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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1966
Page
2
Miss W. E. Hopkins of Charles Town died in 1908. She directed dormitories at Madison College in Harrisonburg for 26 years before retiring. A graveside service is planned Monday at 3 p.m. in Mount Olive Cemetery, McGaheysville. She belonged to Asbury Methodist Church.
An official at Front Royal reports Bud Atkins and Buse Frye from the Strasburg area in satisfactory condition after a two-vehicle crash involving a 1968 Ford and a 1968 Chevrolet. The accident raises Virginia's traffic toll to 414 with eight deaths.
Elkton voters face a mayoral contest between Lowen 51 and Hensley 41 with Hensley as current secretary treasurer of Hensley Sales and Services and Lough a 30 year resident and Merck shift supervisor who served on the town council and civil defense coordinator.
Tokyo dispatch reports Lin Piao emerging from purge as potential successor to Mao Zedong. Some observers urge caution as Lin, 57, is viewed by Red Flag as Mao’s interpreter, but questions about his health and role persist amid purge dynamics. NASA plans summer study of parachute assisted Mars landings using balloons and sounding rockets to test 130000 foot capsule drops.
Capt. Bill Carpenter, famed as the Lonesome End, led Company C of the 502nd during Operation Hawthorne in South Vietnam. He ordered air and artillery strikes on dug-in North Vietnamese forces, saving his ground though costing some lives. a Medal of Honor recommendation is being pursued, with Capt. Ron Brown to receive the Distinguished Service Cross.
Cleveland AP reports a retrial of Samuel H. Sheppard in the 1954 Marilyn Sheppard murder case with key changes. The new trial will be for second degree murder, not first, after a Supreme Court ruling found the earlier proceedings unfair. Corrigan cites pretrial publicity concerns and plans press seating on a first come basis. Sheppard, now 42, seeks vindication and has said he is ready for trial.
Paul C. Helmick, 18, of 404 N. Kent St., is charged with reckless driving failure to stop for siren and light red light failure to stop for a stop sign and disorderly conduct after his 1959 auto hit a wall a telephone pole and two signs at speeds near 90 mph. A Winchester Hospital spokesman said the youth sustained a severe forehead contusion and multiple lacerations.
profiles of council candidates and prominent residents including Mr Dutton Bayliss Bell Dorton and Armel. details cover military service education career civic work church roles and family info. positions include finance and ordinances committees and community involvement in Apple Blossom Festival Red Cross Rotary and Chamber of Commerce.
Chicago AP report recalls former Vice President Nixon urging President Johnson to fly to France to persuade Charles de Gaulle to stay in NATO. Nixon argues France is essential to Europe’s Atlantic community and cites Kennedy would have sought talks. He also warns of threats to freedom at home including a decline in respect for law amid civil rights tensions.
Hampton AP reports police again hunted a white man in his late 20s wanted for Friday's holdup of the Wythe branch of the Bank of Hampton Roads. The armed gunman, who entered shortly before 2 p.m., pushed a paper bag toward teller Gladys Watson and ordered her to fill it.
Clear tonight with a low in the 50s. Sunny Sunday reaching 74 to 80. Monday will be partly cloudy and warm. Rainfall past 24 hours is negligible. Yearly and 53 year averages listed with monthly values for January through December.
The Rev Walter C Gumm presiding bishop of the Virginia Methodist Conference met with 16 district superintendents in Norfolk to discuss ministerial assignments for 1966 67. Assignments will be announced Thursday as the Virginia annual conference ends. Bishop Gumm will open the conference Monday at 11 am with 1200 delegates from over 600 churches expected.
U S planes conducted 202 air strikes against entrenched North Vietnamese forces. Paratroopers faced a strike within 200 yards. In the air war, 72 missions targeted the southern panhandle, coast, railroads, boxcars, junks, bridges and barges.
A compact quiz item lists items four, fourteen, and a crane on a ship for loading. mentions Adolph Hitler and atmospheric pressure as topics. statements true and false refer to Carson City and U S locations. directions left port and right starboard appear. references United States and President.
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