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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1960
Page
12
Registration for James Wood High School students and transfers runs August 8 9 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Transfer students must be in Frederick for registration. Students with schedule problems should attend at the school during those days to discuss their schedules with staff members.
Quiet sit ins at Woolworths and other stores occurred with no public notice or reported disorder. A Negro lunching at Woolworth denied a planned boycott while an executive at Grant’s noted 25 Negroes dined there. Policy leaders offered varied views on integration and merchant prerogatives.
Guidance says only two days for James Wood registration. No students admitted on the first day of school if not registered beforehand.
The FBI said it is not conducting a search for Bernon F. Mitchell 31 and William H. Martin 29 who left for vacations on June 25 and did not return. They booked a flight to Mexico City and were last seen at hotels there, working as junior mathematicians at Fort Meade’s Communications Intelligence Agency. The Defense Department requested they be listed in the FBI missing persons files, but no federal law violation is indicated.
Virginia reports 133000 bee colonies as of July 1, down two percent from a year earlier. Severe late winter weather caused heavier losses in many yards, with spring replacements partially offsetting. Colony condition 89 percent, same as last year, nectar plants improving overall though dry conditions in southern and central regions threaten early summer honey production.
Michigan State University Professor Paul D Bagwell is used for governor in a three way race with McDill Boyd publisher of a weekly news paper Lt Atty Gen John Anderson seeks a third term Two Democrats Lt Gov Joseph Henkle and Frank Theis compete for nomination against the likely GOP U S Senate nominee Andrew F Missouri Atty Gen John M Dalton is headed for the Democratic nomination for governor Missouri Republicans Edward G Farmer Jr and William B Ewald contest the nomination for governor in a tighter race
Martinsburg West Virginia reports a 20 percent rise in the four state Appalachian belt peach crop from last year despite heavy winter damage. Quality is good though sizing was uneven. favorable recent weather boosts prospects. Some hail damage occurred but deemed negligible overall. Early market was favorable though volume limited by late July. cling and semi cling varieties prevail with freestones to follow.
After 17 years as a professional diver A F Ackerman enrolled in a beginners swimming class in Charleston. He wore a 190 pound diving suit but says he always wanted to learn. The passage notes June weather aided vegetation and higher honey stores in June. Beekeepers report 5 403 000 colonies in the U S as of July 1, down one percent from last year with regional declines and increases.
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