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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1963

Page

6

Jet fires dummy rockets into bunker killing two

An Air Force jet fired dummy rockets at a crowded control bunker at Eglin AFB Florida. One rocket passed through a narrow observation slot killing Lt. Col. Sherman R Smith and Capt. Mercer R Ferguson. Civil observer A H Gautier escaped injury.

Fort Walton Beach Fla Air Force Cannon Air Force Base N.M Eglin Air Force Base A.H. Gautier Civil Service Planning Gautier Sherman Richard Smith Mary Ester Mercer R. Ferguson 428Th Tactical Fighter Squadron Cannon Afb Ferguson Clay G. Ferguson Waukegan Ill

Turkey Rejects Soviet Ban Aid Proposal on Nuclear Free Zone

Ankara rejects a Soviet proposal to declare the Mediterranean a nuclear free zone. The foreign office says the plan would not promote world peace and would involve a one sided reduction of arms in response to a May 20 note.

Ankara Turkey Mediterranean Foreign Office

Honor Club Initiates 7 New Members

Clarke County 4H Honor Club initiated seven new members at the Fair Grounds on Thursday night. Named were Kay Hoff Beverly Whiting Norma Lynn Lewis Carolyn Emerick Barbara Day Jackie Madigan and Tommy Cather. Additional members Cheryl Affleck Dessiss McIntyre and Mary Helen Rams are set to be initiated later. Plans for an August meeting to elect new officers were made.

Berryville Clarke County Fair Grounds Kay Hoff Beverly Whiting Norma Lynn Lewis Carolyn Emerick Barbara Day Jackie Madigan Tommy Cather Vall Alvin Feltner Laeerae Club Cheryl Affleck Vice Dessiss McIntyre Mary Helen Rams Marvena

Extensive TV Schedule with Classics and News Highlights

A dense list of daily programming showing multiple channels and times. It includes movies such as Citizen Kane and The Sun Also Rises, several serials and talk shows, evening sports, weather, and news segments, plus varied documentaries and theatre broadcasts across late night hours.

Farmers Finish One Day Tidewater Tour

Nine farmers from two counties and Clarke County Agent John Gerken completed a two day tour to Tidewater Virginia visiting the Tidewater Experimental Station in Holland and eight swine farms. The group included Russell Dart Floyd Lofton P T McIntyre Howard Locke Robert Deavers Charles Shipe and farm representative The two Frederick County farmers were Lee Chilcott of Middletown and Thomas Russell of Winchester. They purchased pure bread boars to improve local swine and viewed modern feeding and farrowing facilities. Sponsored by the Virginia Extension Service through the county agent's office.

Berryville Clarke County John Gerken Tidewater Holland Virginia Extension Service

Fact-Finding Group Tackles Rail Solution

President Kennedy's fact finding committee begins a study of the four year rail labor dispute to prepare a report by July 20 for congressional recommendations. The panel may include arbitration and possibly mediation if needed as a truce deadline nears. Wirtz notes no panel mediation planned yet. Congress faces pressure as railroads postpone changes and unions pledge no strike until July 29. Halleck warns against hasty action but allows possible expeditious measures.

John Koenig JR Washington Kennedy Congress Wirtz House Charles A. Halleck Indiana Halleck

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