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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1960
Page
16
The Teen-Age Club helped prepare and serve a chicken supper to the group. Fe Swimley led the cue and served as in charge. Following the picnic, John Woolfolk, chairman, thanked the TAC.
Mrs Eve announces War Memorial open for senior citizens to play shuffleboard on Saturday starting 4 a m with informal games and picnic events including horseshoes and crab games. For more details contact Mr Woofolk or the Winchester Recreation Department. Also mentions payroll savings plan for U S Savings bonds.
AP report notes a humorous cure for national political conventions. A single man proposes limiting demonstrations to 46 seconds per event and restricting participation to one over seventies playing a kazoo. He also calls for eliminating certain types of attendees and distractions to reduce stress.
TV schedules show CBS NBC and ABC closing Democratic convention coverage with reruns. Highlights include John Gunther’s High Road on ABC, Secret of Freedom by Archibald MacLeish, and Willy Rockefeller guest on College Conference. NBC offers Music on Ice and Mystery Show in color.
The text outlines rules for nominating and seconding speeches by mail and postcard, rejects multiple repeats of phrases, eliminates fractional delegates, and limits Dixie song play to six times per hour amid calls to streamline conventions. It reflects a push for tighter control and efficiency in delegate procedures.
A barracuda attacked 34 year old diver Bob Allen about 200 yards off Pompano Beach slashing his leg and wrist in two passes. He was rushed to a hospital where 30 stitches were taken and he recalled the bite as razor like.
A fragmented note describes controversy around a Texas election count titled The Eyes of Texas and a referenced yellow rose pane. The text alludes to a Beng republic claim amid the vote tally with unclear details.
Phrases reference Colorado New Hampshire Washington and a convention hall with rest room signs mixed with other area closed signs. The excerpt also notes limiting spectator tickets to mutes and hints at a broader renovation or signage confusion.
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