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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1967
Page
14
In Cliffside Park five volunteer firefighters died as a wall collapsed at Cardinal Lanes bowling alley. Fourteen children under 21 are left fatherless and five widows are reported. A fund of eight thousand dollars was pledged for survivors. Authorities probe possible arson.
Ralph S. Gregory named cochairman of the write in campaign for Eugene Gunter in Frederick County. He pledges education of voters on how to vote write in and notes the effort will overcome difficulties. Gregory heads Gregory's Inc. in Stephens City and is married with three children. An additional cochairman to be announced.
Two people were treated at Winchester Memorial Hospital for injuries from weekend traffic accidents. Joyce Rice, 23, of 221 Shenandoah Ave, was hurt in a White Hall crash at 12:15 a.m. She was taken to the hospital by the Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad. Henry Jackson of Boyce was involved in a one car crash on Rt. 50 near Paris Mountain Sunday morning and was taken to Winchester Hospital by the John H. Enders Rescue Squad. Both were released after emergency room care.
Two men and two women artists from Hallmark estimate they may frighten at least a million people this Halloween with masks that reproduce their own faces. These are the first masks ever produced to depict actual people.
Virginia's highway deaths rose over the weekend with multiple fatal crashes. Police reported six deaths in Giles County Prince George County Fairfax Southampton Shenandoah and Chesterfield County. The total pace edges toward the 1941 record of 1110 statewide road deaths.
Justice Department spokesman denies Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark made remarks about possible federal prosecution of New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison. A Charlottesville Daily Progress reporter quoted Clark discussing Shaw and Garrison, but the spokesman and UVa student group dispute the quotes.
Mount Lebanon district attorney probes a 23 year old housewife who won 35000 pounds in a sweepstakes after leaving her husband and mother discovered in affair. Her mother allegedly tried to poison her and then obtained a medical certificate to commit her to an asylum. Husband and mother are under arrest.
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