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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1968
Page
14
Frankfort Ky AP reports the 1968 legislature requires nudist colonies in Kentucky to obtain state licenses and undergo reasonable inspections by local sheriffs after the Court of Appeals voided prior restrictions. The rule aims to regulate nude colonies across the state.
NBC telecast presents a star packed Tony Awards with live portions and musical numbers from Golden Rainbow and The Happy Time. Celebrities from Ann Bancroft to Joanne Woodward appear as Maurice Chevalier receives a special award. Angela Lansbury and Peter Ustinov host while Zoe Caldwell and Hallelujah Baby are praised as top musical selections.
New units will be furnished free of charge if broken within 15 years. Tone board will be replaced if structurally defective within 15 years. Finishing uses high grade materials and workmanship but finish can’t be immune to surrounding conditions. Phone 662-0545. Winchester Virginia.
A woman swings in a baseball pose captured in an AP Wirephoto. The image emphasizes focus as she runs the baseline during a turn at bat.
Firefighters battled a blaze at Mrs Ada Hardesty's 301 N Kent St residence Saturday night causing heavy furnishings and upstairs smoke damage. Earlier a grass fire at 833 N Loudoun St started by a boy burning fleas off a dog caused no serious damage. An automobile fire at 123 Bellview Ave damaged wiring from a distributor likely due to a short circuit.
Soprano Leontyne Price will inaugurate two 1968 opera seasons, San Francisco Opera in September and La Scala in December, with Verdi’s Ernani. She will also perform recital and concert engagements across the United States starting October 18.
A Saturday night blaze in Posey Hollow Shenandoah County destroyed a 1511-year-old barn near Strasburg owned by Mrs. C D Stickley. Firefighters arrived as flames engulfed the 40 by 60 foot structure and lightning is suspected. Loss included a calf, an ensilage blower, about 1000 bales of hay, an elevator, some grain and a milker. A grain drill was saved. Signs of spring in Shenandoah National Park show early bloom and rising visitor inquiries as supt R Taylor Hoskins notes the redbud dogwood azaleas and mountain laurel in bloom ahead of the season. A childhood mental health seminar is planned at Waynesboro Main Street Methodist Church May 2 and 3 by Virginia Association for Mental Health in cooperation with local chapters.
The Forest Service seeks to add two Shenandoah River tracts to the George Washington National Forest for recreation in the new fiscal year if Congress funds options. One tract includes about four miles of shoreline. Funding would come mainly from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Three men in a car hooted at a motorcyclist and crowded him off a city street. The cyclist, Ray Cleveland, 26, flashed his police badge and .38 revolver to defend himself. The driver was charged with aggravated assault, assault with a deadly weapon, and illegal possession of alcohol as a minor. Cleveland was unhurt.
In Norfolk a 16 year old, David Michael Barr, was killed by a gunshot to the head during an alleged beer robbery from a parked tractor trailer. A second teen, 15 year old John Earl Baggett, was treated for gunshot wounds to the head and arm. Suspect Hersey Parker Sewell, 54, was jailed on 5000 bond after being charged with murder and felonious shooting. He allegedly fired while pursuing the youths at Sewell Express Inc. and a third youth fled a waiting car.
Exports from Luanda Angola totaled nearly 15 million contos about 525 million dollars a 20 percent rise from 1966 Coffee exports hit a record 3.5 million contos 122.5 million The territory also ships diamonds and other minerals per Actu alidade Economica reports.
An old newspaper ad promotes pattern 7403 for a breezy knit skimmer with red berry embroidery, priced at 50 cents plus 15 cents shipping. It lists multiple pattern sizes, mailing to Alice Brooks at Winchester Evening Star, and features numerous needlecraft books and pattern bundles with prices.
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