20 Nov 1961
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1961
Page
1
Miami AP reports a lone survivor named Terry Jo tells the Coast Guard a terror tale aboard a vessel The captain is linked to a slaughter with signs of struggle and questions about the ship’s fate persist as officials investigate early clues
U S and Dominican forces foiled an attempted Trujillo dictatorship as 29 top officials fled by air amid a show of international pressure. President Balaguer pledged stability while U S warships and Marine jets kept guard off the coast.
Six people were injured in ten area traffic crashes over the weekend with one vehicle deemed a total loss. Robert Earl Coward of Richmond, 30, suffered facial lacerations after colliding with a parked car on South Kent Street at 10 40 p m Saturday. Three Baltimore men, Smith Brooks 51 Theodore Rutherford 53 and Don McNight 53, escaped serious injuries when their truck overturned on Route 11 south of Vaucluse at 6 20 a m yesterday. they were treated and not admitted. Ernest Collins 39 of Arlington was treated at Memorial Hospital after his car struck a tree off Route 50 west of Gore at 7 50 p m Saturday and released. James Randolph Glax Cock of Purcellville sustained a right eye laceration in a one car crash on Route 7 east of Berryville at 9… Continued on Page 2 Col 3.
A hazy drive-in memory in Rate 11 North features three young men in swimsuits amid heavy snowfall. Taekee Laws rises on the football map with two extra points as a sophomore who scored 12 last year. Noah and John, ends and left halfback, combined for over 200 points.
Four Winchester fire companies plan a banquet at the South End Fire Hall on November 29 to honor Taylor L. Barr upon his retirement as Winchester Fire Chief. The event, organized by the South End and Friendship auxiliaries, begins at 6 30 p.m. and invites City Council members. William M. Baird chairs the council fire committee with George Sempeles billed as Winchester s Perry Como. Mildred Jones will be accompanist as brief talks are given by Bernard F. Groves Jr the new fire chief and the four company captains and presidents.
President Kennedy and West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer open a policy conference to seek a Western basis for negotiations with the Soviet Union over Berlin. Kennedy hopes Adenauer will accept a flexible approach with concessions if the Soviet Union respects vital Western interests.
A 20 inch Atlantic Seaboard pipeline ruptured near Warrenton Virginia at 5 45 a m blasting a 40 foot section and igniting a fire across 15 acres of woods Flames rose to about 2 000 feet and there were no injuries The break was isolated by valves at Gainesville and Warrenton and the fire was out in about an hour
A Dutch companion of Michael Rockefeller was rescued after a capsized prahu near the Eilanden River delta. The elder Rockefeller flew from New York to New Guinea as search efforts continued. The Dutch Interior Ministry said Rockefeller might also be safe, while the rescued official reported the survivor in good health aboard a naval craft.
An early morning fire at a two story farm home in Stony Creek Sussex County killed five Negro children Catherine 8 Leon 5 Helen 4 Rachel 2 Regina 8 months and seriously burned two other children and their parents. Father Carroll Shine 30 in critical condition with third degree burns over about 90 percent. Mother and one other child also burned. Fire blamed on a stove flare up about 1. Nearest neighbor half a mile away on John F Kennedy Sr farm.
Reporters describe intensified fortifications along the Berlin Wall as communists strengthen the 25 mile line. U S tanks stay about 600 yards from the Friedrich crossing point while two armoured carriers sit in the street. Concrete walls rise at Brandenburg Gate and Potsdamer Platz with improvised tank barriers and camouflaged nets.
Four members of the Brooks family were treated at Memorial Hospital for coal gas inhalation and released. Mrs Willene Brooks and three children Sandy Randy and Millie were taken by Volunteer Rescue Squad after a call from Paul D Brooks who had gone hunting. The children reportedly spoke on the phone during the incident.
Hunters faced a tough morning as a light snowfall settled in and a 40 year old Stephens man Kenneth Mowery was wounded in an early gunfire incident. Warden Blake Denny reported total hunters afield was down. Sheriff’s office said no confirmed hunting accident later.
Winchester police report break ins at the W. B. Snider Sons store and the Market Street Methodist Church. Items taken from the store include cigarette lighters watches and cigarettes with about 1 taken from a drawer and a money jar emptied. Entry gained by breaking two southwest corner windows and a crowbar used to open a back room door.
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