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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1964
Page
1
Hurricane Hilda strengthened to 125 mph as it crossed the Gulf of Mexico toward the U S coast. Forecasters warned of possible Texas and Louisiana impacts with flooding of low lying coastal roads and uncertain landfall timing.
Public meeting at George Washington Hotel at 8 o'clock supports the Winchester Civic Center campaign to raise 350000. U S Senator Harry Byrd is honorary general chairman. Jerry Goodman to conduct. Mayor Battaile to welcome. Henry Lowry to present worker guidance. solicitors to be chosen. campaign reports 151000 raised from 15 percent of cards.
Mrs Hemkel and Mr Hemkel, attending the South Furniture Manufacturers Association meeting in White Sulphur, met her Winston-Salem parents. Their daughter Katherine Spach, Queen of 1961, earned Education degree from UNC Chapel Hill in 1963 and taught in Libya. She camped in Germany two summers before heading to Africa. September rainfall reached 4.19 inches with 0.1 inch more in the last 24 hours, above 51-year September average of 2.67 inches.
Classified brief notes a delivery job offer with contact hints for Rhodes Drug and Leggett's. Mentions hosiery product arrival and price per pair, implying shop inventory or promotions. References Heiress lace textured nylon seamless hose and a local drugstore or supplier.
Peking marks the 15th anniversary with a revolutionary rhetoric from Mayor Peng Chen and the party leadership. Despite speculation, no nuclear test mention appears in official addresses or editorials as thousands gather in Tiananmen Square.
The Navy announced that during this summer undersea search operations the tail section of the sunken submarine Thresher and its sail bearing the number 593 were found. The Thresher, lost with 129 aboard in April 1963 off the New England coast about 220 miles east of Boston in 8,400 feet of water, had not had its hull pinpointed until now.
President Johnson addressed a Baltimore audience at Johns Hopkins University urging higher political standards and bridges of aid and ideas to Eastern Bloc nations. He called for mobilizing American communities to defend freedom worldwide, linking the North Atlantic alliance to broader efforts beyond military strength.
The Senate Rules Committee resumes hearings on the Bobby Baker case focusing on the District of Columbia Stadium project. Key figures include Baker, Matthew McCloskey, and Don B Reynolds as witnesses. Chairman Sen. B Everett Jordan says the panel will establish contract details and bid changes before potential testimony from others.
Five fire fighters were killed when a wall collapsed during a Boston fire at a vacant toy factory. The dead include Pvt John Clougherty thirty one, son of Fire Chief John Clougherty, and four others Lt John Goswell Lt John McCorkle Pvt Frank Murphy and Pvt James B Sheedy. Dozens were injured and taken to base hospital.
Virginia faces one last possibility to halt court ordered redistricting as Chief Justice Earl Warren would decide. A three judge panel denied the state's stay request, with Atty. Gen. Button set to petition Warren and appeal to the full Supreme Court. The federal order requires redistricting by December 15, with elections in 1966 and potential full House and Senate elections in 1965 if appeals fail.
Saigon postponed departures of Lt. Gen. Tran Thien Khiem and other generals amid a political contest. Khiem and Brig. Gen. Do Mau were asked to wait for Europe missions, while Brig. Gen. Lam’s arrest followed an attempted coup. Col. Pham Ngoc Thao moved out as Khanh’s press aide.
A George Delo survey for Harrisonburg Daily News Record and Winchester Evening Star finds industrial growth since 1958 in Frederick Clarke Shenandoah Rockingham Page counties and Winchester Harrisonburg area. New plants and expansions add 5643 jobs and a payroll of 23 063 018 while plant costs exceed 3 5 million each.
Sixty thousand AFL CIO longshoremen walk out from Maine to Texas halting Atlantic and Gulf shipping. A three man board was named to seek a Taft Hartley cooling off order while some ships unloaded passengers and others sailed. Potential $20 million daily loss looms as talks resume and a tecn y court injunction is anticipated.
Moist air moving over a high pressure system brought considerable cloudiness and light showers to Virginia today. The latest conditions affect Richmond and nearby areas as residents monitor the unsettled sky.
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