Drought-Scarred Shenandoah Valley Sees Patchy Rain Relief
Rain fell in parts of the Shenandoah Valley easing drought pressures with amounts up to 1 inch in Weyers Cave and Mt. Sidney while other areas saw scant precipitation. The Dale Enterprise station reported a very dry June, with total rainfall about 0.79 inches for the month, and forecasts noting one of the lowest seasons in decades.
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Weyers Cave
Mt. Sidney
Dale Enterprise
Harrisonburg
McGaheysville
Timberville
Fulks Run
Cedar Run
Singers Glen
Mathias
W. Va
Rockingham
Roul M. Hanson
Madison College
Shenandoah Valley
Kennedy honors West Virginia centennial in rain soaked ceremony
President Kennedy visited Charleston to mark West Virginia’s 100th statehood anniversary. About 10 000 people braved heavy rain as Kennedy delivered a three minute speech acknowledging the state for helping propel him to the White House and expressing political indebtedness to West Virginia voters.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kennedy
White House
West Virginia
State Capitol
Capitol
Valley Deaths Prolific clergyman dies at 61
The Rev. Arnold R. Showalter of Bridgewater, 61, and R. Rufus Souder, 82, of Mathias are noted in Valley obituaries. For details see Page 13.
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Arnold R. Showalter
Bridgewater
R. Rufus Souder
Mathias
Lawn Party at Lacey Spring June 22
Community event at Lacey Spring Herwin Church on June 22 featuring Plenty Country Ham and gatherings on the old school grounds. Residents attend for food socializing and local fellowship.
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Lacey Spring-Herwin Church
Lacey Spring Old School
Plenty Country Ham
Turner Ashby FFA Wins Virginia Best Chapter Award
The Turner Ashby High School Future Farmers of America chapter in Rockingham County won the Virginia state best chapter contest at the 37th annual convention in Blacksburg. Montevideo High School’s Rockingham chapter placed third behind Robert E. Lee of Appomattox. Turner Ashby will vie for national honors at the Kansas City FFA Convention in October.
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Daily News Record
Blacksburg
Rockingham County
FFA
Turner Ashby High School Vocational Agriculture Department
Montevideo High School
Rockingham
Robert E. Lee
Appomattox County
Turner Ashby
Kansas City
Turner Ashby Ffa
Future Farmers of America
Virginia
Lowell Adams
R. C. Cupp
R. Z. Arey
W. C. Yowell
Elkton
Virginia Future Farmers Assn
Profumo Lying Condemned by Commons in Scathing Ruling
The House of Commons censured John Profumo for lying about his affair with Christine Keeler, naming him in contempt and spelling political oblivion. Keeler, under guard after threats, left her West End flat only with detectives nearby as Ward faces charges linked to the villa parties at Cliveden and earning income from prostitutes.
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Tom Reedy
London
House of Commons
John A. Profumo
Christine Keeler
West End
Profumo
Miss Keeler
Eugene Ivanov
Scotland Yard
Stephen Ward
Lord Astor
Cliveden
Ivanov
Ward
The General Arrives in Harrisonburg for Three Day Stay
The Civil War locomotive The General arrives at 6 45 p m today for a three day visit hosted by Robert F E McGuire of Chesapeake Western Railway. Daughters of the Confederacy Harrisonburg Rockingham Civil War Commissions and Shenandoah Valley Civil War Round Table assist. Schedule lists water stops fuel and display times with short guest trips.
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Elkton
Chesapeake-Western Railway
Robert FE. MccGuire
Daughters of the Confederacy
Harrisonburg
Rockingham
Shenandoah Valley Civil War Round Table
Mr. McGuire
Grottoes
Shenandoah
Norfolk and Western
Chesapeake-Western Line
Grace St
Pleasant Valley Post Office Rebrands After Bid Then Rush of Mail
After 90 years the Rockingham post office in Pleasant Valley will be renamed on July 1. Residents request last day Rockingham June 30 and first day Pleasant Valley July 1 postmarks. Mail from across the country seeks the new cancellations.
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Pleasant Valley
Post Office Department
Rockingham
Mattoon
Downers Grove
Ill
Hollywood
Kelso
Sumas
Wash
San Bernadino
Palo Alto
Oakland
Calif
DeLand
Fla
Overland
Nyssa
Ore
Ground Beef Price Correction and Safeway Vacation Notice
Correction: 42 lb packages of ground beef priced at 1.45 instead of 1.75. Safeway announces closure from July 1 to July 8 for employee vacation. Bowman Bag Co.
Pipe Rupture Held Cause of Subs Sinking
The Thresher sinking likely resulted from a ruptured engine room pipe under high pressure. The court of inquiry found no sabotage and noted no survivors or final messages from the crew. Missing hull hindering confirmation, deep-water cameras not yet used for examination.
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Washington
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Fred Korth
New England
Navy Department
Thresher
Poultry Firm Holds Stockholders Meeting at Broadway High
The 22nd Annual Stockholders' Meeting of the Poultry Co op will be held Monday June 24 at 9 30 A M EDT at Broadway High School. Directors and management urge attendance. A prior chicken bar b que event is listed for June 22 at Turner Ashby High School by the Dayton Raritan Club.
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Turner Ashby High School
Dayton Raritan Club
Rock
Poultry Met
COOP
Broadway High School
Directors & Management
Negro Leaders Reject Kennedy Plea for Truce in Protests
The Associated Press reports major African American leaders reject President Kennedy's call for a nationwide truce in anti-segregation demonstrations. Some leaders like Roy Wilkins defend protests as a tradition of freedom, while others call the request unreasonable or negotiable with alternatives. North Carolina NAACP also seeks an end to protests and plans a statewide message to branches.
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Kennedy
James Farmer
The
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Guichard Parris
Urban League
New York
Little Rock
I. S. McClinton
Arkansas Democratic (Negro) Voters Association
North Carolina
NAACP
Terry Sanford
Kelly Alexander
Charlotte
Negotiators Reach Accord On Historic Steel Labor Contract
In Pittsburgh AP reports negotiators reached a 21 month accord ending a potential strike, first in basic steel industry without a strike deadline. The pact covers about 400000 steelworkers and extends labor peace into 1965, forestalling a national strike during the next presidential campaign.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers and Industry
Infiltration Movement Reported by Cuban Exiles
The Cuban Revolutionary Council says fighters landed in Cuba to start an infiltration movement aimed at overthrowing Castro. Estimates place about 30 men ashore with modern arms, merging with underground groups as exiles in Miami react with mixed certainty and cautious optimism.
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Miami
Fla
Cuban Revolutionary Council
Cuba
Washington
State Department
White House
Pierre Salinger
Council
Manuel Antonio de Varona
United States
Bay of Pigs
Varona
Escambray
Las Villas
Havana
After four ballots Catholic Cardinals Fail To Elect Pope
Eighty Roman Catholic cardinals voted four times without choosing a pope as black smoke signaled another failure. A crowd of about 25 000 in St Peter's Square watched the Sistine Chapel chimney for signs, while women prayed at Pope John XXIII’s tomb. The process, two ballots in morning and two in afternoon, hinges on smoke signals from the Vatican.
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Vatican City
Sistine Chapel
St. Peter’s Square
John XXIII
Bianche
Nero
Vatican Radio
Vatican
Rome
Horse Show and Lawn Party Schedules Announced
Tomorrow schedule lists a horse show at Fair Grounds with two showings at 1 and 7 p.m. A Chiz Bar-B-Q event runs at 4 p.m. in West Rock, Raritans. A lawn party is set for June 29 at Mt. Olive UCC with Frinite all you can eat Gulf Stream Shrimp at 1.60 dollars. Howard Johnson, Harrisonburg.
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Mt. Olive
UCC
Howard Johnson
Harrisonburg
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Montevideo
Turner Ashby F.F.A
Lowell L. Koontz
Rockingham PO
Bowman Bag CO
Associated Press
USW
R. Conrad Cooper
U.S. Steel Corp
Cochairman
David J. McDonald
Steelworkers
McDonald
Jose Miro Cardona
Castro
Miro Cardona
Khrushchev
St. Peter's Basilica
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