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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1964
Page
3
AP reports that on January 20 President Johnson will wear an Oxford gray business suit and Hubert Humphrey will wear the same as his first day as vice president. Humphrey planned a formal morning suit but had not begun construction.
Advertisement for Needlecraft pattern 7125 with directions for 10 lampshade shades. Includes price 35 cents plus 15 cents mailing, request to send name address zone and pattern number to Alice Brooks at Winchester Evening Star New York. Also promotes 1965 Needlecraft Catalog offering 200 designs and a deluxe quilt book.
Belgrade asserts China’s call for a world conference on banning nuclear arms is hypocritical after a nuclear test. Premier Petar Stambolic argues negotiations cannot proceed while nuclear explosions occur.
California leaders Salinger and Murphy agree to swap roles with Salinger resigning December 31 to join National General Corp as a vice president. Murphy to fill the remaining Senate term starting January 3, 1969, after defeating Salinger in November.
Axminster Brussels Chenille Knitted Tufted Velvet and Wilton appear as terms describing a carpet making method.
A Santa Claus Workshop opens Monday in front of the Frederick County Courthouse, daily 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. through Christmas. Santa will meet children from 6 to 9 p.m. each evening beginning Monday. Nick Sempeles of Winchester paints a mural inside and outside. The eight by eight by 24 foot prefabricated frame structure is a Winchester Merchants Association project with free labor by Johnny Bell of WHPL. James Wood students will be on hand to photograph children meeting Santa.
Four prominent Peronists departed for Asuncion Paraguay after accompanying former president on his flight to Rio. The group belongs to the Committee for the Return of General Peron. Peron and his third wife Isabel Martinez own a villa in Madrid.
Reports from Leopoldville detail Bandit and rebel raids in the Congo. A nun was raped and killed at Isangi, while three Canadian nuns, a Belgian nun, and a Dutch priest were among those attacked. Overall European deaths rise to about 120 as refugees relay accounts from Mungbere and Isangi.
Sen A Willis Robertson urges the U S Army Engineers to press forward with plans for the Gathright Dam in a telegram to the chief. He says the sit uation is more urgent than he thought and seeks expedited action from the Corps.
Cuban exile sources link a group called the Black Front to a bazooka attack at the United Nations in midtown Manhattan. Police investigated bomb threats and a phone warning while Guevara, in green fatigues, moved through the delegates' lounge. Separately, Virginia officials discuss the Gathright Dam amid river basin water studies and land-use debates with opposition from the State Game and Inland Fisheries.
Festival officials led by James Wilkins seek a spring world premiere of Universal Pictures film Shenandoah starring Jimmy Stewart. They plan a Winchester or Shenandoah Valley screening and are coordinating with state and local groups and film representatives.
USDA summary shows slaughter steers and heifers mostly steady to lower with varying classes. cows and bulls mixed. Hogs closed steady to 25 cents lower, barrows and gilts around 16 to 16.5 dollars, sows 12 to 13 dollars. sheep and lambs mostly steady with prices in 15 to 21 dollar range depending on weight and grade.
The U S Bureau of Standards periodically resets its clocks and time measurements due to minor fluctuations in the earth s rotation speed. This process ensures daily time keeping remains accurate and synchronized with astronomical time.
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