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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1963
Page
6
A portrait of Sarah Josepha Hale who campaigned to set the Thanksgiving date. Her efforts with presidents and readers culminated in Lincoln declaring the last Thursday of November a national Day of Thanksgiving during the Civil War.
Senate leaders approve a Judiciary Committee investigation covering the Kennedy assassination in Dallas and the Oswald slaying by Jack Ruby. Dirksen says hearings will ensure witnesses testify under perjury threat and that facts will be released when assembled.
The 1964 New York Social Register lists Gov Nelson A Rockefeller and Mrs Rockefeller together, ending doubts they would be dropped amid divorces and remarriages.
Fillpail Queen Dandy of Rossville Ga has set a national record by producing 21 364 pounds of milk and 1 055 pounds of fat in 365 days with three milking sessions daily.
The piece recalls an editor advocating a unified Thanksgiving date. She urged states to adopt the last Thursday in November as early as 1846 and persevered through years of letter writing. She noted reactions to Lincoln and Andrew Johnson and praised presidential support since.
TV viewers in New York watched a record amount Monday with Nielsen estimating the average set in use for more than twice the usual hours. CBS Reports holidraw and interviews with Truman Eisenhower Kennedy appear, while Lawrence Welk misses his show and ABC adjusts schedules for defense program.
State Police report two additional fatalities in Virginia. Gene Burke, 81, of Montclair New Jersey, died in a two car crash at U S 29 211 and Virginia 178 near Falls Church. Olin Burton Byington, 36, of Jonesville, died in a non collision crash on U S 58 east of Jonesville. Elia Estelle Quinn, 35, of Ferrum, was struck by a car on Virginia 40 west of Ferrum in Franklin County.
The White House said no one on John F. Kennedy's staff has resigned to President Johnson. The new president intends to let Kennedy's former top aides decide whether to continue serving in the incoming administration.
Colonists at Berkeley Plantation on the James River in Virginia held a day of Thanksgiving on December 4, 1619, three years before the Pilgrims did so.
AP reports a 1,000 pound billboard owned by Service Auto Parts Co. was stolen from a Chattanooga building. The sign stood 15 feet high and 25 feet long and was illuminated by four flood lamps.
In recent years several Canadian provinces obtained official tartans by securing recognition from the Court of the Lord Lyon, Her Majesty's Register House in Edinburgh.
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