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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1961
Page
3
In Welch West Virginia the first pilot food stamp program began, replacing surplus food handouts. Needy families including a 15 member household received stamps valued at 95 dollars to cover a month, as Secretary Freeman and Governor Barron observed.
President Kennedy spoke at a $100-a-plate banquet in Boston celebrating his birthday before a 5000 strong crowd. Proceeds, combined with a Washington event, cut the Democratic deficit to just under $1 million as he prepared for a Paris trip via New York and a Waldorf Astoria dinner for the Eleanor Roosevelt Cancer Foundation.
Roanoke consultant A. Stanley Talbott urged a $1 million annual budget to promote Virginia industry, calling the current $145,000 allocation superficial. He argued for a state team including engineers, contractors, industrialists and financiers, criticizing politicians and the Department of Conservation and Economic Development.
Eight others posted appeal bonds or fines after convictions for breach of peace tied to using white-only facilities at a cross country bus terminal. CORE director Richard Haley said Vivian was clubbed for not addressing a prison guard as sir. Penal farm director Max Thomas said the minister refused cooperation. After moving the 19 to the county jail, they joined 17 others convicted Monday, with Gilroy stating they will stay until fines are paid or appeal bonds posted.
A surge of Canadian air brought a wintry Memorial Day across eastern areas from the Great Lakes to New England. Temperatures dipped into the 30s and 40s with several date records and frigid readings in New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and beyond.
Western diplomatic sources say Soviet premier Khrushchev will likely join a Communist bloc leaders summit in Bratislava before meeting President Kennedy in the United States this weekend. The Prague venue was reportedly changed to avoid a wide detour in Khrushchev’s trip.
Highlights of President Kennedy's $100-a-plate birthday dinner remarks in Boston stress a future Franco American alliance, urgent talks with allies, and the United States as a leading revolutionary power. He cites three wars and argues for dialogue amid mutual destruction. He frames the U S as committed to freedom and world progress.
New York AP report quotes Rudy Bundy treasurer of Ringling Bros Barnum and Bailey noting elephants eat 30 bales of hay daily plus peanuts. He describes feeding 550 pounds of horse meat daily for lions and tigers and lists the circus menagerie totaling 60 plus animals.
Attorney General Kennedy pressed the Interstate Commerce Commission to rule directly against racial segregation in interstate rail and bus service. He urged expediency and codifying prior decisions without standard hearings. ICC Chairman Hutchinson said the petition would be considered carefully.
Steel Facts from the American Iron and Steel Institute estimates total world spending on iron and steelmaking at five to six billion dollars in 1961. The United States plans the largest outlay, about 1.2 billion dollars for expansion and modernization of mills.
Gen Shepherd urged maintaining peak military efficiency to contain Communism and stressed the true strength of a country lies in citizen will and vigor. He called veterans to honor fallen comrades and uphold the vow to keep faith, as Mr Goodman introduced Col Walker and local veterans leaders.
A Springfield council spokesman warned the holiday could be the most dangerous of the long weekend as nearly all of the nations 74 million autos were expected on the roads. Traffic typically peaks late on holidays, with motorists urged caution.
Del E. Blackburn Moore lauds Virginia as a monument to constructive government over 30 years. Charles Roberson of Berryville receives Norman L. Bayliss Award and is elected secretary of the clearing house association. Several officers and honorees are named for achievements in economics and service.
Pre standard certificates went to students who completed four years of the banking course. Named honorees include Mrs. Dorothy Ledford Miss Katherine Smallwood Robert Tate Mr. Bailey Mr. Boppe Mrs. Dorothy M. McCauley Miss Sarah F. Ridings and Mrs. Dorothy Andrews Connor. Standard certificates for eight years of study were awarded to Douglas L. Good Robert Dale Jr and Ralph Coates.
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