Washington Faces Race Tensions and Crime Outlook
In Washington D C storm warnings of racial strife rise as crime spikes and poverty, unemployment and delinquency affect the predominantly Negro capital. Attorney General Kennedy calls the situation serious but controllable and vows steps to reverse trends with housing discrimination debates pending.
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Washington
Sterling F. Green
South
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Associated Press
D. C
United States
AP Washington
Sterling Green
Virginia
Maryland
Commission On A
Reds Orbit First Woman Hopes For Rights Bill Rise
The AP reports that fear of widespread racial disorders increases the chance the Senate may curb filibustering and pass a civil rights bill this year. A survey shows shifting opinions since 1962 but warns of stiff Southern resistance to cloture.
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Jack Bell Washington
Senate
Associated Press
Kennedy
Congress
Markers to Honor Lincoln Family Founders Erected in Two States
Lincoln family founders known as Virginia John and Rebekah Flowers Lincoln will be honored with grave markers unveiled at a family cemetery north of Edom at 1 15 p m. Mrs Robert W H Duncan president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution will unveil markers supplied by Massanuttan chapter DAR and the Rockingham Historical Society.
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Rockingham
Lincoln
Virginia
Kentucky
John
Rebekah Flowers Lincoln
Edom
Robert W. H. Duncan
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Massanuttan
DAR
Rockingham Historical Society
Famed Civil War Locomotive The General Heads to Harrisonburg
The 102 year old General locomotive will travel under its own power to Harrisonburg on Friday with its coach museum open to visitors Friday evening through Sunday. The event is hosted by the Chesapeake Western Railway and supported by local historical groups as it proceeds to Gettysburg for the 100th anniversary observance. The engine is scheduled to arrive at Elkton at 2 20 p.m. Friday on Norfolk and Western tracks.
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Harrisonburg
Chesapeake-Western Railway
C-W
Farm Bureau
Gettysburg
Elkton
Norfolk and Western
Valley Deaths Notice Names Five Local Residents
Obituary notice lists James Harry Tasker 70 Harrisonburg Mrs J Fred Moyers 78 Franklin James Wesley Dadisman Sr 57 Harrisonburg Lawrence F Bowman 54 Mt Jackson Mrs John W Vaughan Sr 84 Luray with details to follow on page 9
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James Harry Tasker
Harrisonburg
J. Fred Moyers
Franklin
James Wesley Dadisman, Sr
Lawrence F. Bowman
Mt. Jackson
John W. Vaughan Sr
Luray
Guards Train With New Pistols and Tank at Rawley Springs
Virginia National Guard Co. C soldiers, now armored, conduct range drills with .45 pistols while other guards staff the Armory showing a new M41A1 light tank. Five recruits will depart to Fort Knox for six months active duty, as the unit seeks to increase its ranks before annual camp. First Sgt. George Baker invites inquiries at the Armory for enlistment.
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Co. C
Virginia National Guards
Rawley Springs
George Baker
Fort Knox
E. L. Forren
J. R. Homan
R. E. Phillips
W. A. Shaver
J. R. Smoluse
Sgt. Baker
Stockholders Meeting Set for June 24 at Broadway High
The 22nd Annual Stockholders' Meeting of the Rock Poultry Co op will be held Monday, June 24 at 9 30 A M EDT at Broadway High School. Directors and management urge attendance. Henry P Deverle M D represents the out of town physician and a summer dress sale at Larson's Fabric Center is announced.
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Henry P. Deverle
M.D
Larson’s Fabric Center
Rock
Poultry Met
COOP
Broadway High School
Directors & Management
Debate Set Today as Macmillan Faces Scandal Storm
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan returned to London buoyant and confident ahead of Monday's Parliament debate on the sex scandal. Aides said he rallied his cabinet and much of the party to face intense opposition from Labor and defend his handling of the affair.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Labor Party
Macmillan
Ian Orr-Ewing
the Admiralty
Enoch Powell
John Profumo
Christine Keeler
Profumo
Miss Keeler
Yevgeny Ivanov
Ben-Gurion Resigns From Israeli Post on Personal Grounds
Israel shocks world by announcing Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion has resigned for personal reasons, declaring the move not tied to any state problem. Cabinet ministers were kept uninformed, fueling speculation over security disputes involving German scientists aiding Egypt.
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Jerusalem
Israel
David Ben-Gurion
Ben-Gurion
Ben- Gurion
United Arab Republic
Mapai
Basel
Switzerland
Egypt
Tes
Pair Of Russians In Space Mission Sparks Space Rendezvous Hopes
Valentina Tereshkova the first woman cosmonaut and Lt Col Valery Bykovsky orbited Earth in separate Vostok craft. Officials noted slight altitude loss and debated a potential orbital link up or a future joint mission.
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Valentina Tereshkova
Earth
Moscow
Valentina
Soviet Union
Miss Tereshkova
Valery Bykovsky
Bykovsky
Khrushchev
Four Negro women attend white church in Jackson
Four young Negro women entered St Andrew's Episcopal Church in Jackson to attend Sunday service becoming the first such admission to a white Protestant church since protests began. Other white churches denied entry to small groups of Negro worshippers and a tense atmosphere followed the killing of Medgar Evers.
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Jackson, Miss
Jackson
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Medgar Evers
Meridian
Arlington National Cemetery
Washington
D.C
Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Out of Office Dining and Closing Notices
A local notice announces an all you can eat event from June 6 to July 7 with fried chicken at 1.40 until June 22. It also states a closing on Monday June 17 and mentions a VFW shooting match at Rockingham Fair Grounds and an employees fishing trip on July 4 at 10 00 a.m. with names including Hellen G Herbert and Howard Johnsons.
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Hellen G. Herbert
Howard Johnson’s
Harrisonburg
VFW
Rockingham
Fair Grounds
Ex-President Hoover Remains Seriously Ill in New York
Former President Herbert Hoover, 88, remains very ill in Manhattan with irregular heart action and a low grade fever. Physicians report no further gastrointestinal bleeding in 16 hours and say he is resting quietly with limited visitors, while noting his past cancerous intestinal tumor and prior bladder surgery.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Waldorf Towers
Manhattan
Ralph H. Boots
Rudolph N. Schullinger
Fordyce B. St. John
Hoover
Allan
Herbert Jr
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Gail Bladder
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
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