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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1962
Page
12
Frederick and Clarke County firemen are invited to attend a two week fire school at Boyce Fire Hall. The course runs 7 to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday for two weeks and covers basic fire fighting techniques.
The report lists quotations from Winchester based furniture and local banks, along with a Chicago AP USDA weekly summary. It covers hogs, cattle, and sheep prices by weight grade, noting steady to higher trends, with prime and high choice lots and notable ranges for 900 to 1450 pound cattle and 90 to 109 pound lambs.
George Samuel Saunders, 49, was found guilty of murder in Westmoreland County and sentenced to life in prison after killing his wife in front of their home when she discovered his affair. The jury deliberated 87 minutes.
Tony Wedel set to collect 150 from wife Sandra and 14 friends after surviving eight days and nights alone at Lake Beebe near Clare Michigan. He endured near zero weather and froze roads, lived on dehydrated food and fish, while daily checks kept him safe.
New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller and wife Mary Todhunter Clark remain on their prior path to a legal separation followed by divorce. A family spokesman affirmed plans for a New York divorce and noted no change despite a Newsday report about potential out of state action and residency issues.
In Nevada Iowa a want ad lists a half grown billy goat and quirky bystanders. The owner may claim the animal by paying for the ad and a mix of unrelated items including a partly eaten sack of red clover seed a chewed up pony saddle two bales of hay and a broken toe.
A Memphis physician who calls everyone Benny to ease memory effort was overwhelmed this past Christmas after many holiday cards arrived signed Benny, revealing the device backfired.
Sea gulls visit the University of Pennsylvania campus about 50 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. Charles Wiley, superintendent of the University Museum, says gulls come for the goldfish in the museum pool. They dive for fish then head toward the Schuylkill River.
At the Capitol Theatre Next Week features The Hustler with Paul Newman Jackie Gleason Piper Laurie and George C. Scott and The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone with Vivien Leigh and Warren Beatty. Palace Theatre runs The King and I with Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr Sunday to Tuesday and Sail a Crooked Ship starting Wednesday with Ernie Kovacs Robert Wagner Dolores Hart Carolyn Jones and Frankie Avalon.
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