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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1968
Page
3
The American buffalo once dwindled from 50 million to 541 in 1889 and is no longer endangered. Current estimates place the population around 25 000. A bison cow and calf at the St. Louis Zoo pose as photogenic subjects.
Winchester residents join a 31 day eleven country concert tour with the All-Student Groups led by Paul Noble Jr sponsored by Shenandoah Conservatory. The ensemble includes 360 students staff and chaperones from 41 states performing in Sweden Denmark Holland Scotland and England with visits to Sneek Edinburgh Copenhagen and Peebles amid receptions and standing ovations.
Today in history highlights events from 1816 Argentina declaring independence from Spain to 1947 Britain’s Elizabeth engagement announcement. Other notes include Elias Howe birth in 1819 and 1940 Duke of Windsor as Bahamas governor.
Wally Mellish, a former patient and car thief, surrendered after a week long siege during which he forced a wedding to his childhood sweetheart Beryl Muddle while threatening to kill her and their infant son Leslie. Police recovered the weapons and Mellish was taken to field HQ with his wife and child.
Daniel J Ronek a 23 year old teacher was killed when a six inch long cylindrical mail bomb exploded in his hands. The envelope bore a Columbus origin and was addressed to his home. It is the second fatal bomb in Lorain County this year following a separate Avon case. Ronek was a Miami State University graduate and taught at Central Junior High School in Cleveland. He also worked at U S Steel in Lorain during the summer.
In Los Angeles police captured Richard A. Clifton in a motel and booked him on robbery charges after four San Fernando Valley banks were robbed for 6791 dollars with notes signed the fat man. Officers described Clifton as thin.
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