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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1963
Page
14
A fragment describes children staging a dance and a sister parading an umbrella bearing the line The Indian dance worked. It mentions an Indian name given by the last vehanna chief Lightfoot Eagle and notes she learned her Tapas Ja in Bible School.
The death of 21 year old Kathryn M. Sordillo of Norfolk in a two car collision on Virginia Beach Boulevard near Norfolk raises Virginia 1963 traffic fatalities to 61. Walter D. Larkin 57 of Virginia Beach injured. Joseph L. Sordillo husband slightly hurt. Larkin’s car struck the Sordillo vehicle as it turned from a feeder road onto the boulevard. Mrs. Sordillo was thrown from the car.
Three native children died and 70 were ill from a polio outbreak on Ebeye and Rongelap in the Pacific. Navy officials said the epidemic is under control and emergency oral vaccine has reached the 5,700 residents of Ebeye Rongelap and Ki. No new cases have been reported since Tuesday.
New York stock averages edge higher at noon with the AP index up 0.4 to 256.9 and the Dow up 0.84 at 683.69. Gains spread across autos and metals while some shortages appear in bonds and IBM dips slightly as traders weigh earnings and production signals. Livestock prices in Baltimore show weeklong steady to lower trends for cattle hogs and calves with limited demand.
USDA Chicago report shows 4 500 hogs with 25 to 50 cent gains for butchers and various loads at 15 to 17 dollars per cwt. Cattle listed 1 500 with slaughter steers steady to higher, prime and high choice ranges from 24.50 to 27.25 per cwt. Calves, cows, and lambs feature mixed demand with utilities and commercial cows at 14 to 16 dollars, lambs around 18 to 19.75 per cwt.
The Novick Transfer Co. hosts a two day general sales meeting with 14 sales reps and five managers from 34 terminals across New York to North Carolina. T. B. Alfriend of the Middle Atlantic Conference speaks. Walter Cabot of Johnson & Johnson delivers the keynote. leaders M. I. Novick R. D. Novick and C. E. Creager preside. Invited guests include Allegheny Freight Lines Estes Express and Snyder Bros. A teen record hop spans Gainesboro Fire Hall tomorrow night open to the public.
Florence Radland mother of Beverly Radland must serve 80 days in jail for probation violation. Convicted in 1960 of contributing to Beverly's delinquency, she had a 90 day sentence and an earlier $500 fine that remained unpaid. The judge vacated a 1961 modification after noting a May arrest for drunkenness.
The AP reports debate over the number of stripes on a new flag stamp. Stamp dealer Richard Coda and postal officials argue over optical illusion versus design, noting wind effect hides part of the top red stripes. The Post Office maintains the official count is correct.
In Mount Vernon Missouri a private nursing home fire killed three people including owner Ora Ann Rigley who rescued patients before perishing herself. The victims were two elderly men Fred Garoutte and Jim Lauderdale. Rigley also saved a 14 month old, a paralytic four year old and an elderly woman before the flames overwhelmed the two story farmhouse.
A $672 800 contract for a new 600 pupil elementary school in Sterling Park Loudoun County goes to Mottley Construction Co of Farmville. The award was announced by the Loudoun County School Board.
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