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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1963
Page
5
James Wilson, described as a minimally educated farmer, sold $310 worth of globes and related works in early American cartography. He produced maps, mathematics, geography, and astronomy materials to form a formative geographic toolset.
A 1964 Needlecraft catalog promotion offers Pattern 7120 for knit mitten patterns in sizes 4, 6, 8, and 10 years. Send 35 cents per pattern plus 15 cents mailing, to Alice Brooks in New York for single copies. include name, address, and zone.
Thirteen people were indicted as arrests broke up a counterfeit money ring that produced thousands of dollars in fake bills across seven states and DC. Warrants targeted two Norfolk brothers, Joseph Garland Dennis Jr. and Gene Autry Dennis, plus key figures Ralph Winstead, Robert Williams, Billy Ray Johnson, and Jacob McKinley Stewart. Additional indictments name Luther Whitfield, Buck Biggs, Kenneth Trutke, John Wesley Whitfield, Frank Pridgen, William Dunn, and Julia Dunn for conspiracy and passing bogus bills.
Washington reports Senate support for a resolution by Sen Church to halt U S aid to Ngo Dinh Diem's government unless it changes course. Sen Fulbright says he backs the measure, while Rusk discusses steps with the Soviet Union but cautions on quick results. House Democrats add to Kennedy tax cut plan a spending cap to block Republican pressure.
Former U.S. Senator and Judge Carl A. Hatch dies at 73 after a long illness in Albuquerque New Mexico He resigned from the federal bench in 1962 and served 16 years in the Senate Hatch helped shape atomic energy policy labor law and public lands policy He supported ideas that would lead to the United Nations Survivors include his widow one son a daughter a sister a brother and nine grandchildren.
In Dresden Marshal Andrei Greschko urged Communist nations to maintain military guard as Warsaw Pact forces wrap up what East German papers call the largest maneuvers ever. Pope Paul VI urged prayers for the Ecumenical Council in St Peter's Square as deliberations resume in two weeks. A Cuban alleged U.S. spy, Benjamin Acosta Valdes, was executed by firing squad after radio espionage activity with Miami, El Mundo reported.
Gov. Harrison reported a $2,000 donation from the Virginia Malt Beverage Association to aid two armless and legless children. The money will be placed in a special fund by Dr. Hiram W. Davis for the youngsters at the Lynchburg Training School and Hospital.
Randolph Macon Academy welcomes 310 students for the new term with 280 boarding and 30 day students. Cadets return in waves over Wednesday and Thursday, with seven international cadets from Venezuela, Panama, Cyprus, and other nations among arrivals. Local clergy will greet the returning corps as rooms, books, uniforms, and cadet regulations orientations are arranged.
Scott L. Rush, 31, a former Army sergeant who defected to China a decade ago, arrived in Los Angeles expressing confidence Americans will forgive. He said the people are democratic and will be willing to forgive someone who changes. Victor Buono, 24, was hospitalized in Hollywood with bronchial pneumonia and listed in fair condition.
Mrs Harold Brown and Sam Reaves won first in a Friday Night Duplicate Bridge Club event at the George Washington Hotel. Second place went to Mrs Osth and Mrs Joyce of Berryville. third to Mr and Mrs Glover.
The article notes the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 ceded Cape Breton Island to France. It states King Louis XV ordered a fortress to guard straits entering the St. Lawrence, reflecting imperial aims.
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