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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1962
Page
14
Italian police provide protection for actress Elizabeth Taylor after a life threat linked to her relationship with Richard Burton. Three plainclothes officers escort her to studios and a police car guards her Appian Way villa following a threatening letter.
A leather-lunged sophomore from the College of William and Mary set a new record by smoking a pipe for 85 minutes and 28 seconds on 3.3 grams of tobacco, surpassing the old mark of 68 minutes 22 seconds. Terence from Reed City, Michigan, a history student, will compete in the International Pipe Smoking Championships on August 3 at Lister, Pennsylvania.
Heat crackers briefly in a hot oven to re crisp them. They cool and regain crunch as they are rearranged on the serving dish.
Harrisonburg reports the county civil defense unit will be activated this afternoon with Joe W. Miller arranging for John D. James to outline the program to 19 county service chiefs. In Staunton the NC Monroe Construction Co won the contract to build a new Staunton Manufacturing plant at Verona, replacing two coal firm sites. Strasburg’s 31 year old resident Copp announces candidacy for Congress seeking GOP nomination in the Seventh Valley district. nominating convention set June 20 in Harrisonburg.
Richmond reports a medical aid for the aged statement opposing Kennedy's plan following his New York speech. The Virginia group's remarks echo prior debates by Rep Burr Harrison and James Howard of the state society at a hospital discussion last week.
Cattle and hog prices move unevenly across Baltimore and Chicago with feeders and bulls steady to weak. New York trading shows the Dow easing to 647.52 as stocks drift lower with mixed results across steels motors and utilities and bonds largely firm.
W Earl White of Petersburg was chosen president elect of the Virginia State Bar at the close of the group's annual meeting held Saturday. The vote confirmed White to lead the bar organization in the upcoming term.
An sale listing shows bids for spring lambs at 23.00 to 23.50 per cwt, 41 lb lambs at 17.00, small lots of utility and mixed shorn and wooled lambs at 14.50 to 16.75, and cull to good slaughter ewes at 4.50 to 5.50 per cwt.
The Supreme Court reversed six contempt rulings against witnesses who refused to identify subjects during congressional anti subversion inquiries. The court held indictments must name the inquiry subject, affecting cases of Russell, Shelton, Liveright, Price, Gojack, and Whitman with varying penalties. Justices Harlan and Clark dissented.
Four airmen died early today when their car crashed off the road in Setl eol del acres and near Westhampton Beach on Long Island. The victims’ names were withheld pending notification of next of kin.
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