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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1960
Page
5
New York AP reports pianist Van Cliburn arrived home Friday night from his second concert tour of the Soviet Union. He praised the trip as even more wonderful than 1958 when he won the Tchaikovsky competition. Among gifts was a three week old puppy.
The Virginia Department of Highways seeks sealed bids by 10:00 A.M. EST on Wednesday September 28, 1960 for multiple highway contracts in Middlesex Goochland Roanoke Augusta and Fairfax areas. Plans are on file at Richmond district offices. Bid bonds required. the commission may reject all proposals or waive technicalities.
An American GI deserter named Col. Theodore F Hoffman accused the US Army attache in Moscow of espionage on Soviet TV. The claim followed the expulsion of the embassy's economic attache George Payne Winters Jr. from the Soviet Union. Hoffman plans to return to Moscow Sept 4 after a German vacation.
In Fort Worth Texas two sheriff's deputies and two armored car guards were wounded in a mistaken identity shootout during a three car stakeout at a supermarket. Deputies Windle Coy Ray and James E Hutcherson were treated at St Joseph Hospital in fair condition.
In Frederick County Circuit Court Virginia Cecil N Eaton seeks a desertion based divorce from Gladys M Eaton. The order requires Gladys Eaton to appear within ten days after publication and depositions will be taken September 28 1960 at Kuykendall Whiting in Winchester.
Senator Byrd warned at a Virginia gathering that rising debt and taxes shrink the dollar and push government toward centralization and socialism. He blasted federal subsidies across sectors, citing multi billion totals and urging opposition to labor and right to work limitations while defending state rights.
Senator Byrd praised Switzerland for its direct and representative democracy and admired its taxes and bankers. He noted cordial Swiss reception for Americans, warned against buying friendship with dollars, and criticized recent foreign aid levels including Congo funding.
An explosion in the Vedada district one block from the former Hilton Hotel injures no one, near the site of a prior blast that damaged a power transformer causing a blackout. A Valencia peasant court meets weekly since the 10th Century to allocate irrigation water and settle water disputes.
Dr. Hough Mawby and Mr. Mawby addressed an orchard gathering on Virginia apple crops. They noted five year production totals, frost impacts, packaging shifts, pesticide resistance, and future spray plans. Michigan growth prospects and comparisons to Virginia highlighted diversification and scale differences among regional fruit industries.
Three more highway fatalities push Virginia’s 1960 toll to 466, including a hit-and-run victim in Gloucester County on Rt 14 near Gloucester. Muriel Brannock Ross, 28, of Galax, died when her car hit a tractor trailer on U S 52 south of Hillsville, with others injured after a separate collision. The report notes the Senate has acted as impeachment court twelve times, including nine against federal judges and once each against a president, a senator, and a secretary of war.
Mr Mawby notes Michigan specializes in Jonathan apples with McIntosh grown less now. Red Delicious Golden Delicious and Red Rome are also produced. He says future plantings hinge on these three varieties plus Jonathan as growers prepare for the fresh apple market within 500 miles of the Michigan fruit belt.
The Associated Press reports A Willis Robertson and challenger Stuart D Baker campaign in Robertson’s Virginia home area. Baker estimates needing about 210000 votes and spending 50 cents to one dollar per vote. In Woodstock Kennedy aides anticipate Eisenhower will offer posts to Virginia Democrats to tilt the state Republican. William C Battle in Charlottesville warns on appointments while noting Virginia’s GOP tilt and past appointments.
The Danville branch of the NAACP has scheduled a special meeting for tomorrow. Rev. Doyle Thomas, a Negro Baptist minister and local NAACP leader, issued the call.
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