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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1965
Page
3
In Culpeper the county court schedules May 19 for 125 detainees charged with cockfighting and animal cruelty after a Sunday raid. Fred L Payne, owner of the farm, faces the same charges. Convictions on both counts could bring up to one year in jail and a 600 dollar fine.
The Madison County board of supervisors has filed a second transfer request for County Health Director Dr. R. W. Les Garde. The reasons for the request, sent to State Health Commissioner Dr. Mack I. Shanholtz, remain undisclosed.
The Virginia Travel Council approved a $50,000 project to install 84 exhibits at interstate rest areas. The plan includes 1,080 color pictures highlighting the state’s scenic and historic attractions.
Sir Patrick Dean the new British ambassador to the United States will deliver this year’s Prelude to Independence address in Williamsburg on May 29 as part of the commemoration of events in 1776 that led to the Declaration of Independence. Sheriff John S Price of Franklin County halted the Smith Mountain Lake search for four boating accident victims, saying there is no evidence of a sinking and witnesses may have mistaken an optical illusion.
Governor Harrison will be principal speaker Friday at the Clifton Forge Covington Community College building dedication. Gregory S Devine president of Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co. will speak at the Virginia Tech division dedication. Dr T Marshall Hahn Jr VPI president will give the welcoming address.
Norfolk Virginia three Virginians Clinton Pearson Norman Pearson and Mrs Norman Pearson were arrested Monday as part of an 11 state crackdown on illegal selling of migratory game birds. Their home town is Birdsnest Virginia.
Census figures released in Richmond show Virginia wholesale trade rose 25 percent from 1958 to 1963 with grocery goods leading the surge. Dry goods were the only category to fall during the period.
Richmond AP reports sessions of the State Corporation Commission hearing opposition to abandoning the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad. The Washington & Old Dominion Railway Users Association and Fairfax city urge retention due to water supply concerns and regional losses cited by railroad officials. Dudley cites 11 derailments in 1964 tied to route curves amid time consuming switches and many grade crossings.
Three men Samuel Ricks Jr Ted Davis Jr and Charlie Williams were arrested within hours of the Ivor Bank of Surry and Sussex armed robbery. Police and FBI recovered a large sum of money and recovered a getaway car later found abandoned near a county church and at a farmhouse five miles south of Ivor.
A Danville man received a $10 fine plus costs in Municipal Court after offering as explanation for drinking in public that he carried the beer to rid fleas on his dog. The incident occurred Monday and was reported by AP.
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co reports first quarter billings of 68.9 million dollars, up 22 million from a year earlier. Employment climbs from 18,892 to 20,399, with a backlog of 523.4 million, up 167 million from the prior year.
Former U S Senator Prescott Bush will speak Sunday at Jamestown Day ceremonies marking the 358th anniversary of the first permanent English settlement in America. The event is sponsored by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities and the National Park Service.
Police sought clues on five inmates who overpowered a jailer at Charlottesville city jail then escaped after the guard was knocked down and his gun seized The escapees were identified as Leland Frazier Russell Frazier Frank Dudley Claude Shiflett and Ralph Harlow all aged in the early to mid twenties and still at large with no trace found a day after the break
Luray Virginia AP report says I Randolph Dovel pushes to add two Negro vice chairmen to the Republican State Central Committee. Chairman Robert Corber slows action, offering Clarence Townes as substitute and directing plan committee review for the May 14 Norfolk meeting before the state convention.
The estate of the late Mrs. Bernice Pollard Hurst of Norfolk provides 40000 to Ferrum Junior College. Ferrum president Dr. C Ralph Arthur said an initial 25000 has been received.
Two 20 year old men die in a boating accident on a private farm pond near Madisonville Virginia. Walt er Hamlett of Charlotte Courthouse and Paul Lewis Miller of Madison Heights drowned around 5 p.m. on Monday. Appomattox Rescue Squad recovered the bodies shortly after.
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