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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1957
Page
13
Philadelphia police broke up a crowd of several hundred white and Negro high school pupils in South Philadelphia after false reports of a drug store shooting. Fifteen teenagers were questioned and then taken home in patrol cars. The area had been the scene of a prior attack on a white girl by six young Negroes now held for grand jury action.
President Eisenhower says federal troops were sent to Little Rock to uphold court orders and prevent mob rule. He appealed for national unity, noting the action was to protect the law and the Nine Negroes admitted to Central High, while denouncing attempts to undermine the intervention.
The ragweed plant’s name comes from the Greek ambrosia meaning foods for the gods, a satire on its allergy-inducing effects for hay fever sufferers.
VPI specialists advise avoiding sun exposure after digging for both crops. Potatoes burn in sun after short exposure. onions store better if cooled and kept dry. Rough handling harms storage value. pull potatoes rather than shake from plants. Onions dry in storage, potatoes need moist air. braiding onions for hanging remains effective.
Saturday’s heavy storm damaged a local road but highway crews repaired it over the weekend. Rains helped pasture and late gardens. Sunday visitors included Mrs. Grover Everly and Frances Everly, John Everly of Petersburg WV, and Miss Ella O Neal of Washington DC.
A dense list of TV programs across Channel 4 and Channel 9 with time slots from 5:18 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. including dramas, news, theater, sports, and variety shows. Notable titles include The Last of the Mohicans, Wagon Train, This is Your Life, Sherlock Holmes, Boxing Besmanoffi vs Dur elle, and The Late Show: An American Romance.
A dense listing of TV programs across channels with times from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. featuring game shows, dramas, soaps, and variety programs. Notable items include Tic Tac Dough It Could Be You Tex and Jinx Queen for a Day Matinee Theater Hearthstones and Bride and Groom along with lineups on Western CHANNEL 5 Pete and His Pals and American Bandstand.
August totals set new records with 355 licenses issued in Winchester and 161 in Frederick County. Through August 1957, Winchester issued 2,110 licenses, the highest for eight months in city history, while Frederick County shows continuing growth from 1948 to 1957.
Detroit union leader James R. Hoffa intensified his nationwide bid to replace retiring president Dave Beck of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. In Washington the McClellan committee heard alleged loans to Hoffa's Midwest group. Hickey set up New York campaign HQ while Hoban planned to challenge delegates from 105 locals.
Dr Joseph Smith city health superintendent administered 172 anti polio injections to Providence firefighters in 20 minutes assistants prepared syringes as the line moved through public inoculation event reflecting rapid mass vaccination efforts by city health officials.
The Steph ens City Home Demonstration Club met Wed with Mrs Garland Strickler. Mrs Harry Gant presided and Mrs Jack Kemp led devotion. Slides on Art and Daily Living were shown by Mrs Charles Bass. Details cover attendees, visitors, local parade recess, and a street-crew update on a lightship replacement in the Great Lakes.
Stephenson residents are invited to Sunday School at 10 oclock next Sunday at the Methodist Church with a special fifth Sunday program planned. Local W S C S members who attended seminary in Toms Brook last week are listed.
A fried chicken and ham supper is planned at Macedonia Church in Armell Saturday after 5 o clock, sponsored by WS GC and Mrs D P McNwee returns from Memorial Hospital. Mrs Woodrow Miller, formerly of Armiel, is a patient in Charlottesville hospital. Mrs J R Affleck is ill at home. Mr and Mrs Hugh Slonaker attended the York Pa fair last week. Meta Pifer celebrated a birthday with family guests including David Vance family and others. Mrs J V Sumption will preside at the Women of the Moose state convention in Richmond. The Sumptions and daughter Martie Jo visited Sumption’s nephew.
Dr Warren Gregory will speak at the Rotary Club weekly luncheon tomorrow at 1 p.m. at the George Washington Hotel. He will report on progress at the Northwestern Guidance Center.
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