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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1968
Page
14
U S Weather Bureau released 30 day precipitation and temperature outlooks. The Sept 16 AP Wirephoto maps illustrate regional expectations for rainfall and warmth over the coming month.
The 20th annual National Tobacco Festival will span October 6 to 19 in Richmond with entertainment sports parades and music. The finale features a College of William and Mary versus West Virginia University Tobacco Bowl at City Stadium plus coronation of Tobaccoland Queen from 32 candidates representing nine tobacco states.
Arab gunmen shelled Bet She’an with 130 mm rockets injuring civilians. Israel retaliated against Irbid with artillery as Jordanian and Israeli forces clashed near the Allenby Bridge, part of ongoing violence along the cease fire line.
State Police estimate $1,600 damages from a car truck collision on Rt 522 near Win Trooper F. Greene set $1,000 damage to the car and $50 to the truck in the morning crash involving Mildred K. Smith and Julian A. . later, a crash at Paper Mill Road and Rt 522 left $100 damage to the car and $500 to the truck driven by John Phillip Webber and William Smelser.
Winchester Mayor William M. Battaile proclaims Constitution Week urging citizens to study the Federal Constitution and benefits of American citizenship. Congress designated September 17 to 23 each year as Constitution Week by a 1956 Senate Joint Resolution.
Winchester firemen extinguished a small blaze in pasteboard boxes on the street in front of 26 E. Clifford Street around 1:25 a.m. They reported no damage. Fire Inspector William Gode nour suggested a dropped lighted match or cigarette likely caused the fire.
The Commission of Game Inland Fisheries meeting in Richmond on July 25, 1968 adopted a new regulation effective October 1 1968 prohibiting drilling dredging and related operations to recover shell or minerals on lands in Back Bay and its tributaries from the North Carolina line to North Landing Bridge without a permit. A. Ree Ellis Chairman.
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