Ranger 4 makes historic Moon hit in space milestone
The Ranger 4 craft, crippled yet accurate, crash landed on the far side of the moon marking the U S first success in seven lunar landings. NASA officials hailed the achievement as a major stride in space exploration and promised a new Ranger mission for close up moon images by year end.
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Goldstone
Calif
United States
Russia
James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Newsmen
William Pickering
NASA
Jet Laboratory
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Ranger 4
Soviet Cosmos 4 Satellite Launch In Six Weeks
Moscow reports Cosmos 4, the fourth Sputnik in six weeks, entered Earth orbit with a 90.6 minute period. The satellite carries instruments to study radiation and space conditions, with radio signals functioning normally and a predicted pass over Washington at 10 08 p m EST.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Tass
Washington
Woodstock To Vote May 19 On ABC Store Referendum
Woodstock plans a special election May 19 to decide if the town will get its first State ABC store. Judge Elliott Marshall approved the referendum after 305 qualified voters signed the petition in Shenandoah County Circuit Court. The 1957 proposal narrowly failed and Woodstock population is 2,087 with 702 voting in 1960.
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Woodstock
Elliott Marshall
Shenandoah County
ABC
Fisherman Haymaker nets 17 pounds of Shenandoah bass
Russell Haymaker of 1051 Orchard Ave. caught five bass totaling 17 pounds 13 ounces in the Shenandoah near Front Royal last Saturday. The big smallmouth weighed 5 pounds 9 ounces, with the rest 3 12, 2 7, 2 6, and 3 11. He will display the largest bass in a 300 pound ice block at the Sport Center Saturday.
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Russell Haymaker
Orchard Ave
Shenandoah River
Front Royal
Mr. Haymaker
Hear Your Doctor's Answer on Socialized Medicine TV
A Channel 3 program in Harrisonburg airs tonight at 7 and Saturday at 2 p.m. featuring a doctor addressing socialized medicine questions. The broadcast invites viewers to submit issues for discussion and outlines a statewide healthcare debate.
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Harrisonburg
Blossoms Aid Shenandoah Festival With Early Bloom Outlook
Warm weather accelerates apple blossom development ahead of the 35th annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. The Stayman and Red Delicious centers are opening, with Yorks Romes and Golden Delicious due to bloom early next week. Peak blossoms should be past by festival time, though ample blooms remain possible if heavy rain or winds delay.
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George Williams
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Mr. Williams
Denied Raise Triggers High School Teacher Protest
Stafford High School teachers vote to suspend all extra curricula activities in protest of a county budget slashing 180000 from next year’s funds. The plan, affecting prom, honors banquet, and clubs, leaves sports and publications untouched. Public hearing on the 2.6 million budget is set for May 9.
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Falmouth
Stafford
County Board of Supervisors
T. Benton Gayle
Par
John B. Durham
Banld
Student Cooperative Association
Gayle
Churches Install Burglar Alarms in Camden Diocesan Churches
The Roman Catholic diocese of Camden orders burglar alarms installed in every church after an unidentified incident. A diocese spokesman cited the incident but offered no further details.
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Camden, N.J
Camden
Pair Wanted At Harrisonburg Caught in Ohio
The FBI announced the arrest in Bratenahl Ohio of Garland Suttle 45 and Tracey Mae Dove 47 who had been sought since last July in Harrisonburg for the statutory rape of a 10 year old girl. They are jailed in Cuyahoga County Ohio awaiting a May 4 hearing. Suttle bond is $5000 and Dove $4000. The bureau says Suttle faces statutory rape charges and Dove conspiracy for aiding his escape.
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Richmond
FBI
Bratenahl
Ohio
Harrisonburg
Garland Suttle
Tracey Mae Dove
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Suttle
U. S. Won't Appeal Du Pont GM Judgment
Atty. Gen. Kennedy said the government will not appeal the final ruling by Judge Walter J. LaBay ending 13 years of litigation over Du Pont and Christiana Securities divesting GM stock. The judgment requires complete divestiture of GM holdings by Du Pont and Christiana and orders several family members to sell shares. A total of 8,566,646 GM shares to be sold plus 3,079,261 shares from management affiliates الاتفاق.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
du Pont General Motors
Walter J. LaBay
Chicago
du Pont
General Motors
du Pont Management
Apple Blossom Specials at Miller's Hardware
Local advertisement lists Camp Stools 98c, Folding Alum Chairs 4.49, Folding Metal Tables 10.95, Alum Chaise Lounges 14.95 at Miller's Hardware during the Apple Blossom sale period.
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Miller’s Hardware
Viruses Threaten Astronaut Safety In Space
Air Force researchers at Brooks AFB Texas warn space stress could turn common colds into deadly threats. Virology head Dr. Seymour Kalter notes space stress alters hormones, boosting infection risk, while vaccines and antibiotics have limited reach against many viruses. Radiation may mutate viruses, turning harmless into killers or vice versa.
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San Antonio, Tex
America
Air Force
School of Aerospace Medicine
Brooks Air Force Base
Seymour. Kalter
Kalter
Skirmish at Keezletown and Yorktown Redoubt Capture
A Civil War update notes a skirmish at Keezletown where Union forces engage Confederate troops and capture a redoubt at Yorktown marking a strategic advance in the campaign.
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Keezletown
Yorktown
Zorin Condemns U S Nuclear Tests At Disarmament Talks
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin denounced the United States for new atmospheric nuclear tests at the 17 nation disarmament conference in Geneva. He warned the world faces a widening path to war while the Soviet Union braces to protect its security and possible countermeasures.
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Geneva
Valerian A. Zorin
Zorin
Soviet Union
United States
U.S
Arthur Dean
Brazil
United Arab Republic
Dean
Middle Road
United State
Scientists Check Data From Blast
Washington AP reports the United States opened a new atmospheric nuclear test series with a research device over Christmas Island. The first detonation, 5 to 25 times Hiroshima, aimed to boost warhead efficiency and overall explosive power in smaller devices. Further high altitude shots will test radar and communications effects.
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Washington
U.S
Christmas Island
Pacific
United States
Congress
Soviet Union
Russia
Atomic Energy Commission
Hiroshima
Johnston Island
Nuclear tests spark global protests across capitals
The resumption of nuclear tests triggers demonstrations worldwide. In Tokyo 325 leftists protested near the U.S. Embassy, police clearing entry attempts. In London 14 American students demonstrated outside the British embassy, while Copenhagen saw about 50 anti bomb protesters.
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Associated Press
United States
Soviet Union
Tokyo
Japan
London
England
U.S
Copenhagen
Nuclear Tests To Be Announced Individually
In Washington AP a spokesman for the Atomic Energy Commission said all American nuclear tests in the Pacific will be announced when held, marking a shift from prior practice. The plan is to announce each test individually after completion. earlier Nevada underground tests were not to be announced.
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Washington
Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
Reenactors retrace Stonewall Jackson route to Staunton
More than a hundred marchers reenact Jackson’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign retracing the Blue Ridge route from Brown’s Gap to Brown Cove and boarding vintage coaches at a Virginia station. Seven weekend events on the Valley route award $1000 in prizes as Civil War units and National Guard re-create the march.
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Mechum’s River Station
Virginia Central Railroad
Stonewall Jackson
Waynesboro
Staunton
Jackson
Shenandoah Valley
Blue Ridge
Brown's Gap
Brown Cove
Railway
Chespeake and
Ohio
C&o
Fed
Stonewall
McDowell
National Guard
Winchester
Harrisonburg
al Sicwolf
Richmond
Photographers Convention Opens Tomorrow in Winchester
The NPPA Region 3 Convention brings 80 metro area and small city photographers to the George Washington Hotel in Winchester. Guests visit Skyline Caverns, Shenandoah Downs, and Front Royal caverns with contests and cash prizes, plus an awards banquet with noted officials and leaders.
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National Press
Winchester
George Washington Hotel
Winchester-Frederick
Caverns
Front Royal
Charles Town
Allen Ha
Claude
Paul Terretta
O'Sullivan
Jim Payne
Skyline
W . Bur French
Doubleday
Bailey Goss
Jack Fretwell
National Bah
Jay Lowden
Shenandoah Wale
National Bank
Col. C. G. Follansbee
Chamber of Commerce
E. R. Huntsberry, Jr
Royalaires
James Wood
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