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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1963
Page
4
Firemen battled a grass fire about a mile from an intersection along Route 50. A spokesman would not reveal the blaze’s origin and said details were being investigated.
The Washington Senators sold outfielder Jim Piersall to the New York Mets for cash and a player to be named later. The deal appears linked to Gil Hodges moving from the Mets to manage Washington, replacing No. 14 worn by Ken Retzer who will switch to Hodges’s number.
Four cars fell into the York River when a washed out bridge gave way in Murdochville Quebec. Six men were believed drowned while four others were saved after a small European car floated ashore. Police say the bridge collapsed between 3 and 7 a.m. trapping workers en route to copper mines.
Eugene Williams of Charlottesville a Virginia NAACP official says parents of several Negro children will apply for admission to three white Culpeper County schools Sycamore Park Ann Wingfield Elementary and Culpeper County High. Superintendent Hounshell would not confirm the bids.
Blanton Collier of the Cleveland Browns and Don Shula of the Baltimore Colts are the only new head coaches in the National Football League.
Luis Arroyo pitched a 1-0 no hitter for the Greensboro team in the Carolina League in 1949, making a rare dominant start. The performance stood out as a championship level display during the season.
Rescue teams recovered the second victim, P. W. Owens, 53, of Harman, half a mile from the Harman Mining entrance after Samuel Bud Dale, 58, of Russell Prater, was found yesterday afternoon. The eight other miners escaped from the 11 man crew working eight miles north of Grundy in Buchanan County.
Cooley Hall will house students with meals in Funkhouser Hall cafeteria. Enrollment is 491, up 40 to 50 from last year. Commencement features Dr. Carl W. Hiser delivering the baccalaureate at 11 am, followed by State Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. as speaker at 3 pm in the college auditorium.
Admiral Dudley served as navigator of the U S S Saratoga and saw action in the South Pacific. He commanded the Naval Air Station Pearl Harbor after World War II and later led anti submarine operations in the Atlantic aboard the U S S Corp. He retired in 1953 and taught mathematics at a local high school.
The ruling grants a temporary injunction against pupil ouster over school integration with Justice Tuttle noting the board harmed schooling. Dr Martin Luther King Jr. lauds the decision as vindication amid mass celebrations and a tense local response. The piece also mentions local civic figures and a Syracuse golfer from outside New York.
Sugar prices rise sharply as imports and domestic demand push costs up. The American Sugar Co. announced a wholesale rise to 16.80 per 100 pounds in the Northeast, with five pound bags at 69 cents and up, while farm shortages and weather across Europe Cuba boost prices and forecasters expect above normal levels for years.
Vatican reports Pope John XXIII shows improvement after a major blood transfusion and rest. He stood at the window for about three minutes blessing 15 in St. Peter's Square, his condition described as rallying despite ongoing anemia and a stomach disorder.
Ruth C. Lofton of Winchester joins the Six Gallon Club after a 48th blood donation. Other donors hit three, two, and one gallon marks, as 112 donations push the peacetime total to 15 474. Local groups supported including O Sullivan Rubber, Holy Trinity Seminary, National Fruit Product, U S government, M J Grove Lime, Winchester Electric. Recruitment chair is Mrs H W Butler with Mrs Robert Butler. Next visit set for June 18.
The pontiff rests on Ascension Day the last day of Easter with 40 days since Easter when Christ rose. He may stay in his apartment equipped for medical care as doctors including Piero Mazzoni sleep in the papal palace and a nurse priest remains on 24 hour duty.
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