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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1968
Page
5
Two students clear litter from the Sorbonne University as it remains occupied for eight days. The campus, center of daily political and scholarly talks, draws wide attention as posters and brochures spread across the yard. AP Wirephoto captures the scene.
Washington AP reports congressional gridlock over mutal fund oversight may prevent passage this session. Senate Banking Chair John Sparkman plans to reconvene to seek a compromise with industry and the SEC on front end loads sales charges and management fees. Senator Wallace Bennett doubts time enough to act before August adjournment.
Advertisement from the Winchester Evening Star promoting knitting and crochet patterns and books. It lists pattern 7195 including sizes Ss M L and pricing for patterns and mailing, with multiple needlecraft catalogs and quilt books for sale, plus addresses for ordering.
Randy Wayne Bennett aged 2 and other liver transplant recipients are discharged or home for weekends. Bennett underwent surgery February 9 for biliary atresia. Patients include Terry Jean Kent 16 in Hillsboro Oregon Julie Cherie Rodriguez 2 Pueblo Colorado and Eddie Miller 44 West Helena Arkansas.
Police report a burglary at a Phoenix tavern in which 23 cases of American beer were stolen along with Mexican tamales and Polish sausages. No suspects named. Local officers are investigating the case.
California Governor Ronald Reagan tells reporters he is unlikely to be the second man on a GOP ticket. He says he plans to finish his term and may seek the presidency, while deflecting Rockefeller's suggestions and noting his trip focuses on fundraising for Republican campaigns.
In Resurrection City Washington D C by noon heat bakes shelters as 1 500 residents from across the South and beyond live in dugout huts and plastic tents near the National Mall. Volunteers from Chicago Milwaukee Memphis and Philadelphia mix with locals to build shelters and serve meals while concerns over finishing showers and toilets persist.
Defense Department reports Roanoke Marine officer 2nd Lt. Paul F. Cobb and six soldiers among latest killed in action. Also named are Army 1st Lt. Elmer M. Nance and Staff Sgt. Norman C. Brubaker, plus Army specialists and privates with ties to Roanoke Bedford Callands Hampton Hopewell and local addresses.
Abbott Proctor & Payne defends itself in US District Court against a $1.6 million damage suit by former client Adeline H. Stevens alleging fraudulent overtrading of her portfolio from 1961 to 1966. Alfred S. Winston Jr. is named. he says the account was non discretionary and he aimed to increase profits with Stevens unaware of specifics.
Honolulu police officer William Jacinto stopped five juveniles on a downtown street at 3 a.m. They admitted to burglarizing a nearby school, and the five youths were arrested.
Swiss researcher Hersch Gablinger has been granted a U S patent for removing all carbohydrates from beer. Rheingold Breweries holds exclusive license rights worldwide. Gablinger's Beer is sold in 12 states and will shift production to the New Bedford plant in June. Dixie Beverage Co distributes locally.
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