Festival at Hand Welcome Set For Queen Elect
The Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival begins with a preview reception and luncheon at Winchester as crowds gather for the 34th annual event. Forecast calls for pleasant temperatures around the mid 80s with scattered showers and cooler conditions later. Miss Creech, claimant of Gen. Thomas J Jackson, arrives at the George Washington Hotel for the start, to cut an apple pie and speak with reporters. The Joint Civic Club Luncheon follows at 12 30 p m as the celebration kicks off.
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Winchester
Mercury
Love Sane Aetry
Miss Creech
Thomas J
Stonewall) Jackson
George Washington Hotel
Civic Club
Granddaughter and grandson born in quick succession in Shawnee area
In a family update, Mrs. Irvin Cather reports the birth of granddaughter Elizabeth Adkins Keeling in Germany to St and Mrs. John Keeling, followed within 45 minutes by the birth of grandson Charles Shelburne Cather to Mr. and Mrs. Cather. A flower-bed raiding note and local events are mentioned.
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Irvin Cather
Cather
Star
Elizabeth Adkins Keeling
Germany
John Keeling
Keeling
Judy Cather
Festival Schedule for Queen Shenandoah XXXIV Elect
The program lists a 11 00 arrival at the George Washington Hotel for Queen Shenandoah XXXIV Elect and a 11 30 pie cutting for presidents of Winchester service clubs. A 12 30 joint civic club luncheon, 2 00 dress rehearsal for a Civil War Centennial Pageant, and an 8 00 reception for Miss Katherine Spach Creech at George Washington Hotel conclude the day.
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Shenandoah
George Washington Hotel
Winchester
Civic Club
Exchange, Kiwanis, Lions and
Rotary Club
Katherine Spach Creech
Shelley Mann
Floats for parade led by Queen Shenandoah XXXIV designers
Float makers from Newton North Carolina led by Mr and Mrs Joe Cline prepare 20 floats for the parade including the Queen Shenandoah XXXIV float. Mrs French Lee chairs the Queen float committee while Dee's Displays builds five more floats for various civic groups and towns.
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Joe Cline
Newton
N.C
North Carolina
French Lee
Clines
Dee
Marge de Their
de Counter
Royal Chamber of Commerce
Frederick County Fruit Growers
Sims and Son
Princesses Flem
Weadetack Iston Club
Purcell
Nuclear Attack Survival Plan Presented for Winchester Area
Two identical plans outline a regional evacuation in Northern Virginia, potentially moving up to 94000 people to the Winchester Freder County area. It details hospital disaster readiness, shelters in churches, fire aid stations at schools, and public alert procedures with CONC radio broadcasts. Civil defense centers will operate 24 hours, coordinating with Warrenton regional and National Guard support.
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Virginia
Winchester-Freder County
Asken Peat
Civil Defense Control Center
Civil Defense
Central Regional Control Center
Warrenton
National Guard
Arrivals From Cuba Describe Tightened Rebel Rule
The Associated Press reports arrivals from Cuba depict a crackdown with jails crowded private homes used as prisons and priests and politicians arrested. Witnesses note terror atmosphere despite claims of Soviet support and limited travel access after an abortive invasion.
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Associated Press
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Cubana Airlines
New York
Mexico City
York
Harry Dolansky
Neal
Raegparoe Cage An
Dolansky
Henry Marvin
Allied Cigar Corp
Havana
Frederick County Adopts Slow Time For Offices
Frederick County Supervisors vote to stay on slow standard time for county offices with daylight time for Winchester limited by state law. Post Office will use daylight time for window service while deliveries stay on standard time. Apple Blossom Festival causes Thursday and Friday closures at noon.
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Frederick
Board of Supervisors
Winchester
Hester
Thomas J. Jackson Promoted Major of Engineers
One hundred years ago today Thomas J. Jackson was made a major of Engineers in the Virginia forces. The Virginia Convention adopted a plan for caymist U.S. Gen. W. S. Harney was captured aboard a B and O train at Harpers Ferry and sent to Washington where he was en route to resign his commission.
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Thomas J. Jackson
Virginia
Caymist
U.S
W. S. Harney
B&o
Harpers Ferry
Harney
Washa
Rebels Fail to Seize French Naval Base
Rebels fail to seize a French naval base in a chaotic incident. The event sheet notes a festival period from the 27th to the 29th with Barry, known as Bat Masterson, named grand marshal of the Grand Feature Parade on Friday afternoon.
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Barry
Bat Masterson
Atlas Booster Explodes Deadly Launch of Mercury Capsule
An Atlas booster exploded 30 seconds after liftoff at Cape Canaveral. The 134 ton Mercury capsule was ejected by its escape system and parachuted into the Atlantic. The mission aimed to place the capsule in a 100 mile orbit for a 110 minute flight before recovery.
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Cape Ahan
Fla
Atlas
Atlantic Ocean
Cape
Globe
Abs. A.m. Est
U.S
New Taxes Boost Virginia Revenues by 20 Million
Virginia general fund revenues for July 1960 to March 1961 rose to 96 million, up from 76.2 million the year before, due largely to new taxes enacted by the 1960 legislature. About 17.6 million of the increase comes from the new tobacco taxes.
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Richmond
Virginia General Fund
General Fund
Sidney C. Day
Day
Star Editor Named Director of AP
Byrd Jr editor of Winchester Evening News elected director of the Associated Press at the annual meeting. AP is the world’s largest news organization with offices in 87 countries. Attendees included editors and publishers from Holyoke Waterbury St. Joseph and Phoenix Gazet es.
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New York
Byrd, Jr
Winchester
Associated Pg
Associated Press
Couna Benn
cKelway
Wa Ler
William the
France stages fourth atomic test blast in Sahara
Paris AP reports France conducted its fourth nuclear blast as part of a portable A bomb program. tests at Reggane in the Sahara were described as weaker and the radioactive fallout deemed non dangerous to populations. de Gaulle pursues an independent French nuclear force amid African criticism and hints at further tests possibly near the Kerguelen Islands in the Indian Ocean.
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Paris
France
North
Africa
Sahara
Algiers
Oran
Aethera
Charles de Gaulle
Kerguelen “Islands
Indian Ocean
Madagascar
Algeria
NATO
West Germany
Toulon
U S Ready to Aid De Gaulle in France Crisis
Washington says the United States stands ready to provide any aid President Charles de Gaulle needs to preserve the French republic. Press secretary Pierre Salinger said James Gavin, ambassador to France, carried the pledge to De Gaulle amid a revolt backed by Algerian generals.
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Washington
White House
United States
Charles de Gaulle
Pierre Salinger
James Gavin
U.S
France
de Gaulle
Algeria
BIT
Il Salin
Closing Notice for Local Stores and Festival Hours
Winchester Seed and Pifer Stationery announce holiday closings on April 27 28. Apple Bag Festival reduces hours to noon. Boyd's Drug Store seeks help with door-to-door sales.
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Boyd’s Drug Store
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U.S. Coast Guard
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West Virginia College of Beauty Culture
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Esso Standard
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