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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1962
Page
8
An earthquake hit sections of Utah and Idaho this morning at 6 36 causing about 30 seconds of shaking. A Ogden resident reported a cracked cement porch while others felt tremors in Vernal and Preston. No major damage reported and residents described twisting sensations in bathtubs.
Staunton speech by J Kenneth Robinson Republican candidate for congress criticizes the Kennedy administration and a wage subsidy trade bill. He urges voters in Augusta County to be more active at the polls and asserts he will represent district voters without pressure if elected.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower said the latest U.S. disarmament proposals go as far as sane people can. He warned the Soviets will not agree to any inspection that would give confidence to disarm. He spoke at a shipboard news conference after returning from a five week tour of six European countries.
A National Apple Institute formed a committee to study federal and state grading structures for fresh apples. Virginia members include H Delmer Robinson Jr James Laise and E B Bonham. The group will review setups and advise potential changes to improve marketing. First meeting planned in November.
Paul Terretta of O'Sullivan Rubber Corp. announces two new staff appointments in O'Sullivan plastics division. Cheng Tse Chiang, a Taipei Institute of Technology and VPI graduate, becomes coatings laboratory supervisor. Elmer H. Diebler Jr., VMI graduate, is named assistant project engineer.
FBI agents captured Joseph Roland Kileen 36 as he rode a bicycle in Denver. He was en route to Colorado Springs 67 miles away on a bicycling vacation. Kileen escaped from a Baskerville Virginia road camp October 25 1960 after serving three years of a 10 year armed robbery sentence in Alexandria. He had been living in Denver and worked for a packaging company.
The list includes Idaho’s E. L. Showalter and California’s J. E. Klahre along with Oregon’s Ray Foreman and Washington figures Harold Copple Ed O’Niell and Art Euborn.
William Dwight Cobb, 20, of Poquoson died in a single vehicle crash near an Hampton intersection. The car left the curve, hit a ditch and a cement abutment and hod over, police said. The Virginia highway toll for 1962 rose to 565, 54 higher than a year earlier.
The article compares Justice Frankfurter and potential nominee Goldberg, noting their immigrant backgrounds and career paths in labor and liberal causes. Dirksen and Goldwater praise Goldberg while discussing Frankfurter’s mixed legacy. Kennedy lauds Frankfurter as a major legal figure.
Pattern 4637 by Anne Adams features a simple bodice attached to a soft skirt with a floral print for flattering effect. Includes half sizes 14 to 20 percent. instructions specify fabric needs for size 16 and mail order details from New York.
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