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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1961
Page
14
Reports say a boat capsized in the Narmada River flood in Gujarat leaving about 70 persons feared drowned. An Indian Express report notes the vessel carried around 100 people with 20 rescued from Gonali village as responders continued efforts.
The Navy presented a 41.6 million bill for the carrier fire damage. The blaze killed fifty lives after jet fuel spilled in the hangar and ignited by welding. Navy predicts completion by Christmas as disclosed in House Appropriations testimony.
A Pittsburgh AP report says a bushy tailed squirrel is stealing candy bars from a vending machine in Schenley Park. The thief reaches in grabs a candy bar with nuts and heads to a tree to feast, showing a taste for nutty treats.
The 1962 models will offer optional front seat belt anchors with belt fastening facilities on all US manufactured cars. Some models may include rear anchors. Belts cost about 12 dollars a pair and must meet Society of Automotive Engineers specs. ACIR cites 35 percent fewer major injuries for belt wearers in crashes. Physicians widely endorse belts and support education campaigns to boost usage.
Front Royal and Lynchburg educators join departments. New hires include ick C. Landis from Front Royal with an A B at Davidson, Miss Lucy Davis of Lynchburg from Agnes Scott with an A B, and Donald E. Welch with a B S from Shepherd College assisting football.
A list of class of 1961 members and their colleges is published. Mary Aikens, Bara Deavers attend Lynchburg College. Mary Washington University and others at multiple schools including Hollins, Radford, VPI, Hampton Sydney, University of Virginia, Longwood, Westhampton, Notre Dame, Carnegie Tech, Marion, Shepherd.
Forecast lists chapel and advisory periods for September with leaders and pianists for girls and assemblies at specific times. A separate dispatch describes Columbus and two suburb layouts forming a petal pattern with Bexley and Whitehall as islands within the city.
A midnight scene in Milwaukee County sees a horse stolen from Robert Sloan's stable. The missing saddle horse vanished after a rider on a horse galloped away, leaving the sheriff to pursue a rare crime in the area. The report weaves through a dramatic night hunt and a distant river source.
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