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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1962
Page
3
Lexington police faced a minor embarrassment when two newly acquired dogs named Bo Bo and Rex were discovered to be unlicensed. A quick trip to the county clerk’s office resolved the issue, though officials reported red faces at headquarters.
Secretary Orville Freeman announced the restoration of Carl J. Miller to chief of the U S Warehouse Act branch after discussion over bonds posted by Estes financier Pecos Texas. Miller, a 25 year veteran, earns 13250 annually and was involved in approving bonds tied to grain storage for Billie Sol Estes. The matter prompted congressional scrutiny and a House subcommittee hearing led by Rep. L H Fountain.
Freeman asserts no favored treatment for Estes in cotton allotment operations. Miller reinstated in context of Texas financier investigation. Tess Sentanany contends Estes faced no bias, while Estes argues bond determinations were favored and policy shifts followed new administration.
Ohio State University students prioritize vocational training and career preparation as top college goals. Faculty surveys show most instructors agree the leading aim is a broad general education and appreciation of ideas.
Registration week at UCLA drew 400 coeds to a campus table sign reading Fresh Women Register Here. Two 19 year olds, Steven Chodos and Fred Fryden, manned the table and collected names addresses and phone numbers. The setup served no official purpose beyond gathering female phone numbers.
George Wayman Roberts, 17, who escaped from the county jail two weeks ago, was found Wednesday enrolled at a Nashville high school. His capture ends his plan to try out for the gridiron team.
NASA announces an Explorer series satellite will launch before year’s end to study the artificial radiation belt created by a U S high altitude nuclear test. The satellite will travel in an elliptical orbit from 170 to 10350 miles, completing a orbit every five hours for at least 60 days and provide data on effects on future satellites.
NASA says a new Van Allen belt will not threaten astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr who is due for a six orbit flight around Earth on September 28. Mercury missions have been at altitudes under 200 miles. J. L. Mauthe scored 119 points for Penn State in 1912, still a one-season football record.
Pinellas County reports a day with no new suspected encephalitis cases marking guarded optimism as officials note the first zero-day since July 21 with 13 deaths and about 180 suspected cases of which 50 were lab confirmed.
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