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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1968
Page
6
Philadelphia zoo officials report the birth of a black jaguar to a tawny mother around May 5. The newborn is described as the only thin brown black jaguar in an African zoo, with the father among a known North American pair and another black jaguar in Jacksonville, Florida.
F. L. Jim Largent will speak at the Mt. Carmel Cemetery Memorial Day program in Middletown on May 26. A precession led by VFW Posts 9646 and 2123 starts at the town office at 2:30 p.m. and moves to the cemetery for a 3 p.m. program with the James Wood Band and Mayor Archie Manuel introducing the speaker.
A Henrico County youth Roger Lee Little, 22, was killed after a high speed police chase through Richmond East End ended when his car crashed and rolled 200 feet. Officers say he reached about 90 mph before the collision. Another fatal two car crash occurred nearby on the Washington Parkway near I-495 involving James Lee Douglas, 22.
George Burton director of Secondary Education for Virginia will headline the Cooley School dedication announced by Clarke County Schools superintendent Robert A. Wood. The ceremony May 26 at 3 45 p m includes a band concert on the lawn, flag raising, and dedication services in the auditorium. Burton is a former Clarke County School superintendent.
Winchester School Superintendent Jacob Johnson will report on proposed changes from the September Forum and review innovations for 1967 68. The May 27 meeting at Handley High School will include an officer election and a report on the Foreign Student Exchange Program.
In a rain soaked scene Humphrey backs the Poor People's Campaign urging results as Resurrection City grows near the Lincoln Memorial. Rockefeller canvasses GOP ideas from Baltimore while Agnew heads to the convention as a favorite son. Nixon claims a broad new alliance of ideas reshaping politics amid global references to Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock.
Local gun enthusiast Manuel Sempeles and State Senator J Kenneth Robinson inspect a Kentucky type long rifle built around 1780 by Simon Lauck. The flint lock gun with tiger maple stock and brass inlays will be among 3000 to 5000 arms at the Shenandoah Valley Gun Collectors Association semi annual show at Winchester Armory this weekend.
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