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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 10, 1968

Page

7

Conservatory Band Concert Opens May Weekend Activities

The Shenandoah Conservatory of Music Concert Band presents a public free concert at 3 30 PM tomorrow as part of May Weekend. Under Paul B Noble Jr the program includes Kabalevsky Colas Breugnon Gould Symphony for Band Elgar Enigma Variations and a new Lowden Fanfare Air and Allegro featuring Mitzi Noble. Performances by Richard Kolb and David Cary on Mendelssohn Zwei Klarinetten. This is the band’s final concert of the year following a pre parade Apple Blossom Festival appearance.

Shenandoah Paul B. Noble, Jr David Cary Richard Kolb Shenandoah Conservatory of Music Colas Breagnon Dimitri Kabalevsky Morton Gould Edward Elgar Robert Lowden Conservatory Winchester

Needlecraft patterns and books from Winchester Evening Star listing

The ad promotes transfers and holders and mitts pattern 7472 with add-ons and 15 cents for first class mail. It advertises the 1968 Needlecraft Catalog with patterns for knit, crochet, embroidery and several books priced at 50 cents each. Mr Noble thanks locals for support and expects townspeople and alumni to attend.

Alice Brooks Winchester Evening Star Needlecraft Dept P.O Old Chelsea Station New York N.Y

Labor Party Routed in Local Elections in Britain

Associated Press reports a sweeping Conservative victory across England and Wales with Labor reduced to 43 of 368 town halls and losing 560 seats while holding 74 MP majority. Prime Minister Harold Wilson faces internal pressure and a possible palace coup led by Cecil King. the next national elections are years away.

Lawrence Malkin Associated Press London Harold Wilson Britain Labor Party England Wales Labor Ryatives House of Commons Wilson Sara Barker

Clerk Given Prison Term

Richmond AP report young store clerk Walter Bullock 21 sentenced to three years in prison in first felony case from civil disorders. He was convicted in Hastings Court of breaking into a hardware company and taking a $25 radio after police saw him flee the scene with three others on April 8.

Richmond Walter Bullock Hastings Bullock

Heloise Help for Dishwashers and Everyday Hacks

Readers share practical tips from cleaning dull ebonite knife handles with a grain scrub and salad oil, using clear rain boots as shower shoes, tying toy bows to stay intact, reheating mashed potatoes in foil, and repurposing upholstery remnants into bench cushions and home decor.

Heloise Cole

Poor People's Campaign Gathers More Followers

The Poor People's Campaign advances across the nation with marches in multiple states toward Washington. In Atlanta and Louisville, leaders like Mrs. Coretta King and Rev. A D Williams King urged Congress for justice. Tennessee caravans move toward Raleigh and Danville as Boston fundraisers net 15000 dollars.

Associated Press Washington Macon Martin Luther King Jr Indiana Tennessee Kentucky Massachusetts Mississippi Alabama Georgia King’s College Atlanta Congress James Groppi Milwaukee America Chicago Minneapois Indianapolis Louisville King A. D. Williams King Congress For Boston Providence New York Ralph David Abernathy Southern Christian Leadership Conference Abernathy Knoxville Raleigh N.C Danville

UVa Students Hold Peaceful Demonstration

About 65 University of Virginia students participated in a peaceful Thursday demonstration at the office of President Dr. Edgar F. Shannon Jr. to urge a Negro recruiter and several university changes. The five requests from the Virginia Council on Human Relations were to actively recruit more African American students, seed money for the MLK Memorial Scholarship Fund, hire Negro faculty and administrators, obtain landlord nondiscrimination pledges, and add Afro-American studies courses. Shannon was away from his office during the protest.

Charlottesville University of Virginia UVA A Presien Edgar F. Shannon Jr Iso Shannon University ‘Chapter Virginia Council On Human Relations Martin Luther King Jr

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Conservatory Band Mitzi Noble the Conservatory Mr. Kolb By Pbice Brookes England and Cecil King Daily Mirror Labor High Command Wison King Features Syndicate, Inc Lorene Leverton Worthington Orville C. Wine Lowdoun St Silver Springs Baverian College Uva Bell’s After Six Bell Bell Clothes Clearbrook Woolen Shop ClearbrOok, Virginia
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