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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1964
Page
14
A large American drill advances three feet per hour in a 23 inch shaft toward nine entombed miners in a limestone mine near Champagne France. Rescue teams from France, the United States, Switzerland and Germany work to reach them as two other miners remain missing and three are presumed dead.
An 81 year old couple Robert and Alice Gawne are in good condition at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a highway crash on Rt 522 yesterday morning. They sustained lacerations and will remain hospitalized for several days, a hospital spokesman said. Also reported in good condition is Richard Eugene Sheetz who was struck by a hay bailer. Three charges were filed against Frederick County resident John Calvin Newcome, 20, who allegedly backed a car into a truck owned by Charles Ricketts. Newcome was arrested near Loudoun Street around 6 pm by Officers Johnson and Bowers.
In Pasadena scientists catalogued 4316 close range moon photographs taken during a 13 minute 40 second window preceding the Ranger 7 mission. They aim to map landing sites among 200000 square miles and assess camera systems while noting no major ship modifications needed.
The West Virginia Air National Guard will build a 150 by 115 foot maintenance deck at Martinsburg Municipal Airport costing 300 000 to 400 000 dollars. Bids open in December with completion about a year later. The current hanger will house one weight Super Constellation while the new deck shelters all eight planes for servicing.
Maj. Donald E. Keyhoe head of the National Committee Investigating Aerial Phenomena told 150 radio amateurs and guests at Shenandoah Valley Hamfest that the Air Force hides UFO data. He cited hundreds of reports from pilots and observers, urged congressional disclosure, and warned secrecy threatens civilization.
About 1,500 National Guardsmen pulled out overnight as state and local police assumed responsibility for order in Syracuse. Governor Rockefeller ordered the withdrawal after a week of violence that left four dead, roughly 350 injured and about 1,000 arrested while the guards were deployed. State police will remain on duty, with around 200 staying in the city.
Civil Air Patrol volunteers keep search parties active for a single engine Ercoup believed to have crashed between Gordonsville and Elkton. The craft vanished after departing Gordonsville last Sunday with Elmer Leon Davis and J Richard Bloxom of Elkton aboard from a fishing trip in Pocomoke City Maryland. Over five CAP members are involved and the Winchester Squadron sent a rescue team and a communications van to the base.
The page lists classified rates and entries including lawn sodding ads and a barber shop, plus a radio TV repair service and a circuit court heading for Frederick County dated July 9 1964. The mixed items show local services and a court record segment.
Dennis Donovan and Thomas Miller, both 18, died while attempting to rescue one another after Miller entered water at the Shannondale Club near Charles Town West Virginia. Donovan, not a swimmer, followed to aid and both bodies were recovered in about seven feet of water.
In Bridgeport Connecticut Protestant Catholic and Jewish clergy joined police on weekend patrols to observe how youth crime situations unfold at night. A burglary report on Friday proved false. Saturday night passed quietly, described by police as one of the calmest in years.
The Southern Regional Council reports 551,828 more Negroes registered to vote in the South over two years, totaling 1,937,982 in 11 states. White registration stands at 13,600,000, with an estimated 38.6 percent of qualified Negroes voting.
The text lists diverse phrases to say God bless you after a sneeze in many languages including Chinese Taigulaysee Czech German Greek Hungarian Portuguese Russian Spanish Swedish Yugoslavian and more. Each entry reflects a regional greeting with varied spellings and terms.
Lebanon aims for 50 million dollars in tourism revenue in 1964 up from 40 million the previous year, a National Tourism Department spokesman said. Increased publicity is expected to draw more visitors from Europe and the Americas, though exact tourist counts were not available.
Chief J. Thomas Boyd announces two new members for the Winchester Police Department. James Robert Kline, 29, from Middletown, began on Saturday as a probationary patrolman on the third shift after naval reserve and Air Force service. William Henry Thompson Jr., 18, of 137 Lambden Ave., starts Saturday as a relief dispatcher working days off regular dispatchers. Thompson is a Handley graduate and son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Thompson.
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