Two Colleges Award 332 Degrees in Commencement
Madison College conferred 227 bachelor degrees and 11 masters, including 186 BS, 24 BA, and 17 BM, plus education masters and arts. Bridgewater College granted 94 degrees as Dr. Robert F. Williams spoke on an educated mind aligned to human life, values, and democracy.
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Madison
Lancaster
Washington
G. Tyler Miller
George H. Vick
Bridgewater
Robert F. Williams
Bridgewater College
Dr. Williams
America
God
Valley Deaths Read Across Local Area
Obituary notices list Lloyd C. Blose 58 of Penn Laird Emma May Wright 85 of Toms Brook William E Flick 77 of Harrisonburg Raymond H Kuster 59 of Dayton Route 1 and Mrs Charles C Lam 84 of McGaheysville with page 8 reference for details
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Lloyd C. Blose
Penn Laird
Emma May Wright
Toms Brook
William E
Bill) Flick
Harrisonburg
Raymond Herbert Kuster
Dayton
Charles CC. Lam
McGaheysville
Eight Hundred Diplom es High School Graduations Open Tonight
About 800 graduates will receive diplomas from 12 schools in Rockingham Shenandoah Page Augusta and Harrisonburg during this week long series of ceremonies. The schedule lists venues and times for Broadway Elkton Montevideo Turner Ashby Central Woodstock Fort Defiance Harrisonburg Stonewall Jackson Luray Simms Page County and West Luray among others with a total cohort per school ranging from 10 to 130. Local valedictorians salutatorians and speakers are named for each program. Also notes Indian President Radhakrishnan arrives at Langley AFB for a 10 day state visit.
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Rockingham
Shenandoah
Page
Augusta
Harrisonburg
Broadway
Elkton
Montevideo
Stonewall Jackson
Turner Ashby
Central
Woodstock
Fort Defiance
Harrisonburg High School
Simms
Page County
Luray
Donna Lantz
Timberville
James Orndoff
Luella Graber
Daniel Zinn
Dayton
Carolyn Landes
Charles W. Wampler Jr
Ida Sue Swartz
James C. Miller
Linda Tysinger
Jane Rea
Claudette Hamilton
Suzanne Cave
Judy Cubbage
Ruth Gue
Kenneth Hockman
Judith Quintrell
Ann
Betty Sessoms
Paul B. Walter
University of Virginia
Mary Frances Sedwick
Marleen Berry
Katherine Chapman
Irene Fox
Catherine Mauck
Joyce Sloat
Donna Spitler
Thomas Bray
Garvin Dickerson
Annette Curry
Janet Fadely
Edinburg
Kathleen Myers
Ann Lowman
Early Flory
Augusta County
West Luray
Owen Preston
Church of Brethren
Alfred K. Talbot Jr
The
Virginia Teachers Assn
Viola Elizabeth Williams
Belle Meade Sanitary District Meeting Tonight 730
A dinner meeting at Belle Meade to discuss a proposed sanitary district along US 11 south of the city limits will be held at 7 30 this evening. Cletus Sellers invites residents and business interests to attend with Rockingham Board of Supervisors as special guests.
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US 11
Belle Meade
Cletus Sellers
Rockingham Board of Supervisors
Sellers
Board of Supervisors
Pike Church
Chesapeake - Western Railway
Rockingham County
Belle Meade and
Holiday Inn
Valley Lanes
Walker Manufacturing Co
Maphis-Chapman Corp
Sellers Furniture
Echo Restaurant
Hudson Garden Center
Harrisonburg
Bryan Memorials
Navy commander says Soviet overflights show fear of U S carriers
Admiral John H. Sides of the Pacific Fleet says recent Soviet reconnaissance flights over U S aircraft carriers reveal Moscow’s anxiety over U S sea power. He cites the carriers as a decisive obstacle and notes the Cuban crisis demonstrated naval strength.
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Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
U.S
John H. Sides
U.S. Pacific
Sides
Associated Press
Department of Defense
Defense Department
Atlantic
Pacific
Robert 5. McNamara
McNamara
Navy
Air Force
Navy Resumes Search For Sub Thresher
The Navy renewed the hunt for the sunken submarine Thresher off Massachusetts after cameras failed to confirm hull remains. Dr. J. Lamar Worzel testified at Portsmouth about five photographs but could not identify any part of the Thresher, which vanished with 129 crew aboard on April 10.
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Navy
J. Lamar Worzel
Lamont Geological Observatory
Navy Court of Inquiry
Massachusetts
Pakistan Cyclone Devastates East Pakistan Death Toll Soars
President Ayub Khan toured East Pakistan to assess storm havoc after last week’s cyclone. Official reports cited about 22,000 dead as bodies and carcasses drifted with debris in the flooded regions.
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Dacca
East Pakistan
Ayub Khan
Tuesday Red Front Specials Outdoor Market Ad
Park Lane Ice Cream 2 gal 49c Lean Fresh Hamburger 1 lb 39c Calif. Lopes 3 for $1.00 Double S&H Green Stamps Now located across from Safeway Ground floor free parking Homeland Realty Co.
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S&h
RED Front Super Met. Inc
Safeway
Homeland Realty CO
Quiet Sunday in racial front spurs push for desegregation laws
A nationwide chorus of civil rights voices urged rapid passage of new desegregation laws amid calls to curb mass demonstrations. Leaders from parties white and Black, and both houses, pressed Congress to act while Birmingham awaits federal court Monday as Governor Wallace faces potential bans on delaying efforts.
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Congress
Birmingham
Ala
George C. Wallace
Yemen UAR merger talks begin in Cairo
Yemeni President Abdulla Sallal and UAR President Gamal Nasser opened the first round of merger talks in Cairo. They reviewed cooperation since the Yemeni revolution last September and agreed to form subcommissions to study future cooperation and resolve shared issues. Sallal led the revolt that toppled Imam Mohammed el Badr.
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Cairo
Egypt
Abdulla Sallal
United Arab Republic
Gamal Nasser
Yemen
UAR
Nasser
Sallal
Roy Wilkins Among Those Arrested For Demonstrating
In Jackson Mississippi police arrested 91 demonstrators including Roy Wilkins while protests against segregation grow. James Meredith and comedian Dick Gregory were listed as scheduled speakers for a Sunday rally after a Sabbath calm in the capital. Elsewhere Alabama Governor George Wallace faced a federal subpoena for a court appearance in New York ahead of a TV interview.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Allen C. Thompson
Roy Wilkins
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Dick Gregory
Alabama
George Wallace
Birmingham
New York
Wallace
U.S
Seybourn H. Lynne
Fairgrounds Motel under scrutiny at Mississippi state fairgrounds
AP reports at the State Fairgrounds in Jackson Black youths housed in two 90 by 140 foot buildings with hogwire barriers, one for males the other for females. About 80 boys and 50 girls with no adults present. Police investigate an alleged incident defended by officials.
Pope John XXIII Battles Decline With Dying Resolve
The 81 year old Pope John XXIII entered a fourth day of decline in St. Peter's as he suffered another collapse. Vatican officials reported he remained conscious though too weak to bless at times while doctors treated him with pain killers and heart stimulants. His brothers, sister and relatives kept vigil at his side as thousands gathered in the rain in St. Peter's Square awaiting further word.
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Associated Press
Vatican City
John XXIII
Vatican Radio
Vatican
St. Peter's Square
Thousands Gather for Prayer Vigil for Ill Pope at St Peter's
Thousands filled St Peter's Square on Pentecost Sunday to pray for Pope John XXIII whose appearance from the window did not occur. Reporters describe a hushed, devout crowd, with rain soaking the piazza as worshippers remained on their knees in prayer.
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St. Peter's Square
John XXIII
Pope John
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