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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1957
Page
3
Lincoln unveils the 1958 Premier and Capri with Continental roof lines and canted dual headlamps. The new models, to be shown in November, feature a 229 inch length, 131 inch wheelbase, and a 375 horsepower engine, built in an integrated plant.
Gov. Orval Faubus signaled possible moves toward resolving the Central High School crisis. The new Army policy allows three Negro boys and six girls to cross the campus, signaling reduced tension after earlier demands for withdrawal of the nine Negro students.
Virginia farmers borrowed about 193000 under a new government program for soil and water conservation. Forty one borrowers in three years through the Farmers Home Administration secured insured loans, mostly for irrigation, drainage, terracing, pasture improvement and tree planting.
A 3A storm with winds up to 35 mph moves on a northern track about 900 miles east of Daytona Beach. The Weather Bureau reports no threat to the U S mainland and expects no intensification in the next 12 hours.
Army and school officials said six soldiers inside Central High might be withdrawn if all goes well, though troops would stay outside. Faubus declined to detail who was coordinating the moves and said he would not participate. He cited factors that give hope for a shift in Eisenhower administration attitude within a week or ten days.
Puzzle lists across and down clues spanning persons, places, and objects. Includes abbreviations and foreign terms from various categories and eras. Clues range from authors and animals to materials and measurements, indicating a dense wordplay feature.
President Eisenhower says world favors peaceful atomic use as he witnesses the first 75000 dollar Atoms for Peace award to Niels Bohr. He says the choice is between constructive energy and destruction and lauds Bohr for moral leadership in peaceful atomic use.
Mrs. Henry I. Willett, 52, wife of Richmond school superintendent, died from a personal safety related gunshot wound. A teen son reported hearing a shot after loading a pistol for her at her request. She had been treated for depression and left behind her husband, two sons, her mother, four sisters, and a brother. Body to be sent to Snelling Funeral Home in Portsmouth. funeral arrangements pending.
Middletown PTA organizes a turkey and ham supper on November 9 at Harris Community Hall. President Mrs. Charles Seaman leads the project as the community is asked to donate food. W. H. Armentrout serves as school principal.
Geneva hosts a summit urging nations to harness atomic energy for peaceful use. Leaders advocate international cooperation and safeguards while pushing progress in science and postwar reconstruction.
Two bandits used a quick pickup of planes and cars to rob the First State Bank of Fort Meade of 262657. Irvin Suits 26 and Donald J Thompson 32 are linked. Suits confessed and Thompson denied involvement.
The late Clarke T. Cooper, prominent local businessman who died May 1, left an estate appraised at $153 349.24. The appraisal is on record in the Corporation Court clerk’s office. Principal items include a warehouse at 125 E Piccadilly St and a residence at 123 Amherst St.
The record lists assets of Louis Henry Grim estate valued at 34 455.90 including printing equipment furniture a checking and relief account a car and truck real estate on Front Royal Road and a house on W Leicester Street The appraisal was conducted by Fred L Glaize W Leonard Perry with appraisers Robert D Glaize Percy D Miller and Maynard W Wisecarver.
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