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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1966
Page
7
Readers discuss the term old lady as a pet name for wives with varied reactions. Several letters defend the phrase as affectionate, while others share personal anecdotes about calling spouses old man or old lady and the tone it conveys.
In Richmond, jealousy allegedly sparked a fatal shooting at a South Richmond bungalow. Mrs. Jean Price Patton, 22, Raymond Wayne Lanham, 22, and Tazewell Fowler Batkins, 43, died after Batkins shot them and himself amid a love triangle. all three worked at Dupont Textile fiber plant in Chesterfield County.
Ace Brookes promotes needlecraft with corduroy velvet satin and cotton smocked pillows. Pattern 7041 includes transfer directions for various shapes and prices 35 cents per pattern plus 15 cents for first class mailing. Order via Alice Brooks Winchester Evening Star New York addresses.
Gaithersburg Maryland mayor Merton F Duvall 61 died of a heart attack during a city council meeting attended by about 50 people at City Hall. He had served 12 years as mayor. The article notes unrelated line about samurai and Japanese feudal lords with orchids as homesickness remedies.
A 1/2 pound whole fish prepared with head and tail, stuffed with butter and paprika, and baked with onions celery carrots mushrooms and herbs. Vegetables surround the fish in a foil lined dish and bake 30 to 40 minutes for four servings.
Hawaii Congresswoman Mae Mink reads George Washingtons Farewell Address in the House on Washingtons Birthday. She notes the 7 600 word message is read annually and she expects a respectful gallery turnout including her husband and daughter. Sen. Lee Metcalf previously read the address in both chambers in 1954.
Lima attracted architect Jose Luis Sert who says the city’s streets are badly confused and unplanned. He calls for a professional study before any further widening or paving to ease traffic in the Peruvian capital.
Snow spread across Texas and the western Plains with up to six inches in places near Amarillo and Junction. Cold snaps lingered from Montana to New England with teens in Texas and subzero records in Minnesota and Arkansas.
Peru’s Francisco Ruiz Alarco claims to have cultivated the world’s largest orchid, measuring over 60 centimeters. He identifies the species as phragmopedilum caudatum, marking a notable achievement for botany in Lima and Peru.
Advertising note promotes a small aid designed by a hard of hearing inventor. It claims whispers become crystal clear and offers free information by writing HEARING, 32 E. 9th St., Eric, Pa. with no cost or obligation.
Chicago AP reports a Hide-Away device used by the meat processing industry to remove hides from cattle carcasses. Allbright-Nell Company says the unit can process up to 75 cattle per hour.
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