Laos braces defense on eve of cease fire amid clashes
Government troops were airlifted north of Vientiane as Pathet Lao rebels pressed toward the royal capital. U S advisers may be captured as fighting raged near Vang Bieng amid talks of a three nation cease fire commission. The battle left 18 dead and left the rebels in control of about one third of Laos on the eve of a possible truce.
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Laos
Pathet Lao
India
Vang Bieng
Here
Vientiane-Luang Prabang
Enns
U. S
Dien Bien Phu
Vang Khu
Royal Lao
Vang
U.S
Wonerinine Do Binensee
Luang Prabang
Britain
Soviet Union
Red Carpet Welcome For Sukarno At White House Visit
Indonesian President Sukarno arrived for an informal overnight visit with President Kennedy. Full military honors including a 21 gun salute were ordered, as U.S. officials see the trip as a chance to ease Tension between Indonesia and the Netherlands over the Dutch held Union.
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Indonesia
Sukarno
Kennedy
Cuba
U.S
United States
Frederick County Board to discuss time change tonight
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors will meet in a closed session this evening to discuss time policy. They previously voted April 10 to keep the town on slow time, with Winchester planning to move offices and staff to the new standard time starting at midnight next Sunday.
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Frederick Couty Board of Supervisors
B. Brumback
Winchester
Glee Gown Crier Reports Odd Coincidence and Local Fire Cooper
Ed Ritter reports a strange coincidence about the 12 page Star edition weights 654 649 and 658 pounds totaling 1961 the year. Cooperation among South End fire units appeared as a Cork Street run. a firefighter wore a jacket with ROUSS on the back. A local mail truck ran out of gas on Valley Ave delaying delivery and Shawnee VFD received a check for new equipment in April.
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Ed Ritter
the Star
Cork St.en de Ga Poca
Postice Department
Valley Ave
Ample Blossom Supply Buoys Apple Blossom Festival
Weather and ample blossoms set the scene for the annual Apple Blossom Festival with peak blooms expected around the weekend. Horticulturist George Williams notes warm days push peak bloom later, while a mostly favorable five day forecast calls for temperatures about two degrees above normal and a chance of showers.
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George Williams
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Man Dies After Falling From Car In Frederick County
Oliver K. Largent, 50, of 212 E Cork St, died after falling from a moving car Saturday near the Clearbrook Woolen Mill on Rt 11. The crash involved Madison J. Clowser and a tractor-trailer. Largent was transported to a hospital where he died around 2:15 p.m. The incident marks Frederick County's second traffic fatality of the year.
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Oliver K. Largent
E. Cork St
Clearbrook
Frederick County
R. L. Sruce
Mr. Largent
Madison J. Clowser
N.cameron
Harold R. Bell
Middletown
Bruce
Hampshire County
W. Va
of Largent
Virginia Noire
West
Agnes Corbin
Frederick ‘County
Arlington
Waterloo
Elizabeth Alle Ayers
Memorial Hospital
Ayers
Convictions Upheld in 1960 Richmond Sit-In Demonstrations
The Virginia Supreme Court sustained 34 Richmond sit-in demonstrators and a Richmond woman in separate trespassing cases arising from February 1960 lunch counter and fourth floor restaurant protests at Thalhimers. Each student faced a $20 Police Court fine, with rulings upheld on appeal.
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Supreme Court
Virginia
High Court
Assembly
Virginia Union University
Ric
Thalhimet
Hastings Court
Ruth Tinsley
Confederacy Alliance Noted in Virginia History
A century ago Virginia joined an alliance with the Confederate states as Robert E. Lee appeared before the Virginia Convention seeking and receiving a promotion to major general amid a period of military mobilization and state secession.
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Virginia
Confederate States
Robert E. Lee
Winchester Seed Co Sale Notice
Open month through Fridays nights until Saturday morning from 5 p.m. to 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Winchester Seed Co. sale details and timing provided.
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Winchester Seed CO
Nazis Fail to Draw Crowd in Warren Rally
George Lincoln Rockwell led the American Nazis Party in Warren, but no audience gathered for an planned 2 p.m. rally on a Cloud Street lot. Police noted four visitors to headquarters and Rockwell planned more Sunday rallies in Virginia.
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Front Royal
American Nazis Party
George Lincoln Rockwell
Arlington
Nazi
Rockwell
Cloud and
Shipe Streets
Charles. A. Menefee
South Royal Ave
Headquarters
Menefee
Virginia
Castro vows firing squads for invaders in Cuba conflict
Fidel Castro declares that counter-revolutionaries must be shot as anti-Castro invaders are rounded up in Cuba. He denounces Kennedy and the U S administration, warning Latin America against future invasions while vowing hard action and condemning U S policy.
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Castro
U.S
Kennedy
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Adolf Hitler
Por
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Latin America
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Hitler
French call up reservists after night of fear of invasion
Paris reports fear of a paratroop incursion from Algeria spurred the government to announce reservist callups to bolster defense. Premier Debre said units would be reinforced by individual callups forming reserve units with regular officers as air force interceptor squadrons stayed on alert.
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Algeria
Michel Debre
Debre
de Gaulle
Oe Ee
Interior Ay
Ace France
Bernd Ree Agering
France
Fire kills nine in Maryland home blaze
Grim firemen found the charred bodies of a mother and two children within feet of the front door as nine Bowden family members died in a large frame house fire in North Beach Maryland. Police identified Bill Bowden 35 Marie Elizabeth Bowden 33 and their six children among the victims. Bowden was a communications engineer for Page Communications Engineers Inc in Washington DC and former Navy Lieutenant Commander.
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North Beach
Bowden
Bill Bowden
Marie Elizabeth
Nn Ang
Maryland
Washington
Page Communications Ineers, Inc
Washington, D.C
Navy
Frederick County Schools Ready After Weather Delay
Frederick County Schools will operate Thursday to make up a day lost to bad weather. Supt. Robert E. Aylor announced early that buses will end runs by 7:50 a.m. and James Wood High School will start at that time. Dismissals are noon for James Wood, 11:45 a.m. for elementary schools, with classes resuming Monday.
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Frederick County
Robert E. Aylor
Mr. Aylor
James Wood High School
Ayler
AFL-CIO Endorses Stephens Ticket In Virginia Race
At a Richmond convention 180 delegates endorsed Lt. Gov. A E B Stephens for governor over Gen. A S Harrison Democrat nomination. Republicans in Lynchburg pledged a full slate for November.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Iean Maeve
Richmond
Afl-Cio
Mary
A. E
Stephens
A. S. Harrison
Winchester Men Aid in Rescue On Shenandoah
Three Winchester men Kane Russell Haymaker and Bruce Orndorff aided in rescuing Robert Wymer of Woodstock after his boat went over Burnshire Dam two miles east of Woodstock on Shenandoah River. Wymer suffered back and chest injuries but was pulled ashore on a rubber raft and treated.
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Winchester
Robert Wymer
Woodstock
Burnshire
Shenandoah
Ie Kane
Russell Haymaker
Bruce Orndorff
Mr. Wymer
Mr. Orndorff
Shenaeer Ak Ae Ee
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