09 Feb 1965
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1965
Page
1
About 1 000 protesters hurled rocks at the U S embassy in Moscow smashing many ground and second floor windows. They carried Vietnamese and Soviet flags and anti American posters railing at U S air raids on North Vietnam. Police made little effort to restrain them.
Peking editorial warns of heavy rebuffs and debt repayment for U S air strikes on North Viet Nam while China and Viet Nam vow solidarity. Mass rallies in Peking protest raids as Soviet leaders pledge aid to North Viet Nam and urge an end to U S aggression.
The Town Crier asks why many drivers use exits and leave by entrances at local firms. Ralph Hagmann jokes that people cannot read. Mild weather signs appear with robins in the area. Mrs F W Cole reports geese flying north over Winchester. Weather shows volatile shifts from 50 degrees at midnight to -38 degrees by morning, then to 37 by noon.
In Saigon a Hawk anti aircraft battery was set up at Da Nang as defenses brace for retaliation. U S Air Force F105s raided Laos and North Vietnam while reports say raids into Laos yielded no immediate results. Casualties include nine Vietnamese killed and 38 wounded with 18 Viet Cong dead. Pleiku sees heavy fighting and U S dependents evacuated from Saigon.
A cold front through the Norfolk area brings scattered light rain along the coast. A low pressure system will bring rain across Virginia late tonight and through Wednesday.
U S awaits fresh Viet Nam reports as 50 Congress members and their wives join Johnson at the White House for the first in a series of receptions. McNamara Ball and Gordon to speak. Dirksen to report to the GOP Policy Committee. Mansfield cautions against hasty probes amid nuclear risk. Lindsay urges Johnson to avert a global war by showing willingness to communicate.
The Ordinance Committee will recommend on the Communi ty Antenna Television franchise bid. City Council meets at 2 30 p.m. in the Council Chamber. The sole bid came on Jan 12 from Charles F Erickson of Parkersburg West Virginia. The CATV ordinance sets a monthly rental fee.
Frank J. Schaefer and Company announces a new address at 3168 Cameron Street while National Homes remains listed with the same phone number 662-4171. The notice updates business contact details and location.
Flight 663 from New York to Richmond with 84 aboard including Life Insurance Co of Virginia officials Dr Ennion Skelton Williams and S Ray Long and editor Marcia Childress crashed into the Atlantic shortly after takeoff from Kennedy Airport. No survivors reported. Others aboard included Henry L. Caravati of Franklin Union Bag Camp Paper Co and Selig and Jerome Suckle of Chase City and Rydal.
Thousands stood along Jones Beach as search crews and fishing boats flocked to the sea after an air disaster. Flares drifted from parachutes under clouded skies while rescue planes cried out in the dark. Coasts watched a makeshift morgue form as salvage teams recovered wreckage and bodies.
Attorney David G. Simpson questions Winchester grand jury composition as he seeks to drop Emory Lee Shifflett’s murder charge. Trial is scheduled for March 18 in Corporation Court before Judge Elliott Marshall amid defense motions and jury racial representation questions.
A DC7B four engine propeller airliner with 84 aboard crashed into the Atlantic near Jones Beach after takeoff from Kennedy. Seven bodies recovered by daybreak with debris and charred parts found ashore as Coast Guard crews searched a 200 square mile area. Weather and distress signals gave no clues to a cause as families await news.
Private sale of 120 con Green Chemical Stock offered at $70 per share. Save by 10th with insured federal savings plan. Box 162 Winchester VA. Gray market tone implies investment offer alongside social event notice.
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