31 Aug 1962
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1962
Page
1
Chicago AP dispatch reports management and union officials opened new bargaining sessions to restart trains on the strikebound Chicago & North Western Railway. The walkout by under 6 percent of 16 500 employees touched nine Midwest states causing mass transit jams and heavy revenue losses.
The SLO MO SHUNS Auto Club joins Mayor Claude Smalts to promote safe driving during Labor Day with a daytime lights reminder. Mayor and Mrs. David Shear of Romney, West Virginia, breakfasted in Winchester and toured the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival office. Visitors from six states plus DC and Texas attended this week, while a Farmers and Merchants Bank picnic at Shawnee Land produced humorous mishaps as John Hortenstine and Harry Ridgeway tumbled into a lake and a long-table fall.
An outbreak of encephalitis affects Pinellas County Florida with 108 suspected cases and eight suspected deaths. Hotels report cancellations while officials from South Carolina warn residents to avoid the area. Dr. Card resigns as county health chief amid questions about information releases.
George Porter Peek of Fredericksburg drove a 1951 model truck into an Arsenal ruins exhibit at Harpers Ferry National Monument at 12:15 am. He received minor injuries, was charged with reckless driving, and pled guilty with a $25 fine plus costs.
Fire Inspector William N. Gochnour warns residents not to light any outdoor fires due to severe drought conditions. Grass and foliage are extremely dry and a spark could trigger a major blaze. Violators will be prosecuted under the city fire prevention code.
Ward's Pastry Shop promotes a weekend special chocolate mint cake. The item highlights a rich chocolate cake base layered with peppermint mint filling and chocolate ganache. Available through Sunday with possible limited quantities.
President Kennedy signed the communications satellite bill to create a privately owned corporation for a global message and picture network. He promised wide public benefits and world peace while noting safeguards to prevent domination by any single company.
The Citizens' committee on auto safety sponsors a public meeting at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the city courtroom City Hall to hear residents' views on a grass roots campaign to cut auto deaths and injuries. Co chairmen James R Keller and Floyd G Crim note a traffic safety specialist will outline successful programs elsewhere and the group will decide on action. The committee includes Mayor Claude B Smalts Jr Police Chief J Thomas Boyd William Baker and other city officials and residents.
Daylight Saving Time ends for most of Virginia as clocks go back an hour Monday night. The change applies from Memorial Day to Labor Day per the General Assembly and Attorney General, with Arlington-Fairfax Alexandria remaining on DST until Oct 28. The Bristol-Virginia area stays on Eastern Standard Time.
Two people suspected of smallpox caused a quarantine of 200 at Idlewild Airport. Officials later diagnosed the cases as likely chickenpox. A Philadelphia woman and her three children were involved. the entire 132 passengers and crew were treated, with fumigation and tests continuing.
The British Court of Appeal refused to free fugitive spy Robert A. Soblen and upheld deportation to the United States for a life sentence related to wartime disclosures to the Soviet Union. Soblen, 61, may seek leave to appeal to the House of Lords. he had stabbed himself aboard an Israel Airlines flight earlier.
Labor secretary designate William Willard Wirtz faced a mob of about 200 guests at Capon Springs West Virginia as he returned from Washington to announce his appointment succeeding Arthur Goldberg. He posed for signs and shared a quick meal before family joined him for a Labor Day weekend stay.
Rebels in Wilaya No. 4 urged unarmed civilians to form human barricades to block advancing regu lar army columns supporting Deputy Premier Ahmed Ben Bella. Reports say barricades appeared near Affreville and throughout an 80 mile radius of Algiers as heavy troop movements and cut lines of communication were observed.
Washington AP four major steel firms Bethlehem Republic National and Armco refused to appear before Senator Kefauver Antitrust Subcommittee and provide production cost data. Kefauver called their conduct willful contempt and urged citation while companies challenge jurisdiction claiming data is confidential.
No publication on Labor Day Monday September 3. City services pause with no garbage collection or bus service that day. collection shifts to Thursday September 6. Includes closing notice for Barry's Drug Store and current dividend information from Winchester Savings and Loan Association.
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