05 Sep 1961
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1961
Page
1
Reported Labor Day period saw no local traffic deaths but nine people were injured and two cars demolished in incidents around town. Injuries ranged from minor to serious as responders aided victims at multiple crash sites. Local police urged caution during the holiday traffic surge.
Unfavorable driving weather across the region kept the Labor Day holiday traffic toll down to 384 deaths from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday 6 p.m. The total, including 24 boating fatalities 59 drownings and 72 other accidents, trails 1951 and other years but falls short of the 420 feared. Local incidents include kn ife wounds at a labor camp assault charges against Divory Anderson and multiple break ins in Winchester with thefts at the Ellis Shopping Center and other small thefts.
Brasilia AP report says the crisis blocking Joao Goulart's return has been resolved and he will fly to the capital to be sworn in. Air force dissenters were reported but denied by the air force chief. government ministers and the armed forces chief conferred to settle the issue. Brig Antonio Guedes Muniz noted as a defection leader near Brasilia.
Paris A P quotes Charles de Gaulle insisting Western Allies must hold all Berlin positions and routes, even by force if needed, amid crisis tied to Khrushchev and Soviet internal troubles he calls the likeliest cause.
President Eisenhower greeted Sgt McFarland of the Winchester Police Department after attending the rededication of the Confederate Cemetery at Hagerstown where the president was a special guest. A new four cent Workmen's Compensation Law stamp debuted in Milwaukee and rolled out locally. A Labor Day safety drive noted many trucks kept lights on, with 1,275 cars surveyed from Roanoke to Winchester and 965 with lights off. no traffic accidents were observed.
The Atomic Energy Commission announced that the Soviet Union detonated a third nuclear device in its current series. The test occurred in the low to intermediate range, in the same general area as the first two, and was set off in the atmosphere.
Clarke County Schools report 1735 pupils this September, the lowest in three years. Clarke County High School has 473 students, up from 451 last September, and down from 481 in 1959. Other schools include Berryville Elementary 695, Boyce Elementary 221, Johnson-Williams Elementary 251, and Johnson Williams High 93, with prior-year figures in parentheses.
Lane Winchester man James C. Martin 909 Cameron St. died Saturday after a TV antenna touched a power line while on a friend’s roof near Nain around 3 p.m. He was taken to Memorial Hospital and pronounced dead. Survived by son James C. Martin Jr., sisters Gretchen Mahney Elizabeth Everhart, and six brothers. Funeral held at Jones Funeral Home with pallbearers listed. Burial Shenandoah Memorial Park Cemetery.
An American tourist faces a spying charge as authorities pursue the case. The article notes limited details as officials investigate the incident.
President Kennedy kept the door open for a Soviet acceptance of a proposed atmosphere test ban despite the USSR detonating a nuclear device in the atmosphere for a second time in four days. Officials said the blast appeared unrelated to the ban effort and Kennedy returned to Nantucket after word reached him.
Belgrade witnesses 25 nonaligned nations pressing Kennedy and Khrushchev for urgent moves to ease tensions over Berlin and disarmament. Delegates plan deliver messages via special envoys possibly to Moscow and Washington, with Nehru and Nkrumah reportedly aiming to convey a separate note.
Authorities intensified the search for Bryant J. Nichols Jr. of Linden after he was suspected of shooting his estranged wife Helen Nichols 24 and Diana Taylor 13 and his son Michael. A 12 gauge shotgun was found near the scene in Warren County. The victims were seated on a back porch when a shot was fired. The injuries were described as shotgun pellets. Mrs. Nichols wore a cast on her right leg from a prior gun wound.
American tourist Marvin William Makinen of Chassell Michigan was sentenced by a Soviet military court in Kew to eight years in prison on espionage charges after a two day trial. Isvestia said Makinen confessed and noted his travels through Czechoslovakia Hungary and southern Russia with notes films and a West Berlin license plate. He studied at Free University in West Berlin and was recruited by two American agents named Bill and Dyer.
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