17 Jun 1967
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1967
Page
1
An editor's note reviews Virginia annexation: four initiation methods, Winchester's approach via ordinance, feasibility study outcomes, and planned council readings through August. The process requires a boundary description, necessity, conditions, and notice to affected parties after filing with the circuit clerk.
U S soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division north of Saigon engaged in a three hour battle with Communist guerrillas in War Zone D. About 15 Americans were killed and 40 to 50 wounded as jets and artillery broke up the assault. Air and ground forces evacuated the wounded as the Red attack spread from three sides of a jungle clearing.
Students will line up at Shenandoah College on Monday to begin summer school registration. All students must be at the auditorium promptly at 2 a.m. to start the process.
About 750 volunteers, ages 6 months to 79 years, entered a three story Athens shelter for a weekend study on psychological reaction. Civil defense researchers observed as adults read, played cards, and organized groups while children played with toys.
Fern's Fine Foods offers a Father’s Day special featuring a young fresh roast turkey with dressing and gravy plus cranberry sauce fruit Jello salad two vegetables rolls butter and beverage Mocha Cream Cake. Located 4% miles north of Winchester on 5221 delivering a complete meal for 1.9 dollars.
TOKYO AP China announced it had successfully exploded a hydrogen bomb in the western region. It is the sixth atomic device since Oct 1964, with Lop Nor in Sinkiang cited as the site. Mao predicted atomic capability in 1958 within 10 years.
Dayton Ohio follows Tampa by swearing in a small corps of Negro youths as a city youth patrol to head off violence. Police report isolated incidents on the West Side as Cincinnati maintains a fragile cease-fire with Ohio National Guard presence and a handful of arson, vandalism, and rock throwing incidents.
An upper level high pressure system over Virginia yields hazy skies and rising temperatures with increasing humidity across the state today. Weather advisories remain unlikely as the pattern holds.
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin arrived at Kennedy Airport and walked through Midtown Manhattan to the Soviet UN mission in New York amid tight security for talks on the Middle East. His 30 car motorcade navigated 4 strolls in 90 degree heat as agencies mobilized to protect delegates.
Senate ethics committee members anticipate a possible filibuster from Dodd backers as they press the censure case. Debate pauses until Monday with votes split on two counts accusing Dodd of financial misconduct. Long seeks immediate vote on the double billing charge but unanimous consent blocks him.
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin appeared at the U.N. General Assembly emergency session amid debate on the Israeli Arab war aftermath. U.S. Ambassador Goldberg welcomed him and urged constructive, non inflaming discourse while signaling openness to peaceful proposals. Jordan’s ambassador urged withdrawal of Israeli forces from occupied Arab territory as the session adjourned.
Walter Hansell Bosserman Sr., 92, of 407 Courtfield Ave., died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. He was a partner in W. H. Bosserman & Son, dry goods wholesalers and Armstrong Floor Covering Co. distributor. Born April 18, 1875 in Augusta County, Va., he married Bessie Bell Cooper in 1906. she died in 1963. He was educated in Augusta County, began as a department store clerk in Staunton, and later sold chinaware before joining the family firm. Continued on Page 2.
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