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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1957
Page
9
In Tamaqua Pennsylvania a 14 year old boy shot and killed his father 38 after the man forced entry to the home. The youth said he and his mother feared him due to threats and past jail absences. Police are investigating the fatal shooting.
Connie Cribb Jr. of Columbia is among five state winners in the Future Farmers of America pasture improvement contest highlighting youth agriculture achievement.
The teenage son of a Chicago based Italian diplomat, Vittorio Barattieri, 14, ran away on April 16 and was missing for 44 days. He traveled to New York, worked as a messenger and bus boy, and returned with his parents after FBI involvement. He says he is not sorry for running away but regrets causing distress.
Col Paul R. Wing a 65 year old Academy Award winner and Army Legion of Merit recipient died Wednesday night in a Naval hospital Portsmouth after a heart attack Monday. He won the 1935 Oscar as best assistant director for The Lives of a Bengal Lancer while with Paramount in Hollywood.
Prime time schedule across Channels 4 5 7 and 9 lists shows from 5:00 PM to 11:30 PM including dramas comedies news boxing weather and late night movie sequences. Notable slots feature Blondie Life of Riley On Trial Big Story boxing C Hinnant vs H Johnson and Playhouse of Stars with Martha Raye and Phil Silvers among others.
A dense list of shows and films per half day featuring True Story Detective's Diary Brooke Johns Show Cartoon Circus and more. Notable appearances include Alec Guinness Ingrid Bergman Cary Grant Tex Ritter Eddie Dean George Montgomery and Gale Storm across theaters and serials with Westerns musical and comedy programs.
Two House appropriations leaders and the Senate finance chair debated a plan to raise Virginia legislators pay from 18 dollars a day to 60 dollars a day. The proposal would also add a 20 dollar daily expense allowance and a 500 dollar office fund, totaling about 431000 dollars per biennium for 140 members.
In the 181st year of the Commonwealth the court orders all stockholders or potential holders of Frederick County Improvements Corporation stock to appear within ten days after publication. The suit seeks to identify stockholders and who holds Certificate No. 3 for 158 shares issued August 15, 1948, with possible unknown interested parties urged to respond and protect their interests. The order requires publication in the Winchester Evening Star for four consecutive weeks and posting at the courthouse front door.
Weather across the Southwest and central plains brings tornadoes, hail, and heavy rain. Reports cite baseball sized hail near Hobbs New Mexico and a Memorial Day storm that drenched Wichita Falls Texas with over 3 inches in half an hour. No casualties are listed.
In Thorpe, Pa a 20 ton red granite mausoleum for Jim Thorpe was unveiled by three daughters and three grandchildren as 5000 mourners and well wishers gathered. Army officials from Carlisle attended reflecting Thorpe's sports legacy from college football to Olympic fame.
Smallwood left the game as Statler retired Spurs on a fly to center. Royston’s eighth inning single was the only hit off Smallwood who struck out 10 while Statler fanned 3. Kickle added eight strikeouts late. Tonight’s 8 pm game at James Wood vs Middletown is the lone night action of the season. Sundays trip to Berkeley Springs starts at 1:30.
Juarez officials appealed for army help after hundreds of Juarez Agricultural College students rioted. Streets were barricaded, cars wrecked, and a residence attacked with bricks. The college has been strikebound 27 days with about 1,200 students demanding federal control. No injuries reported.
Smallwood opened with a two bagger and the Rebels mounted a sixth inning rally to break a no hit bid by Shickle. Boyd Armel Riddle Willis Don Smith Dodson Royston all contributed as base hits and runs, delivering the decisive offense after an earlier solo homer by Hopkins.
The Virginia Fraternal Congress holds its 20th annual meeting in Richmond on Saturday. The body consists of insurance societies recognized by the State Insurance Commission as fraternal insurers and chartered accordingly.
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