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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1966
Page
2
Brown of Winchester dies with multiple survivors in Virginia. Richard R. Smallwood Jr. dies in Martinsburg after 1929 birth in Clarke County. Basore and Dick families noted with funerals planned in Charles Town and Winchester area. Burial arrangements and military honors mentioned.
A notice for Troy Dick's arrangements shows a Tuesday 1 30 p m date at Timber Ridge Primitive Baptist Church on Welton Street with incomplete details. Local officials advise checking for final instructions.
Tarzan and Jane chimpanzees abducted from Brooklyn Prospect Park zoo were found today in a telephone booth on Myrtle and Franklin Avenues. An anonymous tip led police to the booth where the chimps huddled in a cardboard carton. keepers had even started a ransom fund the day prior.
Welton Nashville Strosnider 52 of Albin died at Winchester Memorial Hospital from injuries in an October 8 auto crash on Route 50 west of Winchester. Born April 5 1914 at Star Tannery he was a Polly's Cab driver survived by his widow a daughter two sons and several siblings.
Miss Virginia G. Taylor of 412 N Kent St Winchester died at home Saturday. She was born in Winchester a daughter of the late Mrs Annie McDaniel and member of Mt Carmel Baptist Church Maggie Farrar Desmond Temple No 761 Rainbow Council of Maryland Virginia and West Virginia the 3 W Club and other groups. Surviving relatives include sister Mrs Wilhelmina Clinton foster sisters Mrs Delvair Elliott and Mrs Georgia Reed nephew David Clinton and niece Mrs Joan Scarborough. Funeral services will be at Orrick Cemetery with pallbearers Frederick Taper Floyd Taper Clifford Brooks Sr James Laws and Earl Evans. Maggie Farrar Desmond Temple will hold service at the Funeral Home tomorrow at 10. Body to church one hour before service. Friends may call Cartwright Funeral Home tomorrow evening 6 to 10.
London reports a political crisis as Prime Minister Harold Wilson confronts backlash over the Blake escape from Wormwood Scrubs Prison. Blake, 44, a double agent, vanished after breaking a second story window and escaping with a rope ladder, with police suspecting a waiting car.
A 21 year old man, Robert Lee Shiggmaker, accidentally shot his left shoulder with a .22 calibre rifle Saturday at 6 45 p m. He was taken to the hospital by the Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad while his wife stayed nearby in front of their home on Caldwell Lane. A hospital spokesman said his condition was fair.
North Vernon Indiana. A mock election for students has been delayed after local politicians warned results could influence adults. Democrats and Republicans objected to the practice, which has predicted upset wins for Hartke Bayh and Welsh in past years. Students will vote November 8, same as the general election.
Three youths from Philadelphia and Kentucky were convicted in Municipal Court for petty larceny tied to a tire and jack theft from a station wagon. Mazza, Bastian, and Clevenger received 30 days in jail with six months suspended and $32.25 fines. Additional weekend thefts included a car from Winchester Rendering Service and another from a city parking lot with police still seeking suspects.
A report explains that magma viscosity in volcanoes is about 450 times thicker than castor oil, indicating extreme resistance to flow and potential impact on eruption dynamics.
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Yugoslav President Tito with Egyptian President Nasser urge an immediate halt to American bombing in North Vietnam and withdrawal of foreign forces. They insist Viet Cong participation is essential for successful peace talks and cite the 1954 Geneva accords as a path to peace.
Wall Street opened with uneven trading as the Dow average edged higher amid mixed results from major sectors. Gains in Standard Oil New Jersey American Tobacco MGM Xerox and others contrasted with fractional declines for GM Du Pont ATU S United. The Associated Press index rose to 284.3 on Friday.
Virginia forecasts show clouds tonight with low 40s to 45, Tuesday partly cloudy in the 60s, cooler Tuesday night, then Wednesday fair and mild with light northerly winds. The five day outlook calls for mild days, cool nights, little or no rain. Rainfall figures through today and past five years are listed with monthly averages and year totals. Shawnee firemen responded to a furnace fire at Shawnee Welding Service on Cedar Creek Grade. no damage reported.
The bill proposes suspended tax incentives to boost business spending as a tool against inflation. It calls for a $506 million pay raise for federal employees and a $357 million increase for military personnel. It also allows the President to call up reserves without declaring a national emergency.
Westmoreland warned that Viet Cong assassination and terror persist. He cited 33 government officials or collaborators killed, 51 kidnappings, and 122 other acts of terrorism in six weeks as the military seeks to build a secure state for South Vietnam’s governance and development.
State Police report a car ran off Rt 11 south near Abrams Creek at 2 a.m. It struck a utility pole, causing $500 damage. driver William Underwood, 32, of 22 W Cecil Sr, sustained a lacerated lip and minor injuries, treated and released.
John Mann Methodist Church marks its 108th anniversary from tonight through Friday at 8 p.m. with featured speakers each night including the Rev. Heidel berg the Rev. Newton Turner the Rev. Julius Carroll the Rev. Reginald Mercer and the Rev. Frederick Hobb. The Anniversary Banquet is set for Friday evening.
The sentence notes a scientific fact that porpoises share ancestry with land mammals, similar to whales. It states a general evolutionary relationship without specifying a study or date. The claim aligns with established evolutionary biology about cetaceans.
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