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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1964
Page
7
A reader asks how an aging mother in Illinois can live safely without moving. another conflicts over a former wife and proper labeling. a caller supports slacks ban. Abby responds with practical guidance and references. The column closes with Abby’s mailing address and purchasing details for her booklet.
Community brief from Clarke County highlights travel and visits by local residents and families, with mentions of Frank Christophier returns from Florida, new baby for Ensign and Mrs. Dunning, and upcoming events including Woodley Point-to-Point races and Grafton School open house. Several local households, guests, and social engagements are listed along with a theater performance postponement.
The State Highway Department invites bids to resurface about 4 000 miles of secondary roads and several hundred miles of primary highways. Bids on 11 972 419 gallons of bituminous material and 549 789 tons of aggregates will be opened at 10 a m on Wednesday March 25 in Richmond. State forces will resurface 2 000 more miles elsewhere during the year. Additional bids for heavy duty asphalt resurfacing on busy roads are planned.
The Frederick County School Board reappointed 16 principals and three officials for the coming year. They will consider a $300 yearly pay increase for county teachers urged by PTA and Teachers Association as a response to a proposed school fund distribution formula. Bids for an access roadway to a new junior high were received from Buckley Lages Co. and Perry Engineering Co. and a Gore cafeteria expansion and extra classroom were proposed. Architect Hubert Stratton is advancing plans for a new elementary school on Senseny Road.
Readable fragment lists residents including Miss Ethel A Cooper Miller Thomas J Line Jr Round Hill John H Lewis Jr White Hall Mrs Charlotte L Strickler Highview Mrs Pauline L Jordan Armel and others.
Police halted bystanders as a bomb expert defused a dangerous device found behind a motel Davenport. The officer said it contained nitroglycerine equivalent to 40 sticks of dynamite, later identified as mineral oil by a city analyst. No suspect or motive determined.
A three year contract ends a six week strike by about 60 Cargill grain elevator and soybean plant workers in South Norfolk. The agreement raises pay up to 33 cents an hour, closer to union demands than Cargill’s 30 cent offer. The deal was ratified after negotiations with Local 922 of the International Union of Operating Engineers.
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