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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1970
Page
3
Bernard Gavzer explains robbery as the unlawful taking of another person’s property with intent to steal using force or intimidation. A place cannot be robbed, only a person can.
The article stresses that armed robbers use weapons in most cases and that victims should hand over valuables. It notes psychological and physical damage from crime, state victim payments, and advice to seek lighted, crowded routes and avoid dark areas. It includes survivor anecdotes and warning against fighting back.
Mt Pleasant residents note correction for Mt Pleasant United Methodist Church Homecoming. Services will be held October 18 with 10 o’clock worship, morning sermon, noon lunch, and afternoon sessions. Jean Baker will teach the Sunday School lesson.
The first adhesive postage stamps went on sale July 1 1847 a five center with a Benjamin Franklin portrait and a 10 cent stamp bearing George Washington. A ship accumulates barnacles to two or three inches thick within six to eight months after launch.
In Etosha game reserve a lion stampede followed by a zebra herd breached a camp fence near Okanejo rest camp as scouts slept. Scoutmaster M Mansfield ordered lights out and the incident occurred just after. The patrol faced a dangerous encounter with big cats and roaming wildlife in the night.
The article notes that the first military action near what is now Fort Knox was the occupation of Fort Hill in the northeastern part of the reservation by troops under Major General Don Carlos Buell in 1862.
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