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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1960
Page
3
A stork at Chessington Zoo in Surrey tangled in enclosure wires and required the amputation of eight inches of one leg. Rescue crew used bandages and baby booties to aid mobility. Once healed he will wear steel supported boots.
The week long RCA plant strike by the Association of Professional Engineering Personnel is settled conditionally pending union ratification. APEP represents 2400 engineers and scientists at five plants Croydon Pa Camden Moorestown Pennsauken and Delaware Township N J. The strike began after failed contract talks replacing one expiring July 1.
The quote cites George Bernard Shaw saying he dreads success and notes a male spider killed by the female after a successful courtship. The remark references a male spider’s fate in mating behavior. The passage blends literary remark with natural history context.
Mrs Barbara Powers wife of U 2 pilot Francis Gary Powers says the State Department has not received official word from Moscow about a Soviet espionage trial date. She notes letters from her husband describe fair treatment and asks for confirmation if a trial has occurred.
NORFOLK AP Arthur Danilides 60 was jailed for attempted suicide after being found in a room with blankets over vents and gas jets on. He tried to hang himself in his cell with a handkerchief and socks but was discovered by a jailer. He later died en route to a hospital.
Leon Harmon, head of the First National Bank, was elected president of the Big Horn Bankers Association on Saturday and then as president of the Riverton Lions Club on Monday and the Riverton Country Club on Tuesday, showcasing his broad leadership in the community.
The pilot's wife in Richmond Virginia recalls the fear for her husband and notes two similar letters suggesting possible censorship. She says the ordeal has been terrible and that no one can understand unless they have experienced it themselves.
Berryville Clarke County Lions Club honors John O Hardesty for two decades of perfect attendance at their Ladies Night Dinner. Burns Robinson, district governor, pins the award and recognizes Hardesty’s work locating glasses for children. Robinson installs officers for the coming year including William L Boyce as president and Edward F Joyce as first vice president.
Thomas Keating presented a past president's pin to Mr. Chapman. Mr. Joyce received the Master Key and Plaque for enrolling 12 new members, an International prize unique to Clarke members. David Childs and Walter Flory got 10-year attendance pins. five-year pins went to George Burton Richard Carter Mr. Joyce and Wade Muldoon. Orville Willey Jr Middletown Zone Chairman attended as a special guest.
Nashville Tennessee AP reports Eph Lord Walker appeared in general sessions court before Judge Herbert Moses admitting three days of drinking. The judge remanded him to county jail on a drunkenness charge.
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