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Ward Plaza Auto Show Opens With Prizes and New Cars
Dozens of new cars and trucks fill the Ward Plaza parking lot as the 1965 Auto Show opens sponsored by the Ward Plaza Retail Merchants Association and the Winchester Auto Dealers Association. About 2,000 people attended last night with prizes awarded including a portable television, portable record player, coal grill, and transistor radio. Two grand prizes, a junior car for a child 12 or under and a color television set, will be drawn tomorrow night. The event runs 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and tomorrow with more prizes announced at 9 p.m. Each display showcases some 87 new cars and trucks. 1964 U.S. output reached a record year for motor trucks and total factory sales hit 9,292,275.
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Ward Plaza
Ward Plaza Retail Merchants Association
Winchester Auto Dealers Association
A. C. Marple
Winchester
David Dillon
Stephens City
W. Marsh
Glaize Ave
Charcoal Grill
William H. Brown
Whitlock Ave