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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1962
Page
12
Firemen rushed to the halfway point of the 980-foot Eiffel Tower in Paris and fought a blaze that reached the second landing. Damage was described as slight and quickly contained.
Local stock quotations list Winchester firms and others with par values across banks hotels and industries. Chicago AP reports USDA hog cattle and sheep weekly summaries with price ranges for barrows gilts sows steers heifers cows bulls and lambs, noting weekly changes and quality grades.
Richmond Virginia Governor J Lindsay Almond Jr says he is qualified to be a federal judge and would welcome the appointment if offered. He notes rumors of a seat on the Richmond Federal District Court bench or the Court of Claims and Patent Appeals, while signaling no anger if not chosen. He discusses a six year term for governors without succession, fallout shelters, school funding, and support for police while Prince Edward County school issues are to be gradually resolved.
Los Angeles lost two more metropolitan dailies as the evening Los Angeles Mirror closed and the morning Los Angeles Examiner ends its run. The Times and Herald-Examiner remain, shaping a two-newspaper city amid press turmoil. A House subcommittee will review closings for possible concerted action due to ongoing losses.
A Greyhound bus with 28 passengers, en route from New York to Scranton, struck a highway divider on rain slick Rt. 46 near Delaware New Jersey, then rammed a railroad bridge abutment. Four injured, none serious, all taken to Warren Hospital. Injured are Glen Jenkins 18 and John Fritzges 18 of Wilkes Barre Pa Joseph Sady 42 of Ithaca N Y and Bertha Morgan 45 of Worcester Mass.
In Virginia, John Alexander was elected state senator for Culpeper Fauquier Loudoun by 2606 to 2162 over the next foe. He will fill the seat left by Attorney General-elect Robert Button. The district includes Isle of Wight Nansemond Southampton and Suffolk.
About 50 federal district judges from the 1st 3rd 4th and 5th circuits will gather in Norfolk for a week long regional seminar starting April 29. Judges from Maine to Texas will attend as part of the year long bench appointments.
The U N Children’s Fund announced an emergency allotment of 50 000 to combat a cholera outbreak in the Philippines. Officials report the disease has killed over 1 000 and infected about 10 000, many of them children.
Tecumseh leads his forces against General Harrison at the Thames River despite Procter's retreat. The Shawnee chief is killed, his death ending native leadership in the Northwest and accelerating the decline of the region's indigenous powers.
At Local Theatres Next Week through Tuesday the Se cond Time Around features Debbie Reynolds Steve Forrest Andy Griffith Juliet Prowse and Thelma Ritter. From Wednesday through Saturday Mysterious Island stars Michael Craign Joan Greenwood and Michael Callan. Capitol Theater offers Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Sunday through Tuesday with Elizabeth Taylor Paul Newman Burl Ives Jack Carson and Judith Anderson and Hey Lets Twist Wednesday through Saturday with Joey Dee The Starlighters Jo Ann Campbell Teddy Randazzo and the Peppermint Loungers.
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