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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1957
Page
12
At age 20 Capt. John Smith led 250 horsemen during the Christian Turkish war in Hungary, a pivotal early chapter before Jamestown.
Danny Murtaugh, acting manager since Bobby Bragan's midseason firing, was named Pirates manager for 1958 in a Boston morning news conference led by general manager Joe L. Brown. Contract terms were not disclosed. He accepted a temporary post after Bragan's Aug 3 dismissal and the club showed renewed pitching confidence from Bob Friend and Ronnie Kline.
At SEA ISLAND Ga both governors assert a southern candidate can win the US presidency. Collins requires an uncommon man with a common touch while McKeldin calls for a party nomination and full two party participation to carry southern support.
A hot dry east wind sparked multiple fires across western Oregon forcing a pause in logging and hunting. Temperatures near 98 degrees in southern Oregon fanned the blazes, with a 1 000 acre fire east of Ban don and a 900 acre coastal blaze. A 100 acre Willamette National Forest fire and a 300 acre brush fire east of Vancouver Washington caused damage before crews gained control.
A small atomic device was fired at 5 30 am from a 500 foot tower at Yucca Flat Nevada in the 1957 Whitney shot. The AEC reported energy yield above half nominal about 10 000 tons of TNT while observers estimated 15 kilotons. Twenty six aircraft conducted data gathering with 16 scientific experiments. Charleston test postponed for technical reasons.
Col. Huh Tai Yung, 36, and Sgt. Lee Yoo Hoi, 27, condemned for ambushing Lt. Gen. Kim Chang Yong, Korea's counterintelligence chief, will be executed tomorrow in Taegu. Defense Ministry announcement gives no method. firing squads are typical. The crime occurred January 30, 1956 near the CIC chief's home.
Tropical storm Frieda drifts westward at about 10 mph toward Florida with winds 30 to 40 mph and pockets up to 60 mph. Forecasters see no immediate alarm and anticipate possible course change within 12 hours. The storm’s circulation area has expanded slightly as ships report squalls along the center.
A Navy P2V patrol bomber crashed while searching for a missing jet near Mt. Desatoya Nevada. One crewman was killed and two injured. eight others survived. The search mission aimed for Lt Richard Lee Clement of Atlanta. Names of crew were withheld.
An out break of flu has reached epidemic proportions at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Public health officials monitor student illness as campus health centers report rising cases and seek containment measures.
Bermuda Supreme Court jurists may wear Bermuda-length shorts on duty while lawyers must wear full length trousers. The statement notes a dress rule distinction prevailing for official proceedings. The first sentence about accident costs and Social Security benefits appears unrelated to the Bermuda attire policy.
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