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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1959
Page
5
A Goochland Virginia lake debut invites friends to bring boats. One guest arrived with an army DUKW and had to remove a support for a 10 foot gateway to fit the 11 foot wide vehicle. The smallest craft prize went to a man with an inflated inner tube, raised umbrella, and knee-supported paddle.
Twelve county agricultural agents from the North Central region toured the Byrd packing plant and orchards in Berryville. The Dow Chemical Company study tour, starting at Michigan State University July 7, will visit Middleburg Rockville and continue to Delaware Pennsylvania and New York before returning July 28.
Blacksburg report from horticulturist Dr. H A Rollins Jr of VPI notes generally favorable growing conditions across Virginia, with dry weather potentially reducing fruit size and total yield. The season's expected harvest is about 10 percent of a million bushels, heavier in northern Virginia, with Red Delicious size set and plans urged for efficient harvest and marketing, plus continued disease and insect protection.
Two boys aged 7 and 9 explored a summer outing and planned a cookout. They started a fire at the Douglas high school stadium press box, which burned before the fire department could save it.
Billie Holiday known as Lady Day died in a city hospital at age 44 after collapsing in her apartment and facing a heroin possession charge. The famed blues singer, who rose to fame performing with Benny Goodman and Louis Armstrong, left hits like Them There Eyes Strange Fruit I Cover the Waterfront. She was born Eleanora Fagan in Baltimore on April 7 1915 and moved to New York in 1928 to pursue music.
Ralph Lee Betts was sentenced to life in prison by a North Carolina Superior Court jury for an alleged incident involving an 11 year old Black girl. The 12 white jurors recommended mercy, with Judge Malcolm Paul imposing the mandatory life term after a 2% hour deliberation. Betts must serve 10 years before parole. he had prior term for an attempted incident with a minor white girl.
Gordon Baker, 29, caddie, was sentenced to 16 years for robbery and attempted murder in the beating of Hansel Karnes, Cascades greenskeeper, at Hot Springs. He pleaded guilty to robbery and denied attempted murder, and police noted he hid $131 belonging to Sam Snead's brother-in-law.
In Louisville Kentucky golfer Bernard Henry Breckel age 60 and his caddy Randell Woodward age 13 were struck by lightning while running to the clubhouse during a sudden downpour. Breckel died at the scene and Woodward suffered severe burns on both legs.
A Chicago taxi operator told aldermen studying the business that women make better cab drivers than many men. Arthur Dickholtz noted six women drivers and urged expanding female staff, saying women learn the city quickly and have a noticeably lower accident rate.
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