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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1966
Page
11
Sherman Billingsley died of an acute heart attack after the Stork Club location was sold. The famed New York host battled a long labor dispute with staff, courted celebrity guests, and built a landmark nightlife empire drawing tourists and Broadway crowds.
Ace Brookes promotes a knit jacket pattern 7051 with sizes 32 through 46 and neckline details. Mailing address and pricing for patterns are given, including 35 cents per pattern plus 15 cents postage. Also advertisements for Needlecraft catalogs and Quilt Books with prices and order details.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica describes snuff production as an 18 month process. It involves grinding tobacco and subjecting it to repeated fermentations.
Gov. Godwin appointed Danville City Manager T Edward Temple to lead the State Division of Planning. Temple, 50, will start December 5 and will earn about 22000 annually. He will develop a master state plan and provide analyses and support to other agencies as part of the restructured Department of Administration.
Ethelred II, the English king, earned the epithet Unready due to his reluctance to heed wise advice and counsel.
Cold snaps bring the first heavy autumn frost as the Harrisonburg area records readings near or below 31 degrees. Vegetation and cars are iced over, with 7.77 inches of rainfall since September noted in the county.
One person, John Ciganek of Leesburg, was injured as his car went over a bank on Rt 50 near Winchester. Damage included $1,000 to the car and $125 to rail and signs. A separate crash on Rt 11 near Winchester caused $1,550 in damage to two vehicles and the yard. A third collision at Rt 50 and Featherbed Lane caused $275 in damage with no injuries.
Mrs. Griffin, a Los Angeles educator and dietitian, boarded a Chicago to London flight by mistake while intending to return home from a vacation. Airline officials say the misrouting occurred when her return ticket was misread, sending her to London instead of Los Angeles. She enjoyed the unplanned journey and will fly home on the proper leg. TWA covered the extra flights.
Premier Jens Otto Krag told lawmakers Princess Margrethe will marry Count Henri de Laborde de Monpezat. The leftist Socialists, while wary of monarchy, gave consent noting Denmark may not need a monarchy forever. The 32 year old diplomat will become Danish, join Lutheran Church and renounce Catholic faith.
More than a dozen Winchester Frederick and Clarke county officials plan to attend a one day Governor s Conference on Education tomorrow at the Mosque in Richmond. Attendees include Winchester mayor William M Battaile and school leaders Jacob Johnson and George Craig among others. Frederick superintendent Robert E Ayler Clarke representatives Robert A Wood and William Lawrence III. Gov Mills E Godwin will preside with other state county and city officials.
A two car collision at S Stewart and W Monmouth streets at 7 a.m. caused about 1250 in damage with no injuries. John Thomas Brown of Charles Town West Virginia was charged with failure to yield right of way after his vehicle was struck by a 16 year old girl driver.
The state of Maine became the final New England member to be admitted to the United States, completing the region's union with the national federation.
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