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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1968
Page
14
DC school officials report 93.2 percent of students are Negro up from 90.9 percent last year. White enrollment fell by 1,100 while Negro students rose by 1,724 to 47,162 Negroes and 3,459 whites. Wilson High remains predominantly white at 84.5 percent.
A group of 51 priests from the San Antonio archdiocese, led by Rev. Louis R. Michalski, asks Pope Paul VI to remove Archbishop Robert E. Lucey citing age, transfers of outspoken priests, and nonrecognition of the local priests association. They stress the request stems from concern for church and people.
In about 3200 B.C. King Menes united upper and lower Egypt, founding a unified state and the start of Egypt’s recorded history. The event marks the nation’s birth and the beginning of its enduring civilization.
The General Assembly wraps three weeks of policy statements with a calm finish after Dean Rusk’s sharp critique of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. Andrei Gromyko responded moderately, stressing disarmament and seeking detente while avoiding flareups over Vietnam. Nonaligned nations steered clear of sharp Vietnam criticism to not jeopardize Paris peace talks.
Margaret Cepelka home economics teacher at Clarke County High School was elected president-elect of District N of the Virginia Education Association. She defeated James Given and George Atwell after being nominated from the floor at Loudoun Valley High School. District N covers eight counties: Frederick Clarke Loudoun Warren Rappahannock Fauquier Prince William Culpeper. She will serve 1969 71 as president elect and 1971 73 as president.
Advertisement for Printed Pattern 4629 in sizes 8 through 16 with a bust 34 option using 2 3/4 yards of 35 inch fabric. Price 65 cents plus 15 cents mailing. Send to Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star pattern dept. New York. Also promotes Fall-Winter Catalog and new sewing book with over 500 pictures.
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