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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1970
Page
5
New York City Mayor Lindsay offered Patrick V Murphy the job of police commissioner in New York City. Murphy, currently Detroit police chief, declined to confirm and said there is little point in speculation.
The Labor Day weekend traffic toll reached 612 deaths on streets and highways, surpassing the 1969 three day total but below the 688 record in 1968. The National Safety Council had estimated 570 to 670 fatalities for the 78 hour period ending Monday night.
New York AP report says customs officials seized smuggled drugs with an estimated $20 million street value and arrested 1361 people during a 12 week operation starting June 1.
Washington reports high school Chicanos increasingly protest perceived humiliation by teachers and curricula. Josue Gonzalez cites 80 percent dropout rate, while groups urge the Nixon commission to probe secondary schools amid antiwar marches and a student riot with deaths in Los Angeles.
James R. Wilkins of Winchester received Ferrum College’s Presidential Plaque at the Annual Alumni Banquet where Dr. Ralph Arthur noted his third term as president of the National Alumni Association. About 400 alumni attended as Arthur outlined the association’s progress. Mrs. Wilkins leads ShoeCenter Inc and chairs Shenandoah College board.
Paul Bisbee Sr. and Paul Bisbee Jr. spent a weekend deep sea fishing off New London Connecticut. They displayed a one day catch of 29 striped bass with two giants in the foreground. One bass measured 36 inches.
Daily lunches list meals for Monday through Friday including Beef Stew with buttered broccoli and buttered pudding on Sept 14, Hamburger on Bun Sept 15 with tiny taters and peas, Hot Dog Sept 16, Roast Beef Sept 17, and Ham Sandwich Sept 18 with vegetable soup. Desserts include cherry cake, sliced peaches, sheet cake, and jello with orange flavor. Milk and orange juice appear with meals.
Nine Austrian orphans adopted by dairy farmer and wife from Caldwell become U S citizens in U S District Court along with 39 others. The Coulsons who ran an orphanage in the 1950s say they believed the United States offered a better life for the youngsters. The adoptees are five girls and four boys aged 15 to 17.
Local notes list visits and weekend calls among residents from Poughkeepsie Appomattox Warrenton Nineveh Hagerstown and Clearbrook. Families including Steyning Snow Sine Harpine Wigginton Pence Keister and Copenhaver are mentioned alongside a brief note on Kolinsky fur from a mink species in the Soviet Union and China.
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