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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1960
Page
7
A humorous roundup of midlife quirks as people turn 40. Shifting habits include swapping tennis for shuffleboard, avoiding politics with under-40s, preferring bicarbonate over aspirin, widening collars for comfort, and plotting dinner table ironies.
The Shenandoah Valley Motel Association will hold a regular meeting at 11 am October 4 at Skyline Restaurant Front Royal attendees include representatives from all divisions and a lunch at 12:80 pm A spokesman said officials from National Park Service Shenandoah National Park and Blue Ridge Parkway will be present The Front Royal Division meets at 10 am September 13 at Royal Motel Hotel
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller plans about 120 campaign speeches for the Republican ticket after visiting Vice President Nixon at Walter Reed Army Hospital where Nixon is treated for a knee infection. Nixon will depart Sept. 12 on a six day tour of 14 states. Rockefeller will emphasize industrial states and aims to carry New York and the nation in November. He will join Henry Cabot Lodge on a New York area tour this weekend while Lodge awaits full campaign freedom after UN ambassadorship resignation. Nixon plans to leave Sept. 11 to begin a heavy campaign swing to Indianapolis Dallas San Francisco Portland Vancouver Boise Grand Forks Milwaukee Atlantic City Roanoke Omaha Guthrie Center Council Bluffs Red Oak Atlantic Des Moines Des Moines Sioux City and Minneapolis St Paul.
In Richmond, Gov J Lindsay Almond Jr charges I Lee Potter and the Virginia GOP with dragging religion into the 1960 presidential race. Potter counters Almond and Battle blame Republicans for the religious topic while noting no GOP talk of religion.
David Headley county supervisor for the Farmers Home Administration will not hold his regular Winchester office period on Monday due to a holiday. He will be in the County Agent's Office in Winchester on September 13 from 10 to 11 a.m. instead. His Front Royal office period remains Friday from 10 a.m. to noon.
The wedding of Miss Sandra Lee Finley and Herman R. Washington Jr. is scheduled for September 25 at St Paul AME Church, correcting an earlier notice that listed September 8.
Francised. A San Francisco North Beach report notes beatniks shifting from original bohemian roots to a tourist driven scene. Original beatniks disperse to Venice Beach New Orleans and beyond while newcomers imitate the style. Hubert the Cube entertains tourists in a North Beach saloon window.
Memorial Hospital reported 122 births in August 1960, 63 boys and 69 girls, the year's second highest total and the first month this year with more girls than boys. Twins occurred once this August, bringing 1960 year total to seven. The August average over the last decade is 122 births, the highest monthly average this year. Horace Walker of Michigan State set a Big Ten rebounding record with 256 boards in 14 games.
In Richmond Stafford officials turned away seven Negro pupils from Stafford High, four boys and a girl, as they attempted to enter. The state pupil placement board or courts would decide their schooling. several transfer requests dated July 12 were found but not acted on. Names include Stevenson Roosevelt Tyler and Lois Mae Vines of Stafford. Susie Smith and Carl Chavis tried at Portsmouth.
Accompanied by their mothers, friends and Lawrence Chambers, Negro head of the school committee of the United Civic League.
In Virginia a 22 year old crop sprayer pilot Fred Robertson Jr. of Danville died when his light plane hit a farm wire near a pole two miles south of Tappahannock. Engine failure is a possibility cited by investigators though the exact cause remains unknown. Robertson worked for a spraying service in South Boston owned by Al Vaughan and had just covered about 290 acres that day.
The county medical examiner reported Robertson died from a broken neck and other injuries after a crash at the W. T. Green wood farm yesterday. The note mentions the founding of the Professional Golfers Association of America in 1916.
A painter explains that removing old deteriorated coats before applying new ensures a fresh appearance. The ad promotes thorough prep work and references Beauty Work of Distinction located at 19 N Braddock St MO 25815.
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