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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1956
Page
3
New York producer Ivan Tors who makes Science Fiction Theater aims to create dramatic shows centered on scientific research. He notes younger viewers enjoy plausible progress while older, more skeptical fans doubt it. He cites Project Moonlight with magnesium flares as real progress toward artificial sunlight.
A truck with a failing air brake system avoided a truck trap on Raton Pass after a car blocked the trap. The driver slowed enough to steer around the final curve before Raton. Officials found youths had blocked the trap and urged principals to warn students to stay away.
Next Wednesday is Memorial Day. Be sure your car and tires are safe before starting on a holiday trip.
Northwestern University professor Bergent Evans told a National Congress of Parents and Teachers banquet that college costs rise to 16 000 for two through college at 2000 a year and threaten most families. He warned medical training is increasingly unaffordable for working-class sons and urged closer ties to state funding as democracy shifts toward socialism.
The National Board of Fire Underwriters reports U S fire losses for the last year reached about 885 million dollars, up 15 million from the previous year. Smoking remains the main cause, followed by electricity misuse as the leading source of total losses.
The tax-fixing trial of Irving Sachs associate Matthew J. Connelly and T Lamar Caudle was paused after attorney Harry S Schwimmer fell ill with an anginal attack. Judge Rubey M Hulen excused jurors pending update on Schwimmer's condition as the case concerns a government fraud plot linked to Sachs, fined in 1951 but not imprisoned.
Car owners are urged to complete vehicle inspections during May to avoid a last minute rush. Officials emphasize timely checks to ensure safety and compliance.
The Ladies Auxiliary to Post 2123 Veterans of Foreign Wars installed new officers at its Monday meeting at the Post Home. Mrs. Delmar Porter presided, with Mrs. James Reel as banner bearer and color bearers Mrs. Howard Snapp Mrs. Charles Rinker Mrs. Wayne DeHaven and Mrs. John Boyd. President Mrs. Dayton Easter led the session.
Disabled veterans will sell poppies on Saturday. Mrs. Albert McCormick reported eight auxiliary members completed the indoctrination course at Newton D. Baker Veterans Hospital and earned certificates. A benefit dance is planned for July 28 at the Armory with the Top Hats providing music. A Wiener roast was announced for the next meeting. June 18 events at Mrs. Paul Peters home on Paper Mill Road. The Seventh District meeting is set for June 10 at Chimney Rock.
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