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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1961
Page
14
William L. Batt Jr the Pennsylvania labor commissioner stands at the White House after President Kennedy chose him to administer the 394 million depressed areas program. Kennedy tapped Batt after signing the law to aid areas hit by unemployment.
In Baracoa police searched a church and arrested its priest after finding a pistol and US currency in the altar. A Catholic school yielded counterrevolutionary propaganda and a staff member was arrested. Havana radio says over 20 schools were nationalized, clergy expelled, and Villanueva University to be nationalized. Priests and nuns reportedly consider leaving the country.
Gov. J Lindsay Almond Jr says Virginia must push industrial development from the local level while the state assists. He urged moving ahead at an accelerating pace in the space age, addressing the Bank of Virginia Salute to Industry meeting. Noland Company of Newport News received the bank’s 1961 citation for outstanding Virginia business and industry.
CBS's Ive Got a Secret drew massive response as Henry Morgan received a horse in a prank. Viewers mailed over 100000 swap offers including cars, an airplane, and other items. Morgan picked a model T car while noting the show remains durable and returns next season.
A Ghanaian military mission visit to Moscow widens speculation that the Soviet Union may offer arms and other defense aid to Ghana. Ghanaian forces are trained and commanded by the British, while the Nkrumah regime seeks Western friendship.
President Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy hosted visiting President Bourguiba of Tunisia at the first formal state dinner, with guests outside on the south lawn for a military drill demonstration amid a 52 degree night after a banquet of roast lamb and champagne.
A short English lesson discusses correct use of enough with an infinitive and lists synonyms for preposterous and irrational. It defines extirpate as to root out and gives an example about removing crookedness from athletics.
The institution operates 37 branches in Virginia Maryland the District of Columbia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Tennessee and Mississippi reflecting regional growth and service coverage.
In a historic note, St Bernard dogs are credited with saving about 2,500 lives in the St Bernard Pass in Switzerland, renowned for assisting travelers in the treacherous alpine route.
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