07 Feb 1962
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1962
Page
1
Two U S Army helicopters were lost and three others hit by Communist fire over two combat operations in three days. No casualties were reported among crews or Vietnamese troops aboard. Early reports note Viet Cong fires aim ahead of moving aircraft.
A blaze thought to start from a overfed coal stoker gutted the Coffman Fisher Department Store and Western Auto Store in Romney around 2 am. The building owned by Romney Realty sustained extensive damage, with stock ruined by fire and water as firefighters from Romney and Fort Ashby battled the blaze.
Mrs Earl Hoover and Mrs Henry Harold thank Franklin Snapp and son for fixing a flat tire. Requests return of coats from the TAC dance on December 27 at the War Memorial Building. Mrs Wilbur Feltner reports a gray and white bird near Gerrardstown, likely an osprey, seen near a stream.
Virginia legislators set hearings on blue law changes including Sunday sales of specific items and liquor by the drink. The session also weighed budget salaries and a daylight saving plan as Gov. Harrison urged uniform time statewide.
The next to last day of the 30 day session saw the House move a controversial investments bill to create a state board of investments and relax funds’ investment rules. Senate and House conferees pressed a budget gap of 1.6 million as they seek a compromise before midnight.
The Air Force released findings from Project Blue Book saying 7379 unidentified flying objects from 1947 to last year were not spacecraft. No UFO showed threat to national security or evidence of extraterrestrial vehicles, with 488 reports investigated in 1961.
President Kennedy urged Congress to charter a Communications Satellite Corporation with over 1 billion dollars in public and carrier owned Class A voting stock. The plan envisions private ownership, government launches, and satellite rental profits, with rules to prevent domination by a single owner and a 1962 act detailing specifics.
Prince Edward County supervisors voted to reject a 1636.26 bill from Springfield Massachusetts public schools that had provided education for four Prince Edward County Negro children. Commonwealth's Attorney Frank N. Watkins advised the action citing a August ruling by U.S. District Judge Oren R. Continued on Page 14 Col. 4.
An eight member Frederick County Teachers Association committee urged the school board to approve a 10% salary increase for the 1962 63 session. They argued higher pay would attract and retain teachers, noting average 1961 62 salaries in Frederick lag by 433 below state county averages and that Frederick ranks 27th in wealth and 90th in educational effort.
Algerian crisis deepens as the Secret Army Organization says it will not call an immediate public uprising. It vows a massive, gradual mobilization to oppose De Gaulle and an independence accord, while French security reports detail attacks and a rare capture of a uniformed unit. Ramadan begins as violence continues.
The Associated Press reports a massive cold air mass grips most of the country from the Rockies to New England with subzero readings in the north central and Northeast. Temperatures dip into teens and single digits in many states while the Atlantic coast runs 20 to 40 degrees cooler than a day earlier.
Notice states Mt Hebron Cemetery will remove all Christmas wreaths and related items on February 12 1962. This public notice informs visitors and mourners of the scheduled cleanup at the site.
Gen Albert S Johnston ordered the Confederates to evacuate southwestern Kentucky as federal troops reoccupy Romney, marking a key Civil War maneuver observed a century ago.
A 9 am explosion at the Luisenthal mine near Saarbrucken caved areas of the coal seam killing 56 miners and injuring 78 with 150 to 200 missing. Rescue efforts with U.S. Army support saved 216 miners as fires subsided and gas cleared.
U S Atty General Robert F Kennedy challenged Japan's youth to unite with world forces to combat poverty ignorance and disease. He spoke to students at a petroleum institute in Osaka amid enthusiastic reception during his six day Japan visit.
Buzzella's offers hats and dresses priced at 1 2 and 3 dollars and 3 and 5 dollars as a neighborhood sale tease. Includes note of fish fry Thursdays at Howard Johnson's George Washington Hotel with a page 10 ad.
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