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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1965
Page
5
Virginia conservatives delay their assessment of the Republican gubernatorial candidate until the Navy clears him. A Saturday meeting had been planned between representatives.
Earl Branch, 14, told Henrico County police six white boys assaulted him on Nine Mile Road outside Richmond Monday night and stole his wheelchair. He crawled from a nearby field where he had been left and did not receive medical treatment.
Federal library funds totaling 642555 dollars were released to the Virginia State Library Board after a four month HEW delay. State librarian Randolph W Church said the delay stemmed from HEW’s failure to act on the state’s compliance with the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Funds will go to Pulaski and Fairfax County projects immediately and to Charlottesville Arlington County Roanoke Norfolk and Virginia Beach as needed.
Advertisement for Anne Adams pattern 4838 featuring a silk slim jacket and blouse with skirt. Includes size ranges and yardage, price 50 cents per pattern plus 15 cents mailing, for Winchester Evening Star readers. Mail with NAME ADDRESS ZIP SIZE and pattern number to Pattern Dept NY address. Complete fashion report in Spring Summer Catalog with coupon for one pattern.
A Warren County Court hearing on drug charges against the Tex tile Workers Union and its office clerk is continued to July 7. The hearing moved from May 19 to May 26 at the union attorneys request, with the State Board of Pharmacy requesting the second continuance.
Francis Keppel visits Charlottesville to brief educators from Virginia Maryland West Virginia North Carolina and Kentucky about a new 1.3 billion federal aid program for elementary and secondary schools. Virginia will receive about 34 million plus 30 million in other federal aid.
The Richmond School Board approves two federal anti poverty programs. A Community Action Program will spend 1,951,760 with 946,584 from federal funds and city support to aid impoverished children, running June 16 to Aug 16 and starting in September. Operation Headstart will use 184,607 in federal funds for an eight week run beginning June 21.
Two circuit court judges from Page and Madison counties will render final judgment on a disputed boundary in Shenandoah National Park. A 10 member special commission representing the two counties tentatively approved surveyor findings and now final approval rests with the two circuit court judges.
Virginia dairymen gathered in Richmond to examine issues facing the dairy industry. The Virginia State Milk Commission, urged by consumers to leave local Norfolk and Front Royal authorities, drew focus as leaders weigh adding a second consumer representative to boost trust and counter fears of federal control.
James Williams Green, 74, editor of the Orange Review, died yesterday. An active Virginia Press Association member, he won multiple editorial awards. He began editing at 18 with the McDuffie Progress in Thomson, Ga, later helming several weekly papers. He reopened the Orange Review in 1931 after World War I suspension. His father, Angus McDonald Green, founded the Culpeper Exponent. Funeral at 3 p.m. Thursday in Culpeper National Cemetery.
Norfolk police urged residents to report a missing front porch after a weekend theft from a vacant house. The AP report notes the porch was missing by Monday, leaving investigators puzzled.
Richmond City Council approved a 2 percent retail sales tax to take effect July 1, applying to most retail sales and many services with a $4 per transaction cap. The panel also moved to exempt non residents if Henrico and Chesterfield counties enact similar measures, while cutting the real estate tax to $1.84 per $100 and abolishing the personal property tax on household goods.
An old advertisement touts FASTEETH powder to hold upper or lower dentures firmly in place. It claims the product prevents sliding and rocking, leaves a gummy feel, and tastes neutral. The formula is alkali Rikatine non acid and purportedly controls mouth odor. Available at drug counters everywhere.
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