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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 05, 1966

Page

16

Floods Rattle California Oregon and Montana Winters Deep

News report details widespread flooding in California and western Oregon with evacuations near Eureka. Arctic cold grips Montana North Dakota and Minnesota with subzero readings. Major highways and rail lines disrupted in Northern California while heavy snow accumulates at Mt. Baker and White Pass. Record warm spell hits Florida coast and frigid lows across Montana.

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Frenchman Claims Reward For Atlantic Bottle Find

William J Powers of Kenmore says he dropped a sealed bottle into the Atlantic Ocean 21 months earlier from a ship about 800 miles from New York Harbor. A Frenchman has claimed the reward for finding the bottle once carried by an American soldier during service overseas in 1964.

Buffalo, N.Y Atlantic Ocean William J. Powers Kenmore New York Harbor

Sharp Rise in Viet War Deaths in 1965

United States defense figures show 1,365 American service members killed in combat in 1965 in Vietnam, up from 146 in 1964. By year end there were 181,392 U.S. personnel in Vietnam, with Army suffering 898 combat deaths, Marines 335, Navy 72, and Air Force 60. Over 7,500 wounded since 1961, 149 listed as missing and 25 prisoners.

U. S Viet Nam United States Army Marine Corps Navy Air Force Coast Guard

Fisk Heads Motel Unit 10th Year

Willis H. Fisk of Stephens City was elected president of the Shenandoah Valley Motel Association for a 10th year. Vera Money of Winchester was named treasurer for her 10th year, with Emerson A. Hill and Adrian Starry as vice president and secretary respectively. Colleen Watkins and Evelyn Duff were elected directors for three years. The group endorsed highway improvements on Rt. 522 and invited Parks Commissioner Ben Bolen to February discussions on a northern Valley state park.

Willis H. Fisk Stephens City Shenandoah Valley Motel Association Vera Money Winchester Lee-Jackson Emerson A. Hill Strasburg Adrian Starry Colleen Watkins Evelyn Duff Hugo Keiffer Robert McCoy Walter Covert M. J. Nixon Shenandoah Valley Virginia Motel Association Mr. Fisk Dewey Mitchell Central Valley Winchester - Frederick County Ben Bolen Valley Fisk

University Target For More Picketing

Teachers students and unionists picketed Jamaica and Brooklyn campuses on the first day of a strike sparked by 31 professors being dismissed. Strike leaders called it a success while officials called it a flop as about 90 percent of the 18 000 students attended class despite transit strikes and only 43 of 651 teachers were absent.

Jamaica Brooklyn Tuesay Afl-Cio Federation of John V. Lindsay Joseph Tinnelly University Father Tinnelly

Car Plunges From Elevated Parking Lot

Turner, a 40 year old, escaped as a car plunged from an elevated parking lot and tail first onto Iberville street. He told police he believed the accelerator stuck when he began backing the vehicle.

Turner Iberville Street

Burdock Plant Edible Roots and Young Stems

Edible parts of burdock include both the roots and the young stems. The plant offers culinary use from its subterranean root to its tender aerial shoots.

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