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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1969
Page
9
The Navy tentatively linked hot exhaust from an aircraft starter cart to an explosion that set off a fire and later bomb and rocket detonations aboard the carrier Enterprise. The Jan 14 disaster near Hawaii killed 27 and wounded 85, with repair costs at 6.4 million dollars and a return to duty planned in under three months.
A marked police car was stolen Tuesday night after officers left its keys in the vehicle during a dispute at a restaurant on First Avenue near 79th Street. A citywide radio alert led to the car being found on 85th Street near Madison Avenue, ten blocks away. No disciplinary action announced for the unidentified officers.
A 1969 needlecraft catalog excerpt promotes Pattern 7066 for a two part yoke dress with circular needle construction. Includes sizes 32–38 and 50 cent pattern price plus 16 cents mailing. requests name address and pattern number for orders from Alice Brooks Winchester Evening Star.
Snow and freezing rain disrupted travel across northern states with school closures in western Oregon and flood threats in Indiana. Washington declared a state of emergency as 40 inches fell in Mason County. National Guardsmen delivered food in Okanogan County.
Three Yale University climbers died after tumbling 1000 feet down an ice covered slope in Huntington Ravine on Mt Washington. Victims were Charles Yoder 24 Hartford Wisconsin Scot Stevens 19 Cucamonga California and Robert Ellenberg 19 New York City. Their packs and climbing irons were torn off in the fall. Ranger Rene La Roche located the bodies after an afternoon patrol.
The board of O Sullivan Rubber Corp declares a 25 cent quarterly dividend on 5 percent cumulative $20 par preferred stock payable April 1 1969 to holders of record March 14 1969. It also declares a 12 1/2 cent per share dividend on the $1 common stock payable April 14 to holders of record March 14 1969. Icelandic descendants traced to Norse settlers of the ninth century.
Venice could be submerged as tides rise and the lagoon drains, says an Italian commission led by Prof. Antonio Franco. The city has shifted several inches since 1904 and may sink eight more inches by 1990 while water climbs four inches, bringing tides near six feet and risking buildings.
Berryville reports two 9:30 and 9:45 a.m. ice fall calls for the John H. Enders Rescue Squad. J P Rutherford fractured a leg on Main Street and Sherman Joost Jr. fractured an ankle at his Millwood residence. Both were admitted to Winchester Memorial Hospital.
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