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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1960
Page
2
Survivors listed for Ward and Mrs. Maria B Jones include relatives in Middletown Wilmington Berryville and Millwood. Services set for tomorrow in Baltimore Middletown Berryville and Millwood with burial at Mt Carmel Stone’s Chapel Wye Mills and church memorial funds requested.
Edith M Lee aged 70 widow of Walter C Lee of Rosney Clarke County died yesterday afternoon at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Her obituary notes her deceased husband and local ties.
Funeral services for Mr. Walter B Potts are scheduled Friday at 1 00 P M Eastern Standard Time. The service will be held at Mt Hebron Cemetery with Jones Funeral Home Inc in charge.
Walter B Potts 70 a retired government worker of Chevy Chase Maryland died Tuesday at Georgetown University Hospital He was born in Gore son of the late Joseph A Potts and Martha Brooks Potts He was married to Emma Shade of Frederick County Surviving with his wife are two sisters Mrs Daniel F Kern of Winchester and Mrs John J De Vinny of Chevy Chase The funeral will be Friday at 10 am DST at Robert A Pumphrey Funeral Home Bethesda with Rev Marion Michels Bethesda Methodist Church A graveside service will follow Friday at 1 pm EST at Mt Hebron Cemetery
Nixon told 1 500 at Wilmington airport that he would give Kennedy an early advantage in the final windup TV clash. He accused Kennedy of bravado over a proposed fifth debate and said Kennedy could bring notes and the encyclopedia, while Kennedy argued he did nothing wrong reading from the record.
Clarke County high and Berryville elementary schools face overcrowding as PTA letters urge Clarke County residents to support additional classrooms. The Berryville Elementary has four classes with 40 plus pupils and five more with over 35, far above the 25 to 30 per teacher standard, with one class meeting on the auditorium stage.
The Commerce Department, citing Cuba's role as a Soviet sugar supplier, imposes broader export controls ending unsubsidized food shipments and requiring licenses for Cuba bound trade. Substitutes include a food and medical items list from X-ray gear to bandages and specialized instruments, with or without exemptions.
The newly selected Custodian leads Sacred Theology at the Missionary Servants Seminary in Stephenson since 1954. Father Ignatius, doctor of theology, has served as Master of Ceremonies and aided ordinations at Sacred Heart and St Joseph’s Martinsburg. He oversees the societies schools and becomes ex officio member of the Missionary Servants Chapter guiding 125 priests 50 brothers 150 aspirants and over 1000 lay apostles.
When the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty was completed in 1866 jubilant workmen threw into the mortar a collection of silver coins from their own pockets.
In Metropolis Illinois the tragedy of Carlton Caldwell 52 unfolds as three earth movers and over 100 volunteers battle a 23 foot trench collapse. The laborer was at the trench bottom when the walls slipped in trapping him.
Winchester Frederick Chamber introduces new members from the past year at the October meeting. The board appointed Thomas E. Hassen to the board to replace C. B. Mallory who resigned. The group announced dates for the annual dinner and an Open House with Shenandoah College.
Weather with warm days and cool nights and little rain supports an earlier finish. In Southern Virginia most picking is Winesaps likely to end by mid next week. Northern Virginia West Virginia Maryland areas focus on Red Staymans Red Yorks Red Romes with Jonathans and Red Delicious largely harvested. Prices for Red Delicious and Jonathans mixed with strong 4 lb film bag demand and trays of Red Delicious and Red Stayman valued at several dollars per carton.
The report notes that 31 states plus the District of Columbia levy individual income taxes. Of these, 19 withhold taxes from wages and salaries, while a 20th state will start withholding next year.
Two men died in Virginia highway crashes Tuesday night raising the 1960 toll to 575. Philip G. Kesner, 51, of Wytheville was struck crossing a street in that Southwest Virginia town. Carl McWane Johnson, 21, of Lynchburg died in a single car crash on U S 460 near Irving in Bedford County.
As the Social Security Act marks its 25th anniversary the nation totals 200000 monthly beneficiaries of disability and dependents benefits with over 400 million dollars yearly in 1959. Payments for retired workers and couples show increases since 1940 when benefits began.
New York based actor Jase Robards Jr. denies his actress wife Rachel Robards charges of adultery with Lauren Bacall. Papers filed in State Supreme Court name Bacall as co respondent in the case.
A dense sales directory notes auctions across Virginia and Maryland including Denny's Commission Auction 2 miles east of Winchester on Route 7 with furniture and appliances, H M Frye cattle sale near Mt Jackson on Rt 263, and multiple estate and farm auctions through Oct 29 with real estate, dairy cattle, antiques, farm gear, and firearms offered by various auctioneers and firms.
Cloudy with possible rain and scattered storms tonight. Lows 48 to 54 inland and lower 60s near the coast. Tomorrow starts cloudy with rain ending and cooler air. Five day forecast calls for temperatures several degrees below normal with warmth briefly tomorrow then turning colder into Friday and the weekend.
Rainfall data shows none in the last 2% hours ending 8:30 a.m. today. October to date 0.16 inches in 1960. Yearly rainfall to date 30.18 inches. Average annual rainfall over 47 years 96.85 inches. Monthly averages include January 2.24, February 2.02, March 2.98, April 3.16, May 3.77, June 3.85, July 3.89, August 3.92, September 2.67, October 3.30, November 2.49, December 2.38 inches.
Kennedy says he will meet Nixon anywhere and favors a possible extra debate hour while ruling out listener phone questions in the final format. He appeals to Cuban and Venezuelan events and recalls Nixon’s past remarks on communism. In Arizona, Bumble Bee shifts from mining ghost town to tourist site with a museum and restored historic buildings.
A compact historical note lists items including fish from Brazil and a method to keep the knife cool. It also references Ulysses, Alleghany and Monongahela joining to form the Ohio, a posture of hanging upside down, and a Gethsemane context.
The Cuban note to the United Nations alleges American aggression and accuses Washington of planning a large scale invasion. It cites a four engine plane drop near Las Villas and the execution of three Americans captured with Cuban mercenaries.
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