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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1960
Page
5
More than fifty year church members joined in Sunday as the cornerstone of the new Market Street Methodist Church educational building was laid. Harry Willis, senior trustee, and Mrs May Carper, senior Sunday School teacher, are shown receiving the dedication box prepared for the ceremony.
Realty transfers show multiple deeds in Frederick County including Joel R. Davis to Everette H. Oakes on First Street, and several other buyers and sellers north and west of Winchester. Transactions cover lots on U.S. Route 11, Rt. 7, Robert Street, and Wilde Acres with prices summed to 35000 dollars in one note, and properties around Stephens City and Gainesboro.
A sequence of real estate deeds lists transfers from Oliver G. Cramer Jr to Cramer Sr on Opequon Ave and other lines. Additional conveyances involve Courtney to Petonke on Bellview Ave and Sartelle to Courtney at Valley Ave. Other parcels include Ross St, Ross Virginia McCauley to Walter at 338 E Piccadilly St and 314 W Leicester St, plus Battle Ave and Handley Ave lots and more transfers to Sims & Son Inc and Elmer W Truslow.
Nixon turns down Kennedy demand for a fifth debate citing scheduling issues. He suggests extending the fourth debate to two hours and allowing public questions, but Kennedy rejects the idea.
Bridget Hayward age 21, daughter of Broadway producer Leland Hayward and actress Margaret Sullavan, was found dead Monday night in her New York City apartment. Police said the cause of death is under investigation. she had lived alone for about two years.
Finis W. Danley and wife transfer Lot on Handley Ave to Robert W. Newman and wife. John E. Frye sells 300 National Ave to Linda D. Frye. Proceedings documented in local property records.
Under Virginia Code section 64 123 the undersigned will deliver funds on deposit to Clarence J. LaFollette administrator of the Madison LaFollette estate. The funds exceed $1 000 and are held by Western Frederick Bank Gore Virginia. J W Ward cashier note dates 10 4 11 18 25 41.
A North Central Airlines DC3 bound for Green Bay collided with a flock of geese near Lake Michigan and made an emergency landing at Muskegon County Airport. Captain Vern Turner and copilot Armand Salvatoriello of Detroit suffered facial cuts. all 25 passengers continued to Green Bay in a replacement plane. Three geese were found dead in the cockpit.
Clerk Peyton J. Marshall reports 308 licenses sold in September totaling 2 419 for the first three quarters, down from 2 528 year to date last year. Frederick County records 92 licenses in September raising year to date to 655, down from 752. Most licenses go to Pennsylvania residents with 200 of Winchester’s 308 and 51 of Frederick County’s 92 issued to Pennsylvanians.
Adlai Stevenson acted in a Broadway show alongside stars like Henry Fonda and Lauren Bacall at a Morosco Theater rally for show business voters. Emceed by Melvyn Douglas, the event followed Mort Sahl’s political routine and poked fun at Nixon while presenting Stevenson as a central figure in the political theater of the era.
In New York AP reports Colum M. Nixon’s taped appearance on Person to Person was postponed at his press rep Herbert Klein’s request. No reason given. The Nixon family appearance to be taped and aired with the vice president and Mrs Nixon interview to be held at Waldorf Towers.
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