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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1961
Page
12
Palace Theater shows Splendor in Vita with Ahita Eckberg through Tuesday. Capitol Theater runs Splendor in the Grass starting Wednesday featuring Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty.
Winchester Drive-In offers Blood and Roses and Man Hunt with Elsa Martinelli and Annette Vadium plus Jeffrey and David Janssen. Young Savages with Burt Lancaster and Dina Merrill. Fire Down Below with Robert Mitchum and Rita Hayworth. Roar of the Crowd stars Howard Fuff with Hot Rod Rumble and Drag Strip Girl. Family Drive-In shows Gorgo and Midnight Lace.
A Rockingham County prison camp truck carrying two road foremen and five Negro trustees collided with a car on Virginia 679 near Harrisonburg. The truck overturned in heavy fog. all ten people suffered injuries but none was believed seriously hurt.
The Woodward Iron Co. of Birmingham won approval from its stockholders for the proposed merger with Lynchburg Foundry Co. and National Cement Co. The consolidation had prior endorsement from Lynchburg and National Cement and Woodward’s president W. R. Bond said final action is expected before month’s end.
Ten workers were hurt when the 110 by 210 foot warehouse framework under construction collapsed in Beaufort North Carolina. Injuries ranged from broken bones to cuts and shock with eight requiring hospitalization. The structure was being built for Standard Products Co to replace a fire destroyed fish meal warehouse. No further explanation was offered and work was to restart.
The State Highway Department announced a public hearing at Amelia County Courthouse on November 15 to discuss four laning a seven mile stretch of U S 360. The plan includes two parallel lanes beside the current road and a new four lane bypass north of Amelia.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond reports 5th District department store sales rose three percent in the week ending Oct 7 from the prior year. Year to date sales show a one percent gain over 1960, with four weeks totaling one percent above last year. The district covers Virginia Maryland West Virginia North and South Carolina and the District of Columbia.
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