United States to Test Research Devices First in Pacific
United States plans staged tests of nuclear devices in the Pacific within months to study yields, radiation, and effects on structures and radar. Tests will include high altitude launches, balloons, and shipsat Johnston and Christmas Islands with FAA briefings in Honolulu for Pacific routes.
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United States
Pacific
U.S. Intercontinental
Christmas
Johnston Islands
U.S
Federal Aviation Agency
Honolulu
Nehru Urges U S and Soviet End to Nuclear Tests
Indian Prime Minister Nehru appealed to the United States and the Soviet Union not to resume atmospheric testing until the Geneva disarmament conference ends. He warned a restart would provoke a Russian response and hinder any settlement. In London, Easter peace marchers pressed for nuclear disarmament as Canon Collins delivered letters to leaders urging restraint. Tokyo ordered daily radiation checks on fish from the U S test zone.
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Associated Press
Nehru
United
Soviet Union
Geneva
Parent
U.S
Hyde Park
London
Britain
Aldermaston
Canon John Collins
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Kennedy
Collins
Khrushchev
Admiralty House
Harold Macmillan
Tokyo
Japan
Winchester Ten Years On LBL Baseball Plans and Weather
Ten years ago Winchester organized Little League Baseball as an Evening Star photo shows original members. The 1962 LBL commission meets at the War Memorial Building at 7:30 PM with some players returning as managers. tryout and auction dates to be settled. A warmup forecast predicts highs near 68 today rising to the 70s tomorrow with a night in the 40s. A giant wild turkey fleeing a German Shepherd was spotted near Mt Hebron heading south.
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Winchester
Snag Sargent’s
LBL
War Memorial
Irate Mothers Plan Protest In South Boston
About 250 mothers from a South Boston housing project plan to halt Mt. Vernon Street with baby carriages to protest the death of 6 year old Laura Ann Ewing struck by a city truck. They aim to block trucks while police warned of possible arrests. The street sees heavy truck traffic daily from 50 city and 100 private vehicles.
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Boston
Mt. Vernon
Laura Ann Ewing
Joanne Ross
Extradition Hearing Set in Feather Case
Keith Feather, charged with the murder of his wife Betty Jo Feather, has an extradition hearing set for May 3 at 10:30 a.m. in Annapolis Maryland. The case involves a shooting in Frederick and shifts across Winchester, Frederick and Hagerstown. Feather, 31, is jailed in Hagerstown.
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Keith Feather
Annapolis
Betty Jo Feather
Feather
Frederick
Virginia
Maryland
Winchester
Fredrick
Hagerstown
Clearance Spring Coats and Suits at Worths Peter Pan
Spring sale alert at Worths Peter Pan featuring clearances on coats and suits. Customers can shop discounted outerwear and tailored pieces in a seasonal stock clearout.
Godfrey to Escort Daughter at Shenandoah Coronation
Arthur Godfrey and his wife will travel from Loudoun County to Winchester on May 3 to escort their daughter Miss Patricia Anne Godfrey in the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Coronation. The ceremony at Handley Bowl features the crowning by Hon. Luther Hodges with the Queen Shenandoah XXXV to reign May 3–5.
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Arthur Godfrey
Shenandoah
Patricia Anne Godfrey
Loudoun County
John B. Carr
Luther H. Hodges
United States Secretary of Commerce
Miss Godfrey
Prince Shale Selassie Dies In Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia AP Emperor Haile Selassies younger son Prince Shale Selassie age 31 died of a liver ailment complicated by pneumonia and gastrointestinal hemorrhages in Ethiopia.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Prince Shale Selassie
Guido Decree Nullifies Argentina Elections Across Provinces
President Jose Maria Guido ordered the annulment of all elections since December 1961 and imposed federal control in Argentina. Army generals seized three provinces while Peronists won key governorships in five provinces during March 18 voting. Navy pressure seeks a nationwide federal takeover and removal of elected officials.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Jose Maria Guido
Chamber of Deputies
Guido
Entre Rios
Santa Fe
Corientes
Arturo Frondizi
Juan Peron
Navy
Special Train Will Take Negroes North
New Orleans officials say donors will underwrite a $20 000 special train to move about 1000 Negroes northward as a segregationist option. NAACP warns it is a cruel hoax while Louisiana officials anticipate state funding to expand trips.
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New Orleans
Citizens Council
George Singelmann
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
South
Singelmann
Citizens Council of Greater
Clarence Laws
NAACP
New York
Louis Boyd
Boyd
Jersey City
N.J
Louisiana
Washington
Baton Rouge
Malfunctioning Ranger 4 to collide with Moon
Soviet Cosmos III launched into orbit with scientific instruments to study radiation belts and meteorites. Tass reported the satellite appears unmanned, transmitting normal telemetry as Ranger 4 heads toward the Moon in a rare near-simultaneous spaceflight. Cosmos III follows Cosmos I and Cosmos II, part of a renewed Soviet space program after a pause in activity.
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Moon
Sputnik
Moscow
Soviet Union
America
Earth
Tass
Fairfax physician sentenced for abortion death
A 40-year-old Fairfax County physician, Dr. Thomas G. Boisclair, was sentenced to 10 years for second degree murder in the Christmas Day death of Vietnamese exchange student Huynh Thu Kathy Nguyet, 21, a University of Maryland student. A hospital pathologist said the death resulted from a septic abortion. Cecil Sweeny testified he gave the patient Boisclair’s address after learning of the pregnancy.
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Fairfax (Ap
Fairfax County
Thomas G. Boisclair
Huynh Thu
Kathy) Nguyet
University of Maryland
Cecil Sweeny
Miss Nguyet
Persistent Sheriff Solves 1961 Lovers Lane Murder
Halifax County Sheriff C T Coates says Clyde James Burton 29 confessed to the November 5 1961 slaying of 18 year old Tommie Joe Howell in South Boston while the victim sat with his girlfriend Becky Solomon 17 in a parked car A reward pool of 3100 aided the case Burton also wounded two deputies during a pursuit and faces murder attempted murder felonious assault and theft charges based on his taped confession and recovered items including Howell s billfold and a rifle
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South Boston
Halifax County
C. T. Coates
Clyde James Burton
Tommie Joe Howell
Becky Solomon
Coates
Burton
Howell
Miss Solomon
March Living Costs Hit Record Level
Washington reports the consumer price index rose to 105.0 as of March, a 1.1 rise from March 1961. Increases stemmed from clothing drugs and housing, while egg and gasoline prices fell amid price wars and new octane grades.
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Washington
Labor Department
Arnold Chase
Man Hurtles 5000 Feet In Parachute Mishap
Tony Miller 24 suffered a dislocated shoulder when a parachute only partly opened during the national sky diving championships at Goodwood England. He dropped about 30 feet per second after delayed opening, with rigging lines crossing before impact and the ground described as roughly twice as hard as normal.
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Goodwood
England
Tony Miller
Miller
Federal Army occupies Harrisonburg and Farragut passes Forts
The article notes 100 years ago today the Federal Army under Banks occupied Harrisonburg while Farragut's fleet ran past Forts Jackson and St. Philip below New Orleans.
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Harrisonburg
Banks
Farragut
Forts Jackson
St. Philip
New Orleans
Drum and Bugle Corps Exhibition Set May 5
A drum and bugle corps exhibition will feature on the Apple Blossom Festival program at Handley High School bowl at 3 p.m. May 5. Four corps will compete: Freestaters Hagerstown Lee's Lieutenants Richmond Knights of Erin Rouss Winchester and the Virginia Lancers Winchester. Frank Dick chairs the event for the Festival's Department of Public Entertainment, with R. J. Alford Jr. as director. A nominal admission will be charged. advance tickets available at the Festival Ticket Sales desk in the George Washington Hotel lobby.
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Handley High School Bowl
Freestaters
Hagerstown
Lee
Richmond
Knights of Erin
Rouss
Winchester
Virginia Lancers
Frank Dick
Festival
Department of Public Entertainment
R. J. Alford, Jr
George Washington Hotel
Ranger 4 Mind Stays in Coma and Heads for Moon
Ranger 4 with an injured brain tumbles toward the moon after NASA technicians abandon attempts to awaken it. The 730 pound craft will crash on the moon’s far side around 8 53 a m as engineers assess a timer failure and telemetry problems.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Aeronautics and Lafe Administration
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
William H
Atlas
Agena Aa
Eas
Agena Sapere
Earth
Patirrely
Jaycees Charter Prison Group In West Virginia
A national Junior Chamber of Commerce officer will present a Jaycee charter to 37 inmates at West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville. James Thomas Cantrell, serving a life term for murder, was elected president of the inmate chapter, seen as a civic outreach by Warden Otto C. Boles.
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Moundsville
W.va
West Virginia
Junior Chamber of Commerce
James Thomas Cantrell
Otto C. Boles
Attempt to Open Safe at Newberry Store Foiled
An unsuccessful attempt to break into the safe at J. J. Newberry Co store was reported by Winchester Police. A window on the roof was pried and the outer door of the safe forced, but the second door was opened.
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Newberry
J. J. Newberry Co
Winchester
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Guido Decree
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