Friendship Fire Company Orders Seat Belts from Jaycees
Friendship Fire Company becomes the first local group to order seat belts from the Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce as part of a safety promotion. A seat belt clinic is held at Winchester Park and Shop on Route 11 with belts available in several colors for purchase and immediate or future installation. Belts cost 550 dollars each if purchased, 6 dollars for installation. proceeds are not a fundraiser. Chuck Hines chairs the project. Carter Kellas oversees installation at two Winchester service stations with several groups planning orders.
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Friendship Fire Company
Merel Bailey
Jaycees
Friendship
Kenneth Lewis
Charles Shewbridge Jr
Jaycee
Bailey
Chuck Hines
Carter Kellas
Winchester
Jangee Cee
Rescue Squad Teams Attend Virginia Convention
The Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad and its auxiliary depart tonight for Danville to join squads from across the state at the 27th annual Virginia Association of Rescue Squads convention. The Winchester men Cletus Goode Bill Pittock Don Holliday and Paul Toursigny attend with Shirley Bly and William H Baker as alternates. The auxiliary includes Mrs. Dorothy Conner Miss Warnelta DeHaven Mrs. Pearl Whittaker and Mrs. William Pittock with Mrs. Doris Glascock as alternate.
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Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
Danville
Virginia Association of Rescue Squads
Cletus Goode
Bill Pitcock
Don Holliday
Paul Tourigny
Shirley Bly
William H
Bill) Baker
Dorothy Conner
Warnelta DeHaven
Pearl Whittaker
William Pitcock
Doris Glascock
City Firemen Answer 2 Alarms
Winchester firemen answered two alarms yesterday with no damage reported. The first call was a trash fire on Bellview Avenue at 1 30 p m and the second was a chimney fire at 218 Sharp Street.
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Winchester Fremen
Bellview Ave
Sharp St
Women Work As Stevedores in Hawaii Census
HONOLULU AP reports five women work as stevedores in Hawaii while 40 others are listed as truck and tractor drivers. The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources says a census study also shows 11 men employed as chambermaids.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
U N General Refuses Surrender of Captured North Koreans
Maj. Gen. James R. Winn of the U N command armistice group refused to surrender two North Korean soldiers captured in a Sept. 5 firefight. He said North Korean troops crossed the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
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Panmunjom
Korea
James R. Winn
U.N. Command
Military Armistice Commission
Winn
Postal Bill Amendment Defeated on Communist Mail Clause
The Senate defeated Clark’s substitute and a separate Clark plan on intercepting Communist propaganda in the mails. The broader bill would raise postal rates by 603 million dollars annually and provide a billion-dollar pay boost to 1,590,000 federal employees in two steps.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Clark
Post Office Department
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