Funeral service for Wilson W Whitacre conducted
Obituary note reports a funeral service held this day for Wilson W Whitacre with Rev. Robert Moore leading the ceremony.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1964
Page
2
Obituary note reports a funeral service held this day for Wilson W Whitacre with Rev. Robert Moore leading the ceremony.
The University of Virginia Library announced a major donation of 7 000 books and 10 000 manuscripts from a county collection. Highlights include first editions of Benjamin Franklin Autobiography (1791) and Mark Twain The Prince and the Pauper.
Shenandoah Valley visitors association executives led by outgoing president John Kelley reviewed a 1964 budget of 31 087 with proposals to raise an additional 10 000. The group discussed park visitation growth including Shenandoah National Park Blue Ridge Parkway and Harpers Ferry and noted plans promoting the Valley route for the 1964 New York World's Fair.
A report describes a hypothetical route from Hamburg in northern Germany to Basel in Switzerland. The journey would cover about 500 miles south without stopping at traffic lights intersections or railway crossings.
The West Virginia House approved a bill to stiffen the Sunday closing law and sent it to the Senate with amendments. The measure would raise penalties for Sunday business, while an amendment allows grocers to display prohibited merchandise but not sell it. The bill faces further House concurrence after Senate passage as lawmakers also consider other actions on tax and public works measures.
Lt. Gen. Nguyen Khanh becomes chair of the standing committee and martial power shifts out a pro-De Gaulle faction. Major generals Tran Van Don Le Van Kim and others are ousted as eight battalions seize Sai Gon, prompting U S forces to halt a dawn operation against Viet Cong as instability grows.
A US protest demanded access to the plane wreckage and recovery of five missing air crew after a jet trainer was shot down over East Germany near the border. The State Department and US officials clashed with Soviet diplomat Georgi Kornienko who rejected the protest as groundless while U.S. authorities debated whether to issue a written note. Local commanders were suspected of authorizing the attack, but no single decision maker was identified.
A CAMERA spacecraft positions for a trajectory correction by a motor ignited by radio command from the Goldstone tracking station in California to place the voyager on a collision course with the moon.
Judge Marshall sustained two of the instructions about constructing permanent structures above the path the line. Mrs Lovett argued permanent construction is not possible. Judge Marshall urged the commissioners to convene in November to set a fair price. Each side could strike two panel members. The panel includes D K Russell Alfred Granville James F Garrett and W Ebert Jr.
The text describes U S Panama tensions over the canal during negotiations. Riots in the Canal Zone strained relations while the Inter American Peace Committee mediated without success. President Johnson met congressional leaders as Moreno stalled. Panama insisted on a binding pledge to sign a new treaty replacing the 1903 canal agreement.
Fair tonight with a low near 34. Increasing cloudiness Friday with a chance of rain in the afternoon. Saturday looks to be clearing.
Rainfall over the last 24 hours is none. January rainfall to date is 3.57 inches, matching the 1964 total. The 51 year average annual rainfall is 36.85 inches. Monthly averages list January 2.38, February 2.13, March 3.08, April 3.13, May 3.77, June 3.88, July 8.88, August 3.81, September 2.67, October 2.13, November 2.60, December 2.39 inches.
A Tennessee Valley author contemplates a memorial football event amid altered formats. The piece notes increased attention to dual lanes and the porcupine mascot as symbolic elements shaping the sports narrative.
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