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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1968
Page
12
Heloise suggests saving worn nylon nightgowns by cutting off the outer layer to scrub tubs and showers as a useful bath accessory. Readers share further home hacks for belts, decorative containers, and DIY storage using common items.
Witnesses recount a crash near a hangar east of the runway as a plane exploded and burned. Federal Aviation Administration weather limits were met for landing, but reasons for the collision remain undetermined. Survivors describe a chaotic scene with people fleeing flames and a hangar collapse.
Mark Rudd 21 of Maplewood New Jersey longtime student rebel leader is permanently rejected by the Army after a recheck of medical records He told reporters at the Armed Forces Induction Center that political considerations influenced medical decisions He faces likely 4 F classification by his draft board.
President Johnson outlined remaining tasks before stepping aside on January 20 for Richard Nixon. He will work on the budget economic message to Congress and the State of the Union address from his Texas ranch. Johnson praised space gains and social advances but focused on bringing soldiers home from Vietnam.
New York officials say there is a material improvement in the state of peril caused by fuel oil shortages flu and freezing weather. About 15 000 to 28 000 buildings had heat restored by Friday night after a strike halted fuel deliveries and 900 public schools were closed earlier. Health authorities received 6 000 more Hong Kong flu vaccine doses and 16 000 more were en route while a two inch snowstorm exacerbated conditions. 26 deaths from flu and 41 from pneumonia were tallied in the 24 hour period ending Friday afternoon. The state of peril was declared by the Board of Health and allows priority fuel shipments to sick buildings.
China announces a successful hydrogen bomb test as part of its push for a powerful modern socialist state. Japan condemns the test and weather stations monitor possible fallout while jet fighters sample radioactive dust from western Japan. Mao’s thoughts emphasize breaking from beaten paths to advance technology.
Prague Premier Oldrich Cernik led a unanimous government resignation to enable a new federal regime to take effect on January 1. The plan, expected to keep Cernik as premier with a slimmer cabinet, aims to decentralize authority, with Svoboda to announce the new government in a New Year address while Soviet delegation observers monitor the transition.
Shawnee firefighters were called to a landfill to extinguish a blaze in a mound of commercial refuse that spread to pasteboard boxes and required a bulldozer to douse. A nearby tractor trailer owned by Arthur R. Hartman of Albin caught fire during cutting torch use, damaging the cab interior. Clearbrook fire crews fought a late morning trailer fire owned by E. Ricketts, with thawing pipes blamed for the blaze and smoke damage throughout the trailer.
Tokyo reports Japan denounced Communist China for a nuclear detonation. Weather stations tracked fallout while five jet fighters collected samples over western Japan. Prime Minister Eisaku Sato said the test ignored Japan’s peace wishes and opposed growing world opinion. Hiroshima mayor Setsuo Yamada urged Beijing to halt further tests. Various parties issued protests. the Communist party refrained pending Beijing Radio.
The North Mountain Go-Getters 4-H Club will meet Monday at 7 30 p.m. Members may bring one guest and are asked to bring a gift for a needy family.
Nine senior residents at D C Village died from influenza since December 1 and 42 more are being treated. Dr. Jack Clay of the D C Department of Public Welfare notes the home has 800 residents, mostly over 65, and December mortality with flu plus other deaths exceeds prior monthly totals. Admissions are halted except for extreme emergencies.
Bernard Goldfine, noted Boston industrialist who dispensed lavish gifts to allies, died in debt with possible liabilities over 3 million dollars. Suffolk Probate Court disclosed liens including a 3.3 million IRS claim. He left no will and about 10 thousand dollars in personal property at death.
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