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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1964
Page
3
Paris AP reports Laos negotiations falter as pro Communist Pathet Lao not yet offering new terms. Premier Souvanna Phouma plans a Saturday news conference and farewell statement before returning to Laos amid disputes over neutralist troops and Plaine des Jarres.
Peter Gundersen, a Norwegian born former mental patient who spent 10 months at Utah State Hospital in 1924, gave 25000 to the hospital chapel fund. Now 79 he plans to leave the rest of his savings to the hospital upon death and credits the institution with his later success as a contractor and home builder.
Fairfax lawyer James W. Respess offers Virginians a choice for progress peace and prosperity opposing Byrd and May. He backs the national Democratic platform education aid Social Security Medicare tax reform and poverty relief and runs a person to person campaign without mass media.
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, hoarse but hopeful after a Texas swing, campaigns in Arkansas with Gov. Orval Faubus, arguing Goldwater would weaken rural electrification and government programs. He cites Rural Electrification Administration, TVA, and other federal power efforts as key to progress, while noting paperback sales as a trend in education.
The Castro government plans weekly Cubana Airlines flights from Havana to Nassau, prompting U S pressure on Britain to block the service. Washington bans Cuba trade and seeks allies to follow suit while Cuba pursues routes beyond its borders.
Corning Glass Works will construct a 128 acre plant five miles south of Blacksburg on U S 460 to manufacture borosilicate glass piping and Pyrex components. Start of construction is immediate with first operations planned next summer and about 300 jobs to begin, mostly locally. Conrad R Stemski will be plant manager and about 40 supervisory staff will transfer here from Corning.
Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, the second American to orbit Earth, is promoted from lieutenant commander to commander. He will also serve as executive assistant to Robert R. Gilruth, director of the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston.
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