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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1960
Page
7
A new voting machine camera may cut costs and time by photographing tallies at polling sites. Tested Nov 8 in Fort Lauderdale Las Vegas and Memphis, it captures date county precinct ward machine number and official signature on film for later canvass or recount.
In Smithton Pennsylvania 13 year old Kenzie Ritenour heroically lowered himself into a 20 inch wide well to pull his 2 year old brother Walter from four feet of water. Walter slipped twice but the brothers were rescued and oxygen given to the younger child before medical help arrived.
Jumpin Drive In owner Jack Jenkins installs servis tone equipment at the Mart insburg Pike location. Customers drive to a serving station press a button to order from a lighted menu and food is delivered to the car. Eight stations will each accommodate two cars.
A man rushed two boys to a nearby Mount Pleasant hospital after they were injured when a vehicle struck them. Officials reported severe shock and head bruises. Kenzie Ritenour Sr. praised his son for his brave actions.
The Moon Is Blue opens at Bark Mill Theater in a witty risque comedy. Patty O’Neill plays the innocent coquette, with Gloria Biddle as Patty and Leon Steinberg as Don Gresham delivering strong early theater debuts. Boyd Headley and Irvan O’Connell give standout turns, while Harold McQuiston directs. Tickets at Shenval Music and O’Connell Air Conditioning. some may be at the door.
At Hagertown's Mummers Parade local groups dominated with the Scarlet Rebels of Stephens City claiming first in their division and the Reuss Knights of Erin taking third. Other winners include Chambersburg senior bands, Worthington School junior division, Westminster Municipal Band, Hanover American Legion, and Gettingburg Aggressors for drill teams. Local figures Mayor Claude B Smalts attended amid fair, crisp weather.
The Associated Press reports that many Protestant churches observe Reformation Sunday with sermons against Catholic influence and a push by the National Association of Evangelicals to keep a Catholic from the White House. Presidents and clergy across the country discuss church state separation while Kennedy faces anti Catholic scrutiny.
FRONT ROYAL The Community Chest fund totals $10 941 toward a $24 000 goal. The board of directors calls a 5 p.m. meeting today in Dr. Dennis P. McCarty's office, chest president.
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