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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1963
Page
1
Frederick County Board of Supervisors postponed decisions on a building permit procedure amendment and an odor issue raised by residents of Indian Hollow. Health officials Dr. L C Fears and Roy Williams outlined why the Health Department could assist the homebuilder.
Herbert Little, VOA editor, and his wife Peggy escaped as their six room mountain home near Bluemont burned in under three hours. Fire officials said the blaze started on the front porch. loss estimated at about 11000 with some coverage by insurance. Mary Wicks of New York alerted the Littles and their house guest was rescued.
Mrs Mildred Aron aged 40 mother of three was killed in Willow Grove Pennsylvania when a pressurized can exploded in a backyard incinerator. A fragment severed her jugular vein as she stood about six feet away. The report notes related discussions on building code amendments and health department permits at a county supervisors meeting.
A Frederick County reader recalls a man returning nine dollars she forgot at People's Drug Store. She had been excited by the birth of a grandchild and left the change behind. The man followed to the door and handed her the money.
The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office offers a $100 reward for information in a vandalism case where a green burner set gasoline on grass at a golf course causing edge burn and damage. No motive has been uncovered.
Thirteen people died in Virginia highway accidents over the weekend, increasing the annual toll to 581. Notable fatalities included Howard Coleman and Willie Junior Coleman, both of Washington DC, in a non collision crash on U S 460 west of Petersburg.
The 4th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a ruling and sent the Prince Edward County desegregation dispute back to federal and state courts. The panel urged Virginia courts first decide if the county’s schools are a state entity before federal questions are settled.
Washington AP a weather expert says Virginia's 1963 drought is not yet as severe as 1930. Wayne Palmer of the Weather Bureau notes 1980 rainfall about 45 percent normal statewide, with western Virginia around 50 percent and eastern areas drier since July. Scientists study air flow patterns and note no forecast of equal severity, though conditions mirror an unusually dry summer and fall.
James A. Hood, 20, of Gadsden, withdraws from the University of Alabama citing physical and mental condition. The university canceled a board meeting on charges linked to a July speech and notified Hood he must appear before the dean of men. Charges allege conspiracy to violate news conference rules and other alleged improper conduct by officials and a dormitory official.
Atmore Alabama AP report says Creek Indians may receive payment for more than 17 million acres of land taken by the United States after a 16 year court fight. Attorney C Lenoir Thompson told 500 Creeks at an Alexander McGillivray Day observance that the U S Court of Claims promised a minimum payment of 3.94 million after costs. The land loss dates to 1814 and the Treaty of Ghent.
Local residents can speak tomorrow night on the Potomac River Basin project at an Army Corps forum in the Corporation Courtroom after the city council’s August session. The dam would affect Opequon Creek northeast of Winchester near Old Charles Town Road and Clevenger's Bottom, with lesser impact from a Back Creek dam in West Virginia. Typhoon Carmen heads for Manila with 120 mph winds, plotted east of Samar Island.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee urging ratification of the U S British Soviet pact to outlaw all nuclear explosions except underground tests He stressed the treaty would slow the arms race without harming U S security Rusk noted East Germany’s treaty signature does not imply U S recognition and that greater armament has not increased security He and Kennedy discussed talks with the Soviet Union to ease European tensions and to continue negotiations with Khrushchev expected to move slowly
Two major Kennedy proposals move on Capitol Hill this week. The House votes on a 1.1 billion dollar college construction bill while the Senate considers a National Service Corps measure. Hearings on a limited nuclear test ban treaty begin as the House drafts civil rights legislation.
At Otis Air Force Base John F Kennedy Jr and Caroline visited their mother in hospital after Patrick Bouvier Kennedy’s brief birth. The First Lady recovered, walked, and ate solid food while Kennedy arranged a helicopter ride from Hyannis Port to the base before flying back to Washington.
About 500 inmates rioted at the Indiana state farm in Putnamville. Two prisoners were missing, two hospitalized, five with minor wounds as troopers and guards conducted a wide search and recovered part of the narcotics supply. Commissioner Arthur Campbell said there was no structural damage and no one killed.
A weakening high pressure system and an eastward moving cold front bring sunny and warm conditions in Virginia this afternoon with clear cool weather tonight. Lows expected in the 60s. Rouss Fire Co uniforms for CVWFA Parade in Keyser West Virginia issued Aug 13 14 from 7 to 9 pm at the fire hall.
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