Summit Approach Expanded to Flexible U.S. Britain Talks
President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan push for informal summit diplomacy with Soviet Premier Khrushchev aiming to ease nuclear tensions and foster broader East-West talks. They seek to soften conflicts over trade and Britain’s entry to the Common Market while avoiding a large heads-of-government summit. Khrushchev’s Moscow stance is noted as a shift toward careful preparation for future meetings.
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Washington
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Khrushchev
White House
U.S
Britain
Macmillan
Soviet Union
Ness
Moscow
Gardner
Cowles
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Re activated Civil War unit and local poultry success
The article notes Company K of the 5th Virginia Infantry re activating during Stonewall Jackson’s Valley Campaign and mentions pancakes for breakfast. It also highlights MARC PHILLIPS born 12, 344 Miller St, achieving an incubator hatch with a chick at 12:20 pm after 23 days.
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5Th Va. Inf
Stonewall Jackson
Valley
Winchester
National Guard
R. M. Lar- Tick
Marc Phillips
Miller St
Jack Phillips
Marc
Rexall Sale Two For One At Weaver's Drug Store
Local drug store announces a two for one Rexall sale at Weaver's Drug Store with discounts on select items. Shoppers are invited to visit the corner location for special pricing and limited-time offers.
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Rexall l
Weaver's
Foot Cavalry Recreates Jackson’s Shenandoah March
Civil War themed remarch reenacts the Valley Campaign as 60 volunteers trek from Elkton to Staunton over a seven weekend route. Units including seven from Winchester’s Company K join the event with ceremonies at Elkton Waynesboro and Staunton.
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Winchester
Fred Stotler
Terry Bowers
Ben Ritter
Jim Mellwee
John Quick
Rollin Larrick
Boyd Headley
Jackson
Thomas‘ "J. (Stonewall) Jackson
Shenandoah Valley
Elkton
Conrad’s
Dundo
Skyline Dive
Waynesboro
Staunton
5Th Va
Conrad’s Store
Brown’s Gap
Mecium’s River
Richmond
Allegheny
Johnson
Milroy
Stevr
Virgina
McDowell
Sitlington’s Hill
Bull Pa Sture
Valley Well Photographed As Convention Ends Here
The Region 3 National Press Photographers Convention ended in Winchester with photographers returning home. The group changed its official name from convention to conference and chose Hershey Pa for next year. Highlights included trips to Skyline Caverns Shenandoah Downs and historic sites in the area. The awards banquet at the George Washington Hotel and visits to Front Royal Caverns The Downs and a Virginia Gentleman party followed. Speakers included Dr Allen Hawthorne Senator Harry F Byrd Jr Chamber president E Rhodes Huntsberry Jr and Ervin Hess with Charlie Tait introducing. The Sunday session closed the event.
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Winchester
Shenandoah
George Washington Hotel
Front Royal Caverns
Virginia Gentleman
West Virginia
Downs
Allen Hawthorne
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Chamber of Commerce
E. Rhodes Huntsberry, Jr
Ervin Hess
High-Pitched Twitter May Have Caused Airliner Crash
A two year FAA study links a high pitched engine sound to starling attraction, suggesting engine RPM changes during takeoff and taxiing could prevent bird ingestion in Lockheed Electras. The 1960 Boston crash killed 62 people.
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Norman
Okla
Boston
Federal Aviation Agency
Cvil Aeromedical Research Institute
Lockheed Electra
Electra
Institute
Gines
Stanley Mohler
John Swearingen
Mohler
Swearingen
Titov Tours Nighttime Manhattan After Orbiting Earth
Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov and his wife Tamara visited Idlewild Airport and the United Nations mission before a brief Midtown tour of New York City. Titov said he looked forward to meeting American astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., and noted they planned a quiet sightseeing trip despite traffic and curious locals.
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New York
Gherman Titov
Tamara
Idlewild
United Nations
Park Avenue
Titov
John H. Glenn Jr
Norwegian Ship Aground After Chesapeake Bay Collision
The Norwegian freighter Tarantel rests aground after a dawn collision with the Greek vessel Hellenic Splendor near Cape Henry. Two passengers died Richard Berry and Augusta Fabriani. Navy salvage crews from Recovery and Shakori fought to lighten the Tarantel as underwater surveys decide temporary repairs before towing to a shipyard.
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Norfolk, Va
Chesapeake Bay
Philadelphia
Tarantel
Navy
Coast Guard
Recovery
Shakori
Cape Henry
Richard Berry
Westfield
N.J
Augusta Fabriani
Montreal
Atlantic
Newport News
Far East
Baltimore
Apple Blossom Festival Trash and Business Hours Notice
Garbage collection is suspended Thursday through Saturday during the Apple Blossom Festival and will resume on the regular collection days the following week. Blue and Gray Beauty Shop will be open Monday Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Charcoal Hearth Restaurant will not offer a buffet Wednesday Thursday and Friday.
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Blue & Gray Beauty Shop
Weather outlook promises favorable Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival week
The Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Week shows warm conditions with five to eight degrees above normal, showers forecast midweek and Saturday, and cooler main festival days Thursday and Friday. Miss Patricia Anne Godfrey will be crowned Thursday afternoon as part of pre festival events. Dr. Groves notes early varieties peaked over the weekend with scattered blossoms remaining for the celebration.
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Shenandoah
Patricia Anne Godfrey
Arthur Godfrey
Winchester
Accident Silences WHPL Radio
A freak accident yesterday morning silenced WHPL radio at 8 20 a m Mrs John Bell wife of the station manager said transmission will be resumed early this afternoon A power surge or a bolt of lightning struck the tower burning out a small part to be flown in from Cedar Rapids Iowa but it was lost in the rush Mr Bell went to Cumberland to pick up the part
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WHPL
John Bell
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Bell
Cumberland
Secrecy and Disarmament Clash Warns Rusk at CENTO
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told CENTO ministers that secrecy blocks disarmament and that the Soviet Union would need to drop secrecy before any nuclear testing ban can succeed. He said the United States would continue limited atmospheric tests to defend the Middle East and urged cooperation with Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, and Britain.
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London
Dean Rusk
Soviet Union
Central Treaty Organization
CENTO
Rusk
United States
America
Middle East
Pakistan
Iran
Turkey
Britain
Kennedy presses free competition to steady economy
President Kennedy told the United States Chamber of Commerce he favors stable growth through free competition to avoid government intervention in prices. He urged cooperation among business, labor, and government to protect the dollar and expand foreign trade. Wagner defended the steel price increase tied to inflation fears and praised the crackdown on price rises.
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Washington
Kennedy
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Richard Wagner
Wagner
Chicago
19 Die in Rush of Accidents Across Nation
At least nineteen people perished in multiple fatal crashes including automobile, plane and boating incidents. A Texas family of four died near Bonita Louisiana after a rear collision ignited their gas tank in a claimed hit and run. Three more were missing and several injured as authorities pursued charges of hit and run, negligent homicide and drunken driving. Eight others died in separate light plane crashes in Indiana and Nebraska, with witnesses describing a disintegrating aircraft and falling bodies.
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Bonita
Texas
Paul Richard Mullins
Ruby
Louis E
Paula Jean
Houston
Tex
Greenville
Miss
M. L. Thompson
Wilmot
Ark
Hamburg
Louisiana
Indiana
Nebraska
Bernard Gross
Fountain City
Ind
Dian Gross
Carl L. Dehmer Jr
Ita
Kan
Virginia
Richard H. Ivers
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