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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1966
Page
8
Our best sales month in 40 years shocks dealers with wide track Pontiacs selling briskly. The lineup includes Catalina GTO Grand Prix Bonneville and more with varied engines from overhead cam six to 421 cu in V eight. Dealers await May momentum.
Miss Rhoades a Barnard freshman has been driving a four wheeled Victoria for about a week after being hired for her habit of talking to horses. Susanna Davy, 20, English and farm raised, works seven months with employer Fred Birkner. Both wear traditional attire and earn 50 percent of fares ranging from five to seven dollars.
CBS second National Drivers Test blends instruction with a 22 question quiz. The show highlights safety belts, handling red lights, and emergency repairs while scoring viewers on their own answers. It cites a national sample average of 51 and argues for mandatory safety features and driver health checks.
A rocket scientist Loren Bollinger and two filling station attendants Chester Scowden and Claude Quesenberry were found shot in the head in Columbus. Ballistics link their deaths to a foreign 25 caliber pistol. the killer and weapon remain unknown. Scowden and Quesenberry were robbed.
The Senate considers a 975 million military construction bill aiming to pressure Secretary McNamara to advance dormant projects. The measure, cut by 75 million from the initial 1.05 billion request, requires priority for about 620 million in Congress approved but halted projects. Sen. Henry M. Jackson notes new urgent needs could override last year’s approvals if formally requested.
The article traces bowling from nine pins brought by Dutch settlers in the 17th century to the addition of a 10th pin that allowed the modern game to evolve, noting the blue laws once aimed at banning play and the workaround that sparked bowling as known today.
John A. W. Baker, who says he is the sole support of a widowed mother, a minor sister and two younger brothers, secured a temporary stay of induction into the armed forces. The swearing-in was postponed to allow completion of his medical examination. Baker has sought but failed to change his 1-A classification in court, with the government opposing further reclassification.
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