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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1971
Page
9
In Kuala Lumpur a national snake handling contest drew a crowd for charity, featuring feats by reptile herders including a man with a python around his neck and others kissing cobras. The event raised about $10,000 for retarded children and related causes amid safety precautions.
Oklahoma readers debate a new demonym as governor elect David Hall plans to replace Okie with a preferred term. Tourism officials recall OKIE symbols by former Gov Dewey Bartlett while cautioning against negative connotations and suggesting alternatives like Sooner.
Hamilton County Ohio abandons its 100 year old fox bounty as a rural county status fades. County administrator R A Anderegg notes state law bars removing the 25 cent crow bounty while commissioners set a token one dollar for crow bounties and will stop after four crows are collected.
Bright ad offers Pattern 4829 Misses S M L with yardage 60 inch fabric. Prices 75 cents per pattern plus 25 cents for air mail. Mail to Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star pattern department New York address. Include name address zip size style number. Catalogs, coupons, and sewing books advertised.
Sunday worship at 11 with Sunday School 10 and Administrative Board Thursday 7. Womens Society meet Saturday 7:30 at home of Mrs Ridgeway in Bunker Hill with Mrs Edward McDonald as topic. Methodist Men meet Friday 7 at Rescue Squad HQ to hear a play by retarded Boy Scouts. Open house February 7 at parsonage 324 Shenandoah Ave from 2 to 4. Attendees include Mrs Bertha Snapp, Mr and Mrs George Fields and son. visitors included Miss Virginia Landis Miss Boyd and families from Hedgesville Berryville and Winchester.
Rev Glen Stevens and Mrs Stevens with Rev David Andrews and Mrs Andrews hosted a covered dish luncheon at their Summit Point home. Visitors included Mr and Mrs David Rowland and children of Richmond, and Miss Edna Farnsworth with family in Washington. Grady D Owens the local postmaster is a patient in Winchester Hospital after admission on Sunday.
Paris reports France begins the new year with a law favoring cure over punishment for drug takers while tightening penalties for manufacturers and traffickers. The measure makes use and possession a crime, allows treatment in lieu of imprisonment, and guarantees anonymity for addicts who seek help.
WAIL radio in Baton Rouge appeals to hip listeners with a See Dick style message urging locals to report drug pushers. The plea has generated information for the narcotics squad as Capt. Leroy Watson and Police Chief E O Bauer note previous inability to get calls.
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