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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1978
Page
10
Lee Shilo, 26, attempted a dramatic escape from a straitjacket by leaping 25 feet from the Johnson Street Bridge into Victoria harbor. He surfaced 2 minutes 16 seconds later free from the jacket, amid about 2,000 spectators and his sister greeting him.
New York AP report notes Donald Coburn wins drama prize for The Gin Game while The New York Times sweeps three honors for commentary criticism and international reporting. E.B. White receives a special arts citation. McPherson and Bate win fiction and biography.
List of pets including dogs such as Pebbles a 1 year old spayed female sheepdog and Sidney a 3 month old terrier poodle mix, plus cats like Brown Tabby 9 months old with vaccines. Notes include breed mixes, ages from 3 months to 1 year, some housebroken or neutered, and shots or health details where available.
James Alan McPherson of the University of Virginia, a Black professor at a predominantly white campus, has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for Elbow Room. He spoke of adapting art to the times and hopes for a future without racial distinctions.
Virginia Tech seeks a new director for the New Virginians after Stan Kingma, 40, resigns amid administrative disagreements. Kingma will leave July 1 to join an industry in New Jersey. The group, formed in 1972, travels widely and includes 100 students and five professionals, performing before about 115,000 people last year.
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