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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1965
Page
9
Seventeen people are confirmed dead from floods with at least 11 more missing in Colorado. Reports include five Gujardo family members swept away near Lamar. 1,500 residents in La Junta received emergency vaccinations as the Arkansas River flooded towns. Gov Love appeals for federal disaster aid.
Nickolas J. Piantanida of Brick Towne, New York, plans a 21 mile jump from 115000 feet in a balloon gondola near Minneapolis Saint Paul between September 10 and 16 aiming to surpass the 102000 foot world record held by Joseph Kittinger. The Duluth Air Force Base and Air Force officials announced the attempt as a landmark test of high altitude parachuting.
The Organization of American States seeks to assume temporary control of the Dominican Republic’s economy to sustain government operations and fund reconstruction. A provisional government would surrender revenue to the OAS which would fund expenditures with U.S. support, while elections are supervised within six to nine months.
President and Mrs Johnson are spending the weekend at Camp David in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains. They flew there by helicopter Friday night. The White House said other persons went along but did not names.
UC President Clark Kerr rejects a state un American activities report claiming the university employs Communists. The biennial study linked Berkeley bacteriology professor Leon Wofsy to Free Speech Movement actions and alleged a Communist influence without substantiated proof. Kerr defends university policy against Communist employment and cites no evidence in the 200 page report.
Washington officials say nickels could key the switch to silverless coins next year as silver may be trimmed from dimes quarters or eliminated from halves. Mint may produce 14 to 18 billion coins annually with 100 million silverless quarters due early 1966 while pennies nickels and quarters prevent change shortages.
AP photographer Horst Faas captured two five year old Vietnamese orphans, a wounded girl and a wary boy, after the Dong Xoai and Thuan Loi battles. Families nationwide offered to adopt the children, but identification and future contact remain uncertain. The AP pledges to aid in locating them if possible.
Jose Ferrer acquires stage rights to Moulin Rouge a fictitious biography of Toulouse Lautrec and plans to direct a Broadway musical in autumn Bronislaw Kaper is named as composer for the score Ferrer previously played Lautrec in the 1952 film adaptation and will again star in a producer role on stage
Detailed market table lists hogs veal lambs and slaughter cattle with weight ranges and price brackets. Includes feeder pigs under 60 lbs bids for per head and cwt, and stock-feeder cattle by weight with ranges for steers heifers cows bulls and calves across quality grades.
A medieval Buerglen tower in Switzerland, linked to Wilhelm Tell, is slated for restoration and conversion into a museum to house a collection of the country’s ro.
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