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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1963
Page
1
The infant son of President Kennedy died at 4:04 a.m. in Boston after a 39 hour battle with hyaline membrane disease. President Kennedy and officials announced the death at a Boston hospital news conference.
A 56 year old Kelso Tennessee man Don Carlson Pamplin was charged by the Frederick County Sheriff's Dept with breaking and entering and grand larceny in a 91 jewel theft from a Middletown home. He was arrested by State Police near John C. Pugh's residence and charged with being drunk in public. A wedding band diamond watch and jewelry were reported missing. the watch was recovered.
President Kennedy arrived at his wife Jacqueline’s side at Otis Air Force Base Massachusetts to share grief over the death of their infant son. He was accompanied by his brother Attorney General Robert Kennedy. The condition of Mrs Kennedy was not known.
Frederick County ASCS ordered 2 000 bushels of government surplus corn after about 20 farmers applied for the reduced rate. The grain will be shipped by train next week and loaded into farmers’ trucks for feeding over the next two weeks.
A resident spotted a child's doll carriage lined up with used cars at a local auto dealer this morning. Weather outlook calls for a chance of showers Saturday night with lows in the 60s and highs from 82 to 90, then a cooler Sunday and five days of temperatures two to four degrees below normal.
Squalls on the northern edge of hurricane Arlene struck Bermuda today while the Miami Weather Bureau warned winds would rise rapidly. Officials urged all island interests 670 miles southeast of New York to rush safety measures, though no threat to the U S mainland was seen.
United Nations forces on the Korean front report the First Cavalry Division using a river navy to patrol the Imjin River. Company A of the 8th Engineer Battalion operates assault boats and 27 foot boats while 8th and 9th Cavalry Regiments cover 15 miles of riverbank. Captain James Z. Metalios leads, with S. Sgt. Oko Baccus in charge of the fleet as soldiers adapt to water operations amid ongoing patrols and occasional machine gun fire.
In Pasadena AP reports a U S negotiator says underground detonations expose a gap in nuclear arms control as the test ban omits subsurface blasts. Dr Frank Press Caltech says detecting such tests is secret and progress could push toward banning all nuclear testing.
U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev met at Khrushchev's Black Sea estate in Gagra for a shirt-sleeve conference on Cold War issues. They toured the grounds, posed for photographs, and planned a two to three hour discussion on Berlin, nonaggression proposals, and observers.
Leo S Haley of the Northwest ern Grade was appointed superintendent of Winchester Public Welfare Department to replace Andrew Gott who joined Waynesboro Welfare. A Philadelphia native, Haley, 38, has lived in Frederick County six years and has worked in the Somes welfare office since June 1. He is married to Marjorie E Sanders of Nashville Tenn and will begin Sept 3.
President Kennedy argues the limited test ban will enhance U S security and urges Senate approval. Republican Everett Dirksen demands proof through hearings with military and scientific experts as the treaty moves to the Foreign Relations Committee for public hearings starting Monday.
London AP reports losses from the Glasgow to London mail train robbery neared 7 million pounds with 120 bags of registered mail seized.Banks including Midland and National Commercial Bank of Edinburgh tallied losses as bandits hid cash and negotiable notes. Rewards rose to 60,000 pounds as police hunted a 15-man gang across 14 nations.
Through July the Winchester area issued 407 construction permits totaling about 2.58 million dollars, down from 459 permits and 2.63 million a year earlier. Frederick County recorded 190 permits totaling 1.69 million dollars by July 31, versus 198 permits the prior year.
A high pressure system centered over West Virginia extended across most of the middle Atlantic states today bringing Virginia a day of pleasant weather with light winds and sunny skies.
Weekend specials include fudge pecan cake and feezing peaches and plums at Orchard Side Fruit Stand Clearbrook formerly L O Dick Est. Canning. Yard party at Mt Williams Snt Aug 10 Elks family picnic Aug 11 with noon swimming games. Ky fried chicken at 5 pm. Plus ads for Wender's final clearance and Margaret L Hodgsun shops.
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