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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1966
Page
7
A 19 year old woman from Auville died when her car collided head on with a Trailways bus near Charlottes. The Virginia highway death toll rose to 233 for 1966, up from 252 the previous year.
Abigail Van Buren answers readers on a cruel incident of a mother burning a child's hand, engagement party etiquette with in-laws, and a critique of women selling cosmetics locally. She urges reporting abuse, advises inviting in-laws, and dismisses pushy sales tactics while offering writing tips.
Mrs. Judith Darlene Wood aged 19 of Lyndhurst Augusta County died when her car collided head on with a Trailways bus two miles south of Charlottesville on U.S. 29. Four of sixteen bus passengers including the driver were treated for minor injuries at the University of Virginia Hospital and released. State police removed from the toll the name of William Harold Lusk Jr. aged 19 of Centreville who drowned after his car rolled into Bull Run Mountain Lake in Prince William County on private property.
In Virginia a 3000 pound whale with 25 to 30 bullet wounds lingered on a James River sandbar. Residents tried to tow it away with a 15 horsepower boat but the animal pulled toward shore instead. Norman Haynes, a professional fisherman, found it early Monday.
A Brooklyn man described by police as a medical school dropout said he had been flying for three days on LSD when he slashed his mother in law to death at her apartment. Florence Cooper, 57, a junior high English teacher, was killed. Isadore Cooper, her husband, found her after a phone call about threats from Miriam, his daughter and Kessler’s wife.
The firefly fish carries its own searchlight under each eye with a large oval glowing spot. The glow comes from a colony of bacteria living beneath the eye. The fish can turn the light on or off by a tissue fold acting like a lid.
State Sen. J Kenneth Robinson will address the Frederick County Farm Bureau Federation meeting Friday at 7 p.m. at the Shawnee Fire Hall. He will speak on highlights from the recent General Assembly session.
Richmond AP reports Reid and Hope Co. of Suffolk awarded a $916 000 contract by the State Budget Office to build a new science facility at Old Dominion College. The full project is listed at 999 999 dollars.
AP analysis outlines U S officials' belief that South Vietnam's political violence will persist with no immediate fix. Officials warn turmoil may affect military operations while stressing continued pressure on the Viet Cong and North Vietnam.
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