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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1969
Page
3
In Los Angeles Cedars of Lebanon Hospital entertainer Danny Thomas is father to a newborn daughter of his publicist Terri Gordon. Terri gave birth to a 6 pound 8 ounce girl named Dionne Friday. Doctors said both mother and baby are in excellent condition.
A 1949 earner of 5000 to 10000 dollars would need about 60 percent more income today to maintain purchasing power, according to the National Consumer Finance Association.
An advertisement for Pattern 4657 by Shane Rae listing a child’s jumper blouse and pants set in sizes 2 to 8. Price 65 cents per pattern plus 15 cents extra for mailing. Includes mailing address for orders and mentions other sewing books and a catalog with 105 styles. The tone is promotional and instructional for home sewing enthusiasts.
Reader Ella May Fazer turns bakery cake boxes into lids by flipping the box inside cover, enabling easy slicing without removing the cake. Other letters share small home hacks from shelving dishes to polishing statuary and using car trouble lights for night painting.
President Suharto announced that West Irian will have full and real autonomy now legally part of Indonesia. He cited unanimous Act of Free Choice results and said the decision is absolute and cannot be voided by anyone under any pretext.
Three Virginia legislators arrived by twin engine plane at Winchester airport as part of a Battle campaign stop in the runoff for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Del Largent of Winchester joined Dels. Slaugh ter Fidler and D. French Slaughter Jr. in urging Bill Battle’s positive, fiscally sound platform and criticizing Henry Howell. George Aldhizer II missed the visit due to Battle’s nearby appearance.
A light private aircraft crashed into a rain shrouded mountainside near Hot Springs Virginia injuring five aboard including a 15 month old infant. Pilot William Snavely 30 his mother Elsie Snavely and Polly Snavely Prather 28 a sister and her son Kevin Dale plus Wade Allen Britt 26 of Manassas were hospitalized in Roanoke Clifton Forge with varying conditions. The craft appeared to be attempting to land at Hot Springs airport after deviating from a Woodbridge to Blacksburg flight.
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