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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1968
Page
3
The 39th Eucharistic Congress in Bogota prompts Latin American leaders and clergy to await Pope Paul VI's reply on whether Christians may use revolution or violence to aid the poor. Observers note his past against fascist violence and emphasize his likely call for peaceful, orderly reform.
Lewis M Costello was welcomed as the newly appointed Winchester School Board member succeeding Herbert Solenberger. The board set up a committee to plan dedication ceremonies for the Handley Memorial, awarded Blue Cross Blue Shield hospital insurance, kept tuition at 400 for secondary and 300 for elementary, and accepted five resignations with six new appointments.
Bogota braces for the Pope's visit with about 14 000 troops and police in the city for the 39th Eucharistic Congress. Passes are checked as journalists and clergy face restrictions. the pope's three day tour includes Mass ordinations, speeches, and meetings with President Lleras Restrepo.
Gov. Mills E. Godwin proclaims Virginia State Citizens Band Week praising radio operators for serving communities. The Community Radio Watch supports stranded motorists aid at accidents reporting outages and organizing search teams for lost children. Winchester Frederick County club links to state association and Community Radio Watch program.
Charlottesville attorney Del Paxson 63 and longtime House of Delegates member is in satisfactory condition after a Monday surgery at University of Virginia Hospital. The hospital spokesman said Paxson is doing extremely well and the nature of the operation was not disclosed.
The Stephens City Elementary School Office will be open Friday from 8 30 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. and Saturday from 8 30 to 11 a.m. for collection of book rental and insurance money. Any parent may come to pay for their child's books. This opportunity helps prevent delay and congestion on opening day.
Nixon praised Ohio as a great organizational state and relied on Rhodes favored son delegation at the GOP convention while meeting governors and party leaders in state capitals. He planned more talks with Rockefeller and a phone link to Johnson as their motorcades crossed outside Detroit.
Rescue efforts continue 75 miles downstream from the landslide site as authorities report 52 bodies recovered and 52 missing. After the rain swollen Hida River swept 107 aboard two buses, survival is unlikely and the toll may surpass earlier records.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy shifts his first post funeral address to Kimball Hall Holy Cross College in Worcester a venue with about 1000 seats from the Yankee Drummer Motor Inn in Auburn capacity 620. The policy address before a Worcester area Chamber luncheon will be televised nationwide. Kennedy approved the change to accommodate interest.
A Berryville youth, 4, was struck on Ward Plaza lot last night and taken to Winchester Memorial Hospital with abrasions, a knee laceration, and minor facial cuts. He reportedly declined hospital care but showed injuries per rescue squad findings. Further details were not available.
The forecast predicts a high near 92 to 98 degrees as heat persists. Yesterday reached 88 after 86 on Sunday, with 95 on Saturday and 89 on Friday. a possible cool spell may arrive Thursday with less heat and humidity.
Vienna AP reports Soviet space scientist Dr. B V Adushenbakh told a UN conference that Moscow may favor assembling heavy satellites in space from smaller unmanned carriers rather than building ever larger rockets. He cited past unmanned docking tests Cosmos 186 188 212 213 and noted manned docking will be needed for an automatically assembled orbital station.
Julian D. Berlin Jr of Winchester has completed the C P A examination and will receive his certificate at the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants annual meeting in Norfolk on September 14. Berlin, a Clarke County native, holds a Virginia Tech business degree and has worked for the Treasury Department and the firm Yount Hyde & Co. He resides with his wife Nancy Rackley and three sons and is active in Braddock Street Methodist Church and Winchester Exchange Club.
Robert S. Williams of 440 Chase Street was charged by Winchester police with felonious assault in the shotgun wounding of Harold Smith of 506 Kent Street. The shooting occurred shortly after midnight on August 3 in front of Williams residence after a rent dispute. Smith recovered at Winchester Memorial Hospital. A preliminary hearing date was not set. Williams is free on $500 bond.
Winchester firemen answered a fire call at the old Woolen Mill building corner East Lane and Piccadilly Sts. The sprinkler system had the blaze out on arrival, likely starting from spontaneous combustion in trash during a room cleanup. Firemen remained only a few minutes.
Prof Garland D. Kite of Virginia Tech will speak at the Winchester Kiwanis Club luncheon at the George Washington Hotel on safety as individual responsibility. He is in the Department of Agricultural Engineering and chairs the Extension Safety Committee and has past roles with Virginia safety councils.
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