13 Dec 1962
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1962
Page
1
Senator Byrd portrays Europe as a powder keg with a million troops in Berlin tension. He notes Soviet signals to exit the Berlin crisis and contrasts West Berlin's fragile aging population with East Berlin's harsher conditions and shrinking prospects.
The article reports observations from Senator Byrd’s trip through East and Western Europe. It notes a fear of Germany in Poland and Czechoslovakia, a wary view of Russia, and mixed use of capitalist incentives in mining. It compares wages and birth rates across Poland, Czechoslovakia, France, and Austria with political shifts in France under De Gaulle and slower growth in West Germany.
U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged NATO to take the initiative in the Cold War at the Paris ministerial meeting. He argued the Cuban crisis and bloc weaknesses create Western opportunities and called for Western studies of major diplomatic problems. He warned the Soviet Union that the U S has offered all concessions it intends for a Cuba treaty and suggested NATO widen allied works on Berlin to cover other issues.
Tourists entering Winchester from Route 522 North are met by a tantalizing smell of apples sugar and spices from the National Fruit Product Co. The Fairmont Avenue area fills with the scent as apple butter production lingers in the air. AFTER-HOURS in a local furniture store draws attention with clerks posing in the window display and two workers chatting after closing.
Local promotions list events for December sales including men and boys sport jackets slacks new uniforms jewelry valued at thirty thousand dollars offered at fifteen thousand three hundred twenty nine dollars. Also shows cold weather coats and car coats children’s wear and Christmas club with bank branch invites and shoe center warm boots.
An Associated Press report chronicles a polar air mass driving temperatures below zero across the southern United States. Readings ranged from Mt. Mitchell -21 in North Carolina to Florida seeing its lowest point of the century with oranges and other citrus groves hit hard. The piece notes substantial agricultural damage and references continuing coverage on page 16.
In western Frederick County a frame home owned by John Watts burned last night, forcing the Pugh family and their four children to seek shelter in bitter cold. Fire companies from Gore Gainesboro Capon Bridge and Wardensville battled the blaze, which started near the chimney and reached the attic. Temperature hovered around 10 to 12 degrees, with a low near five above at the research lab, and a warm-up expected tonight though more cold air and possible snow linger. The Red Cross offered assistance to the Pughs as they and the nearby Westfall family faced homelessness after back-to-back fires.
The Rev. Frederick Groff will join Centenary Evangelical and Reformed Church as its new minister with his first worship service set for Sunday at 11 a.m. He is from Lancaster Pennsylvania, educated at Millersville State College and Lancaster Theological Seminary, and has worked as a social worker and pastor. He and his wife Erike have two sons, Steven and Alex.
Yugoslav leader Tito addressed the Supreme Soviet amid West Berlin negotiation talk, challenging Khrushchev and signaling potential Chinese anger over Soviet policy. Gromyko urged ongoing talks with the West while signaling a future East Germany peace treaty, as the Soviet budget and economic overhaul were approved.
The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board approved a one hour extension for beer sales in Winchester from 11 p.m. to midnight effective December 20. No opposition was voiced at a five minute hearing as City Council had unanimously supported the measure. Councilman E. F. Dearing cited county extensions as a prompting factor. Kenneth C. Patton of Dixie Beverage Co. urged favorable consideration. The decision came after a closed session.
Mariner II approaches Venus for a 20 000 mile flyby to study the planet’s clouded atmosphere. The mission seeks new radio records while confronting solar panel trouble and earlier guidance system glitches. A Soviet probe heads toward Mars as the craft nears its historic solar system touchpoint.
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