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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1971
Page
7
Two intrepid anglers posed with their catfish catches. Doug Maxwell, 12, of Winchester displayed a 23 inch catfish from Graves Pond on Senseng Road, while Mark Sayre, 10, held a 21 inch specimen caught at the same time. Hank Leland photographed the scene for the Star.
Richmond AP reports four days of rain from tropical storm Ginger cut the State Fair of Virginia attendance to 482,495 for the 10 day run, down from 613,648 last year. General manager C L Teachworth noted the closing weekend drew over 100,000 attendees. The fair ended Sunday. In Tel Aviv funds, the American Friends of the Hebrew University and the Israeli government set up a $10 million education fund for the underprivileged.
On this date several events are noted including 1683 German settlers arriving in Philadelphia, 1927 The Jazz Singer premiere, 1958 Seawolf submerged record, and a 1961 White House talks between Kennedy and Gromyko. Also mentions 1937 League condemnation of Japanese actions and 1958 submarine record.
A new citizens action agency named Lord Fairfax Social Serviceation was begun to identify local social needs and coordinate health housing and other services across Warren Page Shenandoah Clarke Frederick Counties and Winchester. It is an exclusively charitable membership corporation with 36 founders led by Norman Harsh William Skeat and David Headley with board priorities housing and regional collaboration.
Paris Idaho AP rodeo promoter Doran Smith reported six horses were found with cropped tails and bobbed manes. Local junk dealers say horse hair sells for about 1.70 dollars per pound. The article also notes that U.S. agriculture losses from air pollution total about 280 million dollars annually.
The Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music Student Nurses Association will host an all day car wash at the Towers BP Service Station in Winchester from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Volunteers will wash, vacuum, and pump gas with donations accepted, no fixed price. The group funds nursing education activities. about 30 members participate, with Mrs. Sharon Easter as president.
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