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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1963
Page
11
Kenneth Gant of Berryville was fined $150 in Clarke Court for a Jan. 20 incident on railroad tracks. His driving privileges were revoked for one month and a jail term set as weekends. Gordon Campbell of Berryville pled guilty to DUI and no operator's license receiving $100 fine, $30 license penalty, and 30 days in jail to be served on weekends.
A volunteer civil defense training school opens this evening in City Hall Corporation Courtroom. Four one hour sessions begin at 7 30 pm with topics on emergency action for Winchester Office, radiation response, and home readiness. Further classes are scheduled February 1 4 and 8.
A safe stolen from Danville West Main Baptist Church was recovered from six feet of water near a bridge on the Mayo River in southeastern Patrick County. The container held about $5 in coins and included onions fresh from the garden. Authorities hauled it to shore after spotting it drifting.
Portable ad copy for a knitting pattern offering a stockinette or epochet front sweater in daisies using fluffy mohair. Includes sizes 32 34 96 38, price details, mailing cost, and address to Alice Brooks care of Winchester in New York for pattern 7264 with instructions to print name address zone and pattern name.
George Robert Gordon of Yakima Washington was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary for breaking and entering the Boyce Packing Co office building. The case arose during the January term of the Corporation Court. Gordon’s lawyer Joseph White noted his steady employment as a merchant seaman and intent to return to his ship after apple harvest duties in Winchester. Dabney Watts, Winchester commonwealth attorney, urged jail time given Gordon’s criminal record. Judge Elliott Marshal ordered the term and mentioned earlier arraignment in September.
John H. Colburn resigns as managing editor of the Richmond Times Dispatch to become editor and publisher of the Wichita Eagle and Beacon. He has served at the Richmond paper since 1949 and will begin his new duties February 1. He previously worked as an AP war correspondent and AP general executive.
Elisha D. Corbin, 80s, once an attorney who quit practicing after Herbert Hoover lost the 1932 election, was found dead in a rat gnawed room shack in Los Gatos California. Deputy coroner Richard Mayne described the mattress as chewed by rodents.
Volunteers from Friendship and South End fire companies answered the 6 a.m. alarm at 16 E Germain St. to check a stove pipe start. Fire prevented from spreading with holes chopped in walls and floors. water damage reported by Inspector Gocenour.
The article notes Tucson cattlemen accusing hunters of cutting fences knocking down gates shooting livestock and leaving debris while a Tonto National Forest official says no hunter caused a fire this season. The stance shows sharp conflict between cattlemen and forest service on hunting impacts.
The Winchester-Frederick County Chambers of Commerce lays out two key meetings this week. Civic Affairs Committee, led by Gerald L. Goodman, convenes at 7:30 this evening to discuss civic services and cultural promotion while planning chamber sponsored courses on politics economics and freedom and recommending actions to the board.
U S and Soviet negotiators resume talks in New York on Tuesday with Britain, as Kennedy orders a temporary halt to Nevada underground tests. Kohler returns from Moscow with a message from Khrushchev about possible inspections and a stronger stance against an unpoliced ban. Senate figures urge cooperation to create a favorable environment for a broad agreement.
A Mayfield Kentucky woman walked into a butcher shop and ordered a dressed chicken. The butcher offered a small bird but she refused and said she would take both, implying a bargain or reaction to price.
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