George Montgomery to be Grand Marshal of Apple Blossom Parade
Movie and TV star George Montgomery will serve as grand marshal for the Apple Blossom Festival Grand Feature Parade on May 4. Actress Paula Prentiss will headline as guest celebrity for the May 3 and 4 festival events. Montgomery co stars in Samar and recently directed and produced works. The Pageant of Springtime and coronation of Patricia Godfrey are scheduled around the parade at Handley Bowl with showings at Capitol Theater May 4.
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George Montgomery
Paula Prentiss
M-G-M’s
Randolph Macon Woman’s College
Lynchburg
Samar
Philippines
Capitol Theater
Ziva Rodann
Gilbert Roland
Mr. Montgomery
Bing Crosy
Bob Hope
van Johnson
Arthur Godfrey
Gene Barry
Patricia Anne Godfrey
Handley Bowl
Missing kitten Olivia seeks return to 125 S Braddock St
Olivia the 10 month old chocolate point Sia mese kitten is missing after being kinapped. Owner Bob Henry appeals for the return to 125 S Braddock St or a call at MO 2 2589.
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Olivia
Bob Henry
S. Braddock St
Easter Egg Hunt Draws Hundreds on Warm Sunday
Easter Sunday was warm with 500 children and 100 parents attending an egg hunt sponsored by the Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce. About 850 eggs dyed by the Jayceettes were hidden near the War Memorial Building. prizes included radios wrist watches a camera and flashbulbs.
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Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jayceettes
War Memorial
Hunt Hyde
Cristen Zuckerman
David Barnett
Diane Rice
Bradley Kline
Mark Barnett
Bobby Giffin
Mike Johnson
Bruce Hoover
Phillip Ward
Wally Kline
Robert Grona
Lacy Loy
Shelia Bowers
Eugene Wolford
The
Jaycees
Robert Wibberly
al Lazazzera
Berryville
Clarke County
Senate filibuster looms over voting literacy bill
In Washington AP reports with Easter recess, Senate leaders plan to move to abolish literacy tests used for federal voting. Mansfield may bring up a minor bill and substitute a sixth grade literacy standard, likely triggering an 18 senator Southern filibuster to block action on the measure.
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Washington
House
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Rocket Readied For Moon
Cape Canaveral reveals plans for Ranger 4 to reach the moon on a 60 hour flight. Atlas Agena B launches from Florida with an 87 minute window to place the craft on course for a 229 to 541 mile journey.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Goldstone
Calif
Lunar
Guido May Void Vote Results
Unofficial sources report President Jose Maria Guido will declare null and void all elections since December 17 1961, erasing posts won by Peronists on March 18. Naval leaders pressed the move after late-night meetings at the presidential residence ending a brief political respite amid the Frondizi crisis.
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Buenos Aires
Jose Maria Guido
Navy
Gaston Clement
Guido
Arturo Frondizi
Kennedy urges U S leaders to tell world its story abroad
Atty Gen Kennedy proposes sending government officials educators and artists overseas to counter misperceptions of the United States He argues active outreach is needed to win the cold war and stresses tours should include universities labor leaders editors and officials He also calls frank discussion of civil rights problems and broader Peace Corps expansion.
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New York
Robbert F. Kennedy
United States
Kennedy
Associated Press
Atty
Far East
Khrushchev Seeks Re election as Premier in Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev, 68, poised for re election by the Supreme Soviet during a session anticipated to cover domestic and world issues. He warned critics and touted Leninist principles while stress ing a strong push on agriculture and defending economic policy against Western and Chinese critics.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Supreme Soviet
Khrushchev
Ekaterina Furtseva
Communist Party Presidium
Lenin
From rags to riches and back to rags in palms
Henry C. Soto, a major landscape contractor in San Pedro, saw his dream collapse as 30 acres of 30 inch palms withered after heavy rains. He had aimed to build a million-dollar yearly indoor palm business but losses now total 8 to 10 million trees worth about $3 million wholesale. He estimates four years to recover, if at all, and plans to exit the landscaping trade after 19 years starting with $250.
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San Pedro
Calif
Henry C. Soto
United States
Canada
Arizona
Soto
New York City
Virginia Road Toll Reaches 242 for Year
Two people died in Virginia traffic crashes today, pushing the 1962 highway toll to 242, 24 higher than the same date last year. Over Easter weekend six more perished. Horace Lee Smith 27 of Smithfield NC and Littleton McClary 43 of Gordonsville died in separate crashes near Bowling Green and Gordonsville. Two UVA interns were among others injured in the latter collision.
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Virginia
Horace Lee Smith
Smithfield
N. C
U. S. 301
Bowling Green
Caroline County
Johnston County
Littleton McClary
Gordonsville
Gorddonsville
Orange
University of Virginia
Ulysses Thomas Wood
United States readies atmospheric nuclear tests in Pacific
Washington reports the Minuteman and Polaris systems near first full nuclear tests in the Pacific, with 48 hour timing cited. U.S. Navy task forces, 41 Polaris submarines by 1967 and 800 Minutemen planned, all to be deployed in underground bases for retaliatory capability. Atmosphere explosions to follow, amid Soviet testing and possible 30 plus U.S. tests in coming months.
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Washington
U.S
Pacific
Minutemans
Polaris
United States
Minuteman
Minutemen
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