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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1949
Page
6
The operation coordinated by the Joint Chiefs will be commanded by W. H. P. Blandy as Atlantic fleet chief. About 80,000 personnel and 162 ships will take part in maneuvers near Puerto Rico with Vieques as an invasion target around March 1 after a January start.
The Air Force disclosed that B-36 bombers trained in atomic tasks at Fort Worth and then moved to Alaska near the Russian border. The routine operation involved northern outposts as part of training and strategic readiness.
An Associated Press dispatch from Buffalo reports William H. Patton 33 held on bigamy charges. Patton, married in Winchester last April 22 as William H. Martitia-Patton, is said to have five wives including Evelyn Betty Greenberg of Philadelphia. Other wives listed hail from Cumberland Kansas City Niagara Falls and Philadelphia.
Local notes tell of preaching at Galilee on Sunday night. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. John Stichels Jr. on the birth of a baby girl. Visitors include Mrs. Stichels formerly Miss Jean Rua of Stephenson and Mrs. Carl Ferguson of Salem. Several residents hosted and visited kin in Winchester Stephenson Brucetown and Chambersburg. Mr. Orndorff celebrated his seventieth birthday with family and friends. A safety reminder urges wearing white at night on highways.
Charles Evans of 121 E Kern St pays 30.25 for petty larceny and 7.25 for being drunk and dis orderly. Maynard Latane Patterson of 4 Chestnut St fined 14 for speeding. Doris Leesburg fined 9.25 for drunkenness. MOLDEN MERRIMENT.
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour precipitation, year to date totals, and a 36 year average rainfall. The report includes monthly averages for 1913 to 1948 with values for each month and notes the data courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
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