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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1969
Page
6
Richard Waller principal clarinetist of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra will be the soloist for the Festival Finale in Woodstock Massachusetts. The concert starts at 8 30 p m in the Massanutten Academy auditorium.
The ad promotes a multi item sewing pattern collection including a dress jumper tunic and flared pants with blouse, listing Misses sizes and new half sizes, pricing and mailing details. It also notes a fall-winter pattern catalog and books. A separate passage previews Kalmon Bloch in Los Angeles, clarinetist and educator, and Dr Richard Lert conducting the festival orchestra in Orkney Springs Woodstock with Phillip Spurgeon as associate conductor.
A worn-out marine is aided up the dike of the Vu Gia River, 15 miles southwest of Saigon, during pursuit of a North Vietnamese unit. U.S. spokesmen said attacks by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces may peak before September 2, with 19 rocket and mortar strikes and eight ground engagements reported overnight by U S headquarters.
William E Fauver announced seven reappointments and eleven new members to the General Advisory Committee for the Dowell J Howard Vocational School. Reappointed are Robert Solenberger Robert Buckley Donald Neale Mrs Nina Burley Roy Bayliss Jr Albert Loring John Wiltshire. new appointees include Thomas Glass M E Royston Jr Wilbur Feltner John Rodman Robert Smalley Carl Napps Henry Adams Miss Mary Dix William Bowerman Hubert Stratton George Lurie. The panel will guide local trades and industrial education programs and the first meeting will organize and orient members.
A Northeast Airlines Boston to Miami jet was hijacked by two men, one armed with a pistol and the other with a knife, who forced the cockpit near Wilmington North Carolina and forced radio silence. The flight diverted to Cuba marking the year’s 39th hijack to the island and carrying about 2 075 people on unscheduled trips.
Andrew P. Miller, Democratic attorney general candidate, pressed his campaign across Shenandoah Valley after Winchester. He sought support from July primary backers and proposed a Little Hoover Commission to study Virginia state agencies for efficiency and tax savings. Stops included Harrisonburg, Staunton, Waynesboro, Charlottesville, Lynchburg, and Martinsville.
President Nixon plans to announce his Supreme Court nominee on Monday amid debate over Clement Haynsworth Jr. as a potential pick. New York figures and civil rights groups criticize Haynsworth while others point to alternative judges. Javits warns of civil rights impact.
About 5 000 markings on the Moon have been named by the International Astronomical Union which approves all lunar nomenclature National Geographic notes craters bear names such as Jules Verne Copernicus Darwin Einstein Peary and Byrd.
The piece surveys Hair the 1968-69 phenomenon praising its liberation while labeling it controversial. Producers Michael Butler and Tom Smothers back the show in New York Los Angeles and London with Jennifer portraying Sheila in L A. The interview highlights the nudity debate censorship and the show’s aim to capture counterculture energy through protests and peace themes.
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