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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1968
Page
14
A 1968 Winchester Evening Star note describes a tree cult practice in parts of India where a bachelor marries a tree symbolically before wedlock, the tree then being cut down to grant the man widower status.
Buchanan County proudly stands as Virginia's top coal producer, reflecting its dominant role in the state's mining industry and regional energy supply.
Antiwar pickets clashed with police outside a Commonwealth Club event as Dean Rusk spoke. Fifty arrests were made after bottle and brick throwing, pepper spray, and red paint victims. protesters formed new groups over hours while police cleared the scene toward Grace Cathedral. Rusk discussed Vietnam Middle East and policy while urging cautious peace building.
The unoccupied two story apartment house on Rt. 522 Gainesboro suffered severe interior damage last night. Firemen battled flames into early morning, aided by Round Hill and Gore crews, amid freezing temperatures. An acetylene torch found in the yard is suspected to have thawed pipes and sparked the blaze. Owner Ralph Kerns and Mrs. Kerns reported no residents and unclear dollar losses.
The record notes the Virginia General Assembly convened in Williamsburg during the colonial period from 1704 to 1780, marking its long standing legislative sessions in the capital town.
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