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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1962
Page
5
IAM H. Hager Jr. 66 president of Hager & Bros Inc department store died Thursday after a long illness. He was the fourth generation to lead the store founded in 1821.
Advertisement for Anne Adams patterns offering five easy sew outfits including jacks top slacks pedal pushers and bermudas. Costs listed: 10 cents per pattern plus 35 cents for catalog now. Request includes name address zone size and style number for orders to Winchester Evening Star pattern department in New York.
The Federal Reserve authorized United Virginia Bankshares Inc of Richmond to acquire six Virginia banks with total deposits of 356 million and resources of 397.4 million. Banks include State Planters Bank of Commerce and Trusts Richmond First Citizens National Bank Alexandria First National Trust & Savings Bank Lynchburg Citizens Marine Jefferson Bank Newport News Vienna Trust Co Vienna Merchants & Farmers Bank Franklin.
Huron High senior Jaareen Thompson was sent home after Principal Glen E. Peterson complained her platinum mink up swept hairdo was too sophisticated for school. The student, modeling for her stylist Kenneth Welker, needs the style for a contest this week and the stylist fires back at critics, criticizing female teachers for tinted hair.
Pushinka the White House dog may be pregnant, with tests ongoing. White House press secretary Pierre Salinger said results will be available in about 10 days. The Kremlin gift is one of three President Kennedy family dogs, reportedly a daughter of Strelka with no father named yet.
Col Graeme K. Howard, 66, retired Ford vice president, died Thursday in Hartford. He spent 25 years with General Motors before joining Ford in 1948 as a vice president and director of Ford International Division.
Palm Springs California AP Directors of the volunteer California Republican Assembly urged the national party to halt support for segregationist candidates in the South. A resolution accuses the national Republican Senate Campaign Committee of backing segregationist Republicans and calls for an all out South vote drive focused on progress rather than prejudice.
Damascus AP Khaled El Azem promised national elections for a new parliament by July 1963. He said his three month old cabinet aims to ensure stability and democracy and a law regulating Syria's political party system will be set before the elections.
Evergreen symbolism in ancient traditions links winter greens to eternal life and a creator’s promise of spring. The text notes the green year round nature of evergreens as a sign of renewal and continuity through the winter season.
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts announced its membership has doubled in two years to 7 721. At the museum’s 25th anniversary in fall 1960 membership stood at 3 621 with 4 491 in the Richmond area and 3 220 in 19 chapters and affiliates across Virginia.
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