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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1965
Page
1
Viet searches report a clash 30 miles below the North Viet Nam border as a Saigon effort adds 27 more enemy casualties amid ongoing operations.
Anthony Tino DeAngelis received two consecutive 10 year terms plus 5 and 10 year concurrent counts on four guilty pleas for conspiracy and fraud linked to Allied Crude Vegetable Oil Refining Corp. bankruptcy. Judge Reynier J. Wortendyke Jr denied full concurrent sentences and noted possible modification of the initial 10 year figure.
Percy Malone reported a night blooming Cereus with four blooms then another bloom on August 10 bringing total blooms to fifteen. David Butts caught a 20 1/2 inch bass in the North Fork Shenandoah River weighing about four pounds. A Muscular Dystrophy Carnival at the Pierce home raised 33.43 dollars with entertainment and thanks extended to volunteers DelCampo Davis McVity Baker Graves Ca ther Hulver.
U N diplomats praise a shift announced by Ambassador Goldberg allowing the General Assembly to resume normal operations after a year of paralysis. The U S abandonment of pressing Russia to pay for peacekeeping drew mixed reactions from Congress and Soviet delegates urged firm guarantees beyond a mere statement of nonenforcement.
The Senseny Road Elementary School project was awarded to Sentral Valley Construction Co of New Market for 437700 dollars after an executive session. Frederick County School Board allowed a loan increase up to 301000 dollars to proceed with the new school and related costs.
In Los Angeles AP report a man named Robert Yamez nicknamed his 8 pound son Riot after birth on Monday. The article also notes Yamez taking time off and returning to unrelated project duties. Meanwhile the local school board approved borrowing 420000 for a new school east of Winchester Golf Club on Senseny Road with 20 classrooms and a single story brick building. bids from English Construction Co and Miller Construction Co were opened with Hubert Stratton named as contractor.
Police report streets emptied in the 46 square mile riot zone as Governor Brown declares the riots over and National Guardsmen remain to secure the area. Violence has left 33 dead with the city counting thousands arrested and a seven member commission planned to probe causes and prevention.
The city sweltered as temperatures climbed to 97 degrees yesterday, tying last summer’s high. Forecasters expect another hot day with heat advisories for residents without air conditioning and afternoon highs in the upper 80s to low 90s.
AP reports in Los Angeles that residents of Watts disagree with Gov. Brown on the riot status. A cross section, including unemployed James Robertson and critics of Police Chief Parker, say police brutality fuels unrest and that rioting continues despite quiet periods. An anti Semitic note appears in some responses.
Washington AP reporting that President Johnson has done all he can to end social and economic ills blamed for violence. Moyers says there are no miracle workers in this field. Officials cite pure frustation and real grievances, urging police reform and coordinated antipoverty efforts, with Los Angeles Watts highlighted as lagging the program.
The festival presents American Folk Music by John Jacob Niles on Aug 18 at 6 90 p.m. at Orkney Springs Hotel in Virginia. Admission at the door is $1.50 for adults and 75 cents for students. The George Washington Hotel Dining Room offers air conditioned dining from 6 to 8 p.m. daily except Sunday. Penneys advertises Lady Towncraft shirts at 2 for $5 all week.
A United Air Lines jet with 30 aboard plunged into Lake Michigan near Fort Sheridan after leaving New York bound for Chicago. Five bodies recovered, four by Coast Guard cutter Woodbine and one by Arundel, as searchers scoured waters 150 to 200 feet deep. Clarence Sayen, Seattle businessman and longtime Air Line Pilots Association leader, was among those aboard.
Weather bulletins in Virginia indicate widely scattered thundershowers and warm temperatures today and tomorrow. Forecasters say current conditions are unlikely to yield significant rainfall or relief from heat in the immediate period.
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