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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1964
Page
13
About 750 physicians attend the 117th annual meeting of the Medical Society of Virginia in Norfolk. The event gathers state doctors for talks, awards, and professional updates.
A vintage knitting note promotes a one piece knit jacket with sunburst cables, pattern 7128 in sizes 32-34 36-38, requiring worsted yarn. Price 35 cents per pattern with 15 cents extra for mailing. Include name address zone pattern number to Alice Brooks Winchester Evening Star New York NY. Also advertises free patterns and quilting books with small mail-in fees.
TV critic reviews NBC Western Bo nanza as a light whodunit with a scenic color showcase. The plot follows Adam Cartwright as a thief is revealed by a missing bullet after a gunshot murder. Also notes Meet the Press birthday tribute to Diosdado Macapagal and evening lineups Sandy Williams Show with Liberace and Slattery's People with Ed Wynn guest.
Gospel icon Mahalia Jackson, 50, is recovering slowly from a serious heart ailment at Little Company of Mary Hospital in Chicago. Doctors ordered bed rest with no visitors or calls, as she convalesces after touring nearly nonstop most of the year. Born near New Orleans, the famed singer rose from poverty to international stardom and has lent energy to the civil rights movement in recent years.
Geneva Schertz, a clerk at a natural gas service office in Newton, reports an irate customer who threw a high bill on her desk and attacked the electric company bill instead, insisting the charges were excessive before leaving.
During President Johnson's Western campaign swing two anonymous calls warned of danger while a Goldwater Miller placard brushed his hat in Phoenix. Police found a 22 caliber revolver on 18 year old Clarence Fetzer who was later bailed. Phoenix officers arrested 17 year old Thomas Wilkins for the placard incident. he was released after questioning.
A man was found at his home with a rifle after telling deputies he had not approached the President. He gave no explanation for the rifle in his car. Police said a telephone operator reported an anonymous call predicting the President Johnson would not survive his trip through Long Beach. Police checked Los Alamitos but found nothing.
Alvin Miller of Fort Thomas Kentucky was driving when a goose slammed through the windshield. He was treated at a hospital for a scalp cut after the incident occurred near Frankfort.
More than 400 members of Lions District 24 A in Northern Virginia ended their Fall Conference with a dance at the George Washington Hotel. Dr Walter H Campbell Lions International vice president urged pride in living in a free enterprise nation and noted fearing populations in many countries. The state convention is planned for Virginia Beach in May with Bryan Stotler as general chairman.
About 1,000 bidders in formal dress attended a weekend benefit auction in Portland for the Portland Zoo and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. They raised $129,300 for donated merchandise valued at $200,000, with items including homes aircraft and cars.
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