White Sworn In As Supreme Court Justice
President Kennedy watched as Jon R. White was sworn in as associate justice in a ceremony at the Supreme Court. White, a former law clerk and deputy attorney general, becomes the 93rd justice, succeeding Charles Evans Whittaker who retired.
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Washington
Kennedy
Supreme Court
Jon R. White
White
Fred M. Vinson
Charles
Nancy
Clayton White
Earl Warren
Charles Evans Whittaker
John F. Davis
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Warren
Fourth Blast of Wood Handling Equipment Reported
The fourth dynamiting of wood handling equipment in a week was reported by Pennsylvania state police. A Merrill Houseworth truck at his Cumberland Valley sawmill was targeted last Friday night, with $5,000 in damage. Investigators note link to earlier blasts tied to pulpwood hauler protests at Luke plant and nearby sites in West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania
Merrill Houseworth
Cumberland Valley
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co
Luke
C. E. Lockhart
Gore
Lehew
W. Va
Lake
Bare Paper Co
Roaring Springs
Panhandle
Clyde Ludwick
Spring Run Road
Hardy County
Romney
Luke Plant
West Virginia
Tag Sales and Community Notices Run Through Middleburg
Local readers report last minute tag purchases by Ryland Yeatts a Front Royal teacher who found a mismatch between tag and registration card. A Kennedy Center sighting in Middleburg and a bake sale update clarify events with Shawnee Fire Co Auxiliary hosting the annual sale at the courthouse site.
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Ryland Yeatts
Kline Elementary
Keith Williams
Court Refuses To Hear Appeal On Tax Exemptions
The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal challenging state tax exemptions for church property. The court also refused to rule on exemptions for veterans groups Gold Star parents cemeteries and some university professors.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Veterans’ Organizations
Gold Star
Kennedy picks White for Supreme Court seat after Whittaker retirement
On October 5 1953 Chief Justice Warren announced the appointment of White to the Supreme Court replacing Whittaker. White led Kennedy’s National Citizens Committee and served as deputy attorney general at Kennedy’s start. His ABA endorsement aided swift Senate confirmation. White’s pay rose from 21100 to 35000 a year in a lifetime post.
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Harry S. Truman
Harold H. Burton
Senate
Burton
Stanley F. Reed
Whittaker
White
Felix Frankfurter
George Washington University Hospital
Kennedy
National Citizens Committee
American Bar Association
Tax Return Flows Into Storm Sewer Alas
In Lexington Kentucky R W Richmond tried to drop his income tax return into a curbside post office mailbox but missed. The envelope rolled into a street grate and vanished into a storm sewer. Firemen recovered it after a brief search.
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Lexington
R. W. Richmond
Man Is Shot By His Horse In Arizona
In Cave Creek Arizona Hubert E Yates 29 of Phoenix was shot in the leg when a horse kicked his revolver from its holster as he unsaddled a pack horse. Deputy Sheriff said the bullet struck Yates.
Kennedy antimonopoly drive gains steam with steel price clash
Washington AP Kennedy pushes a broad antitrust plan as Kefauver subpoenas target 12 largest steel firms amid a volatile market. Gore introduces three bills to sharpen antitrust powers, arguing public protection amid a steel price spike and rollback.
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Senate
Kennedy
Ken
Nedy
Senate Antitrust Subcommittee
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Albert Gore
Cancer cure rate improves to one in three
American Cancer Society reports a 33 percent overall cancer cure rate due to advances in drugs surgery and radiation. Uterine cancer deaths drop to 13.3 per 100000, half the level 25 years ago. Ongoing research into viruses and immunity offers hope of new cures and possible vaccines.
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New York
American Cancer Society
U.S
Paul Harvey Addresses Winchester Crowd At JCC Event
More than 1000 people heard ABC newscaster Paul Harvey speak at Handley Auditorium Saturday evening under sponsorship of the Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce. JCC president Clayton Adams said no profit was made due to high costs, but the group felt the event served the community and may fund future field house plans. Proceeds were announced to benefit the proposed field house.
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ABC
Paul Harvey
Handley Auditorium
Harvey
Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce
JCC
Clayton Adams
Winchester
Adams
Jaycees
Faster Series Traces Jesus Road From Nazareth to Calvary
AP Religion Writer George Cornell leads readers through Nazareth Galilee Jerusalem Gethsemane Golgotha and the Holy Sepulchre in a five part Holy Land travel series. The feature blends scriptural past with present day settings and veneration sites across Jordan and Israel.
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Calvary
Sea of Galilee
Mount of Olives
Holy Sepulchre
Jordan
Israel
George Cornell
Holy Land
Mr. Cornell
Jesus
Earth
Galilee
Jerusalem
Gethsemane
Golgatha
Archbishop Excommunicates Three in New Orleans Segregation Feud
In New Orleans the Roman Catholic archbishop expels three individuals amid a segregation feud, including Louisiana political boss Leander H. Perez Sr. The action signals a strong church stance affecting local politics and race tensions.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Leander H. Perez
New French Cabinet Takes Office
A new French Cabinet under Premier Georges Pompidou took office with most Debre era ministers retained. The Gaullist U R N remained dominant with 12 of 22 posts. Pompidou, unaffiliated, replaces Debre who resigned after 3 years.
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Harvey Hudson
PARIS
Georges Pompidou
Michel Debre
Pompidou
Gaullist Union For A New Republic
Charles de Gaulle
Th Rothschild Bank
Debre
de Gaulle
Maurice Couve de Murville
Roger Frey
Pierre Messmer
Valery
Giscard D’estaing
Louis Joxe
Pierre Pflimlin
Maurice Schmann
Gaston Palewski
Confederate Congress votes conscription and Lincoln abolishes slavery DC
One hundred years ago today the Confederate Congress approved conscription for able bodied men ages 18 to 35. Lincoln signed abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. Reports mention the Newport News engagement and skirmishes at Piedmont and Columbia Furnace.
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Lincoln
District of Columbia
Newport News
Piedmont
Delaplane
Columbia Furnace
Almond Nominated For U S Judgeship
President Kennedy nominated former Virginia Governor J Lindsay Almond Jr to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals for life with a $25500 annual salary. Born in Charlottesville, Almond will be 64 and has held multiple Virginia legal and political roles including attorney general and congressman. Byrd opposed a district judgeship in Virginia, and Byrd and Almond disagreed on desegregation.
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Kennedy
Virginia
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Almond
Charlottesville
Virginia Bar
U. S. House of Representatives
Harry Byrd
Byrd
Senate
Roanoke
Commonwealth
Husting Court
Richmond
Congress
Ambrose O’connell
O’connell
Mercury to Dip Again as Buds Remain Dormant
The Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory reports last night’s low of 30 degrees with a 48 degree high. Dr. Walter S. Hough notes most apple buds are still in delayed dormancy, delaying bloom by about a week to 10 days due to cool weather. Snow flurries occurred in Roanoke Bluefield and Bristol.
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Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Walter S. Hough
Hough
Dr Ronald Wilson Dies of Heart Attack in Miami
Minister Ronald S Wilson longtime First Presbyterian Winchester died at his Miami home from a heart attack. Born December 15 1902 in Clarion Pennsylvania he studied at Davidson and Union Theological Seminary and earned an honorary degree from Davis Elkins College. He served as student pastor at UVA and as assistant pastor in Greensboro before leading Westminster Presbyterian Miami. Survived by widow Margaret Venable and two children Mary Carrington and Ronald S Wilson Jr. Funeral plans incomplete.
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Ronald Samuel Wilson
First Presbyterian Church
Miami
Fla
Wilson
Clarion
Charles L
Ida May Smith Wilson
Margaret Cabell Venable
Lynchburg
Davidson College
Union Theological Seminary
April Chill Breaks Records Across Several States
An April cold snap set record lows from Tennessee to Maine. Memphis tied the latest-spring 32 degrees, while Savannah reached a record 32 for this phase of spring. Snow flurries, two-inch totals in Elkins, and snow in the Black Mountain area accompanied light rain in parts of New England.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Park Falls
Lone Rock
Wis
Black Mountain Range
Asheville
N.C
Memphis
Ohio Valley
Atlantic Coast
Virginia
Maine
Elkins
W.va
New England
Leggett’s Pre Easter Clearance on Coats and Dresses
Leggett’s announces pre Easter clearance with savings on ladies and children coats suits and dresses. Selected groups mark discounts up to 44 percent.
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Leggett
Millenery
Differences With Bonn Restrict Talks
The United States denied proposing any reduction of Western troops in Berlin. State Department spokesman Lincoln White called the Bonn dispatch by Flora Lewis inaccurate. The report said a four point plan included cutting West Berlin garrison from 12,500 to about 9,000 as talks with the Soviet Union began.
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United States
Berlin
State Department
Lincoln White
White
Bonn
Flora Lewis
Washington Post
West Berlin
West Germany
Dean Rusk
U.S
West
Konrad Adenauer
Rusk
Adenauer
Weekend road deaths push Virginia toll to 227
Seven deaths over the weekend raise Virginia’s 1962 road fatality tally to 227, with victims including Preston Hugo Ellis 42 and Juanita Harrison 33 of Hampton in a Interstate 64 collision near Armistead Avenue. Others include Jesse Wilcher 32 of Natural Bridge Station in Rockbridge County, Mary J. Meyers 60 of Richmond, Viola Lee 17 of Altavista, Richard Edwards 43 of Richmond, and Evelyn Holloway 72, a singer in one of the cars involved on U S 58 Virginia 4.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Preston Hugo Ellis
Juanita Harrison
Hampton
Harrison
Ellis
Armistead Avenue
Jesse Donald Wilcher
Rt. 1
Natural Bridge Station
Vireginia
Rockbridge County
Wilcher
Clyde Vaughn Grant
Lynchburg
Mary J. Meyers
Richmond
Viola Jane Lee
Altavista
Leesville
Campbell County
Richard James Edwards
Edwards
South Hill
Evelyn Holloway
U. S
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