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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1962
Page
12
After the dinner the Gay Notes will play for a dance. Mike Link will captain Sistre Dean's 1962 football team. He is a fullback from Chicago.
Giffin was reelected president of the Western Frederick Bank at Gore. Charles W. Franks will chair the board. Harry E. Hiett and J. W. Ward were named to senior officer posts. The meeting also approved a 24 month CD rate of 4 percent and a stockholders meeting noted an all time high of 1,480,000. Additional directors named include Fred L. Oates Robert M. Muse George B. Whitacre and Charles W. Parrish.
Rehearsals for The Follies start today after last night's tent party sponsored by the Auxiliary to Winchester Memorial Hospital. About 200 attended a dinner at Winchester Golf Club. Under a professional director local talent was chosen for roughly 150 roles. Many more will work behind the scenes.
Chicago livestock prices shown for 190 to 290 pound ranges with hogs and sows. Cattle and calves move higher in slaughter figures as prime loads appear. New York stock averages edge up amid merger talks. utilities fall. Baltimore markets sparse with hogs rising and sheep limited.
The scenes from the Follies will be rehearsed mornings afternoons and evenings for 20 weeks. The production will be presented January 25 26 and 27 with tickets on sale through Auxiliary members.
Congress ends session with tributes to Sen. Bridges as Kennedy outlines a sharp policy agenda. Debates to begin on tax relief for Du Pont stockholders amid Du Pont GM share disposal orders. Kennedy aims to push elder medical care financed by Social Security taxes, while Byrd challenges this plan and weighs a high deficit and debt limit increase.
E Blackburn Moore of Winchester was nominated for a seventh term as presiding officer of the Virginia House of Delegates by a Democratic caucus that stuck to the script. George R. Rich was named clerk. E Griffith Dodson retired. House and Senate Democrats approved the slates, with Moore expected to win today as the Assembly opens its 1962 session.
Military authorities say winter weather contributed to a head on crash between an M48 tank and a truck carrying soldiers near Hood Texas. One tank crew member and two soldiers were killed and 22 injured, with three seriously burned when the 70 gallon gasoline tank exploded. The collision occurred early dawn while en route to training areas.
Snow depths reached two feet with drifts three feet as schools closed across counties. Dozens of roads blocked and 70 motorists stranded were rescued on a waterfront street in Buffalo. Subzero records were set from Montana to Texas with many states reporting temperatures well below freezing.
Williams and French were named to Berryville town planning group to fill vacancies created by the deaths of Charles St. John and Lonnie Levi. The council raised the town motor vehicle tax from 5 to 10 dollars, effective with March licensing. French, a former council member, has a long career in personnel and industrial relations and is married to Juanita Graham with a son Wilbur Jr. The meeting covered a retirement plan discussion, booster line purchase for John H. Enders Fire Co. and fire company officers. a tribute to William Jeffries. and trash collection starting in Smith Addition with water taps requested at a small subdivision.
A Richmond area woman, Vernelle W. Gober, was awarded 40000 dollars in a federal suit against Revlon Inc. The case, heard in U S District Court, claims deterioration of finger and toenails after using Revlon nail base lacquer.
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