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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1959
Page
6
Saul Pett reports from New York on a London doctor’s claim that some people can get intoxicated by plain water. Nine case histories show water causing slurred speech, drowsiness, and hangover-like effects, provoking humorous warnings about Aquaholics Anonymous and social fallout.
More than 1 000 delegates and guests from Southern states attend the third annual meeting of the Defenders of State Sovereignty and Individual Liberties in Richmond. Speakers include Marvin Griffin Jessica Wyatt Payne and Frank McNamara.
An old advertisement promotes ITCH-ME-NOT external skin irritations with a 15 minute promise. If the itch is not relieved, customers can get 48c back. It claims the medication soothes itch quickly and reveals healthier skin. Boyd Drug Co. is named as the selling point.
The State Corporation Commission approved a charter for the Halifax County Education Foundation to operate private schools primarily in Halifax County. The nonprofit will have a 30 member board with three directors from each of eight county districts and three from South Boston and Halifax.
Nassau leaders urge Duke of Windsor to visit and disclose what he knows about Sir Harry Oakes murder from 1943. Cyril Stevenson says the duke’s involvement hindered the original inquiry and cites Raymond Schindler’s claim of a Bay Street party member as murderer. The case remains unsolved amid royal ties and vast Bahamas wealth.
An electronics engineer, Arthur Herbert Reeser Smith, 50 of Pasadena, was arrested on suspicion of soliciting murder in a scheme to kill a rival for a girlfriend. He paid $500 in two installments to Charles Hitch cock Johnston, 41, also of Pasadena, who claimed to be an ex soldier of fortune hired to kill Joseph D. Reed.
The U S Weather Bureau predicts a 30 day period mid May to mid June with below normal temperatures across the eastern half of the nation and Central Plains. Above normal temperatures expected in the northwest and along the California coast with rainfall above normal from the Central and Southern Plains to the Great Lakes. Subnormal rainfall likely for the Northern Plains far Southwest and east Gulf States with near normal elsewhere.
The Virginia State Highway Department plans economy efforts by ending section-by-section record keeping on secondary roads July 1. Detailed records exist for about 30 000 sections across 40 000 miles. Records will shift to route and activity based data while primary highways retain section-by-section records.
A brief guide notes the common mispronunciation of clairvoyance stressing the second syllable and provides the correct emphasis for the word.
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