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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1962
Page
5
Alexandria observes the 100th anniversary of Alexandria National Cemetery one of the first government recognized burial grounds for war dead. American Legion national commander Charles L. Bacon notes 3,500 Union soldiers interred there and ties Memorial Day to the Civil War and national resilience through World Wars I and II.
In Greenville North Carolina the Mayo family received a standing ovation as their 13th child Sammy graduated from Ross Hill High. Sammy will enroll at North Carolina State College in the fall. The Mayo clan is noted for strong academics with ten graduates in college and four members at NASA.
The diamond theft trial of Ernest B. Stanger ended in a mistrial after the Commonwealth’s attorney commented on the defendant’s failure to testify. Judge Matthews recessed the jury and set a new trial for June 11 with another judge to preside. The case involves Stanger and Robert Eugene Lewis charged with grand larceny in the February theft of a $175,000 sample case from Blues Va.
Market report lists range prices for steers heifers cows bulls lambs and hogs at Virginia abattoirs. Prices include steer Good to Choice 24.00 to 26.00 per cwt and veal calves Prime 31.00 to 33.00 per cwt with dairy and beef cows priced per head or per cwt. Additional notes cover feeder cattle and stock cattle values across weight classes.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover warned that the upcoming vacation season will bring higher rates of sexual assaults and murders. He cited seasonal trends predicting rape up 16 percent, murder and aggravated assault up 12 percent, and increased attacks on children. He urged parents to guard children, avoid secluded areas, refuse rides, and reject gifts from strangers.
Roanoke AP report says a group of Peace Walkers failed to persuade U S Attorney Thomas Mason to forward their petition against nuclear tests and the seizure of the boat Everyman. They sought arrest and planned a 55 mile hike toward Lynchburg then Washington.
A lightning strike triggered a dynamite explosion in the Potomac interceptor sewer tunnel near Great Falls killing Paul Russell 29 of Cashiers North Carolina and wounding six others. Injured men included James Burroughs Paul Payne Randal Davis Donald Cochran Carl Tomlin and Raymond Riggleman. The tunnel runs about 9 000 feet under river banks and 3 000 feet under the river bed.
In Glendale Arizona a chimney owl trapped for 10 days was freed by firemen who looped a rope around it and pulled it out. Fireman Dale Morgan nicknamed it Oswald and took it home as a pet, while the owl appeared indifferent to the idea.
A 6-year-old Pittsylvania County boy died after being struck by a dairy truck near Gretna as he stepped from a school bus on Virginia 40. The victim was Charlie Burton Waller Jr., 6, of Gretna Rt. 2. The truck driver was Landon Edward Oakes of Gretna Rt. 6. The statewide traffic toll reached 313 for the year.
In Algiers a French cavalry officer laments his dishonor as the French military withdraws from Algeria under the Evian cease fire. Officers blame politicians for the war and many soldiers await discharge to return home. Briquets now make up two thirds of all charcoal sales, up from one sixth before World War II.
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