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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1955
Page
1
Gen Maxwell D. Taylor asks senior commanders to counter views that the Army is hidebound and outmoded. He urges presenting the service as versatile open to reason, nonpolitical, and ready for future wars with focused leadership and smart salesmanship.
Bad weather forces the Kiwanis Club to postpone Kid's Day events planned today. The parade starts at 9 a.m. next Saturday from the Sarah Zane Fire Hall and ends at the John Kerr School grounds. Ten trophies and 30 cash awards will be presented at the Capitol Theatre stage. Kid's Day officials will take office next Saturday.
Syracuse city workers report 79 sea gulls died after becoming trapped in a tar pit on the western outskirts near an abandoned plant site used for tar product manufacturing. The birds likely mistook the pit for a beach and were drawn to the tar surface.
Hurricane Janet devastated Barbados with 25 confirmed deaths and 150 injuries leaving 2000 homeless. Reports warn higher tolls across Grenada St Vincent and the Windward Islands as Christ Church suffers heavy damage and a state of emergency is declared. Reverend Jonathan Graham aided residents during the storm as Codrington College housed refugees.
The article reports that nine East Coast states will retain daylight saving time until the end of October while others switch back this weekend. Some communities within certain states revert to standard time. major cities like Philadelphia Pittsburgh Chicago remain on daylight time through October in places.
In Warreton, Virginia, Madi salon owner Charlie Madison raised the price of a haircut from 35 to 50 cents. The move marks the first price increase in over 25 years, announced by Madison as the shop adjusts to changing costs.
Two more highway deaths raise Virginia's 1955 toll to 618, 102 above last year. Major Lee Hogan, 46, of Nathalie Halifax County, died when he lost control on State Rt. 657 near Rt. 650. Pauline Leftwitch Hudson, 26, of South Arlington, died in Charlottesville hospital from injuries after a Greene County crash on U S 29 near Ruckersville. driver listed as George R Hudson.
President Eisenhower did not report to his office as usual after suffering a digestive upset overnight. Assistant press secretary Murray Snyder said the personal physician was with him shortly before 8 a.m. and that the condition is not described as serious.
Randolph-Macon College dean Grel let Collins Simpson was elected Mary Washington College president by the University of Virginia Board of Visitors today. Also note a local notice: due to a death in the family the business will be closed until Sept 28.
An all white Delta jury acquitted Roy Bryant and J W Milam of the murder of 14 year old Emmett Louis Till in Leflore County Mississippi. The verdict came after the body identification was deemed decisive and Till’s fate remains unresolved amid kidnapping charges pending in Tallahatchie County.
Provisional President Eduardo Lonardi begins rebuilding Argentina and quelling Peronist violence in Buenos Aires and Rosario. Army commands crack down with tear gas, tanks, and threats, as clashes leave casualties while Lonardi seeks rights for unions, churches, and academia.
Pentagon officials disclosed that the Defense Department approved an Army plan to draft an extra 3,000 men each month to train volunteers in a six month reserve program. The move accompanies existing orders for 10,000 per month in October and November and supports a goal to train 90,000 six month reservists and raise authorized strength to 1 027 000 by next June 30.
August permits totaled 29 for 235 800 dollars with 18 new homes and an office building for the Rouss Fire Co. The month set a pace toward a strong year with 326 permits totaling 2 755 372 dollars. Winchester led with 18 permits 155 900 dollars and Frederick County 11 permits 79 900 dollars.
Mrs. Henry McVicar hands over the Helping Hand Mission in Indian Hollow to Dr. E T Clark of the First Baptist Church. The mission, built in 1921 by Mrs McVicar, is deeded to trustees of the church as 45 member congregation approves the change for services to resume under new ownership. Oscar and Eugene McVicar had served in World War I with Oscar driving an ammunition truck and Eugene marching into Paris with General Pershing.
A dynamite loaded truck and a Torreon to Chihuahua train collided near Torreon Mexico killing more than 40 people with the toll possibly rising to 70. A second dynamite truck exploded in the blast injuring more than 150 and destroying rail and nearby towns.
A series of three city and Clarke County crashes since yesterday afternoon caused more than $2,000 in damage and left Mrs. Ralph Kerns with a minor knee cut. In Braddock Street, three cars collided injuring a Lincoln a Pontiac and an Estep-owned sedan. A later Clarke County accident on Route 340 damaged a Hudson after a skid and another on North Loudoun Street damaged a parked Nash and a Chevrolet with minor vehicle damage on both.
Dr. Daniel James Cumming educational secretary Board of World Missions Presbyterian Church U S in Nashville will be the Vesper speaker at the First Presbyterian Church Men’s Rally tomorrow at 645 pm. Afternoon session includes Arthur C Livick Jr president Virginia Synod Men’s Council 1955 H Rives King president elect Virginia Synod Men’s Council 1956 and Dr D J Cumming. A Staunton native he studied at Kentucky Wesleyan College Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and Columbia University and did mission work in Korea before returning to teach Bible at Agnes Scott College. He became educational secretary in 1948. Special music by Hollis Leith Betty Joe Gilliam and Carolyn Cramton. A smorgasbord supper is served at 530 pm.
Denver dispatch reports President Eisenhower’s belief that Bulganin rejected the core aim of the disarmament plan by proposing that any progress depend on arms reductions and atomic bans. The note, while cordial, avoids accepting the U S proposal and signals potential broader talks on disarmament.
Horace Stoneham announced that Leo Durocher would not be renewed as Giants manager and that Bill Rigney, then in charge of the Minneapolis farm, would manage the National Leaguers next season. Rigney had eight prior Giants seasons before moving to Minneapolis in 1954. The Little World Series between Minneapolis and Rochester sits tied at one game each.
Mostly cloudy with showers and possible scattered thunder showers this evening ending early tonight. Temperatures range from 58 to 68. Sunday brings clearing and little temperature change. Shenandoah Valley showers end tonight with a high of 72 to 77 and Sunday partly cloudy and cool.
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