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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1961
Page
12
The Rochester gymnasium will install its first new basketball floor in 30 years as the 1961-62 season approaches. The Minnesota Twins stadium in Minneapolis seats 30 022 fans with box seats priced at 3 dollars.
Palace shows The Entertainer with Laurence Olivier and Joan Plowright Sunday Tuesday. Gorgo with Bill Travers on Wednesday and Saturday. Capitol screens The Sins of Rachel Cade with Angie Dickinson Peter Finch and Roger Moore Sunday Tuesday. No Time for Sergeants with Andy Griffith and Nick Adams Wednesday Thursday. The Absent Minded Professor starts Friday with Fred MacMurray Nancy Olson Keenan Wynn Tommy Kirk Leon Ames and Ed Wynn. Primitive passions clash with civilization in The Sins of Rachel Cade. Chester Drive-In offers Children of Love and The Miracle of Birth Sunday to Wednesday. G I Blues and The Girl He Left Behind with Elvis Presley Thursday to Saturday.
Canada announced a massive grain sale to Red China likely to exceed 60 million dollars and possibly become the biggest grain sale in Canadian history. Agriculture Minister Alvin Hamilton indicated deliveries will proceed faster than the January pact and noted China has already spent about 200 million dollars for 2.3 million tons of wheat and flour from Canada and Australia along with fertilizer.
In Galveston Texas police jailed 17 college students after a near riot near Seawall Boulevard during an annual festival. Firemen sprayed water as crowds milled and hospital emergency rooms filled with those struck by beer bottles and cans. Police reported a tire shot from an officer’s car and kept watch with tear gas and shotguns while the event cooled.
AP report notes Robert Garrett 85 financier philanthropist and civic leader died Tuesday. His great grandfather founded the Baltimore banking and investment house and helped build the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. A second brief notes a panhandler asking for 50 cents on Howard and Baltimore streets with a taxi joke.
A fragment notes an incident at a Baltimore soda fountain on East Franklin Street where sundaes in paper cups labeled hospital use were served. Leonard Testa, head of the Buffalo Schoolmasters Association, is mentioned in connection with the report.
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