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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1960
Page
5
Belgrade dispatch says Soviet specialists are leaving Peiping on special trains as their terms expire. Yugoslav Tanjug notes possible production risks in China and cites diplomatic observers linking exits to Sino Soviet ideological rifts.
Smithfield AP Lt Gov A E S Stephens offers a 2 month old fawn found roadside with a broken leg to Norfolk City Park Zoo. The animal cared for at Stephens summer home on the James River since June will need a new home when the family returns. Bambi, three days old when found, has romped with puppies and rode in motorboats. Maj Gen Norman T Kirk died after abdominal surgery. He served as Army surgeon general from 1943 to 1947 born in Rising Sun Maryland.
In Los Angeles Francis E Townsend 94 says a form of his pension plan may pass Congress. He notes the current proposal taxes personal income at 1 to 2 percent to aid those unable to work due to age or disability. He criticizes social security as unfair and inadequate.
In Stockholm Sweden the world’s top space scientists toasted American satellite successes and Soviet plans at aCosmic congress kick off. Soviet Sputnik expert Leonid Sedov praised Discoverer XIII capsule recovery and Echo relay. Wernher von Braun saluted Soviet lunar probes as Sedov led the international Astronautical Federation delegation.
A guy wire on a telephone pole may have saved two Richmond youths when their car plunged 85 feet Sunday after smashing through a guard rail on the Marshall Street viaduct. David Botts, 23, drove the car into the wire and rode it to the ground. Botts and passenger Eugene Adams, 28, escaped serious injury as the car landed on a grass plot beside the Richmond Petersburg Turnpike.
Pat Ayers, 16, a Corpus Christi high school pupil from Texas, was named Miss High School of America for 1960 at Convention Hall in Asbury Park New Jersey. She stood 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighed 120 pounds with measurements of 37 22 37. Runnerup was Anne McDaniel, 16, of Omaha Nebraska.
Puzzle clues request fill for a crossword. Entries include Amalga mate and a set of short definitions such as pleasing biblical name and a dialect uncle. The snippet hints at a themed puzzle with terse answers and concise wordplay.
The Virginia Department of Agriculture sees hog prices easing but not catastrophically, urging market readiness for near-term weight hogs and noting fewer hogs in fall. Corn moisture, export markets, and CCC stocks shape the feed and prices, while hay and soybeans show potential rises or stability with August 1 crop estimates signaling tighter supplies.
A call to voters to keep an open mind in elections and examine all sides of major issues before voting. It emphasizes that one vote can decide a close race and urges citizens not to waste their opportunity.
This article surveys how conflict of interest appears in corporate life from executives profiting via outside vendors to gifts trips and entertainment. It notes stockholder risks, potential legal questions, and calls for controls while citing Chrysler’s Newberg case and broader ethics debates.
Jamer son, a 69 year old taxi driver, biked 65 miles to Richmond for a weekend trip to shed weight and pick up bets. He took seven hours each way but rode back after accepting a ride. He is a grandfather of three and returned to his taxi work.
Richmond AP report states the Virginia Highway Department starts fallout detection training this week. A two day course in civil defense headquarters begins for the first 212 highway employees within two years, operating 53 fixed radiological monitoring stations statewide.
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