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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1956
Page
5
Fifty eight students received degrees during graduation exercises at Union Theological Seminary. Dr. Harry M. Moffett, a Presbyterian minister from Gastonia North Carolina and board of trustees member, delivered the graduation address.
Anita Ekberg a Swedish born 24 year old film star marries British actor Anthony Steel in a stormy Florence ceremony. Police guards were breached by hundreds of Italians and tourists as Mayor Giorgio la Pira presided after delays and threats to cancel the wedding.
Most Winchester stores will shut their doors tomorrow at 1 p.m. following a planned schedule change. Local shoppers are advised to prepare for early closures and check individual store hours for exceptions.
Cairo reports the Soviet Union will deliver an Ilyushin 14 two engine prop plane to Egyptian Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser. The jet formerly used by Bulganin and Khrushchev on the Asian junket last winter becomes standard equipment for Middle East and Asian government heads. The gift continues a pattern after gifts from the trip left Ilyushins for Indian Prime Minister Nehru and Burma Premier U Nu.
Virginia's 1956 traffic toll climbed to 300 with the death of 19 year old Walter Richardson of Indianapolis in a two car crash on U S 60 in Cumberland County. He was riding with Earl Gordon Blair of Louisville in a Norfolk stationed vehicle.
Lincoln Neb Gov Victor Anderson Republican and Frank Sorrell Democratic nominee found the Nebraska primary last week a financial bargain. Anderson reported to the secretary of state that his primary expenses were 10 dollars. Sorrell said he spent nothing as his name was filed by petition and sponsors paid the filing fee. Both had one opponent.
In Detroit a 10-year-old boy William Shelhart tumbled from a moving car while holding a large pizza. His older cousin Thomas A. Esse swerved causing the door to open. the pizza cushioned his fall and he escaped with a bruised knee.
Frederick County police and the state police along with the sheriff are investigating two break-ins. The Bartonsville Mill office was entered after 2 am and its safe removed with its door broken. mill manager J. S. Stover says the books and papers inside are valuable only to staff and a reward is offered. The second break-in occurred at the Buncutter Oil Company bulk plant on Martinsburg Pike around 11:40 pm Saturday with about 300 dollars stolen from the safe.
A funeral service for Mrs. Fannie Carr Eddy of Boyce who died Sunday evening in Kenilworth Nursing Home will be conducted Wednesday at 11 a m at the Jones Funeral Home by Rev. David S Garland. Pallbearers are Oscar M Carr Clay B Carr Donald Levi T Braxton Strode John M Hawkins and John S Anders. Interment will rest at the Jones Funeral Home until the service.
Word has been received of the death of former resident William T. DeWeese who died suddenly yesterday at his home in Oakland Maryland. Death was attributed to a heart attack. A funeral service will be held Wednesday with arrangements incomplete.
Kefauver and Stevenson clashed as moderators and contenders in a televised debate. After the program, both claimed victory, with Kefauver praised for breadth and Stevenson for eloquence. In Florida, the presidential primary shows little excitement with Eisenhower facing nominal opposition.
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