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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1963
Page
6
Benson Arizona recalls a homestead built by John F Kennedy and his brother Joe during college days. The adobe house on the Jay O Cattle Ranch now serves as Jack Speiden's office. Speiden, an Arizona Republican, notes Kennedy later served as a Yale graduate and banker before politics.
George Lincoln Rockwell spoke to about 500 in Lynchburg urging volunteers for a counter march on Washington next Wednesday. He accused white Americans of division between parties and urged action against communism and race mixing in a hour long talk at the City Armory with two Negroes observed in the audience.
Columbia South Carolina 26 public parks will be closed indefinitely September 8 to avoid integration after a federal court ordered desegregation within 60 days. Twenty parks serve whites and six serve Negroes under state law. Effects not felt until next season.
In Washington the Senate votes 57 to 31 to send a $390 billion debt ceiling extension to President Kennedy, arguing the ceiling is a prudent finance limit. Deputy Defense Chief Gilpatric varies on power choice delaying a Navy carrier contract, with McNamara expected to name a decision upon his return. The Knights of Columbus pledge $25,000 to assist marchers in the August 28 civil rights event.
In Richmond, St. Catherine's School has not admitted a Negro girl placed on the waiting list. The eighth grade candidate remains on the list as vacancies in the over enrolled class do not appear. If not enrolled this year, she will stay on the waiting list unless her parents withdraw her.
Atlantic Research Corp reports a $246,746 order from the German Defense Ministry for 140 Arcas sounding rockets for meteorological use. Rockets manufactured at its Pine Ridge plant near Gainesville Virginia, via the U.S. Navy.
In Mexico City October 12 20 conference organizers announced invitations to U S astronaut Alan Shepard Soviet Valentina Tereshkova former federation member Lt General Charles Lindbergh Spain's Jose Luis Aresti and France's Jacqueline Auriol for an international aviation gathering to be held later this year.
Mexico's ambassador to the United States Antonio Carrillo Flores left a Pan American Union gathering after a security officer denied him entry without a special pass. He attended to hear Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson speak at an OAS meeting marking two years of the Alliance for Progress in Latin America.
In Norfolk, Ruth Walters, 38, a blind woman, was found guilty of second degree murder for fatally stabbing 43 year old Fred D. Hairston Jr., a roomer, after he drank. Sentencing was postponed for a probation report. Walters claimed innocence and said Hairston could hurt when intoxicated.
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