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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1965
Page
10
Four refugees from Cuba arrived in Miami after a six day boat voyage, saying they survived by eating shark and an unknown fish raw. They pledged to go shoeless for a week and kiss land three times, then checked into the Cuban Refugee Center after being aided by the Coast Guard.
Gov. Karl F. Rolvaag in a reappraisal to the White House and the Office of Emergency Planning said spring floods in Minnesota caused about 88 million dollars in damages. Private property losses totaled 60 million, public property 28 million, with nearly 2.5 million already spent by state and local governments and no federal reimbursement planned.
A 20 year old prisoner from the county workhouse asked to remain jailed until May 13 to finish a commercial course required for high school credits. Judge Loran L. Lewis granted the request.
In Dayton Ohio two wartime rivals shared a reunion over drinks. Herman Glemnitz former Stalag Luft III security chief and H M Day of Britain's Royal Air Force discussed past escape efforts and the notorious Great Escape era. The gathering drew more than 600 former POWs plus four German captors.
Dr James W Turpin, 37, of Coronado California, leads a nationwide drive for 250000 to fund a 25 bed hospital and 25 village clinics in South Vietnam. He has trained 35 Koho tribesmen as village medical officers and emphasizes self sufficiency in cooperation with Project Concern.
Governor Clement ordered Tennessee troopers to leave Lawenceburg after talks with Murray Ohio and Teamsters officials. More than 100 strikers were arrested during the week as the plant resumed production under a court injunction guiding picketing within limits.
A crossword style list of biblical and biblical themed clues including Hebrew lawgiver, first priest, small space, dawn goddess, and other mixed entries. Several entries reference religious figures and locations with hints for solving across and down entries.
Gene Beatty age 17 president of the Kansas Teens Age Safety Association in Wichita was unable to preside at the annual safe driving conference after his car struck a parked vehicle. He was hospitalized with a broken nose and police charged him with careless driving.
A 1.5 pound Siberian tiger cub was born to Tara during Shrine Circus matinee in Hartford. Trainer Robert Baudy says tiger births are rare in captivity and the cub, valued at 3500 dollars, will be sent to New Hampshire to be raised by friends as the show travels.
Police say a former electronics worker boobytrapped a cigarette lighter that exploded when a boy, 7, flicked it. Robert Cope lost three fingers. Sidney A. McMurdo, 56, former employee of Mar Vista Electronics, was booked on attempted murder charges.
Scientists report preliminary data show eight minute power run of the Nerva nuclear rocket reactor successful at Space Nuclear Rocket Development in Jackass Flats New Mexico near Las Vegas. The test is part of Project Rover aimed at space flight in the early 1970s.
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