Rain Aids Farmers and Firemen in Storm Aftermath
Heavy thunderstorm drenched the area delivering just over half an inch of rain. Firefighters responded to a blaze near 1056 Orchard Ave and a residence on Mosby Street with dampers and smoke. Roads and crops benefited though apple blossoms look less promising. Temperatures will drop to the 40s and wind increases tonight with scattered hail reported but not serious. Local homeowner Jim Bowman of Stephens City questioned insurance status for the damaged building.
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Eures
Eenegie
Bors
Jim Bowman
Stephens City
Godenowr
Orchard Ave
Winchester
Ce P. Sims
Mosby
Vepco Says Line Shift In Clarke Cost 24000
Virginia utility officials told the State Corporation Commission that relocating a 500000-volt transmission line through Clarke County added 24000 to the cost of a 45 million project. Landowners argued towers would spoil scenery and depress values, while the hearing continued with cross examination and testimony.
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Vepco
Clarke
Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Virginia Electric and Power Co
Clarke County
J. W. Rawls
SCC
Es- Virginia
Orient Countiey Etantas Or
Rolling Hunt
Mt. Storm
W. Va
Rawls
Cross Nation
Loudoun
Fauquier
Violent Weather Dims After Tornadoes Hit Midwest
The Associated Press reports violent weather easing in the Midwest after tornadoes and severe storms swept Illinois and Indiana. A Monday night tornado path stretched about 15 miles wide and 200 miles long from Springfield to the Indiana line, injuring over 30 people and damaging homes, farms, businesses, and power lines across more than 20 communities. Tuscola, Illinois, with about 3,900 residents, was among the hardest hit.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Ilinois
Indiana
Tomédoah
Illinois
Springfield
Mlinoig
Tuscola
Arson Suspected in State Forest Fires Weekend
State and federal foresters probe multiple fires across Roanoke Henry Carroll Pulaski Giles and Bland counties. Officials say winds humidity and scattered showers helped slow spread but warn woods remain dangerous. Salem district chief Arthur L. Jolly Jr. cites several fires likely set and calls the weekend one of the worst in 30 years.
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Associated: Press
George W. Dean
Dean
Arthur L. Jolly Jr
Salem
Virginia Sion
Roanoke
Henry
Carroll
Pulaski
Giles
Bland
Poaching Eggs Lesson Taught by Festival Visit
Davenport Iowa couple Mr and Mrs R A Bates purchased on May 3 at festival headquarters. The Iowa visitors, in 1961, learned a lesson about proper food handling when rain and hail affected lunch.
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R. A. Bates
Davenport
Iowa
Ambassadors Seek Test Ban to Revive Interest
Washington reports the American and British ambassadors plan to use Premier Khrushchev to revive the Union's flagging interest in a test ban. The move aims to rebuild momentum toward a broader arms control agreement.
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Washington
Uee
Khrush
West Virginia to convene special session to fund welfare programs
Gov. Barron called the legislature to meet May 6 in an extraordinary session to find additional money for the Aid to Dependent Children and Emergency Employment programs. An estimated 457,000 was needed to cover the remaining two months of the fiscal year as welfare funds ran short.
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Charleston
W. Va
Donald Robertson
West Virginia
W. W. Barron
Artment
Barron
State Board of Public Works
Wheeling Steel Reverses Markups Amid Industry Pressures
Wheeling Steel Corp. scrapped some price hikes and reduced others to align with U.S. Steel Corp. after earlier lifting selectively priced increases. The smaller regional producer, accounting for under two percent of national output, faced broader industry concerns as rivals posted varied increases on several steel items.
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New York
Wheeling Steel Corp
U.S. Steel Corp
All-Out War About To Resume in Laos
U S Seventh Fleet positioned near the Gulf of Siam as a precautionary deterrent to Communist forces in Laos. About 125 ships with 60 000 Navy Marines and 650 aircraft could be ordered to action, with reinforcements from Okinawa if needed.
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Laos
Washington
U.S
Gulf of Siam
Southeast Asia
Gulf
Adm
Thomas H. Moorer
North Pacific
South China
Okinawa
7Th Fleet
Thailand
United States
Allies Dismiss Khrushchev Berlin Neutrality Proposal
West Berlin and Allied officials rejected Soviet Premier Khrushchev suggestion to grant neutral status like Austria or Switzerland. Western diplomats said the idea shows no new progress and that Khrushchev is unsure how to proceed while noting previous demilitarized and UN command proposals. He also floated other points including a potential visit to Tito in Yugoslavia and hopes for China talks.
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United Nations
Italo Pietra
Milan
Il Giorno
Moscow
Raffaello Uboldi
Khrushchev
West Berlin
Switzerland
Austria
San Marino
Europe
San Mar
Iin
Italy
Uboldi
China
Tito
Yugoslavia
Red China
India
Soviet Union
West Virginia Governor to Escort Coronation Queen
Gov William Wallie Barron to escort Miss Brooke Randolph Farland at Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival coronation in Morgantown on May 2. Gen Lauris Norstad to crown the queen at Handley School grounds at 3 p.m. EST.
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William Wallie Barron
Aggie Capital
Brooke Randolph Farland
Morgantown
W. Va
Shenandoah
Panama
Joseph S. Farland
Farland
West Virginia
Lauris Norstad
Supreme Allied
Europe
Handley School
Phone Talks Reopen as Wire Cuts Reported
Management and union representatives meet at the George Washington Hotel for a third session led by federal mediator James Holden. Amid talks, widespread interruptions hit the 11 exchange network in West Virginia with cables and wires cut and tampering reported. Union seeks 10 cent wage raise, hospital benefits, and an eighth paid holiday. about 80 workers involved.
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Telephone of
South East
Aytes
George Washington Hotel
James Holden
General Telephone
Charles Town
Scholl
Four Cubans Freed In Swap For 21 Americans
In a prisoner exchange the United States sent four Cubans back to Cuba aboard a Cubana Air Lines plane escorted by U.S. jets. The Americans were released from Cuban prisons after a swap orchestrated by James B. Donovan with Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy announcing the deal. A New York court dropped charges against three Cubans and a Cuban American connected to a sabotage case.
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New York
Boca Chica Naval Air Station
Key West
Fla
Cubana Air Lines
U.S
Boca Chica
Justice Department
Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Deficit Position Improves Boosts Tax Cut Prospects
Rep Hale Boggs said a brighter economy improves deficit prospects and may aid Kennedy’s three year 1.3 billion tax cut plan. He noted the deficit position has improved and could lower the 1964 shortfall from Kennedy’s January forecast. Congress has hesitated to act pending budget clarity.
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Washington
Hale Boggs
D-La
Boggs
Kennedy
Congress
Rightist Troops May Join Fight in Laos Conflict
In Laos the rightist Gen Phoumi Nosavan threatens intervention as Pathet Lao advances on Kong Le neutralists on the Plaine des Jarres. U S pledges possible reinforcements and discusses moves toward reentry into Thailand while ICC teams may be posted at Kong Le and neutralist HQs.
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Vientiane
Laos
Phoumi Nosavan
Pathet Lao
Kong le
Phoumi
Harriman
U.S
Souvanna
Phouma
Plaine
Kong’ le
Pathet Leo
Prince Souphanouvong
International Control Commission
Souphansouvong
ICC
Sager and Anderson leave Ben’s Battery Shop
Notice indicates Eddie Sager and Julian Anderson are no longer employed by Ben's Battery Shop, Inc. The item highlights specials for the week including a 3 Piece Aluminum Patio Set at 19.95 and aluminum cots at 6.50, with other clothing discounts at Miller's Howe eel Coats Suits & Dresses Reduced 25 to 50 percent and Modern Age Shoppe.
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Eddie Sager
Julian Anderson
Ben
Battery Shop, Inc
Miller’s
HOWE
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Elkins, W. Va
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General
Tele
W. Averell Harriman
Paris
Maurice Couve de Murville
Pathet Lego
North Viet Nam
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