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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1969
Page
12
Treasury and Secret Service report a decline in counterfeit coins and slug use. Authorities target beer can ring fraud and other imitations, with manufacturers adjusting ring designs to curb the problem.
The piece notes improved vending and coin-acceptance tech cut slugging, with Walter Reed of the National Automatic Merchandisers Association saying most coins are now rejected if not proper. Yet authorities warn slugging remains a national issue with losses to coin laundries turnpikes and Bell Telephone pay booths, while one man allegedly swallows evidence to dodge prosecution.
Cross Roads visitors from Lawrence Hahn and Bernard Hahn family visited in Kingwood West Virginia on Sunday. A stork shower for Mary Boone was hosted at Capon Bridge Fire Hall Saturday night with several attendees including Genene Smith Helen Lepley and Audra Line. Recent W J Line home guests included Luther Peacemaker and sons from White Hall and J M Buckbee and wife from Romney. Kenneth Meade and family hosted visitors Kenneth Whitacre and Michelle plus Bernard Hahn and Dwain.
A listing of 1960s and early 1970s films and TV features across the day and night slots. Highlights include Days of Thrills and Laughter compilation, Come Fly With Me with Delores Hart, Wake of the Red Witch with John Wayne, The Benny Goodman Story, Yesterday Today and Tomorrow with Sophia Loren, The gon with Christopher Lee, Untamed Frontier with Joseph Cotton, and notes on songwriters Lyn Duddy and Jerry Bresler.
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