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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1960
Page
11
Gold plated bricks and tiles may enter common use across industries. Hanovia Liquid Gold has developed four new organometallic compounds that decompose at lower temperatures. Application yields a gold film about one millionth of an inch thick at costs near 10 cents per square foot.
Three traffic crashes in Winchester Saturday caused 460 in damage with no injuries reported. At 10 50 a.m. a 1960 Rambler and a 1960 Ford collided at South Loudoun and Gerrard with 175 damage to the Rambler. A one vehicle crash on Woodstock Lane near Pine St caused 200 damage to a 1951 Oldsmobile driven by James Oals of Norfolk, who said the wet road caused the skid. At 11 55 p.m. on Cork and Loudoun streets a 1953 Oldsmobile driven by Andrew M. Lake struck a Rambler operated by Theodore E. Haines, causing 50 and 35 damages respectively.
Six people died during the Memorial Day weekend in Virginia as the 78 hour period yielded six traffic fatalities. The toll lagged behind last year, with 276 deaths so far that year, 19 fewer than at the same point in 1957.
Some freighters operating between the Hawaiian Islands can carry 12 passengers each. These small vessels serve interisland routes, expanding regional transport options.
Police say 26 year old Doris Angel Dix confessed to hiring a man to kill her husband so she could marry her lover, with accomplices William Mullane and David Thompson charged in connection. The plan included a staged movie night, a drive, stabbing, and a concealed gun, culminating in Dix dying at City Hospital.
Lord Hardinge of Penshurst aged 66, longtime private secretary to three British kings, died Sunday. He served George V, Edward VIII and George VI for 40 years as a trusted royal servant.
Virginia chemist Rodney C. Berry 66 of the state Agriculture Department receives the 1960 Virginia section American Chemical Society Distinguished Service Award at a June 3 dinner in Richmond for advancing chemistry in Virginia and the South. William W. Cash Jr. also to receive a second award for high school science education.
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