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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1968
Page
6
The National Zoo in Washington launches a three year research project studying Ceylonese primates including three monkeys and a loris described as a half monkey that moves through trees in slow motion.
A brick structure with blue and gold lettering serves as a school project by the local junior civic club, sponsored by the Winchester Kiwanis Club.
An editor notes a Good Friday meditation on cowardice among Jesus’ onlookers and figures like Peter Pilate Nicodemus Joseph of Arimathea and Judas. The author argues fear, prestige, and politics fueled denials and betrayals, shaping the crucifixion narrative and forgiveness.
Fire in the capital left Lacy Everett and his family homeless among hundreds of others. A social agency found them a new three story brick row house at $9 less rent and two extra bedrooms. Mrs Everett expressed mixed feelings about the fire but welcomed the move. In Franklin County North Carolina two men were jailed on kidnapping by detaining and seizing a school bus with 31 pupils aboard demanding they miss school to show respect for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The bus incident involved Ester Perry and Eddie Junius Parker. Tonga’s king auifaahau, a 325 pound monarch, is described as an enthusiastic fisherman.
Television networks broadcast both private and public funeral services for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with extensive coverage from 10 a.m. EST. Viewers saw the crowd at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, the coffin in a mule-drawn cart, and the large outdoor gathering. The programs were marked by dignity and simplicity as emotions ran high and the crowds sang We Shall Overcome at the end.
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