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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1961
Page
10
Edgar Allan Poe Jr., 90, a great-nephew of the poet and author and former Maryland attorney general, died Wednesday.
Fred Levinthal a New York textile executive and benefactor of disabled World War I veterans died Thursday at age 67. He supported veterans groups and contributed to charitable causes during his career.
Richmond insurance expert James M. Cahill told the State Corporation Commission that insurers expect a roughly $2 million deficit this year in the uninsured motorists program. He urged raising the $1 liability insurance fee to $3 and warned the current $20 fee cannot cover costs. The proposal, backed by the National Bureau and Mutual Insurance Rating Bureau, includes stricter cancellation rules and would take effect March 1 if adopted.
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Mrs. Wayne Elwood Sr. of Palo Alto gave 1000 dollars to the United Nations. She says the amount reflects what a fallout shelter would cost and objects to the idea that nuclear war is inevitable. She sent a letter to U Thant criticizing postwar optimism and the instinct for survival over human brotherhood.
Detroit report notes Lt Gen Lewis B Hershey, head of selective service, says soldiers inherently have a right to gripe. He adds that if units never complained they would be lying or mute while addressing National Guard and reservist concerns about Ft Lewis conditions and pay. The article references a tuberculosis death toll from 1960.
Two flags with historic space and sea accomplishments join the Eisenhower Museum collection. A large flag circled the earth 17 times in the Discoverer XII capsule. A small flag accompanied Bathyscaph Trieste teams on a record 37 800 foot Pacific dive on January 23, 1960. Both were presented to former President Eisenhower last year.
A pattern advertises fourteen motifs from 2 by 2 inches to 4 by 15 inches for cutwork or embroidery on linens. Priced at thirty five cents with ten cents extra for first class mailing, requests sent to Alice Brooks at The Winchester Evening Star Needlecraft Dept. Address details given with required name and zone.
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