Berlin access dominates new U S Soviet talks
The Berlin access issue opens the new round of talks with Secretary of State Rusk and Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin to press guarantees for unhindered surface and air routes to West Berlin. The United States rejects East German control of supply lines under international supervision. General Lucius Clay sees potential progress as tensions ease since Geneva, but warns of renewed crises if traffic is harassed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
Berlin
West Germany
Dean Rusk
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
United States
U.S
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Ruskin
Geneva
Andrei A. Gromyko
Rusk
Lucius D. Clay
Kennedy
Festival notes and local weather in Front Royal
The page reports Friday the 13th and Jefferson’s birthday, mentions Virginia Employment Commission holiday, Miss Patricia Godfrey as Queen Shenandoah XXXV, Linda Marie Wood as Apple Blossom Princess, and Shenandoah Festival praise from travel editors. It notes Florida interest and a Sarasota Herald Tribune article about an 88 piece Scotch band in the Grand Feature Parade. It also includes a reader from Houston and a Californian weather outlook with sun after rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Employment Commission
Thomas Jeferson
D. E. Cochran
Winchester
Houston
Texas
Houston Chronicle
Patricia Godfrey
Linda Marie Wood
Greenbrier College
Lewisburg
W. Va
Virginia
Shenandoah
Colonial Williamsburg
Skyline Drive
Mine
Monticello
Florida
Phillip H. Lay
N. Lime St
Sarasota
Marge Bubert
Sarasota Herald Tribune
Lay
Mrs. Elizabeth Byrd Dies at 71 in Clarke County
Mrs. Elizabeth Miller Byrd 71 died at 7 a.m. at Winchester Memorial Hospital after years of ill health. Widow of Thomas Byrd and former wife of Brig. Gen. William Mitchell, she lived at The Cliff Clarke County and was active in local civic life. A funeral will be held 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Christ Episcopal Church Millwood with burial in Old Chapel Cemetery. Pallbearers include Joseph A. Massie Jr. and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Miller Byrd
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Byrd
Thomas Bolling Byrd
Detroit
William Mitchell
Clarke County
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Frederick Spencer
William B. Clagett
William P. Greenhalgh
Roland G. Mitchell
M. Tyson Gilpin
Geoffrey Beardall
John R. Clemmitt
Harrison Will Be Neutral in Primary
Rep Burr Harrison of Virginia says he will be completely neutral in the July 10 Democratic primary to choose a successor. He announced his decision not to seek reelection and praised an open primary process. Five candidates are vying for the Seventh District seat and Harrison pledges silence on campaign matters. He has served in Congress since 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Burr P. Harrison
D-Va
House
Harrison
Democratic Committee
Congress
Treasurer of U.S. Resigns
Mrs Elizabeth Rudel Smith resigns as Treasurer of the United States effective today. William T Howell, in the office for 24 years, is named acting treasurer. The White House says a woman will be named to the post later following tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Elizabeth Rudel Smith
United States
White House
William T. Howell
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Four State Horticultural Societies Name Festival Princesses
The four state horticultural groups select princesses to represent them in the Apple Blossom Festival Queen Shenandoah’s court. Maryland’s Shirley Patsy Stickley, West Virginia’s Mary Randolph Smith, Pennsylvania’s Joyce Amanda Ripley, and Virginia’s Sarah Orpha Dowdy are set to participate, with coronation on May 3 and a parade on May 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Virginia
Shirley Patsy Stickley
Fred F. Stickley
Cumberland
Maryland State Horticultural Association
Fort Hill High School
Miss Stickley
Allegany County
Future Teachers of America Association
Sarah Orpha Dowdy
A. E. Dowdy
Wise
Virginia State Horticultural Society
J. J. Kelly High School
Dowdy
Clinch Valley College
Wesley Foundation
Cotillion Club
National Educational Association Group
Shenandoah
Patricia Anne Godfrey
Shirley Stickley
Mary Smith
Joyce Ripley
Sarah Dowdy
South American Student Finds Steaks Expensive
Martha Hadie Zaidenberg, a South American student at George Washington University on a Rotary Fellowship, described life in Argentina and the United States. She noted steak costs about 1.75 dollars in Washington versus 10 cents in Argentina and discussed other price contrasts and cultural observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Rotary
Martta Hadi Zaidenberg
Rotary Fellowship
Argentina
Winchester Rotary Club
Robert Heltzel
McSherry Lupton
Martha Hadie Zaidenberg
United States
Rotary Club
Washington
George Washington University
Miss Zaidenberg
Parana
Kennedy shown on labor side in steel price flap
Columnists David Lawrence and James Marlow assess Kennedy and Big Steel after the steel price increase. Lawrence says Kennedy aligns with labor, while Marlow criticizes the industry’s public relations approach. Page 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lawrence
Kennedy
James Marlow
Big Steel
Blough Defends Steel Price Rise In New York Press Conference
U S Steel chairman Roger M Blough defended a $6 a ton price hike as essential to a healthy economy. He warned the move could be unsustainable if rivals refuse to follow and noted 1961 profits at 5.7 percent of sales. Kennedy officials welcomed Inland and Armco not joining, while McNamara warned defense costs could rise and affect foreign balance if prices spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Roger M. Blough
U.S. Steel
Kennedy
Blough
Armco Steel Corp
Inland Steel Co
Armco
Inland
Sterling F. Green
Washington
White House
Chicago
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Pentagon
Armed Services
Roger M. Brough
Armco Steel
Brough
McNamara
MmcNamara
Defense Department
McN
Ford Motor Co
Khrushchev rebuffs bid for test ban inspectors
Soviet Premier Khrushchev rejected the Anglo American push to join a treaty banning nuclear tests. He called the Western move propaganda while noting mutual distrust. The note to Macmillan implied no counter proposals and signaled a continued path to planned tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Khrushchev
Harold Macmillan
Kennedy
Macmillan
Russia
Alexander Soldatov
Foreign Office
Moscow
Soldatov
Harold Caccia
Soviet Union
City Declares Clean Up Week Garbage Schedule
The city proclaims Clean-Up Week for April 16 to 21. Residents should place debris at the curb on regular collection days, pack waste in boxes to prevent wind dispersal, and benefit from two collections per week with city haul and disposal provided.
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Charlie Tait
Andy Vincent
Battle Ave
Thomas Byrd
Grove Furniture Co., Inc
S. Loudoun St
Scotts
Miller’s Hardware
Grove Furniture Co
Loudoun St
Pudge Pecan
Ward’s
U. S
Grove Furniture Co. Inc
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