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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1960
Page
8
In Munich Wernher von Braun was met with both catcalls and cheers as the World premier of I Aim at the Stars highlighted his life. The Germany born scientist played a major role in the U S rocket program and helped develop Nazi V2 rockets used in World War II drawing pacifist protests.
Malaya bans the weed killer sodium arsenite after officials say it killed cattle worth more than 65000 dollars. The chemical is used on rubber and coconut estates. At a news conference before the film was shown several reporters complained the footage whitewashes Von Braun’s Nazi work.
D E Stultz has resigned as president of Potomac Edison Company and will be succeeded by R G MacDonald. The board announced the change at a Frederick Maryland meeting citing Stultz health reasons. Stultz led PE since 1957 after a long career with Hagerstown and Frederick Railway. MacDonald formerly with West Penn Power Company, rising to vice president in charge of marketing.
Clergymen at a World Council of Churches conference in St Andrews say Christians of different faiths can speak more openly today than a generation ago. They warn that Protestant Orthodox unity may take generations, even centuries, to achieve despite progress in interfaith dialogue.
Former North Dakota congressman Usher L. Burdick has died at 81 in Sibley Hospital. A Republican power for nearly five decades, he served 10 terms in Congress from 1934 to 1958 and was succeeded by his son Quentin Burdick, a Democrat who later won a Senate seat. Born February 21, 1879 in Owatonna Minnesota, he was raised on Graham's Island near a Sioux reservation and married three times, with his third wife Jean Rodgers surviving.
The late King Norodom Suramarit's body was carried from the Royal Palace in a two hour parade. About 300000 people watched as the gilded urn was placed atop a nine tier bier within a 100 foot high structure. The procession featured elephants royal dancers and a motorized dragon bearing the urn. Palace musicians played dirges as court attendants blew conch shells. Suramarit became king in 1955 after his son Norodom Sihanouk abdicated to lead the neutral Buddhist nation. He died April 3. No new monarch has been chosen.
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