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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1968
Page
6
World War II general Anthony McAuliffe faced a German demand to surrender at Bastogne on December 23, 1944. His curt reply Nuts! became a lasting emblem of American resolve.
Sonotone introduces its smallest in ear model the SONET weighing one tenth of an ounce with battery. The device sits inside the ear without cords tubes or wires. Free non operating replica available by phone visit or mail inquiry.
Nixon details a new program phase focusing on crime control and Social Security pension increases, attacking Humphrey and Wallace. He pledges a national crime council, a police academy, and local funding reforms while planning tax and inflation proposals and regional campaign stops through Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, and the South.
Residents along Mills Creek in Wake fear severe pollution that has turned water black and foul, killed fish and crabs, and stained property. Kennth Claire and W W F Grnell describe striking damage as experts from Virginia Institute of Marine Science and the State Water Control Board take water samples for tests.
A new citizens group in Virginia named United Virginians for Humphrey-Muskie aims to win independent voters for the Democratic ticket. Board members include Dr. John Wheeler of Roanoke Hollins College, Eldon James of Hampton, Fred T. Francis and Charles Langhorne of Richmond, and Louis Spilman of Waynesboro News-Virginian.
Seven of eight reservists from the 173rd Petroleum Co. left Ft. Lee for overseas duty after a legal fight to avoid Vietnam service. One stayed behind. Army officials did not identify the nonparticipating member. The group included Joe Don Looney. The Fourth Circuit refused further stays, denying a national emergency or war declaration. The reservists failed to secure Supreme Court relief Douglas had granted others.
Virginia Senator William B. Spong Jr joins Senator Harry F. Byrd in opposing Supreme Court nominee Abe Fortas. He cites Fortas advisory ties to President Johnson and lectures for which he earned fees as concerns. Spong warns of danger to judicial independence and separation of powers.
Fisher Watkins Bruce, a Virginia Tech graduate and former chairman of the Chesterfield County Democratic Committee, collapsed and died of a heart attack after the Williams College football game at Williamsburg. He was vice president and treasurer of R. B. Augustine Insurance Agency in Richmond. Funeral services were held in Richmond.
The BetheEl Congregation of Winchester led by Rabbi Joseph Messing will begin Yom Kippur on Tuesday at 8 p.m. The 24-hour fast marks a 40 day period of self examination and spiritual stock-taking. The day emphasizes repentance, self-scrutiny, confession, and seeking divine forgiveness in the Yom Kippur liturgy.
In Madras a public well near the statue of Avvayyar becomes a scene where people air private matters. The renowned India poetess had urged discretion, yet crowds spill secrets at the spot.
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