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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1968
Page
6
The bishops of Connacht six county west Ireland form a marriage introduction bureau at Knock Mayo. Archbishop Walsh of Tuam says the aim is to help elderly bachelors and unmarried women meet and reduce depopulation by making it easier to form marriages.
Governor Mills and Godwin Ridene announce a nine member commission to study conflicts of interest in Virginia government. Members include William T. Muse Josiah P Rowell Josiah Rowell and others from Richmond Martinsville Roanoke and Alexandria. Muse will chair with findings due to the legislature and governor by November 1 1969.
In Pittsburg Kansas state college students continue the 64 year old Apples for Students custom dating from March 8 1905. Teachers present apples as a lighthearted tribute tied to a historic legislative battle for 10000 to buy the college’s first land. R S Russ the first head of the school was fined a barrel of apples and the jovial legislature later matched the gag by the students.
A 1969 AP Special Report warns of an unprecedented solar storm peak that could unleash deadly radiation millions of miles from the sun. Global Solar Flare Patrol and Space Disturbance Forecast Center monitor 24 hours to warn space missions and the communications industry as astronauts venture toward the moon.
The article explains how interior nuclear fires drive solar winds and sunspot cycles every 11 years. It details sunspots up to 60,000 miles across and cells 600 to 18,000 miles wide, with solar flares releasing vast energy up to 600 miles per second. It cites Harold Zirin of Caltech on magnetic field cycles and notes potential, debated links to Earth's weather and radio disruption.
PARADSE Washington AP A Seattle dentist Dr James M Reddick died guarding his two children Sharon 12 and David 11 from freezing in a cave he dug near the Mt Rainier slope. Park ranger John Dalle Molle reached the cave at 9000 feet after a two day search as storm winds 50 60 mph battered the mountain. The children survived wet and cold, with Reddick placing them in the warmer back area before the danger.
The Internal Revenue Service signs information exchange pacts with 43 states and the District of Columbia to track taxes. Agreements include names and addresses of workers, motor vehicle records, licensing and sales data, and income, sales, use and estate tax information. Alaska joins latest. Alabama Connecticut Georgia Louisiana Nevada Rhode Island and Texas lack agreements.
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