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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1963
Page
5
The page lists a dense block of prime time TV offerings with channel and show names across 5:00 to 4:55, including Mickey Mouse Club Popeye Rocky and Friends Maverick Love That Bob The Virginian Perry Como Show The Tonight Show News and CBS NBC Airings.
Steve and Eydie Lawry, a married duo with two children, manage dual careers by performing solo on TV while appearing together for nightclub shows. They balance travel, family logistics, and audience expectations, with Steve noting TV accounts for over half his income. The piece previews CBS Reports on Robert Moses.
Newport News prosecutors criticized Virginia’s implied consent statute as badly drawn after a woman refused hospital waiver for a blood alcohol test. Betty Jean Litchfield, 29, Hampton, had pleaded guilty to drunk driving and saw charges dropped as City Atty Nachman ruled forcing waivers illegal.
Palm Beach report notes Mrs. Kennedy among a secret circle of six trusted people in the White House. President and Kennedy family aides kept the circle tight with only a few aware ahead of public announcements. Separate data shows Arizona’s population doubled 1946 to 1960, adding context to national figures.
Norfolk leaders and community members urged the city to curb police brutality after an April 6 incident in which two policemen used a police dog during a disturbance involving about 500 African Americans. The call came as part of a broader demand for police reforms from a local Black leader and council members.
Two Virginia men, William Brainbridge Jr. and James Ballard, face grand larceny charges after a 100 pound Aphrodite statue vanished from the Speakeasy Lounge. Police traced the statue to a car in a lot and recovered it. Ballard surrendered after initial inquiry. A prior nude painting theft valued at $5,000 had been recovered.
In Batavia New York an attempt at burglary at the Dairy Farmers store failed to steal cash but caused a big loss as thieves left doors open. The burglars accessed the safe but did not crack it, and the operator faced ruined ice cream products. Sheriff Clyde Dericks reported the incident.
New York AP report: Two Virginia inmates from a state prison camp in Prince William County were captured by the FBI in New York. Robert A. Shuler 24 Lynchburg and Thomas R. Jackson 24 Finchly faced hearings April 22 on $10,000 bond each, as the last of five escapees who fled in July 1962.
April snowfall reached a record 21.5 inches in Alaska, surpassing the 1955 high of 18.7 inches. Street crews kept main thoroughfares clear as national airport traffic returned to normal after snow was cleared from plane wings.
A busload of 28 persons from the Winchester area left Monday afternoon to attend the Spring Dealer Meeting of the Sun Oil Company's York.
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