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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1962
Page
10
The State Health Department reported a 3-year-old Pittsylvania County African American girl contracted a form of paralytic polio. Health officials noted she had received one Salk vaccine dose in 1960. Three polio cases had been confirmed earlier that summer.
Bonn AP reports an estimated five thousand German children born with deformities linked to maternal thalidomide use. West German health official Josef Stralau told a news conference the peak has passed.
Ray Crim son of Mr and Mrs L S Crim Bluemont recently completed nine weeks of basic training at the Naval Training Center San Diego and is now stationed in Memphis Tennessee with a projected four year college plan and four year commissioned service. Robert D Novick assistant to the president of Novick Transfer Inc graduated August 3 from Port Security School at the Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown and attends a Reserve Port Security Unit in Washington D C. He resides with his wife and daughter at 323 Beechcroft Road and is active in the Junior Chamber Shenandoah Traffic Club and Winchester B nai B rith and Beth El Congregation.
James H. Friel of 320 Park Way Ave enlists in the U S Navy under the High School Graduates Training Program and reports to the San Diego Recruit Training Center for multiple courses. He may pursue the Enlisted Scientific Educational Program after recruit training. John H Fisher Jr of 556 N Brad dock St also enlists after graduating Handley High School in 1962. He played football General Organization Red Cross and the senior play and aims to use Navy schools and travel opportunities.
Pvt. Robert J. Turben, son of Etta M. Turben of Route 3, recently completed eight weeks of advanced individual infantry training at Fort Gordon Georgia. He entered the Army in March 1962 and was employed by Zero Packing Company before enlistment.
Seaman Richard E Blow USN son of Mr and Mrs Richard A Blow Route 1 Capron serves aboard anti submarine warfare carrier USS Essex now in drydock at New York Naval Shipyard undergoing rehabilitation and modernization with new submarine detection gear. The ship is slated to rejoin the fleet in September after duty in the eastern Atlantic during the Berlin crisis.
The outdoor comedy setting built beside Hollingsworth House at Abram's Delight will be razed next week due to hazard concerns. Ben Belchie of the Winchester Frederick County Historical Society notes the experiment between the Little Theater and the society was successful but not a plan for a permanent theater. The group plans a Winchester log cabin exhibit and a fall tour of area homes on the grounds.
Los Angeles AP reports Jill Wirxler Rath 41 files a new 100000 suit against Clark Gable's estate after withdrawing a prior similar case. She alleges Gable promised to win the money because he had persuaded her husband to join Carole Lombard and to accept a small airline settlement.
Charlottesville couple Mr and Mrs C Armonde Paxson spent nearly two months aboard the Concordia Star freight carrier, touring ports along the Mediterranean. They found freighter travel an adventure with cargo first, ships open to passengers, and unpredictable shore time.
Hollywood legend Ken Maynard recalls Tom Mix Buck Jones Hoot Gibson and himself as the era's Big Four of westerns. He notes Hoot Gibson’s long friendship, a 40 year bond, a hurtful plane crash and a back injury from a horse incident. Maynard roams rodeo circuits while nursing a broken shoulder and dreams of returning before season's end.
Chicago AP report shows safety officials warning for the Labor Day holiday as 410 to 490 people may die in the 78 hour period starting Friday evening to Monday midnight. Through July 1962 highway deaths reached 21,960, up 9 percent from 1961, with July totaling 3,840 deaths, a July record.
In Saigon, Communist guerrillas shot down two more U S Army helicopters as they airlifted troops into the central highlands. Four American advisers were wounded but not seriously, evacuated after the Thursday incidents. Names were not released.
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