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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1955
Page
10
Send thirty five cents for pattern add five cents per pattern for first class mail. Address to ANNE ADAMS care of The Winchester Star 113 Pattern Dept 243 West 17th St New York NY 10011 Print plainly name address with zone size and style number.
A Winchester woman, Eleanor R. Cone, was severely burned while smoking in bed at Memorial Hospital. She lit a cigarette, dropped a match on her pajama top, and the clothes caught fire. Found by a clerk, the blaze was smothered. she was admitted July 18 for a broken shoulder and remained in a semi private room with no private nurse.
Twenty two trucking firms in the Carolinas and Virginia reportedly reached a six year contract with the AFL drivers union. The deal raises over the road drivers by half a cent per mile first year and higher increases in following years. Weekly earnings for drivers would rise from about 120 to 130 dollars, with 45 hour minimums and fringe benefits including insurance and a pension plan. Negotiations spanned five weeks with company reps from Akers Motor Lines McLean Trucking Roadway Express and others.
Sebacic acid is castor oil. It is used to make synthetic resins and lubricants for jet engines and hydraulic brake fluids, among other commercial uses. The United States produces about 13 900 tons annually but imports many times that amount, mostly from Brazil and India.
Edwin Maxwel Dale assigned as first superintendent of Harpers Ferry National Monument to coordinate development and management. The monument will span Maryland and West Virginia with lands acquired by Maryland. Dale, 14-year Blue Ridge Parkway veteran and former chief ranger, hails from Newport News, Virginia. John T. Willett moves from Harpers Ferry to Richmond National Battlefield Park as historian and roving substitute official.
The Melbourne Games run from November 22 to December 8, 1956. Travel options include air or ship, with one scheduled ship leaving San Francisco for a 16 day Pacific crossing and a five day Sydney stopover. A typical San Francisco to Sydney air flight departs 11:30 am Pacific Time Monday and arrives 4 pm Wednesday, losing a day crossing the international date line.
Archeologists from the Carnegie Museum report evidence of an early Indian village in Greene County dating to 1100 to 1200 A D. Findings include house patterns storage pits and six near intact skeletons. Artifacts show two pottery types signifying distinct cultural periods. Four to five villages are believed to exist in the region, with Wayneburg College president noting surface indicators at other sites. The work aims to map Ohio River valley Indian culture.
The Lincoln Division of Ford Motor Company postpones the public showing of 1956 Lincoln cars. Introduction dates shift from September 8 to September 16 nationwide except the midwest where September 14 is kept. Ben D. Mills cites dealer supply to meet expected heavy demand. The Lincoln line marks the 1956 introductions.
A Norfolk Virginia Power home service advisor promotes picnics as a group cooking activity. The note invites readers in Northern Virginia to call for free recipe ideas for meals and group picnics in Winchester, Virginia.
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