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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1965
Page
9
Frederick County ASCS notes four dry years push farmers to seek livestock water from wells and hauled pond supplies. Fall sign up through Sept. 10 offers cost share up to 50 percent of eligible costs to a $300 per farm limit for well drilling and casing.
Richmond notes 13 traffic deaths over Labor Day weekend 1964, the best since 1960. Colonel C W Woodson Jr, head of the State Police and chair of the Governor's Highway Safety Committee, urges public awareness to keep tolls down. He says warnings rise for holidays and people drive more carefully but relax after.
Shepherd College in Shepherdstown West Virginia marks the start of its 94th academic year with a full week of orientation activities for about 1200 students including 500 freshmen. Classes begin September 13 with residence halls opened for new students at 1 30 p m and guided campus tours in the afternoon.
President Lyndon B. Johnson approves a joint conservation awards program by the National Wildlife Federation and Sears Roebuck Foundation. Virginia’s edition is led by James E. Zerkel with a Richmond banquet on Oct 18 and a January 11, 1966 Washington D.C. banquet for the national winners. The program includes the President's Award with a $2,000 prize and a Governor's Award trip, plus nine other category prizes.
U S officials expressed concern over Soviet actions seen as harassment of the cultural exchange program aimed at easing tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. Moscow rejected a U S proposal for a Hello Dolly visit while planning to allow the Moscow Philharmonic to perform in New York next month.
Virginia Tech extension notes higher prices at three summer feeder cattle sales Aug 4-6 with about 1700 head sold. Yearling steers average near $24 per cwt. lighter 500-600 lb stock around $25-$26. Staunton top calves $28.50. overall yearling heifers near $20.50.
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