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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1961
Page
3
Twenty five new veniremen were summoned to finish the Spotsylvania County murder trial panel of Melvin Davis Rees Jr. The 32 year old Hyattsville jazz musician is charged with killing Carroll Vernon Jackson Jr. and his family.
About twelve local government officials from Winchester Berryville and area cities plan to attend the Virginia Municipal League meeting in Norfolk September 24 to 26. Attendees include Mayor Claude Smalts Jr Dorothy Allen city manager Lee Grant and councilmen Zuckerman Gore Dearing Hinkle Cather Goodman along with Berryville Town Manager Enders and city officials from Roanoke Middletown Stephens City not represented. The program features Morison Gordon Sharpe and Roy Webber with tours at the Norfolk Navy Base and urban renewal areas as nearly 1 000 delegates gather for sessions awards banquet and a dance.
County firemen heard a program on Civil Defense by Roger Koontz at the Gore Fire Hall. Plans were voiced for a Civil Defense school with three volunteers from each company. Koontz to announce schedule later. Attendance by multiple towns was listed and emergency runs noted.
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An omnibus suit filed in U S District Court seeks to end racial segregation in all Lynchburg public facilities. Led by Rev Virgil Wood of the Lynchburg Improvement Association and two others the action targets city parks pools courts jails hospitals and other municipally owned buildings. Defendants include judges Burks Cundiff and Wingo.
A Mount Ayr resident jokes with a lawn sign reading Tooth Acres on the yard of Dr. Charles W. Lawhead a local dentist. The playful misreading draws smiles from passersby and neighbors.
Dear Abby answers letters on puzzle obsessed wife hair cut myths and a blended family adopting each other children. The letter writer asks how to handle inquisitive friends and children’s confusion about which children belong to whom. Abby notes no truth to haircut affecting speech and advises clear family boundaries.
A curious reader study notes blunt replies to rude questions about children and parenting. The piece shifts to a confessional tone urging silence and restraint. It then promotes Abby's booklet How To Have a Lovely Wedding with a 50 cent request to Beverly Hills California.
Ly man H. Roth a veteran Mississippi River boat pilot who held a license for 47 years died Sunday in Burlington Iowa He operated a barge and towboat on the upper Mississippi for many years.
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