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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 20, 1978

Page

14

Guinness Book of Records Announces New Edition

The 25th annual Guinness Book of Records, published in London, lists new marks across diverse fields. Highlights include balloonists’ Atlantic crossing in 137 hours, a 78 foot cactus, the longest fingernails, and 270 cigarette smoke rings in a single puff.

London Atlantic Empire State Building Ben Abruzzo Max Anderson Larry Newman Presque Isle Maine Evreux France Gary Muhroke New York City New York Jan Forman Copenhagen Denmark Guinness Cave Creek Ariz Shridhar Chillal Poona India University of Texas Walter Cavanaugh Santa Clara Calif Amelia Finch Lakehurst N.J Paul E. Warburgh Huntington Norris McWhirter Guinness Superlatives Ltd

Church Council Urges Anti Gambling Sermons Across Virginia

Virginia Council of Churches plans to have about 6000 pulpits preach against legalized horse race betting on November 7. Clergy letters urge congregations to vote no in the statewide pari mutuel referendum. Religious leaders condemn pro pari mutuel spokesman remarks as a moral issue.

Richmond Virginia Council of Churches Dennis Peterson Kenneth Goodson Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church Goodson

Five Deaths Include Mother Father in Grisly Case

Billy Edward Hardesty, 21, accused of three murders after a siege at his parents home left his mother Jan and father Ronald dead. He remains in critical condition after police shot him. authorities link the killings to an ongoing violent spree and also report two other men killed during an earlier confrontation.

Hardesty Fred Fensch Billy Robert Pifer St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Ann Arbor Jan Hardesty Ronald Hardesty Washtenaw County William Delhey

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