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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1962
Page
12
Tin Maung Thant, 21, son of acting U N Secretary General U Thant, died Monday in Rangoon after he fell from a bus. He had studied sociology part time at Hunter College in New York for two years.
Madison College will confer baccalaureate degrees on 202 seniors at commencement on May 27 in Wilson Hall. Rev H George Anderson will deliver the baccalaureate sermon at 11 a.m. and State Senator William B Spong Jr will give the commencement address at 2 15 p.m. Degrees will be awarded by Dr G Tyler Miller. Seven M A and one M S degrees will be awarded.
The White House announced President Kennedy will hold a news conference Wednesday at 4 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Press Secretary Pierre Salinger said it will be open to live television if networks wish to carry it.
The Commerce Cleaning House reports higher federal excise tax receipts last year for smoking and entertainment and alcohol, with tobacco up 63 million and alcohol up 106 million. Revenue from durable goods like cars and electronics fell. Jewelry and cosmetics taxes also gained.
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