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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1964
Page
1
President Johnson told Swarthmore College graduates the federal government is not a menace to liberty and can liberate individuals. He defended civil rights, anti poverty aims, and efforts to improve air, water, markets, and safety while urging graduates to enter public life without fear or alienation.
The James Wood High School class of 1959 cannot locate Sam Blaney Richard Thayer and Lawrence Thayer for their five year reunion. Contact Phyliss Brannon at MO 2 1017 for information. Frederick County sheriff reports iron gate theft from a field causing wandering sheep but no injuries.
Help wanted for brick layers and helpers on Fairmont Avenue. Prevailing wages and good working conditions offered. Long term employment. Call Mr. Brandenburg at 662-9656.
Frederick County supervisors, in a secret May 27 conference with an architect, signed a pact to draw contingency plans for a new county court house and annex near the J C Penney Store at County Plaza. The May vote favored remodeling the old 124 year old structure, but the second set of plans signals a possible change in stance.
A 74 year old Opequon man Bergie Lee Dodson was struck by a southbound car on Route 11 in Kernstown and died at Memorial Hospital. The driver Lawrence Glenmore Bowen 42 faces involuntary manslaughter charges. Dodson had been visiting Kernstown and left for a taxi to an auction. The incident occurred about 10 16 p.m. two miles south of Winchester.
Thousands of Vietnamese Catholics marched in downtown Saigon denouncing U S ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge and praising Buddhism in a rally that drew about 40 000 people. Banners accused Lodge of aiding Buddhists as they blamed U S policy for Diem's overthrow and a Kennedy connection sparked protests at John F Kennedy Square.
President Park removed 576 government officials including a Cabinet vice minister amid student protests in Seoul. Premier Chung Il kwon announced the action but did not name the officials. The move follows charges of corruption tied to a government financed apartment project and price rigging in flour cement and sugar. A new death from the riots, Lee Yooneshik a 20 year old university freshman, raised the stakes as protests continue.
Communist ground fire downed the second U.S. Navy Crusader jet in two days east of the Plaine des Jarres. Cmdr. Doyle W. Lynn was rescued by a Kitty Hawk helicopter, while Lt. Charles F. Klusmann parachuted and vanished in rugged jungle. Monsoon cover and ongoing air searches hampered recovery efforts.
Thousands mourners crowded the Ganges as Nehru's ashes were strewn. A floating platform sank under the weight and four people died in the stampede. Police used clubs to keep crowds back as Indira Gandhi and her sons watched in the heat.
In Amarillo Texas a patrolman William Meadows age 23 was killed when a stolen pickup pursued by police at speeds up to 85 mph was fired upon by two youths. A 15 year old boy was wounded and another 14 year old, Jimmy May, died after the pursuit ended with the pickup crashing into a ditch.
Sen. Barry Goldwater, returning from Chester, Pa, says only a solid open show of opposition from Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, and William Scranton could derail his Republican presidential bid. He doubts such a coalition would form and suggests Nixon would be the rallying foe to block him, while Scranton might pursue a future bid.
Winchester voters elect a mayor and seven councilmen in a municipal election with all candidates facing opposition. Polls open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mayor candidates are William M. Battaile and E. R. Huntsberry Jr., with writes in for incumbent Claude Smalts Jr. Council races include first ward incumbents Gore Baker Harper Toan and Cather, and second ward candidates Butler Henkel Fleming Whitham Burch plus Pullen and Emmart for remaining seats.
AP dispatch from Richmond notes a southwest air flow keeps Virginia warm through Tuesday and Wednesday. Showers and thundershowers are possible in the mountains late Wednesday as the weather system moves in.
A campaign card urging votes for Wayne Whitham in the City Council Second Ward. Describes him as able, alert, and experienced for local governance.
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