Fire Destroys Clarke County Barns. $15000 Loss Reported
McKay barn on Hazel Wood Farm between Millwood and Old Chapel burned in a wind driven blaze. 90 by 60 ft frame structure destroyed. 3000 bales of hay and 600 bales of straw lost. Cause undetermined. wind carried sparks half a mile away. Fire units from Boyce and Berryville assisted. two trees burned. Barn partly insured. no injuries reported.
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McKay
The
Boyce Company
Hazelwood
Millwood
Old Chapel
Boyce
Clarke Asks Drought Assistance for Clarke County
Berryville Clarke County Disaster Committee has recommended declaring the county a disaster area to authorize grazing and haying of diverted land under the center reserve feed grain and wheat diversion programs. The request goes to the Virginia USDA state disaster committee in Richmond then to Gov. Harrison and Washington for final approval.
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Berryville
Clarke County
ASC
Arthur D. Weiss
ASCS
John Gerken
David Headley
FHA
Dorothy W. Emmart
Virginia
Usda State Disaster Committee
Richmond
Harrison
Washington, D.C
Local Carnival Sets Dart Throw and Bowling on the Green
Warm humid Saturday with 90 to 95 degree heat and scattered thundershowers. Carnival at 517 Battle Ave features dart throw, bowling on the green, ring toss, and penny pitch. Marsha Ellen is assisted by Karen Gregory Lucanna Barnes Bonnie and Beverly Grim and Scott Athey.
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Pam
Battle Ave
Marsha Ellen
Karen Gregory
Lucanna Barnes
Bonnie and Beverly Grim
Scott Athey
Voting Rights Bill Nearing Presidential Signature
President Johnson prepares to sign the voting rights bill after Senate approval 79 to 18. The measure would suspend literacy tests in much of the South and allow federal takeover of voter registration under conditions. It also paves a court test on poll taxes in four states.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
South
Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
Virginia
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern ‘Christian Leadership Conference
Byrd Picnic Cancelled On First Anniversary
Lester D. Arnold of H. F. Byrd Inc says Senator Byrd’s annual orchard picnic will not be held this year as the date coincides with the first anniversary of Mrs. Byrd’s death. The event would have drawn Virginia apple brokers and dealers from across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester D. Arnold
H. F. Byrd, Inc
Senator Byrd
Byrd
Arnold
Virginia
John Enders Fire Co Parade To Feature 90 Units
About 90 units will march in Berryville’s John Enders Fire Co parade tomorrow night led by Miss Nancy Ruth Manuel and featuring dignitaries such as Senator Harry F. Byrd and Rep. John O. Marsh. The route runs from Buckmarsh to Main Street toward the railroad tracks, with police leading and a color guard from the West Virginia Air National Guard and Harpers Ferry High School Band.
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John Enders Fire Co
Berryville
Roy O. Locke
Buckmarsh
Main St
Locke
Nancy Ruth Manuel
Winchester Tri-County
Brenda McArtor
Clarke County
Janet E. Feltner
Enders Co
Shenandoah
Harry F. Byrd
John O. Marsh
Virginia House of Delegates
E. Blackburn Moore
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
West Virginia Air National Guard
Martinsburg
W. Va
Harpers Ferry
Taylor Makes Viet Nam Hope For Future Policy Shift
Washington AP report notes Taylor after talks with President Johnson outlines a 1.7 billion request and a 340000 man manpower boost to strengthen Viet Nam efforts. Taylor, a former Joint Chiefs chair, urges patience and determination while avoiding specifics on victory and ends with a Page 2 continuation reference.
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Washington
Comhope
Serious Sense Appropriations
Taylor
Johnson
Saigon
U.S
Joint Chiefs of Staff
South Viet Nam
Beate Tess
Viet Nam
Area Schools Open Soon for Frederick Clarke and Winchester
Frederick County students start the new term on August 30 followed by Clarke County on August 31 and Winchester on September 1 for the 1965-66 school year. Principals and teachers' meetings are planned for mid August.
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Frederick County
Clarke County
Winchester
Two Suspects Sought After Gunpoint Car Theft and Shooting
A 23 year old Michigan service member was shot and robbed near Gore early today and is in satisfactory condition at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Trooper D A Sheetz said two white men, about 23, armed with a revolver, robbed him and took a blue 65 Ford Mustang with Rhode Island plates. They fled after telling Frank Cameron they had robbed and shot a man in Baltimore and carried two sawed off shotguns. Warrants for attempted murder and armed robbery will be issued.
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Michigan
Gore
Winchester Memorial Hospital
D. A. Sheetz
Frank Cameron
Rt. 40
Baltimore
Mr. Cameron
Cameron
Back Creek
Quonset Point Naval Station
R.I
Rhode Island
Natural Gas Rate System Established
The commission set a two price ceiling for major producing areas with a 16.5 cent cap per thousand cubic feet. Refunds of about 30 to 35 million are expected to producers in the Permian Basin and 55 Texas counties, with pipes Paso Texas, Northern Natural Gas and Transwestern Pipeline holding most interstate shipments.
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Commission
Permian Basin
New Mexico
Texas Railroad Commission
Paso
Amendment Defeated but Dirksen Won't Give Up
Washington AP Sen Everett M Dirksen vows to press for a constitutional reapportionment amendment after a 57 39 Senate defeat four votes short of two thirds. He hints at substituting a geo political map based measure to override the Supreme Court ruling. Opponents Douglas Tydings Proxmire signal effort to revive would fail.
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Dirksen
Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate
Supreme Court
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
Joseph D. Tydings
D-Md
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Labor Ban Complicates Apple Harvest Labor
Secretary Wirz insists on using unemployed Americans first. no foreign labor until domestic recruitment is strong. Frederick County grower Joseph E. Butler warns a 25 percent loss of late apples without immigrant pickers. Area groups press to petition for outside workers as dry weather and gales worsen harvest timing. Local camp handles 1200 workers. five million bushels expected. bad weather could ruin unpicked fruit after November.
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Joseph E. Butler
Frederick County
H. F. Byrd
Gay Hornes Lapetite Salon of Beauty Now Open
A new beauty salon opens in Stephens City with two licensed stylists offering services. Contact details include a phone number ending in 396 for appointments and inquiries.
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Gay Horne
Stephens City
Viet Cong attack hits Da Nang fuel dump losses
A Viet Cong hit-and-run raid damaged nine storage tanks at the Da Nang air base fuel complex, destroying two tanks and heavily damaging two more, with an estimated loss of one million gallons. Marines nearby did not reinforce the post as artillery and a destroyer shelled suspected Viet Cong positions. Casualties among the Vietnamese were described as moderate. The event marked the boldest attack in the Da Nang area in weeks.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
da Nang Air Base
U.S
Big da Nang
Harboreside
Iso Standard East
da Nang Harbor
da Nang
Weather front to bring warm spell to Virginia by Friday
A stationary front across the southern third of Virginia is forecast to become a slow moving warm front. It will push from the Virginia coast toward Iowa and should pass through Virginia by Friday night, restoring more typical August conditions after a spell of cool weather.
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Richmond
Virginia
Norfolk
West Virginia
Iowa
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Bev McKay
Branson
Clarke
Burch McKay
Lynwood Lanham
Boyce Fire Company
John H.enders Company
Moore and Dorsey
Ralph Shiley
Sailor's
Jim Sirbaugh
Wirtz
Tem
Eastern Sea
Wirts
Charles 8. Toan
Exedividuals
Virginia Emeran Commission
Refuge Methodist Church
Sarah Zane Fire CO
Cooper’s Jewelers
Rouss Fire
George Washington Hotel
Oldsmobile
Coup Pine Motor Co
Cone Dee
Call
Richards Ave
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