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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1963
Page
5
A 1940s-era analysis traces widespread featherbedding in Italy's state rail system. Government subsidies grant discounts to workers, officials, and families, with tens of millions benefiting and travelers paying the bill via taxes. The piece notes varying cuts for police, military, voters, artists, priests, and foreigners, plus special group rates and regional quirks.
Alice Brooks offers thrifty Spark Fall outfits with matching hats. Pills pillbox frames in ribbon loops striped silk jersey or wool with pattern 7395. 35 cents per pattern add 15 cents mailing. Send to The Winchester Evening Star Needlecraft Dept and include name address zone pattern number. 1963 Needlecraft Show features smocked accessories and 200 more designs with a free pattern. send 25 cents.
Emanuel Crespi, 22, a brunette fashion model who loves flying, was chosen Lady Europe 1963 at a Riviera resort in Alassio Italy. Runners up were Marion Staiico 25 Lady Germany and Claudette Dantes 22 of Rheims Lady France. Selection emphasized beauty grace culture and elegance.
Weekend visitors included Mrs. Jessie Whittington and granddaughter from Capon Road, and Luther Lindawood and family from Ohio. Robert Purdham and children from Fairfax, Britt Bowman and family with Mae High, Thelma Wendle, and Delores High of Altoona paused by Capon Road. Elmer Rinker and family visited near Fairview. Viola Cooley and son Walter shared Sunday time with relatives.
American Nazi Party leader George Lincoln Rockwell canceled plans to speak in Danville after a city injunction blocked use of armory property. He will speak in Lynchburg and Charlottesville instead while organizing counter demonstrations against the August civil rights march in Washington.
Lagos Nigeria Indian High Commissioner P M Haksar presented working samples of telephones from Indian Telephone Industries Bangalore to Communications Minister Chief Olu Akinfosile. The equipment will eventually reach Nigerian phone subscribers.
An afternoon gathering at the Norman Clarks residence in Whitacre drew local attention as guests attended a quiet social event. No further details were provided in the readable text.
AP writer Bob Thomas reports on Kyu Sakamoto the Sukiyaki singer visiting Hollywood for a whirlwind three day trip. He meets Jane Powell at Disney, appears on Steve Allen shows, greets thousands of fans, and shares impressions of Los Angeles as youthful and modern yet traditional.
The Wisconsin Conservation Department advances plans to recreate the historic canoe route along the Wisconsin River from Sauk City to Sauk County area, detailing steps to restore the traditional expedition path.
The department plans wilderness campsites for canoeists along a 60 mile Wisconsin stretch from Sauk City to the Mississippi River delta as traced by 17th century explorers Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet.
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