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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1960
Page
7
Walter Bayliss from Long Meadow Farm at Opequon shows a heart shaped tomato weighing 2% pounds. The tomato exemplifies the farm's produce and Bayliss highlights the unusual fruit for local readers.
Los Angeles reports Tony Augustyn, owner of T and R Disposal Co., contested a $108.64 county bill for replacing a damaged 18 foot eucalyptus with a sapling after his truck struck a tree. County park workers defend the charge as the gross replacement cost, though the driver vows not to pay and considers suing.
Eight Houston area stores ended lunch counter segregation in a surprise move. Spokesmen said employees would not publicize the change and there were no disturbances though a waiter admitted nerves. Memphis item notes Ruth Brahic, 49, mother of nine with 19 grandchildren.
Western diplomats say the Khrushchev Mao split is unlikely and not imminent. A Soviet circular pressures peaceful coexistence while Red China counters with a hard line and war rhetoric. In Phoenix, burglars stole 60,000 dollars in watches and rings after a store campaign.
Excerpts from Dear Abby letters include a mother reporting diapering a 14 month old, marital sleep habits, dating behavior, and ring etiquette. Abby replies about neighbor concerns, respect in dating, handling misconduct, and wedding ring order with guidance and humor.
Norman Bassett, a Madison businessman, presented a late first edition of Mark Twain's The Innocents Abroad to the University of Wisconsin collections. The San Francisco imprint makes it one of only four known copies, and the satire on European travel was considered daring for its era.
A 34 year old prisoner escaped from a district coat room in COLORADO CITY as a jury weighed a verdict on firearms possession. Attendants reported he vanished about 15 minutes before the verdict was due. Dragonflies feed on large quantities of mosquitoes gnats and flies.
Two men tried to rob Nicholas Milla in a parking lot one armed with a pistol. Milla, a deputy constable, flashed his badge causing the attackers to flee after he revealed the badge.
In Los Angeles criminals discover a note taped to a safe stating no money is kept there. They forced the safe anyway and found eight dollars and twenty cents with a taunting message. An unrelated line notes an elaborate planetarium opened atop Mt Hitomaru in Akashi Japan.
In San Antonio Texas a two year old boy named John Lemon wandered off, trailing his dog Blackie. Mrs Mary Lemon reported the boy missing but later found him when she whistled for the dog. The pair reappeared as Blackie led John through a hole the dog had dug beneath a back yard fence.
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