18 Aug 1966
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1966
Page
1
A two story frame house weighing 75 to 80 tons was pulled 200 feet across Route 50 in Gore under a hot August sun. The move, caused by highway widening, halted traffic for about 15 minutes as Mrs. C. T. Brill of Gore arranged the transfer.
Forecasters warn of scattered showers and thundershowers tonight with a high in the 80s tomorrow. The J. Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival is represented in the Middletown Firemen’s parade tonight at 7 by Miss Judy Snecker of Woodstock, first runner-up in the festival.
Saigon based AP report says American warplanes pounded targets in North Vietnam with 109 missions flown on Wednesday. One Thunderchief went down with two crew missing, another F8 Crusader was shot down, and a carrier jet pilot was rescued. Weekly tolls included 101 killed, 593 wounded, 11 missing or captured, and 284 enemy captured.
Washington police report July serious crimes rose 25.4 percent from a year earlier with 2,727 total. Solved cases fell to 27.2 percent, an all time low, while chiefs cite court rulings and new procedures as possible factors. Homicides 13, rapes 9, robberies 393. aggravated assaults 325. housebreakings 909. grand larcenies 182. auto thefts 645.
A head on collision between a Railway Express tractor-trailer and a Queen City Trailways bus on U S 29 near Altavista left nine dead and 29 injured. The Greensboro based bus had originated in Tallahassee and was bound for Washington with 36 passengers aboard.
A tiny radium capsule, described as highly dangerous, disappeared during rail shipment from Fort Worth to New York City. Physicists warn the public not to touch it and urge anyone who finds a silver cylinder to mark the spot and notify police.
Philip A. Colclough Jr. was chosen to head the upcoming Community Chest drive. he will coordinate eight division chairmen and hundreds of volunteers in the fall campaign. Born in Westville New Jersey thirty years ago he attended Woodbury High School and the College of William and Mary on an athletic scholarship earning a BA in business administration. He served as a first lieutenant in the US Army 1958 1960 including Fort Sill and Canal Zone assignments. He worked with Insurance Company of North America before joining Jamison and Gore Inc. He is married to Marilyn Councill of Franklin Virginia and they reside at 433 Beechcroft Road.
Lawmakers confront a noon EDT deadline to decide whether subpoenaed witnesses must obtain new lawyers after seven lawyers walked out of an Un American Activities hearing. The protest followed the forced expulsion of an attorney as many shouted and booed.
In a Beijing dispatch, Lin Piao, 59, described as Mao Zedong’s dearest comrade, was noted to stand shoulder to shoulder with Mao and act as spokesman for the Central Committee. The official NCNA listing placed Lin just after Mao at a rally, signaling his rise to near-equal eminence.
The Senate 66 to 21 approved standby authority for President Johnson to call up thousands of reservists for possible active duty in Southeast Asia. The move ties the provision to a defense bill as lawmakers clash over mobilization and budget cuts.
An AP report notes a stationary weather system over North Carolina moving northward into Virginia as a warm front tonight and Friday. Increased moisture raises temperatures with a chance of afternoon or nighttime showers across most of the Old Dominion.
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