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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1966
Page
1
City Council accepted a 310,000 gift from Mrs. H B McCormac and Mrs. H B McCormac Jr for an amphitheatre in Senseny Park as a memorial to their late husbands. The securities will be reinvested in legally authorized instruments per a council resolution.
A 24 year old Winchester man and a juvenile were arrested Christmas day at Sears Roebuck on N Loudoun St after officers found a broken service entrance window. James Edward Roberts of 536 N Kent St was charged with breaking and entering. The juvenile was turned over to relatives.
Carl Brown of the Commercial and Savings Bank reported a theft Saturday. A suit or clothing freshly cleaned was taken from his car and his garbage can with bagged trash was also stolen after he returned home.
Snowfall on Christmas Eve left a light inch and a half cover in the area while much of the state faced snow and sleet warnings. Temperatures hovered near freezing as a larger swath saw heavier totals to the north and south. Nationally a major snowstorm snarled Southwest and Plains traffic with two feet reported in the southern Rockies and widespread warnings.
A Christmas Day fire destroyed the Fauver family home on Route 600 and damaged a nearby building, with winds and freezing temperatures hindering crews. The Fauvers were away. John Larrick owned the house and both parties likely have insurance. Four children were left homeless as four other items and a tree were burned.
A stiff high pressure ridge bring clear skies and cold Virginia weather as Round Hill Fire Company thanks neighbor Mrs Nail for coffee amid a stubborn blaze. Four county fire companies fought the fire, which destroyed three rooms before it was controlled.
Scientists report potential major new protein source from single cell protein made by feeding yeast or bacteria high quality hydrocarbons derived from crude oil. If scalable, the dried protein could compete with skim milk powder in developing countries, though technical and economic challenges remain.
The Associated Press reports 561 traffic deaths in the 78-hour Christmas weekend, ending midnight Monday, below last year’s 720 and under NSC pre-holiday estimates. Snow kept motorists home, but fatalities still exceed nonholiday periods. New Year toll projected 460 to 540.
In the Crow's Foot area near the central coast a North Vietnamese battalion overran U S cavalry positions and inflicted heavy casualties before breaking under American fire. U S forces counted 52 enemy bodies and 44 fresh graves as about 250 of the 600 attackers were driven off with artillery and air support.
Katharine Mellick Gilpin of Boyce Virginia died Saturday in the University of Virginia Hospital Charlottesville after a brief illness. She was the former Katharine Mellick of Far Hills New Jersey married in 1942 to McGhee Tyson Gilpin. She served as a Frontier Nursing Service courier and was active with the American Red Cross in Clarke County. Funeral service was held at Christ Episcopal Church Millwood with burial in Old Chapel Cemetery. Surviving are her husband four children a brother and a sister.
New Year’s Eve Dance set for Saturday December 31 in Winchester Armory with music by Jim McCoy. Sponsored by the Winchester Optimist Club. Reservations available by calling 662-4647. Also Penneys year end bargain days offering big savings all week.
The Pentagon acknowledged civilian areas in North Vietnam have been damaged in U S air raids but said only military targets are scheduled for attack. Officials cited air defense sites, POL facilities, aircraft and SAM sites, railroads, bridges, and military depots as targets. Air defenses around Hanoi are described as highly sophisticated and pilots nickname the city Dodge City.
Washington AP report says Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield urged a thorough second look at the Great Society program and related laws. He sent recommendations to 17 Senate committee chairmen proposing studies to audit medicare draft income tax foreign aid and administration of older laws like Selective Service. He stressed the move is not a response to losses or Vietnam costs and urged Congress to stop look and listen.
Middletown Conn AP William Manchester was off the critical list today after an attack of pneumonia. He has received telegrams from Mrs. John F Kennedy and Senator Robert F Kennedy as he recovers from an illness described as a weeklong hospital stay.
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