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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1961
Page
7
A cryptic note from Luther Markin hints at a ranking puzzle. It mentions giving a list to receive a previous item and notes many will love you for it. The fragment suggests a playful social or puzzle context tied to numbers.
Sealed bids for multiple road and bridge projects in several Virginia counties and cities close at 10:00 A.M. on Friday July 28, 1961. Projects include paving and infrastructure works along routes in Richmond City Henrico James City Charles City Harrisonburg Roanoke Botetourt Roanoke Pulaski Norfolk Stafford and others with details on bit base size grade drainage and access road works. Bid bonds required. The Commission reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
A collage of Dear Abby questions addresses age perceptions in marriage, parental help for a teen learner permit, and a humorous note about a long engagement. Abby urges explaining youthfulness to an older husband, seeking professional driving lessons, and clarifying a non marriage engagement as a permanent dry dock status.
Rival lieutenant governor candidates Mills E. Godwin and Armistead Boothe trade charges as the Virginia Democratic primary nears on July 11. Godwin accuses Boothe of lip service to the right to work law while Boothe defends keeping it on the books and derides connections to labor and liberal groups.
The Rouss Fire Company musical units led two area parades with top honors. Sparky won first place in Middletown collecting $15, while Knights of Grin Rouss junior drum and bugle corps took second in Boonesboro Md earning $50. They were bested only by the Freestaters of Hagerstown. This marked their first trip of the season.
Chicago Sun-Times reports a U S Japan Washington accord to seat Communist China in the United Nations Assembly while Nationalist China would keep a Security Council seat. The plan, termed successor state theory, would treat China’s Assembly seat as a procedurally earned credential.
At New Market AP report, Seventh-day Adventists warn religion is crowded out of American homes by radio TV and magazines. Leader Lewis E Lenheim cites need for Christian home ideals and family idea exchange as the Shenandoah Valley Academy campus meeting ends.
Clyde Raymond Near, 37, awaiting execution for the 1958 murder of Barry Steele Chapman, saw a sixth scheduled date pass as Governor Almond granted a temporary reprieve until Sept. 22. Virginia Supreme Court action on a habeas corpus petition remained pending.
A brief note on common miswritings highlights two tricky terms: fullness meaning completeness, and fulsome often misused with offensive connotation. It explains the correct spellings and distinct meanings, warning against casual errors.
The vice president of the General Conference of Adventists spoke at a worship service stressing Christ in the hearts and minds of every member. The conference continues with a night address by Murray. Delegates attend from Virginia the District of Columbia and Montgomery and George Counties in Maryland.
The City Scarlet Rebels Drum and Bugle Corps invites applicants for membership. Interested individuals over 10 years old are asked to attend a meeting at 7 30 p m.
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