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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1964
Page
1
Frederick County was added to the federal drought disaster relief list as rainfall stayed deeply deficient for a second year. About 3,100 acres on 190 farms may be pulled out of ASCS programs reducing government payments. Farmers may sign forms at the ASC office, and requests will be processed promptly.
At a 20 nation Inter American conference in Washington the ministers held a closed session on an alternative Cuba policy. Brazil urged all members to sever no diplomatic ties while omitting trade and transport sanctions to be decided later. Chile and Mexico likely to oppose, Bolivia and Uruguay to abstain, others undecided.
A carnival will be held at 833 North Loudoun Street from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The event promises plenty of food and games. The American Fruit Grower asks who the world’s biggest apple eaters are and notes Switzerland leads with 110 pounds per person.
Shenandoah County Red Cross warned it may lose its blood program if donations and funding do not rise. Robert Chewning cited chronic shortfalls, with Nelson County already losing the service. A bloodmobile visit to Woodstock is planned, and a year’s blood supply could cost over $20,000. H. M. Clymer called the potential loss tragic.
Ward's Pastry Shop offers a weekend special chocolate chiffon cake. The item showcases light texture and rich cocoa flavor, popular with locals seeking a dessert treat this Saturday and Sunday.
Two riot-torn New York Negro sections calm as CORE pickets end after three hours. Police face missiles from white youths outside headquarters injuring Inspector Henry Yack and hospitalizing a officer. Seven whites arrested, others charged with disorderly conduct as Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant regain peace after five nights of unrest.
Paris AP report says President De Gaulle's call for a 14 nation Indochina peace conference drew cold rejections from Washington and Bonn. U.S. and West German officials dismissed his insistence on a nonmilitary solution and warned no new Indochina talks while a new military balance is needed in South Vietnam.
An advertisement notes a hospital bed priced at 50 dollars and ladies' swim wear at eight percent off from Leggett's. The short classified item highlights two sales targets in a single store.
Cloudy warm and humid conditions persist across Virginia through the weekend with scattered afternoon and evening showers or thunderstorms. A very weak low pressure system over the state today is not expected to alter current weather.
Three national Black leaders arrive in Mississippi to rally support for the Freedom Democratic party and press that civil rights belong in the presidential race. They urge inclusion of the issue in the campaign and favor a meeting between President Johnson and Sen. Goldwater.
In South Viet Nam, the fourth ambush of the week killed an American Special Forces enlisted man and wounded a U S officer near Ban Me Thuot as Montagnard troops accompanied a moving strike force toward Buon Brieng. The casualty tally for Americans in combat since 1961 stands at 159. The attack is said to have inflicted high Vietnamese losses.
Local banks report a coin supply pinch with shortages ranging from critical to minor. Bank officials cite a federal action and congressional bill as remedies, noting silver dollars are most scarce due to collector demand. Berryville banks report sharply cut coin orders from the Federal Reserve.
Luci Baines Johnson performed as narrator in Peter and the Wolf with pianist Van Cliburn conducting the Youth Symphony Orchestra at Kresge Assembly Hall. A 3,607 crowd gave two curtain calls as proceeds funded music scholarships for about 1,500 students from across the United States and abroad.
President Johnson’s $947.5 million war on poverty measure wins Senate approval 62 to 33 with 52 Democrats for and 11 against. House Rules Committee expected to vote next week on a similar proposal. Governors gain veto power for some programs. rural loan aid reduced by 15 million.
Senators Harry F. Byrd and A Willis Robertson of Virginia voted against the anti poverty bill that the Senate approved by 62 to 33. The vote came after debate on Johnson administration proposals to fight poverty nationwide.
Republican nominee Barry Goldwater called for a broad discussion to prevent inflaming civil rights tensions in the campaign. He criticized Johnson’s approach, voted against the poverty program, and said he would not inject civil rights into politics while insisting he opposes discrimination.
A second man indicted for murder in the slayings of Mrs. Walterie Naomi Hoover and her mother Mrs. E M Snow has been moved to Frederick County Jail awaiting arraignment Monday. Luther Junior Durham 22 of King George County Virginia and Greensboro North Carolina was brought from the Virginia Penitentiary where he serves a six year term for house breaking. He is linked to two other Virginia murders according to State Police. Durham was transported by Sgt F L Woolf and Sheriff Robert L DeHaven. Also charged is Otho Howard of King George County who has been jailed since Monday on King George farm arrest.
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