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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1963
Page
7
Missile crews at Vandenberg studied the first successful West Coast launch as progress reports described the Minuteman program. Sixty of the planned 150 wings were in bomb proof areas and nearing completion in the Midwest and South Dakota.
In Yonkers New York the city fire department lost a new 125000 fire truck when a minor fire broke out en route to a driver's seat. Three fire companies plus a truck company and a rescue unit fought the blaze with no injuries reported.
Champion Shenandoah Downs horse Down s is expected to win the Dog wood Purse as the six furlong feature on tomorrow's opening program. Trainer Patsy Grant and jockey Sam Palumbo join other area stables including Shirley T. Payne and George A. Windle as Shenandoah resumes operations after 1959 upgrades.
Gary Player of South Africa shot a 32-34 66 to grab a one stroke lead after round one at the Greater Greensboro Open. He battled severe hay fever while three pills and five handkerchiefs aided his round on the 7,000-yard Sedgefield course, ahead of Lionel Hebert and a crowded field including Sam Snead and Mike Souchak.
Pat Taylor led Commercial and Savings Bank to the Lady Brunswick title with a 186 189 186 561 series as Buckley Lages fell 40. Jean Havermale JoAnn Michael Betty Willis and Jackie Haymaker backed her with strong sets. Jolly Jacks defeated Painter's Auto Sales 40 but could not overtake the leaders. Connier Baker paced the winners with a 553 series. Buckley Lages took third. Dale's Grocery fourth. Evelyn Leight led a 467 set for the winners. Green Chemical tied The Big I's at 2-2. The Big I's Mary Hodson added a 469 set. Pat Brant posted a 533 for The Big I's. Farmers and Merchants Bank beat Snow White Grill 40. Pat Whitace had a 483, Frances Morrison 504 for Snow White Grill. League highs included Commercial and Savings with 2490 team series and Peggy Cleveland 239 in a 572. In Northside, La Master’s Mobile Homes built its lead by 40 over Lee-Jackson Restaurant, Allen Kibler 613 and Don Lange 602. Chapman Excavating rose to second with 40 over Novick Transfer, Bruce Taylor 557. Plumly's Plum Liners beat Stephens City 3-1. Emmett Schotorn 523 for Stephens City. Omps Funeral Home blanked BLakeside 4-0 on Don Armel’s 606. Martin's Drug Store defeated Wilson's Hams. Fender Sales shut Moore's Wholesale 4-0.
Los Angeles defeats St Louis 115 100 to win the Western Division final in the best-of-seven series 4 3. The win sets up Sunday's championship series clash with Boston as the first game in the best-of-seven title pursuit.
Lorraine Cather bowled a 166 in the Thursday Morning Housewife League at Health Center Lanes. She opened with a strike and spare, then a double, finished with a double strike and nine count to surpass Dorothety Burke's 157 season high. It is the 1962 43 season high by a woman on Health Center lanes. Cather, in her first season, carries an 85 average and posted a 354 series.
Richmond based High's of Richmond purchases 75 percent of Wood's Petersburg Dairy Inc. from Martin Diradour, leaving 25 percent voting stock with the owner. A new corporation, High's Dairy Inc., will be formed with James R. Gregory as president.
MANASSAS AP A Fairfax County man W Mason Johnson Jr 60 who runs a riding academy at Merrifield was acquitted in Prince William County court of starving six horses and leaving their carcasses unburied Judge W W May ruled no evidence the horses died of disease and no proof that burial omission offended the public
Diradour will serve as secretary of the new firm and hold the position of dairy's general manager.
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