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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1964
Page
12
Willis from New York, adrift on a raft, landed near the Tully River at 4 30 p m. Hank Penning a schoolteacher helped him and drove him home for dinner. Willis said he planned to move his raft to safe anchorage and hoped to lecture at the World’s Fair in New York.
At 71 William Willis completed a 10000 mile two stage solo Pacific raft voyage from Peru to Australia. He reported near death conditions from bad weather and a broken back, pressed on after repairs in Samoa, and finally reached shore near Tully Australia. He aimed to show a man past 65 remains capable of such daring feats.
Four Louisville clergymen discuss the slow, study driven craft of sermon preparation. They stress long preparation hours, evolving ideas, and the spiritual core of preaching. Each notes methods from cards to readership input, aiming for concise sermons shaped by daily life and prayer.
Evening TV slate features The Three Stooges and News programs on S and 7, Magilla Gorilla on 4, Huntley Brinkley at 5:30, classic dramas The Detectives and Burke's Law, Route 66, and an United Fund appeal. Movie options include Boomerang, Stromboli, The Lion Has Wings, Bomba, The Jungle Boy, Captive Girl, and A Yank in Korea. Also airs American Bandstand, The Tonight Show, and sports programming including World Series of Golf and Football Scoreboard.
A description notes a firefly tealed railway beetle with a red flash at the tail ends and a green glow along its sides. The passage highlights distinctive bioluminescent markings used for signaling.
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