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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1962
Page
1
Washington AP flight engineers weighed Kennedy’s appeal to cancel a strike threat against Pan American Eastern and TWA and submit claims to arbitration. The union prepared a 2 p.m news conference to answer Kennedy, who warned a strike would harm the economy and urged arbitration by a three man board.
Seven plastic bombs damaged three surgical pavilions and the central laboratory at Mustapha Hospital in Algiers. Officials say no one was hurt though the hospital is rendered useless, as FLN inspectors announced plans to seize facilities after independence.
President Kennedy ordered the Justice Department to seek a court order halting the strike by 9,000 workers at Republic Aviation over contract terms. The walkout began April 2 amid disputes on job security and severance pay, with Republic warning 7,600 layoffs may follow due to loss of government orders.
A local man mutters in his sleep claiming he does not want to go to the moon. The item sits among oddities in a column of community notes.
The article notes Gen J E B Stuart completed his ride around McClellan's army. It also reports the CS Florida seized by the British at Nassau.
In New York the early stock market advance vanished under selling pressure. By noon the AP 60-stock average stood at 208.30, down 0.30, while the Dow Jones 30 industrials dropped 2.26 to 560.74 as prices trailed floor transactions by more than 20 minutes.
President Kennedy urged Republicans to drop party labels and back his major proposals at a televised news conference. He cited past bipartisan support on debt limits and aid to Eastern Europe, pressed for farm bill measures, and urged engineers to avoid strikes on Pan Am,TWA, and Eastern airlines, while hinting at arbitration or seizure authority if needed. He called for fresh thinking on economics and asked Republicans to focus on real problems rather than politics through 1964.
Anita ushok known as Fathema told the Senate Investigations subcommittee she was shouted down at a union meeting while protesting how night club entertainers were treated. Mrs Lopushok testified of coercion threats and forced sexual exposure as part of a broader probe into AGWA and linked rackets at honky tonk clubs.
Police report a stolen car struck a prison work detail guard in SOUTH BOSTON and four inmates fled into woods. The driver, a released convict, rammed the guard and fled north toward Washington plates K-573, while roadblocks closed the area. The four escapees are Edward M. Slater Joseph Allen Kirby Sherman Dewey Burton Jr. and Alan D. Jones. Guard C. H. Turner was injured.
Two men, Charles Deavers and Richard Clemons, confessed to eight burglaries dating to July 4 1961 and were charged with seven additional break ins and larcenies. The arrests followed intensive police questioning and a March theft at 317 W Cecil St. and other incidents including a March service burglary and a vending-machine theft. About $800 in TV and radio gear was recovered from a Hart Street shop, and a 16 year old involved in a service-station burglary was taken into custody.
Intermittent sun dries the area after a thunderstorm dumped up to 1.91 inches in Berryville yesterday evening. Six Main St stores flooded as water entered stores and merchandise moved to the rear. Winchester received 1.16 inches while no serious damage was noted. The storm was tracked near the Fruit Research Laboratory.
The United States plans a nuclear detonation at Johnston Island area south west of Hawaii. The device yields about a million tons of TNT and is set for Monday night between 11 p m and 2 30 a m Hawaii time. If delayed beyond 32 hours it will be postponed to a later date.
Prince Edward County supervisors adopt a budget to keep county public schools closed for a fourth year. The hearing drew about 100 residents, mostly Black, while the school and budget debates focused on whether to run all schools or only enough to serve roughly 1,600 Black pupils with costs of 824200 or 437300 respectively.
The House backed a 308 billion dollar debt limit sending the bill to the Senate by 211 to 192. Opponents led by Byrd favor 306 billion with no compromise, while Kennedy warns failure to raise the limit risks economy and defense jobs. He notes past stretchouts may fuel a recession.
The Winchester Recreation Department will open Rouss Pool tomorrow at 10 a.m. and will operate daily except Mondays through Labor Day.
Winchester mayor Claude B. Smalts Jr, 46, seeks the Democratic nomination for Congress from the Seventh District. A longtime florist businessman and former city council member, he touts maturity reliability and a practical, non lawyerly approach to problems. He believes voters want steady service and local ties reflected across Waynesboro Harrisonburg and Frederick County.
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