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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1961

Page

15

Engineers Visit Cuba to Inspect Tractor Exports

A four member delegation of engineers from U S universities and the United Auto Workers travels to Cuba to study heavy construction tractors for road and airfield use. An interpreter accompanies the group and two American reporters gain visas as the first U S journalists allowed entry since the abortive invasion.

Duane P. Greathouse United Auto Workers Agriculture Implement Division Roy Bainer Agriculture Engineering Department University of California John Bruce Liljedahl Purdue University Clarence Hansen Michigan State University Tad Szule The New York Times Robert Boyd Knight Newspapers U.S Cuba

Romans Pioneered Alum Potassium Sulphate in Water Purification

The article credits ancient Rome with early use of alum potassium sulphate to treat and purify drinking water, highlighting its historical role in public health and sanitation.

Winchester Lion Welcomes Circus Lions At Tops Motel

Bob Pizzano served as the official welcoming committee for nine visiting lions and two tigers last week at the Tops Motel in Winchester. The animals, bound for summer quarters in Chattanooga Tennessee, will join Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus for the next season.

Winchester Bob Pizzano Tops Motel Mr. Pizzano Chattanooga Tenn Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Circus Dick Bond

County Supervisors Approve Additions to Secondary Road System

The board approved adding to the Secondary Road System a road from Rt. 655 about .5 mile north of Rt. 50 east to the public dump property line and a private road intersecting Rt. 681 extending about .7 mile. Consent deeds are required. Three other requests were denied for insufficient road service. Brumback authorized to sign Peters Sensen Heights approval after Highway Department review. A 1.03 mile Rt. 655 section from Rt. 749 was abandoned as it no longer serves the public.

Himelright Highway Department B. O. Brumback E. L. Peters Senseng Heights

Fire destroys storage shed at Nicholsons home

Children playing with matches are blamed for a late yesterday fire that destroyed a 20 by 30 foot wooden shed at Mrs. Elizabeth Nicholson's Front Street home. Shawnee volunteers battled the blaze with a fog nozzle and later rekindling fires prompted a sheriff investigation.

Elizabeth Nicholson Shawnee City Stephens City Lee- Jackson O'Sullivan Lee-Jackson O’sullivan Nicholson Place

Federal Jobless Pay Rules for Agricultural Processing Workers

The proposal would raise unemployment benefits starting 1964 to half the former wage up to a fixed maximum, with maximums tied to state averages. It also increases the federal payroll tax base from 3000 to 4800 and raises the tax rate by one percent. States failing to meet federal standards could lose tax credits, and idle workers might lose benefits if they refuse retraining. An accompanying four year 700 million retraining relocation plan was proposed.

Damage $1,150 In Two Crashes in Winchester

Two traffic crashes caused about $1,150 in damage in Winchester. A parked car on Greenwalt Ave. was struck at 1 40 p m injuring Ann Elizabeth Miller 15 whiplash. James Henry Friel 1960 Chevrolet station wagon caused further damage to a 1662 Pontica owned by Ester Miller and to the station wagon.

Mason Altman Greenwall Ave W. L. Fogle James Henry Friel Parkway Ave Greenwalt Ave Pontica Ester M. Miller Ann Elizabeth Miller

Soviet Proposals Dim Future of Test Ban Talks

In Geneva the stalled test ban talks faced new doubt as the Soviet Union pressed for an inspection veto or to move negotiations to the general arms conference. Soviet negotiator Tsarapkin urged a three man board oversight and warned the talks could collapse without agreed access.

Geneva Soviet Union West Lenin Tsarapkin Acces Dean

Soviet veto rights mire in talks on TNT ban

Conference sources say central disarmament talks link to ban negotiations while a Scottish loch puzzle hints at geographic ambiguity. The New York Herald Tribune reports a push for international inspection amid Soviet obduracy.

New York Herald Tribune Ee Ed Tnt

Moffett Firm Named Distributor for Schlitz Products

The Preston I. Moffett Distributors Inc will locally distribute Schlitz Brewing Co. products of Milwaukee Wisconsin, as announced yesterday. The article also notes rising numbers of American high school students studying Latin, second only to Spanish.

Schlitz Brewing Co Milwaukee Wis Preston I. Moffett Distributors, Inc

Bridge Match Winners Named at George Washington Hotel

Mrs. Howard Shockey and partner won the weekly Monday Contract Bridge Club event at the George Washington Hotel. Second place tied between Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bowers and Thomas G. Scully with Mrs. James P. Reardon. Ellis Ford was third. A meeting notice for June 19 at 8 p.m. urged participation.

Howard Shockey Eerrinde George Washington Hotel Harry Bowers Thomas G. Scully James P. Reardon Ellis Ford Ste Bout

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