14 Apr 1962
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1962
Page
1
President Kennedy's victory over U.S. steel price increases ends with the industry rolling back raises. Government pressure spanned courts, grand juries, and a broad regulatory push, promising new antitrust moves and tighter wage price stability enforcement.
The spring feeder calf and yearling sale at Farmers Livestock Exchange on Route 50 West grossed $460 754 the second highest receipts in history. A total of 2 746 head including 2 140 steers and 606 heifers weighed 1 709 007 pounds for an average 622 pounds per head. Top pen 26 Angus steers averaged 431 pounds at 35.5 cents per pound selling to Leo Farmer of Newville PA for 3 977. Consignors totaled 106 from 10 Virginia and five West Virginia counties with 91 buyers present.
A group of 87 Briarcliffe High School students from Ossining New York will visit the George Washington Hotel during their spring tour, while the 96 piece Cleveland Heights Ohio band plans a Monday performance and hotel stay. The scene reflects improvements since 1906 as residents comment onlocal highway cleanliness and civic activity.
William Garrard died at Rockingham Memorial Hospital after a long illness. A Savannah native, he worked for the New York Journal Atlanta Journal Savannah Evening News and served in World War II with the Office of War Information. In 1947 he joined the Daily News-Record and Winchester Star as roving reporter and state news editor. He is survived by his widow Marguerite Armistead Harris a son William Garrard Jr and a daughter Mrs Robert Mackin. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Paris AP Edmon Jouhaud defense team said they would appeal to President De Gaulle to spare him though Jouhaud refuses clemency. The ex air force chief condemned to death for leading the Algerian revolt faces guillotine or firing squad unless De Gaulle acts.
Italian poet Domenico Buono 33, obsessed with Brigitte Bardot, forced entry into a Florence hotel suite where Bardot slept. He was stopped by guards, held by police, and jailed after Bardot filed a complaint of unlawful entry. He had previously rented near Bardot’s room but was blocked by the film crew.
The text notes a Lenten message written by Reverend P H Stragisher, pastor of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, and indicates it appears on Page 4.
In Romney West Virginia dynamite attacks on three trucks and a pulpwood loader tied to a paper mill strike have police baffled. No injuries reported though $4 000 damage occurred at an inverter loader site near Romney. Police report 8 to 10 sticks used and say the dynamite may have been stolen.
During the Clean Up Fix Up campaign the City will collect trash rubbish and trimmings in open trucks the week of April 16 through April 21 if placed on the curb with regular garbage. Two collections are provided for everyone and cooperation is requested to maintain the regular schedule with closed equipment.
Premier Khrushchev rejects an international inspection regime and vows to match Western nuclear tests blast for blast. Kennedy and Macmillan urged a controlled end to testing. Khrushchev insists on unpoliced tests and accuses the West of seeking military superiority.
President De Gaulle accepted Premier Debre’s resignation and others and tasked Georges Pompidou with forming a new government. Pompidou began talks with party leaders and would be formally appointed after a six pm meeting. Debre left after over three years in office amid strain and policy disagreements.
The United States reportedly tabled four broad Berlin proposals to Western Allies including an international authority to run West Berlin supply lines with East German participation. Also a nonviolation pledge, a ban on nuclear weapons to states not already possessing them, and East West German committees to address practical issues. The ideas echo prior U.S.–Soviet talks and aim to secure borders while allowing final boundary decisions in a German peace treaty.
Republican National Chairman William E. Miller says Nixon must realize he must be more humane or become an elder statesman prematurely. Miller calls Nixon's 1960 campaign horrible and chastises GOP handling of the press as atrocious.
No additional candidates filed for the City Council as the deadline passed leaving a lone race in the second ward for three seats. Incumbents in the first ward faced no opposition while the second ward incumbents Lee Coble Wart Bell Jr and Gerald Man seek re election. Ralph L. Hardy Jr filed in the first ward this week.
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