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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1961
Page
7
A collection of Dear Abby letters covers home improvement mishaps, a teen crush, unwanted visitors, and adoption cautions. Topics include amateur workmanship ruining items, pranks and boundaries with neighbors, inviting guests and setting limits, and advice on choosing a reliable adoption agency.
Marlene Schmidt of Stuttgart won the Miss Universe 1961 crown at the Miami Beach pageant finale. She will promote as the titleholder for the next year while continuing duties in the United States and Germany over the coming months.
In Monterrey Mexico a ferris wheel collapsed at a local amusement park during a night event killing seven people including six children and one adult. Hospital officials reported 17 others in critical condition.
Three highway fatalities push Virginia’s total to 404 for the period, with Marine Cpl. Clinton Stevens among the injured in a three car crash on U S 1 near Stafford. Stevens’ wife and 92 year old Helen Pelton Williams of Villamont died as a consequence of the wreck.
Edwin R. Williams, 58, a vice president of Chase Manhattan Bank, died Saturday in New York. Williams had been with the bank since 1926 and was born in DeWitt Iowa.
Warren County Board votes to close Linden Ele school over small projected enrollment leaving ten public schools in the county six rural. E T Shiner reelected chairman with Wheeler Maddox vice chairman E O Kirby clerk James W Eavy deputy clerk. Visiting teacher role abolished since compulsory attendance law ended. Hazel Van Anden had held post since 1949. board and former Superintendent Gasque thank her.
Vatican Latin experts spent weeks refining Latin renderings for Pope John XXIII's encyclical Mater et Magistra to capture new terms like interplanetary space and atomic energy Automation and modern phrases demanded precise phrasing including civitates quarum economicae progressiones sint in cursa and aucta cumulatio hominum multitudinis The delay aimed to ensure accurate Latin while readying translations for a global release.
Rochester AP reports a reelection bid underway for Ferlicca as local political activity heats up. Details on candidates and schedule remain unclear with fragmented text.
Peter Ribicoff son of the old education and welfare and his 21 year old bride from Casablanca Morocco the former Mercedes Haziot wed Sunday at Beth Sholom in San Francisco Rabbi Saul White officiated Secretary Abraham Ribicoff served as best man Attendance was limited to family and close friends Ribicoff 24 plans to teach social studies at Anacostia High School in Washington next fall He met his bride four months ago when she was here as an exchange student
Five French tourists sustained burns while watching a fissure on Mt Etna northeast crater as volcanic ash and dust forced a descent to a local hospital. They were later discharged. The piece notes Etna's rising activity and mentions hot late July and August conditions in the United States as background.
A Sunday train wreck in Blackpool England killed six people and injured 125. The diesel engine cab was crushed and two forward coaches were hurled into an adjacent field, killing the motorman.
In Hong Kong an AP report notes one man was killed and another injured aboard a missile-equipped cruiser. Details remain sparse as investigators assess the incident aboard the vessel.
A local report notes the Wyoming state flower is the Indian Paintbrush while a naval note mentions Topeka seven miles from a British colony after an anch or chain broke. No names disclosed from the men involved.
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