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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1962
Page
5
RAIFORD FL A P report says Joel Smith 25 and William E Leach 24 were electrocuted in the state prison electric chair for killing a fellow prisoner three years ago. Warden DeWitt Sinclair said both claimed they planned the killing to move up in prison society.
The Commercial and Savings Bank notifies under Virginia law that funds in excess of 1000 dollars held for the deceased Guy Baughman will be delivered to J Harrison Miller as Administrator of the Estate of Guy Baughman. The deceased was a non resident of Virginia.
Farmers and Merchants National Bank sues Richard Hulan Coughlan and Jeanette Owens to attach a 1956 Ford and collect $325 plus interest and fees. Coughlan listed as nonresident with last known address in Fairfax Virginia. He must appear within ten days after publication and the order runs weekly for four weeks in Winchester Evening Star. Judge W. E. Edwards signs.
The last of 800 American military advisers will be withdrawn from Laos on October 6 per U.S. sources. The deadline reaches under the Geneva agreement, regardless of whether all Communist North Vietnamese are out.
The New China News Agency reported that Indian forces killed three Chinese frontier sentries and wounded two officers in an attack on a guard post in Tibet on Monday.
A Pei ping broadcast notes ongoing fighting this afternoon with reports of clashes persisting in the area.
In Waukegan Illinois Richard D Jorgensen 33 skidded into the path of his wife's car in a head on collision that hospitalized JoDonna 38. Both cars were wrecked.
Hanover AP report says Kenneth Dudley murder case prosecutor Campbell will testify as a witness, creating a dual role conflict. Dudley and wife Irene Dudley face murder charges over their daughter Carol Ann’s February 1961 starvation death near Lawrenceville Virginia.
A gray horse found wandering Palatka is kept in the city dog pound due to lack of better housing. Officials hope an owner claims the animal soon. The city ordinance caps upkeep at $1 per day regardless of feeding.
Earl McCloud of Duncan Oklahoma dropped a lantern during a fishing trip and later hauled anchor to discover the lantern still attached to the line. The artifact remained intact after a year at sea, a testament to its rugged construction and the patience of the fisher.
A federal judge, John D. Butzner Jr., signals a delay before ruling on an injunction request to enroll three Black pupils in all white Powhatan County schools. He will await the Pupil Placement Board's action on transfer applications, while noting county officials may close public schools if ordered to desegregate. Sixty-five Negro students seek enrollment, but three seek immediate action.
A Virginia poultry owner may claim compensation from the county when his animals are killed or injured by a dog not owned by him. The attorney general notes state law requires reasonable payment for such losses, citing a case where 399 chickens suffocated in a panic caused by a dog.
Fire damaged a six room one story frame house on Dick's Hollow Road. Refrigerator stove and tables were burned and a sofa and chair destroyed. two rooms connected by an open door. Smoke damage reported in the rest of the house owned by Henry Boyce and occupied by tenant James Sisk. Round Hill Fire Co. sent two trucks Gainesboro Fire Co. was alerted but stood by en route under control.
Mainz sits in a natural amphitheater on a tranquil bend of the Rhine river, a historic setting associated with iconoclastic printing pupil Johann Gutenberg, shaping its heritage and scenic landscape.
Havana AP reports Cuban health officials urged stricter plant checks after residents found pins, slivers, and other objects in soft drinks. At a Matanzas meeting irate speakers claimed bottles contained debris and fungi as officials confirm contamination concerns.
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