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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1961
Page
5
The Army fired a Pershing artillery missile 200 miles at night using foxholes and sand-bags to shield sensitive instruments and gather heat and liftoff data. The test informs safety requirements for crews who will operate the mobile weapon in Western Europe next year.
Weather Bureau forecasters fielded calls of snow in Dade County Florida. Two weathermen checked in mid-50s temperatures and found no snow just large clouds of fine ash from dumps blown by brisk winds. The ash absorbed moisture and melted upon contact.
In 1646 Joseph Jenkes, a scythe maker, was granted the country’s first machine patent for equipment used in his water driven mill.
The Braddock Street Methodist Church under Rev. Jacob W. Mast lists Church School at 9 45 a.m. Nursery and Crib Room available at 9 45 a.m. and 11 a.m. No 8 30 a.m. service. Student Rec Day features a sermon Ring the Bells Again with college students as honored guests. Watch night Service at 10 45 p.m. in Fellowship Hall with meditation in the Chapel 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Dr Joseph Hyram Roe of George Washington University received the Alfaro International Foundation medal at the District of Columbia Medical Society's annual session. The award honors Eloy Alfaro, Ecuador's liberator. Roe, a Winchester native and Handley graduate, chairs the Academy of Medicine of Washington and leads the Biochemistry Committee of the National Board of Medical Examiners and the American Board of Clinical Chemistry.
President Kennedy forms a seven member outside panel to review the federal pay system and propose a revised formula. Clarence Randall chairs the group. members include John Carson Don Price George Meany Sydney Stein Jr Theodore Hauser and others. The panel aims to finish by January 15 and report before any pay increases are decided.
President Kennedy extended an invitation for King Saud of Saudi Arabia to visit Washington when he recovers. White House press secretary De Pierre Salinger confirmed the invitation Thursday night. no fixed date was set due to the king's illness and hospital stay in Boston.
Two Tulsa roommates, Donna Kuhlman and Joan Gregory, left city life for a six acre farm on Tulsa’s edge. They joke about tires squealing and boredom, plan chickens and pasture reseeding, and may add a calf as they enjoy farming near their jobs.
The column lists church locations and weekly schedules across multiple congregations in Winchester, detailing ministers, service times, Sunday School hours, and other activities for Centenary United Church of Christ through St. Paul A.M.E. Church, including Holy Communion, morning worship, youth groups, and midweek services. The entries cover Christ Episcopal, Church of Christ, Church of God Pineville, Latter Day Saints, Nazarene, Disciples of Christ, Assembly of God, Brethren, Congregational, Evangelical United Brethren, Presbyterian, Meeting for Worship, Full Gospel, Grace Lutheran, Highland Memorial, Market Street Methodist, Pentecostal Church of God, Full Gospel Tabernacle, Sacred Heart, Salvation Army, and colored churches with contact notes.
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