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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1960
Page
16
The Dutch first settled Delaware in 1631. Indians ousted them, then Swedes and Finns established permanent communities. Actress Helen Hayes was born in Washington, D. C. and made her first stage appearance there.
A Winchester Red Cross Blood Bank clinic sponsored by the Exchange Club collected 141 pints, the second largest Red Cross Bloodmobile total this year. Dr. Sam Whitacre led donor recruitment. quota is 150 pints per month, with 562 pints this year toward 750. Forty-six donors gave for multiple pints, including eight reaching two gallons and many first-time donors, while 26 were deferred for medical reasons.
Tornadoes ripped the Midwest killing one person and injuring 28 as a 100 mile path from Wamego to Edgerton damaged Meriden and rural properties. The storm system lashed Oklahoma Kansas Missouri and Iowa with heavy rain hail and 70 mph winds. Funnel clouds formed over Oklahoma and Indiana with homes roofs and barns destroyed north of Muncie and Moore.
Woodrow W. Whitmore division manager of Waddell Reed and national distributor of United Funds will attend an all day firm meeting in Cumberland tomorrow.
Curtis Money of the Boxwood Motel attends the regional convention of Quality Courts at the William Byrd Hotel in Richmond. Turkey is described as a constitutional republic with a national assembly elected by the people every four years.
City Council votes to close the Danville main library tomorrow pending appeal of a federal injunction. An advisory referendum set for June 14 asks five questions on future library operations including desegregation, private foundation management, and bookmobile service.
Detroit AP Metropolitan Beach claims the first parking meters for boats in the country. The meters at the boat wells charge a quarter per 15 minutes where fresh water and electrical outlets exist. Wells with only tieup facilities have dime meters. Overtime parking carries a 50 cent fine. repeat violators lose access to the wells.
The will of philanthropist John D. Rockefeller Jr is admitted to probate in Surrogates Court. Dated January 8 1958 with codicils the will leaves the residue to Martha Baird Rockefeller and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund while distributing real estate to six children including Nelson and Davis Rockefeller and gifting Mount Desert Island land to the U S government.
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