the incident.
Virginia spring graduations begin with theology degrees as clergy members, including statements of gospel faith, addressed by an attorney and fundamental beliefs. The ceremony marks a religious education milestone in Richmond.
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