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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1960
Page
14
In Raleigh, North Carolina, Republican Robert Gavin leads a competitive campaign as rivals in the gubernatorial contest align on some themes. The AP report notes overlapping positions and public focus on policy contrasts.
About 175 persons attended the first in a series of preaching missions at the Presbyterian Church. Dr. Stewart A. Newman led the service with song leader Isaac Keith of Alexandria. the mission moves to a different Berryville church each night this week. Newman's talk was The Religious Tradition of Post Modern Persons. Tonight's topic is A Lost World at 7 45 at the Baptist Church led by Pastor Julian S. Orrell.
Sanford runs against Democrat Terry Sanford in a competitive political contest.
William Sterling Lacy Jr. editor of the Commonwealth Magazine for 15 years died in a Richmond hospital of a heart attack at age 52. He earlier worked for the Richmond Times Dispatch and AP. Survived by wife Jane King Lacy and four daughters. Funeral arrangements pending.
At the Gorilla Farm in Farmingdale New Jersey visitors watch Bobar the 9 foot wooden gorilla roar and wave. This off season a starling family blocked his head turning it into a rainproof nest while he chirped in apology.
Virginia Democrats for Nixon chairman Eugene B. Sydnor Jr. predicts Nixon would win Virginia by 50 000 votes if the election were held today. Sydnor reports visits across the state and criticizes Kennedy over the Quemoy and Matsu issue. Former President Truman called Nixon a political hatchet man at a five state rally near Abingdon, while a Richmond group urges writing in T Coleman Andrews for Congress and endorses Nixon.
Rep Watkin M Abbitt D 4th announced support for the Kennedy Johnson national ticket in Richmond. He criticized both parties platforms and noted fellow Virginians Byrd Smith and Tuck had yet to reveal preferences in the presidential sweepstakes.
A gap in the Nixon Lodge ticket is reported alongside Republican congressional nominee E Summers Sheffey of Abingdon challenging Democratic incumbent Rep. W Pat Jennings. The maneuvering signals a tight race in the district with local party implications.
Abbitt calls opposition tactics reprehensible while noting his own Democratic bid for the 4th Congressional District. Byrd trips abroad during the DNC and endorses the presidential slate, as Tuck gives $150 to a local committee. Smith denies assurances about Kennedy Johnson support.
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