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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1963
Page
9
Kennedy cites unemployment as a leading issue with a 6.1 percent February rate and warns it could reach 7 percent by 1967. Labor officials request 432.57 million extra for state unemployment grants as the nation eyes persistent joblessness amid tax reform debates.
Insurance company reports total sales and payments rising to 189.8 million. Life insurance in force grows to 887.7 million, with assets at year end about 160.6 million. The firm employs over 1,700 people across nine states, including a local office with 16 staff.
Sen A defends police use of gunfire after a fatal shooting in a purse snatching case in Washington. He says robbery by force has become more prevalent here than in other large cities and that officers have a duty to shoot when enforcing orders.
A Norfolk resident, Guy Hauser, 53, remained in satisfactory condition after a .22 caliber pistol discharged while his wife’s purse fell from a cabinet at a relative’s home in South Plainfield New Jersey last week. Police said the injury was accidental.
The report notes a strong soybean market with Europe facing oils shortages due to a cold winter and smaller olive crops in the Mediterranean. U.S. egg storage on January 2 reached a record 528 million bushels off the farm, with 300 million on-farm and prices cited across Virginia and major cities as demand remains robust and production changes loom into spring.
Marin County insurance broker Allen Murray was ordered by Judge Leonard A. Thomas to further mute his dog Falstaff after a court demonstration. Neighbor Hilda Johnson testified the dog’s howl was horrendous and beyond description, with prior efforts severing the vocal chords already in place.
A racial dispute led Williams College Glee Club to cancel a planned joint concert with Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg Virginia. Two Black members were refused lodging and would have been barred from the social program prompting the action.
A garden like roofed fence enclosure was built for sidewalk supervisors at the Golden Gateway redevelopment in the old produce district. The movable enclosure travels block to block as work continues with a daily calendar and clock as a stable feature while per bird rate trends and per capita consumption are expected to remain unchanged.
Alexander Melville Bell created Visible Speech with a symbol for each vocal tract position. In Tulsa a service station operates a tow truck nicknamed Green Drag In.
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