11 Oct 1965
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1965
Page
1
Senate votes on cloture to end state bans on union shop as talk fest nears one week. Dirksen-led opponents express confidence despite analysts saying two thirds unlikely.
In Crawfordville Georgia 15 Negro youths again attempted to board school buses carrying white pupils but were stopped by state troopers. The planned protests include a noon rally at Taliaferro County courthouse and a King led march to Atlanta aimed at opposing token integration.
Los Angeles under sunny skies and a predicted 74 degree day looks to grab a 3 2 series lead against Minnesota. Koufax a 7 5 favorite to beat Jim Kaat as the Dodgers seek a strong edge in the best of seven series.
The Winchester Recreation Commission will hold its regular meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the War Memorial Building. Henry Lowry, chairman, will conduct the session and invite the public to attend. SPRING IN OCTOBER. The Crier notes four clusters of purple lilac and white violets blooming, with lilac protected by an east stone wall.
President Johnson, recovering from major abdominal surgery, was urged by doctors to rest and keep his schedule minimal for weeks. He still held 45 minute talks with Vice President Humphrey and Secretary of State Rusk, read cabinet reports, and signed papers despite discomfort and being taken off sedation.
At the United Nations, only three or four of about a dozen French African states may back France in seating Communist China. Analysts predict a tighter split in late 1963 margin while the 1961 two thirds rule could block any seating even if a majority forms.
A petition signed by about 80 Shenandoah Hills residents urged the Board of Supervisors to replace the city and county dumps with a joint incinerator. Paul Meyers praised the idea and cited odor and rats, while officials noted prior complaints but took no action.
A 31 foot craft MMM carrying 16 Cuban refugees and four crewmen sailed from Camarioca and entered Key West under Coast Guard escort after being warned not to break the U S opening. Intercepted 30 miles off Cuba the boat reported engine trouble while other craft and evacuees from Florida ports continued toward the United States as negotiations unfold.
Three people were injured in area traffic accidents over the weekend. In one crash a sports car on Route 7 near Opequon bridge overturned, injuring driver Horace Wilbur Ladd and passenger Kathryn Ann Gordon. Ladd, 21, of Berryville, was treated and released at Winchester Memorial Hospital.
U S troops pressed major offensives north of Saigon and in the central highlands. Guerrillas killed 75 and captured 48, with Vietnamese sources claiming 60 more killed by artillery and air strikes. Paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade said to have killed 46 in a clash, while U S losses were described as moderate.
Firemen answered three alarms over the weekend with no major blazes. Winchester units were called to 247 East Lane for smoking meat on a stove, to a laundromat on South Loudoun Street for an overheated dryer motor, and Gainesboro Fire Co responded to a car fire on Route 522 near the Mid Way Truck Stop. all incidents were extinguished or out upon arrival.
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