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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1960
Page
3
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear a challenge to Virginia s recidivist statute that imposes extra sentences on multi felony offenders. William R Sims, a Virginia inmate, argues the law unfairly targets those with prior Virginia convictions only.
Nikita Khrushchev outlined a plan to revamp the United Nations with three co directors representing the West, the Communist bloc, and neutral nations. He warned that without reform the world would remain in a cold war and urged continued dialogue with leaders including Nehru and Castro while hosting discussions at a Glen Cove estate.
President Eisenhower arrives in New York for high level talks with India’s Prime Minister Nehru and President Gamal Abdel Nasser of the United Arab Republic. Police estimate 750 000 in crowds greet the President as he checks into the Waldorf Astoria. Francis Cardinal Spellman accompanies Eisenhower to a charity dinner where he will speak before meetings. The Nehru session is scheduled for 3 p.m. with Nasser to call about an hour and a half later.
A car speeding over 100 mph crashed into a cattle herd near Idaho Falls. Eleven cows and a cowboy’s horse died, along with two men, Phil Garner 26 and Jay Brown 39, in the Idaho Falls area. Four others were seriously injured.
A speaker condemned anti Communist demonstrators as expressions of American culture and claimed the Soviets could shoot a man into space while noting no spaceman launch has been attempted yet and offering a run on the Communist ticket if allowed.
New York AP market data shows the Dow off 6.62 at noon to 578.58 and the AP average down 2.00 at 207.50 amid broad declines in steels and chemicals. Bond markets were mixed as traders and analysts note a recession and seek a firmer base for a potential rally.
Gov. J. Lindsay Almond Jr. urged Virginians to observe October 15 to 21 as National Newspaper Week. He said newspapers inform the public and help shape opinions for voting and personal affairs in Richmond.
Chicago grain prices opened mixed with wheat flat to slightly higher at December $1.93 and corn oats and soybeans showing modest declines. Traders awaited market catalysts as early session activity remained subdued on the Board of Trade.
The Virginia Association of Rescue Squads chose Danville as the site for its 1962 convention with the date to be announced later. The selection came near the close of the association's annual meeting in Fredericksburg. The group will meet in Virginia Beach next year.
Richmond area quotes for agricultural commodities include No 2 red winter wheat 1.76 per bushel No 2 yellow shelled corn 1.07 No 2 white shelled corn 1.27 No 2 oats 54 cents No 3 barley 90 cents and No 2 soybeans 1.99 per bushel all prices per bushel.
Rebie Kathrine Crafton age 34 died yesterday in her Richmond kitchen after allegedly falling against a lit stove. Her father said she suffered increasingly severe epileptic seizures.
Ruth Rowland Nichols 59 famed aviator was found dead in her New York City apartment Sunday. Police will determine cause after a medical exam, with initial labeling as a possible suicide. Nichols, a society figure and aviation pioneer, last set a women’s speed record in 1958 flying an Air Force jet over 1000 mph at 51 000 feet at Suffolk County Base.
In Tampa Florida eight year old Gary Wilhite fished with a shovel and landed a six pound bass in his yard beside the Hillsborough River. The river had risen over the yard fence during recent flooding. His mother Arline Wilhite helped confirm the unusual catch.
Matilda Aunt Lis Rogers of Waynesville North Carolina will turn 110 on Saturday. Her family of 278 includes 5 sons 4 daughters 65 grandchildren 79 great grandchildren and 125 great great grandchildren. She married Robert Newton Rogers at 18. he died 44 years ago. Her party is planned for Sunday.
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