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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1962
Page
5
A freight train with engineer Joseph Chaison 52 of Riverton New Jersey ran about 19 city blocks before stopping. Police say he died likely of a heart attack in the cab while the coke laden train, traveling about eight miles per hour, was brought to a halt after a yard master leaped aboard.
Pfc. Robert Stein, 21, from Parris Island South Carolina is hospitalized after a shark bite on his left foot and a minor cut to a hand while swimming in the Atlantic near Savannah Georgia. It is the second attack this summer in the area.
The North Carolina Republican Party will elect a new chairman on August 18 in Greensboro to replace William E. Cobb who resigned after the disclosure he maintained two homes. Cobb, from Morganton, is father to Renfrew Parker's two children with Parker, a 33 year old divorcee.
Robert L. Withers of Berryville will chair the annual Southern States Cooperative meeting for the Boyce area. Rev. Charles Moncure will give the invocation, Allen Cochran will lead singing, and Charles Stuart will report on local operations. Thomas W. Tuggle Jr. will provide the overview with nominations from the floor for the Farm Home Advisory Committee and local advisory board.
A group of ten Appalachian Mountain Club climbers from four eastern states works to descend Grand Tetons Peak after a deadly storm. Stephen Smith age 21 from Holden Massachusetts died of exposure near the summit. John Fenni man of West Hartford Connecticut and Lester Germer of Millington New Jersey were airlifted to Jackson hospital for frostbite and exposure. The remaining seven climbers camped above Garnet Canyon awaiting the final 1 000 foot descent by horse.
In Memphis the Rev. C. D. Goodwin preached as lightning struck the church steeple. No injuries were reported though five cars near the church suffered tire damage. Goodwin noted the shock kept worshippers awake and alert.
Federal inquiry continues into private bill collectors mailing cards and envelopes that imitate federal agency mail. A Virginia firm employee received a demand for information printed on a punched card mailed in a misleading envelope. Rep. Harrison notes fine print hid the private firm origin and cites FTC and postal inspectors examining the issue.
An advertisement claims Primatene tablets, a three medicine asthma formula, are now sold without prescription in most states. It says the remedy opens bronchial tubes, relieves congestion and stops attacks within minutes, promising hours of freedom from spasm with no injections. Priced at 98 cents at drugstores.
A fragment indicates a tactic by firms to force mailings on residents, with posters informing locals they are under no obligation to respond. The note references local offices and the public’s response rights.
Ohio completed the deepest well ever drilled in the state in Guernsey County, but the test proved a dry hole. Last year 1,113 wells were drilled statewide with 73 percent reported productive as oil and gas activity continued.
A Viet Cong battalion besieged an isolated outpost at the edge of the D Zone about 30 miles north of Saigon. South Vietnamese forces, aided by military planes dropping flares, drove the attack off with no reported casualties.
Philadelphia fans at Connie Mack Stadium observed a moment of silence after the National Anthem to honor those killed in the Steelton train wreck, before the Phillies Pirates game on Sunday.
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