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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1973
Page
3
Police and fire crews scoured the wreckage of an Indian Airlines Boeing 737 in New Delhi where 48 people died and 17 survived. Among the dead were four Americans three Britons and a Yemeni woman. Surviving Americans included M Bruce Sterling and his 10 year old son Lee Allen.
Philadelphia AP report details the slaying of Warden Patrick Curran and Deputy Warden Robert Fromhold by inmates Frederick Burton and Joseph Bowen. Mayor Frank Rizzo and Capt. Leroy Taylor urge restoring the electric chair as inmates are charged with the murders. The attack occurred as officials aided Fromhold during a dispute over prayer meetings.
D Raymond Snively of Hagerstown Maryland earned a bachelor of science degree after retaking a geology exam he failed at Washington and Lee University in 1923. At 73 he completed the degree during the 50th reunion week on the W L campus.
Scouts from Troop 104 under David Keen and Jack Beeler placed 5228 flags on headstones at Winchester National Cemetery for Memorial Day. Despite clouds and rain, Doug Greenfield Mike Van Meter Jeff White and Tony Keen set the flags at every veteran’s grave.
In Farmington West Virginia a miner Charles Edward Moody 46 a dispatcher is identified as the 32nd victim pulled from Consolidation Coal No 9 mine wreckage. Moody's body was located in the dispatcher's shack about 800 feet south of the shaft along the main haulage way as crews continue to recover the remaining miners. The disaster killed seventy eight men and the last bodies were recovered in September 1972.
About 10 inmates filed a civil suit in U S District Court alleging harsh conditions at the Pulaski County jail in Roanoke. They claim no access to legal materials or typewriters, limited doctor visits, uncommunicative jailers, a starchy diet, and no radio or television.
Norfolk AP reports three women linked to the Pagans motorcycle club were arrested on murder charges in the death of an unidentified teenage girl found near Franklin, Virginia. Linda Grant Pamela Blair and June Greay were held without bond in Norfolk awaiting transfer to Southampton County.
Dr C Stuart Buchannan and Dr H B Landes discuss sense and the sun on WHPL this Sunday at 1 15 PM. Interviewer is Harry L Lovett who chairs the public information committee for the Winchester Frederick County Unit of the American Cancer Society.
Richmond AP report says Woody Holton, 13, son of Gov Linwood Holton, was robbed of $3 while delivering the Richmond News Leader. Two youths, aged 14 and 12, were arrested by state police who witnessed the theft. The governor noted Woody had three marked bills Wednesday. juvenile court dates are pending.
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