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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1960
Page
14
Dr Hu Shih served as Chinese ambassador to the United States from 1942 to 1945 and is identified as a Columbia University graduate.
Livestock price table from Front Royal Exchange Market shows veal, sheep and lambs, slaughter cattle and stock feeder cattle with price ranges. Entries include veal prime and choice values, cows and bulls, yearling steers, and lighter stock with approximate high and low figures.
Capon Bridge High School will honor its largest class with 42 graduates at Commencement in the school auditorium Thursday night. Warren K. Agee, WVU journalism dean, will deliver the address, with Russell Oates presiding at diplomas and W. H. Henderson as valedictorian.
Seven insane criminals escaped Fulton State Hospital Monday night. six were recaptured within four hours. Alphonso Pulliam, 21, remains at large. Superintendent Dr. Alfred K. Baur said the men overpowered three attendants and a ward supervisor, used the supervisor’s keys, and climbed to the roof before escaping.
Western governors report Kennedy has made “great strides” toward the nomination after his West Virginia win. Oregon Governor Hatfield notes Kennedy’s improved odds and some Humphrey backers shift to Kennedy or stay neutral. Alaska’s Egan and Wyoming’s Hickey see Kennedy as a rising force with varied delegate splits and potential support in their states.
Preliminary census figures show an 8 percent decline in Virginia's 9th District population over the past decade. In 1950 the district had 394,695 residents. 1960 head count is 364,702. District supervisor W Fred Callihan notes figures are believed substantially correct but subject to revision. Only Washington Smyth and Buchanan counties and the cities of Bristol and Norton posted gains.
In Norfolk and Petersburg white persons acted individually during demonstrations while in Petersburg Negroes forced several lunch counters to close or limit service. Woolworth, Kresge, McLellan, Rexall shut counters. Grant kept one section for staff. A few Negroes sat at People’s drug counter but were refused service. The state of Main raised $50,000 in 1959 to restore eight of its ten ancient covers.
Harold Bottenfield buys a new automobile in Memphis. After delivery the car, in reverse, suddenly lurches backward and crashes into a second vehicle. Bottenfield briefly exits the scene amid the mishap.
In Surabaja Sung, Indonesia, hundreds of teenagers disrupted the inaugural gathering of the Anti-Communist Democratic League. Police reported no injuries.
An excerpt presents Oscar Wilde’s reflection that life offers two main woes: not getting what one desires and finally stepping outside one’s family. The fragment hints at Wilde’s characteristic paradoxical humor.
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