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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1965
Page
8
Miss Ettie Lee, 79, Los Angeles retired teacher and aunt of Secretary Udall, built a $3 million real estate fortune in spare time. She funds Eittle Lee Homes Inc with profits to run 14 boys homes housing 12 to 17 year olds, each costing 40 000 to 50 000 dollars to build.
Firemen were called to two minor incidents yesterday in Winchester. At 3:30 p.m. Gordon Moore’s Gainesboro automobile backfired through the carburetor starting a small fire at Commercial and North Loudoun streets, which was extinguished before arrival. A tree hollow fire at 16 East Cecil Street, reported 8:35 p.m., was extinguished within minutes with no damage and an undetermined cause.
A historical note claims Chinese used thumbprints to sign important documents long before Christ. The statement suggests early adoption of biometric marks in administrative practice.
The first document bearing the Great Seal authorized General George Washington to arrange with the British for the exchange and better treatment of prisoners of war.
Gorillas typically walk on all fours using knuckle-walking. They occasionally stand upright to travel short distances. When running they pace with the same side limbs moving together.
Marine Corps Commandant Wallace M. Greene Jr. called antiwar demonstrators hypocritical if they do not volunteer for humanitarian work in Southeast Asia, urging Good Samaritans to act first. The same day SDS leaders proposed public service for draftees as an alternative to the draft, while FBI confirms an incident under investigation.
Police charged Ian Brady and Myra Hindley with the murder of 10 year old Lesley Ann Downey whose body was found on the Pennine moors near the Yorkshire Lancashire border. Brady also faces a charge of murdering Edward Evans 17 Hindley is charged with harboring and aiding Brady after Evans murder.
A historical note states that railroads’ telephone and telegraph wire amounts were so vast they could circle the globe 54 times. The detail underscores the scale of railroad communications in the era.
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