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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1957
Page
10
Marine Corps announces four months reporting period for enlistees to report for recruit duty. Program details released by Major C. Pries at the Marine Sub-Station on Piccadilly Street outline the remediation effect and expected impact on training flow.
The plan allows permit applicants to stay home during holidays and study or work. Sergeant Fries notes two main benefits: accepted applicants are exempt from Selective Service calls and the time at home counts toward completing military obligations. No military activity is required in the four months before reporting for active duty.
Clarke and Loudoun counties are designated as commercial corn producing areas under USDA 1958 plans. Nineteen Virginia counties are listed among 932 nationwide. criteria include average yield and county farmland, with acreage allotments and Soil Bank price supports to apply. A Clarke Loudoun joint meeting and office staff from the Agriculture Stabilization and Conserva tion agencies will be held today.
Covina California The Daily Tribune assigns a new reporter to the police beat naming veteran cartoon detective Dick Tracy as the topic of the newspaper’s coverage in what staff describe as an unusual but whimsical appointment.
For sale many choice lots at budget prices. Visit to view the plat and select your site.
A collection of classified and display advertisements listing items for sale and services. Entries include a 1954 Chevrolet panel truck for sale and a used automatic washer with terms, plus listings for a bird dog pup, locally grown English walnuts, floor sanding work, and inquiries from Wayne Feed Supply Co and Waynesboro Nurseries.
A string of rental ads list modern houses and apartments with phone contacts in Winchester area. Listings include three bedroom house with oil heat and playground, a modern apartment, a stone ranch near school, five room apartment near Cork Street, and a bachelor apartment downtown. Also job notices seek a salesman and a part time wholesale business manager with specifics on earnings and startup costs. An auction notice invites items for sale at Wolverton's near Stevens City with 5 percent commission on furniture.
Two found dogs described on South Braddock Street and Berryville Avenue. The first pair are two female pups black and white part Beagle, the second is a tan and white male dog with red harness piece no tag. SPCA MO 2-8616.
Four month old female black white and tan rabbit hound lost. Owner M. M. Adams contact MO 23-7410. Se 3.
Severe thunderstorms and tornadic winds struck Louisiana and Mississippi with 9 to 19 injured in Opelousas Louisiana after a tornado leveled five to six homes. The storm front stretched from Baton Rouge to near Mobile with heavy rains soaking Texas and the lower Mississippi Valley. Houston reported over 5 inches of rain in 24 hours and more than 10 inches in two days.
London Lord Altrincham, known for challenging the royal family, says he has been banned by the BBC. The move follows the cancellation of Malcolm Muggeridge’s BBC TV appearance after his article questioning England’s need for a queen.
The article details player shares from seven games drawing 394,712 spectators and total receipts of 2.806 million. St Louis Card earned 1,636.22 per full share. Chicago White Sox 1,521.39. Boston 1,004.33. Cincinnati 541.25. Detroit 466.67. Uncle Sam collected 247,738.96 in taxes with more due next April 15.
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