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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1962
Page
1
Five area high schools will award 368 diplomas over the next two weeks. James Wood leads with 172 graduates, 87 boys and 8 girls, while Douglas adds four seniors. Commencement dates span June 1 to June 11 with several baccalaureate services planned.
There were no new developments in the search for George W. Gordon 57 charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Joseph Leon Desrosiers 49 at his Kinzel Drive home Tuesday night. Desrosiers wife Evelyn 46 shot three times in the chest remained seriously ill but slightly improved at Memorial Hospital. Gordon's car was found Wednesday about eight miles north of Martinsburg West Virginia in a wooded area west of Rt 11.
Carleton Ramey Jr. landed an 18 inch rainbow trout this week, joining a small group of fishermen who catch oversized fish. He refused to reveal the waters where the fish was found, citing a personal secret. Leotah Earl Smith found a six and a half foot copperhead snake in his Greenspring potato patch and killed it.
Winchester Savings & Loan advertises insured savings at 4 percent interest with F S L I C protection. Savings accounts promoted as safe and earning from the first of the month.
Federal investigators probe Estes for hidden cash or records. One box was opened with a court order not yet obtained to access its contents. Officials seek other boxes and evidence for potential further court action.
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey D Minn calls for a 2 to 4 percent cut in corporate levies and a 2 percent cut in personal taxes to strengthen the economy and stock market. He cites action over mere words and favors a broad four point program including public works and overseas trade expansion.
The stock market cooled after a rally, with traders taking profits and key stocks falling about $2. Volume stayed heavy though well below earlier sessions. The Dow Jones average, NYSE ticker lagged, with 2.32 million shares traded in the first two hours versus 3.71 million the prior Thursday.
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy petitioned the Subversive Activities Control Board to require ten individuals to register as members of the Communist party. The named figures include William L. Patterson and Miriam Friedlander of New York, Roscoe Proctor of Berkeley, and Burt Galant of Seattle. Each face a 20 day response window before board hearings and possible court review. The maximum penalty for noncompliance is five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
100 years ago today Robert E Lee assumed command of the Confederate forces defending Richmond soon titled the Army of Northern Virginia. Skirmish at Mount Carmel near Strasburg notes Jackson's Army passing Strasburg escaping a trap set by Shields and Fremont.
The sixth of seven weekend marches retracing General Jackson's V Campaign will move from Pugh's Run to Edinburg with about 75 participants from Winchester New Market Mt. Jackson Conrad's Store Elkton Front Royal and Baltimore. Ceremonies at Stoney Creek bridge will dedicate a Civil War marker with remarks by Edinburg Mayor Richard Rhinehart and Harrisonburg Mayor Frank Switzer plus a firing salute and free lunches by the Ladies Auxiliary.
Washington AP reports Senate Finance Committee members floated a compromise to save the withholding plan on dividend and interest income. A $5 000 income exemption is proposed, but Byrd opposes any approach seen as preserving the principle. Republicans oppose. likely nine votes against.
Adolf Eichmann faced execution in Ramleh Prison near Tel Aviv after his appeal was rejected. The 56 year old former Gestapo official died on an improvised gallows as Israel carried out its sentence for aiding Nazi genocide.
Washington reports the United States expects a Laos coalition decision within a week. Secretary Rusk warns of serious problems if talks fail while neutral Prince Souvanna Phouma meets King Savang Vathana to discuss forming a government and moving non-Laotians out of Laos.
A fox suspected of rabies was shot by Mrs. Bernice Kline after raiding her chicken coop near Clearbrook. Deputies retrieved the animal for health department testing, confirming the shot incident and ongoing disposal as officials check the fox.
Emergency Planning Office canceled the contract of John D. Morgan Jr., a former ODM aide turned consultant, amid a Senate probe into conflicts of interest related to the defense stockpile. The investigation cites two clear conflicts and potential government losses exceeding 1 billion dollars. The matter was referred to the Justice Department for review as Edward A. McDermott announced the action and Morgan declined to testify until after June 15.
In Lynchburg Virginia a Circuit Court jury acquitted greenhouse operator W H Wooldridge on charges of violating the Sunday blue law. The defense argued sales were a necessity to prevent plants from withering, the jury deliberated two hours and fifteen minutes before delivering the verdict under judge Charles Burks.
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