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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1964
Page
1
In Brooklyn's Bedford Stuyvesant district rioting and looting continued despite Mayor Wagner's plea for peace. Police reported three wounded and 122 arrests as about 200 store windows were smashed, with the city tally near 500 damaged.
Atlanta judges uphold the public accommodations provisions of the Civil Rights Act and grant injunctions against a restaurant and a motel. Lester Maddox and Joreton Rolleston Jr. plan to appeal to the Supreme Court, arguing Congress lacked authority. The injunctions take effect Aug 11 to allow appeals.
John F. Cussen of White Weld will head the local W E Hutton & Co. office starting August 3. The staff, phone number, and location remain unchanged as the firm joins the New York Stock Exchange historic move. A sky object was seen by residents for about five minutes around 9 30 p m yesterday.
The six foreign ministers supported Venezuela's push for a ban on Cuban subversion. Mexico and Chile may oppose full diplomatic and trade break, while Brazil seeks compromise. Rusk urged sanctions and warned that regional security could be invoked if Cuba persists.
Penney's store announces a big July clearance with substantial reductions across items for the whole family. Shoppers are invited to visit the store to take advantage of featured discounts and seasonal savings as the sale continues.
Akron Ohio AP Dr Samuel H Sheppard has his $10000 bond and freedom upheld by a 6th U S Circuit Court of Appeals panel delaying a new ruling on whether the district court order releasing him stands He and his new wife head to their Cleveland home as legal proceedings loom Bailey says the case may not be retried and a meeting is not until October
Washington AP reports administration leaders pushed for Senate passage of a 962.5 million antipoverty bill after adopting a state rights amendment to gain Southern Democratic support. The bill adds a job corps for ages 16 to 21 in conservation camps, estimates enrollment at 40 000 first year rising to 100 000, and includes education work experience and vocational training. It also provides adult education, community action projects, federal grants and loans, aid for migrant farmworkers and small business loans.
The State Corporation Commission approved an average 11.5 percent rate hike on bodily injury and property damage auto insurance for commercial garages. The increase was requested last month by the National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters and the Mutual Insurance Rating Bureau.
A four state group formed to oppose cloud seeding gathered 400 people from Frederick and Clarke Counties and surrounding states. William English was chosen permanent chairman and said over 1200 petitions opposed cloud seeding. Directors elected pledged independent state groups sharing information.
A warrant charging murder has been issued for 35 year old Otho Howard of King George County and Raleigh North Carolina. Commonwealth's Attorney J Churchill Newcomb announced after a tentative identification by Ruth A. Boley of a wealthy Loudoun landowner murdered in February 1962. Luther Durham is charged alongside Howard for two 1963 killings and numerous break ins. Both men await arraignment before Circuit Court Judge Elliott D Marshall after a lengthy grand jury process.
Viet Cong forces attacked a Ranger training camp near Trung Lap 25 miles northwest of Saigon using recoilless rifles. The assault left six U.S. soldiers dead and several weapons lost, with ongoing daily hits on government units. Meanwhile 400 Vietnamese troops were moved by C 130 aircraft from the Mekong Delta to Hue to bolster defenses.
Newberry's in Winchester advertises the Evening Star Electric Blanket now priced at $9.99 as a special deal on page 13.
President Charles de Gaulle urged a four power parley including the United States Red China the Soviet Union and France to settle the Viet Nam war and to map a peace for Indochina with a joint neutral guarantee. He said the postwar Western world era has begun and Europe can live its own life independent of U S dominance.
Richmond weather forecast shows little change for several days with extensive cloudiness and shower activity mainly in the afternoon and evening.
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