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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1961
Page
3
A State trooper could not be reached Sunday night about a mishap two miles south of Winchester on Middle Road about eight o clock. A Star Photo by Bond accompanies the report.
Weather scientists plan to launch a hurricane hunting Tiros satellite from Cape Canaveral in July to observe a hurricane from its inception to its end. The satellite will carry two cameras and infrared sensors to map temperatures and heat balance. NASA aims to launch Tiros III aboard a Thor Delta rocket in July as hurricane season opens and research may probe cloud seeding under limited, offshore tests.
The Chesapeake & Ohio and New York Central pressed their bids to acquire the Baltimore & Ohio as an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing opened before examiner John Bradford. The hearing may last two weeks as both sides seek support for their exchange offers and public-interest basis.
Charlottesville seminar heard FBI official Cartha D. DeLoach warn Virginia news writers that journalists are a prime target of world Communist activity. He urged reporters to challenge Communist doctrine with logic and action, stating knowledge protects freedom and allegiance of journalists matters greatly to the United States and Moscow.
In Budapest twelve Roman Catholics were sentenced for plotting to overthrow Hungary's Communist regime. The heaviest term was 12 years for Rev. Istvan Tabody on high treason and antistate charges. Others received eight and seven decades in prison amid secret trials and contested innocence.
Former President Eisenhower on NBC program The Loyal Opposition denounces federal power growth and unneeded appropriations. He urges Republicans to stand by the 1960 platform as he and allies criticize Kennedy foreign policy and call for a stronger stance against Communism.
In Paris AP report, more than a thousand Brittany farmers staged new mob actions against government farm policy. They blocked roads paraded tractors and damaged property as they threaten broader protests unless two jailed leaders are freed.
Bowling Green state Senator Thomas H. Blanton presided over a Harrison Godwin Button rally in Caroline and King George counties. He introduced Albertis S. Harrison Jr. for Governor Mills E. Godwin Jr. for Lieutenant Governor and Robert Y. Button for Attorney General.
A three week sewing class will be offered by Clarke County home economics at Clarke County High School from June 24 to July 14. Mrs. Joseph Cepelka will teach daily 9 to 11 30 a.m. DST except July 4. Registration is on June 23 at 9 30 a.m. DST in the home economics department. Journey General Senator Blanton has chaired the State Democratic Committee for eight years.
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