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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1966
Page
5
Gov. John H. Reed asks Labor Secretary Wirtz to raise Canadian fruit pickers from 350 to 600 for Maine apples. He cites unpicked 1965 crops due to labor shortages. He notes 90 percent of Canada's 19.6 million people live within 200 miles of the U.S. border.
The Associated Press reports six weekend fatalities across Virginia push the 1966 toll to 704.34, with victims including Harold Douglas Shirley in Northumberland County and Edith Laverne Forbes in Richmond. Other deaths occurred near Rocky Mount, Mendota, Dinwiddie and Emporia, involving multiple vehicles and a bus crash.
Hollywood report notes Shelly Winters vowing to lose 30 pounds while pursuing lead and Oscar worthy parts. She recalls earning Oscars for The Diary of Anne Frank and A Patch of Blue, laments deals as agent changes, and mentions plans to work with Alberto Sordi and in Saul Bellow plays. She contrasts her earnings with co star Sidney Poitier’s, and cites later Alfie profits and Rolls Royce purchase. Additionally Eastern Airlines posts a July loss of 4.9 million amid machinist strike context and a trivia note about presidents whose rents were present at inauguration.
Eighteen month old Tina Sparks of Tazewell County was killed when she ran into the path of a small caterpillar tractor operated by her 18 year old brother Steve. The child had slipped outside unnoticed from the family's new home yard.
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