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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1966
Page
8
The Sherwin-Williams store moves to 814 Loudoun St in Winchester, occupying 5,000 square feet with ample free parking. The firm marks its 100th anniversary this year as it relocates from 488 Loudoun St. to serve customers in the area.
Virginia commonwealths Attorneys adopt a resolution condemning Supreme Court decisions and other appellate rulings as undermining crime punishment. Eighty prosecutors urge alerting the public to rising lawlessness and urge action by President Johnson and Chief Justice Warren. The note cites rulings restricting police interrogation and denying counsel during questioning.
Roger Meeks a 20 year old from Lynchburg slipped from a pier one mile above Reusen Dam and fell into ten foot deep water. A 12 year old boy Cleve McGehee jumped from a neighbor's boat and pulled Meeks to the surface. Meeks remained in satisfactory condition in a Lynchburg hospital.
Senator Kuchel will headline the launch ceremonies for the USS Ray at Newport News Shipbuilding. Mrs. Kuchel will christen the 292-foot submarine named after a North Pacific and Atlantic Ocean fish. The vessel is designed to carry a missile torpedo as its latest anti submarine warfare system.
Jockey Sam Boulmetis has won the Quaker City Handicap at Garden State Park eight times including a four straight run from 1961 to 1964. His dominance marks a historic era for the annual race and Garden State racing.
Senate subcommittee releases a censored transcript showing Secretary McNamara rejected Joint Chiefs calls to mobilize Army reserves for Vietnam. Gen Harold Johnson later backed the decision as sound, while Johnson noted the April 1966 speech in Baltimore stating no wider war.
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