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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1968
Page
5
Virginia Department of Agriculture reports normal runs of veal hogs and slaughter cattle for the week ending March 1. Prices were mixed with stock cattle showing a slight pickup while markets in the area remain unsettled for the upcoming weeks.
Forest Ranger Clay L Miller of Capon Bridge appeals to West Virginia landowners to observe forest fire seasons from March 1 to May 31 and October 1 to December 31. He urges securing burning permits, clearing areas, properly extinguishing flames, and avoiding windy conditions to prevent fires on lawful forest land and nearby resources.
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals affirmed the death sentences for Bernard Ross Fogg and Elvin Brickhouse Jr. convicted of raping a 19 year old white woman in Norfolk. The court rejected claims of insufficient positive identification and alleged discriminatory application of the death penalty. Justice Gordon dissented on Fogg citing issues with identification procedures.
Leslie Ritter a Randolph-Macon Academy cadet shakes hands with Kirk Stratton, Rotary Club youth chair, as 15 RMA cadets who are sons or grandsons of Rotarians visit. A. J. Simmenpieth and Dr. Robert Parker also appear in the photo. The same page teases IQ scoring and an article on computerized antenna repair by Sylvania for NASA.
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