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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1963
Page
5
Lawmakers approve a Kennedy backed measure banning wage discrimination based on sex for workers under the wages and hours act while preserving seniority merit and piecework differences for three years. The report also notes FCC time limits on radio and TV ads and Pentagon classified information debate.
Donald Gillispie a 15 year old of Richmond drowned while swimming with friends in the James River witnesses said he called for help and vanished rescuers recovered the body about three and a half hours later in Richmond.
In Hong Kong two 200 year old Murray Barracks buildings are said to be haunted by spirits. Government workers report tampering with drawings and equipment while no one was inside. Fifty six Buddhist priests gathered to perform exorcism rites using scarlet gourds and willow foliage.
Some cooks snip water cress with kitchen scissors to add fresh greens to soup. If you prefer a milder taste, add the cress about five minutes before serving to avoid overpowering the soup.
Walter Russell a renowned sculptor author and artist died at his Swannanoa Mountain estate near Waynesboro Virginia. He built the New York Artist Colony led the New York Skating Club and created busts of Edison Roosevelt Sousa and others. Funeral at Swannanoa Thursday.
A Piper Apache plane crash in Smyth County near Marion left the pilot Claude S. Crewey 31 and passengers James Burdett 18 Leo Parks 28 uninjured. All aboard from Marion.
W L Gordon explains common word misuse and pronunciation in a brief English lesson. He contrasts eminent with imminent, grimace pronunciation, and devisable divisible spellings. The piece urges daily vocabulary growth and highlights tenacious as a trait in pursuit of glory.
A lone pilot from Elmhurst New York delivering a Beechcraft single engine plane forced three hour delays for six transatlantic airliners at Shannon Ireland after losing his position. Radar located him 750 feet above the Kerry Mountains forty miles south of Shannon.
Del. John Warren Cooke, executive chairman of Virginia’s Civil War Commission, will represent Virginia Gov. Albertis S. Harrison Jr. at the July 2 rededication of the Gen. Robert E. Lee statue on the Gettysburg battlefield.
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