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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Nov 08, 1968

Page

9

Lima Bank President’s Daughter Kidnapped For $50,000

A man abducted Amy MacDonell, 11, and held her in her Lima home while demanding a $50,000 ransom. Police and the FBI hunted a six-foot suspect wearing green overalls and a penciled mustache after the mother paid the ransom and the child was found unharmed.

Lima, Ohio FBI William K. Davenport A. D. MacDonell Jr Metropolitan Bank of Lima Amy Metropolitan Bank

Development Plan at Sweet Briar College Unveiled

Sweet Briar College announced a 10 year 28 million development program with 25.5 million for endowments and 2.5 million for campus improvements. The first three year phase begins November 21 to set goals and guide fundraising progress. Endowment aims target 16.5 million for faculty salaries professorships and visiting scholars. Scholarship endowments receive 5 million while 1 million backs religious program and 3 million supports unrestricted endowments. Physical projects include 0.5 million for a college center 1.5 million for student housing and 0.5 million for other campus projects.

Sweet Briar Sweet Briar College

12 Year Old Boy Heads for South Pole as Youngest Visitor

William H. Crook Jr., 12, son of the U S ambassador to Australia, travels with his father to Antarctica to visit American exploration and research stations. He has read extensively on the region and is described as a walking encyclopedia. The piece notes the Alaska brown bear as the largest land meat-eating animal.

South Pole Canberra Australia Antarctic William H. Crook Jr U.S Australa Antartic Bill Antarctica Alaska

Finalists Selected for Tournament of Roses Queen Contest

Seven girls were named finalists for the Tournament of Roses queen and her court. The winner will be announced November 13 to preside over the New Year’s Day spectacle and the Rose Bowl game. Front row includes Janice Marie Fuller and Virginia Walker with others: Janice Lowe, Sylvia Peebles, Nancy Henno, Pamela Anicich, Carol Loudon.

Tournament of Roses Janice Marie Fuller Virginia Walker Janice Lowe Sylvia Peebles Nancy Henno Pamela Anicich Carol Loudon

Memorial repairs authorized for Kennedy slab at Runnymede

Trustees approve 1200 for repair of the John F. Kennedy Memorial stone slab bombed last month. Police seek the attackers as the region awaits details. In Seoul, South Korean forces report three more guerrilla deaths on the east coast bringing total to nine since North Korean landings on Nov. 2. Korean casualties reach eight soldiers and five civilians.

London John F. Kennedy Runnymede Seveneton Seoul Ulchin

Communist China expels Liu Shaochhi signals party crackdown

Report from Peking’s All-China Federation of Trade Unions calls Liu Shaochhi a renegade and traitor as Communist China backs the Central Committee decision to remove him. Liu’s whereabouts are unknown after the announcement and last reported in Beijing.

Tokyo Peking People’s Daily Communist China Communist Party Central Committee Liu Shaochhi All-China Federation of Trade Unions Liu Peking

Presidential Vote Count Continues in 3 States

Voters in Missouri Maryland and Alaska still await final results while Oregon resumes Senate tally between Wayne Morse and Robert Packwood. Nixon leads nationally with 287 electoral votes and Humphrey trails by a narrow margin as absentee ballots remain uncounted in several states.

Associated Press U.S. Senate Missouri Maryland Alaska Hubert H. Humphrey Richard M. Nixon Oregon Humphrey Nixon George C. Wallace Alabama Spiro T Senate Wayne Morse Robert Packwood Morse Packwood

Clarke County official returns show small edge over unofficial

The Clarke County results differ by three votes from the unofficial count published by the Star. Rep. John Marsh earned 1,688 votes for the Seventh District House seat, one more than the unofficial total, while a hospital bond issue received 1,115 votes in favor versus 1,113 unofficially.

Clarke County Star John Marsh

Thousands At Rites For Solh Leader Of Lebanon Dead At 79

Sami El Solh the Lebanese premier who asked for U S Marines during the 1958 crisis dies at 79. A large funeral procession with thousands of Muslims and Christians accompanied his burial at Beirut's main Mohammed V cemetery after services at the Grand Omari Mosque.

Beirut Lebanon Sami el Solh U.S Dwight D. Eisenhower Abdullah Yafi Mons

Hearing Nov 20 On Murder Charge

A preliminary hearing in Municipal Court for Mary Lee J Summerall 18 on a police charge of murder is set for Nov 20 at 10 a.m. Summerall of 107 Bloxe ham Ave Tavares Fla residing at the Labor Camp is charged in the fatal stabbing of Ann Elizabeth Harris 23 of 453 W Lane St Chester on Oct 27 at the Labor Camp. Police say the stabbing followed an argument and the weapon was a steak knife. Summerall is jailed locally.

Mary Lee J Summerall Miss Summerall Bloxeham Ave Tavares Fla Ann Elizabeth Harris W. Lane St Winschester

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