What Is It About Virginia Excerpt Reprinted
The Winchester Evening Star will serialize in tomorrow's issue an excerpt from Guy Friddell's Commonwealth Magazine piece What Is It About Virginia. The essay explores Virginia’s spirit and people with vivid locale references and humor, noting Friddell’s journalism background and imminent book publication.
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Winchester Evening Star
Guy Friddell
Norfolk Virginian Pilot
Commonwealth Magazine
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
Friddell
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Star
Two New Earth Shocks Hit Dazed Towns in Turkey
ERZURUM Turkey two new temblors struck eastern Turkish towns still reeling from last week’s killer quake. Relief crews aided 2300 injured and thousands left homeless as fears of cholera outbreak and a fresh collapse spread. Aftershocks followed the initial tremors before dawn with peasants sleeping outdoors.
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Erzurum
Turkey
Iraq
Fiddler Buck Ryan Visits Winchester Amid Sticker Talk
The Crier notes bumper stickers seen in town including a Massachusetts Shenandoah Valley Apple Blossom and a Wallace for President car. Buck Ryan, a familiar fiddler, stopped in Winchester en route to a gig, while police reported unusually heavy weekend traffic and big specials at Kresge's Ward Plaza.
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Shenandoah Valley
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Winchester
Sunhigh Peaches
D. K. Russell & Sons
Kresge
Welltown Pike
Pingley & Carper Cleaners
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Berryville Jail Escapees Sought After Breakout
Clarke County authorities search for two inmates Donald Ray Ashby and Lyle Morrison who escaped from Clarke County jail yesterday morning by using dummies in their bunks and slipping out through a shower. Reported by Sheriff John Slater, no clues yet. no injuries noted.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Donald Ray Ashby
Bluemont
Lyle Alfred Morrison
Illinois
John Slater
Percy Camper
Mr. Camper
New Hours for Town & Country Beauty Salon
The Ward Plaza beauty salon announces new hours from 9 a m to 9 p m Monday through Friday and 9 a m to 5 p m on Saturdays. Phone 667 1381 remains listed for appointments or inquiries.
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Ward Plaza
Fresh Local Sweet Corn Ad for Willow Lawn Market
Local ad promises fresh local sweet corn 15 cents at Willow Lawn Market on Valley Avenue with 3 hour specials tonight from 6 to 9 p.m. Sears Roebuck & Co announces openings on Mondays and Fridays for Shop and Save.
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Willow Lawn
Sears Roebuck & Co
De Gaulle Cambodia Visit May Spark Viet Nam Peace Talks
WASHINGTON AP Senator Mansfield says Charles de Gaulle’s Cambodia visit could spark tentative steps toward peace talks in Viet Nam. The French leader will meet Prince Norodom Sihanouk and discuss ending the war. Mansfield notes Hanoi may respond to De Gaulle proposals and cites Franco Sino tensions shaping policy. Governor Byrd Jr. named chair of Va Industrial Development board in Richmond.
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Harry F. Byrd Jr
D-Va
Man Survives Six Days After Plane Crash in Connecticut
In Middletown Connecticut John Emmanuel 39 survived six days pinned in a wrecked four seater Cessna after it plunged from Mt Higby near Hartford. His friend Richard Grimaldi 32 died in the crash. Searchers aided by truck driver John Faulkner located the crash and a helicopter airlift later evacuated Emmanuel in serious condition.
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Richard C. Grimaldi
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Lull in ground fighting as B52 strikes Viet Cong camps
For the second straight day large B52 bombers from Guam hit Viet Cong bases in South Viet Nam. One wave struck 45 miles east of Saigon and another 120 miles southwest. Ground fighting lapsed to small patrol actions. A terrorist grenade wounded four U.S. servicemen, a civilian, and a Vietnamese woman in Gia Dinh. Additional B52 strikes targeted a division HQ near the Cambodian border and a North Vietnamese concentration area near the DMZ.
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South Viet Nam
Guam
Gia Dinhaigon
U.S
North
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Viet Nam
Moon photos show nothing new on far side
The Lunar Orbiter mission inched closer to full moon detail with two high quality images of the far side showing landscapes similar to the near side. Mission officials cited camera issues and a drift in orbit as factors in the data but confirmed successful shots and a lower altitude pass.
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Downtown stores extend hours to 9 p.m. Monday nights
Ten downtown stores including Penney's Sears Newberry's Silico Dis kay Peoples Drug Tr s Dome Shoes Eleanor Shop and Lovett Brothers Shoes will extend shopping hours to 9 p.m. on Mondays starting tonight. Most stores keep regular Friday night hours until 9 p.m.
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Penney’s
Sear’s
Newberry’s
Silico, Diskay
Peoples Drug
Tr S
Dome Shoes
Eleanor Shop
Lovett Brothers Shoes
Weather turns warm and muggy in Vir Tinta
Richmond AP reports warm and muggy conditions across Vir Tinta due to a low pressure system along the North Carolina coast.
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Richmond
Vir ‘Tinta
North Carolina
Leggett's Store Extends Hours Adds Monday Friday Nights
Leggett's Department Store keeps weekday hours 9 to 5 and Friday 9 to 6 and announces new Monday and Friday night openings beginning Monday August 22. J C Penney Cay.
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Leggett’s Dept
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