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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1957
Page
5
The nuclear submarine Nautilus activates against U S Navy carriers in Exercise Strikeback a large joint naval drill pitting atom powered subs against a carrier centered task force with anti submarine and anti aircraft defenses. The exercise tests submarine threat to carrier security and marks Nautilus first clash with such a large foe.
In the mid Atlantic rescue teams hunted for the Pamir a four masted German sailing ship feared lost after a fierce storm. Lifeboats and a raft were found empty amid reports the vessel listed 45 degrees and sent a distressed radio message while planes and ships combed the area near the Azores for survivors.
In Birmingham, Mrs. Kelly Osborne leads unofficial female protectors after nighttime harassment by motorists. The group uses water pistols loaded with a harmless disinfectant to deter repeat offenders, describing one incident where a driver fled after being sprayed.
National Airlines planes were grounded across 36 stations from Boston to Miami and Houston as wildcat walkouts by ticket agents disrupted service. Officials called the strikes illegal and in defiance of federal injunctions while unions seek higher wages limits on part timers and a one year contract.
At Texas A M College Station about 600 of 7400 students had influenza today. Dr C R Lyons said samples were sent to the State Health Department for tests but no positive Asian flu reports. Nearby, a separate flu wave at Southwest Texas State College eased with classes to resume after suspensions.
TV listings show Channel 4 5:30 News to 4:00 Movie with programs like Death Valley Days Wells Fargo Twenty One Eleva TM Against the Ice Sheriff of Cochise and Sam & Friends. Channel 5 6:30 Federal Men to 10:50 City Assignment and Hunter. Channel 7 5:00 Sheena to 4:00 Milt Grant with News and sports. Channel 8 11:00 Hotel Cosmopolitan through 4:00 Movie, including Guiding Light and House Party.
The Lakeview High School principal David W. Beggs III was briefly jailed in Macon County on assault and battery charges after paddling two students. He posted two sheriff's bonds totaling $2,000 and is due before Justice of the Peace Wayne E. Ellis.
The Rock Island Twin-Star Rock et derailed at the south edge of Peabody. Twenty four were treated at hospitals for injuries. Wallace Hutchinson of Wichita, age 63, sustained a possible skull fracture. One person was in serious condition. Authorities reported no cause yet. Both rail lines were blocked and most injuries were in two passenger coaches.
State Trooper G. T. Griffith swore in 22 safety patrol members at Boyce Elementary during a special assembly. Captain Kenneth Willingham presided with Michael Kirby as lieutenant and a list of patrols including Audrey Willingham Ronald Zombro Anna Rexrode Beverly Hull and Edward Marlow.
Local retailers announce Saturday night shopping in Winchester with most stores open until late at 8 p m. The initiative promotes evening commerce and offers customers extended hours for weekend browsing.
Prince Charles leaves the palace nursery desk to attend Cheam Private Preparatory School in Headley, 50 miles from London, at age 8. He will share a simple room with seven peers, sleep on an iron bed, and risk a cane for misdeeds as part of a broader late 1950s education plan.
James Ulis Linart, 28, arrested at 7:40 a.m. by Carroll County Deputy Sheriff Charles Chappell and State Trooper L. G. Barnum in Hillsville, charged with the Farmers Bank heist at Elk Creek that netted about $16,068.40. Co-suspect Smart held in Grayson County jail. driver Sam Kyle held without charge as investigators pursue a getaway car tied to the robbery.
Air Force Captain George A. French was sentenced to life for attempting to sell atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. His wife said he was deeply in debt from gambling, with thousands owed, as the Air Force noted a string of loans tied to the gambling debts. He was tried at Barksdale AFB in a secret proceeding and arrested after an FBI interception of a note offering secrets for 27,500 dollars.
Dr. Fred M. Taylor, a Houston child specialist, warned that unruly children may conceal subtle brain injuries. He cited signs such as inability to be quiet, impulsive loudness, short attention span, and rapid mood shifts, noting injuries can result from head trauma, premature birth, or brain infection.
The term de cennial census period refers to the ten year U S census, specifically the eight months for state population tabulation and the three years to complete all other census questions. The next decennial census begins January 1 1960 with population tabulation due by September 30 and other questions by end of 1962.
Autumn entered with a 2 27 a m EST arrival spreading cool air from the Rockies to the Great Lakes and into the southern Plains. Temperatures dropped into the 30s in North Dakota and northern Minnesota and 50s elsewhere. Showers and thunderstorms followed the cool front, with nearly an inch of rain at Binghamton Albany and up to an inch at Greensboro. Torrential rains and floods threatened Texas sections along the Medina River north of San Antonio.
The Air Force announced the first radar network units protecting U.S jet bomber bases and Spanish cities are now in operation near Madrid at Villalobas about 50 miles south of the capital. Spain, not a NATO member, previously lacked a radar warning system across NATO countries from Norway to Stockholm.
Construction is about three fourths completed on four U. S. Strategic Air Command bases in Spain. The radar network is estimated to cost 38 million dollars.
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