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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1962
Page
14
Roanoke high school student Gene Kelly was elected president of the Future Teachers of America chapter of the Virginia Education Association. He succeeds the prior leader and begins a term guiding student educators statewide.
George Mitchell of Waynesboro School was chosen to head the convention which began Friday morning and concluded Saturday afternoon, guiding sessions and discussions during the event.
Chicago buyers steady to mostly steady across hog and cattle quotes with mixed weights and loads noted. New York stocks eased slightly at noon with the Dow and industrials edging down while some blue chips showed fractional gains.
USDA cattle slaughter demand steady to weak for steer and cow classes while feeders lag. Individual carcass quotes list prices for 1050 lb steers at 30.00, 917-1122 lb at 28.75-29.50, 980-1320 lb at 26.75-28.75, heifers 830-930 lb at 26.00-27.25. Cows and bulls range 12.00-20.00, hogs steady with barrows and gilts 18.25 for 190-220 lb, sows 12.50-14.75.
New York faced a second day of upheaval as eight million people awaited a resolution. The AFL-CIO Typographical Union No. 6 struck major papers including The New York Times Daily News Journal American and World Telegram Sun. Others suspended publication voluntarily. The Press kept suburb editions.
In Jacksonville Florida a 15 month old boy died after his father could not reach a doctor because a telephone operator questioned the emergency. Joseph Claude Roberts Jr was pronounced dead at a hospital. Roberts Sr said he found his son choking and tried to call for aid but the line was not released.
Frankfort Ky was the only nonseceding state capital taken by Confederates during the Civil War. Kirby Smith seized the city on September 3 1862 marking the high point of the Southern drive in Kentucky. Union forces retook Frankfort about a month later.
The Front Royal Town Council will hold its regular meeting this evening at 7 30 in Town Hall. This session will be the last until January 7. Mayor W Douglas Blanton called a special meeting at the last meeting to suspend the December 24 gathering since Christmas Eve.
Judge Le Roy Corron of the Warren County Circuit Court gave 90 day sentences to Bonnie S. Smoot and Lewis E. Wharton both 19 for stealing gasoline from a pickup truck in the Viscose parking lot Front Royal on December 2. Each was fined 50 dollars for trespassing. a charge of tampering with an automobile was dismissed.
John Joshua, 36, of near Ellerson died as his wife drove him to a local hospital for treatment of shotgun wounds to the face throat and chest. Ada Julia Garlick, 40, of Eller son Rt. 1 was charged with murder. The shooting occurred in Joshua's father's home. The wife went into labor during the trip and delivered a 7 pound 13 ounce baby boy three hours later.
Henry L. Wilder 79 publisher of the Lebanon Daily News and president of the Pennsylvania AP Association died Saturday likely from a heart attack.
Richmond AP reports Mrs. Emma Fox II of Ellerson Route 2 dies in a house fire in Hanover County. A sheriff deputy says the blaze likely started from an overheated wood stove in the living room.
A centuries old tale links Christmas charity to kindness shown to beggars. The legend says on Christmas Eve the Christ Child roams the earth in disguise seeking food and shelter, and acts of mercy toward beggars express love for Jesus.
In Gallatin Tennessee a six point buck burst through a plate glass window in the Cordell Hall Hotel lobby during a televised professional football game. The deer bled to death before aid could arrive.
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