Shenandoah River drift wood arrangements win in Clarke County Fair
Karen Lloyd and Mrs. John A. Lloyd display two hobby class pieces at Clarke County Fair with judging set for today at noon while other departments finish judging tomorrow morning. A Raritan chicken barbecue is planned for 5 p.m. at the fairgrounds and calf scramble calves from last year go on sale at 8 p.m. A free dog and pony show runs twice daily as the fair continues through Saturday on Rt 7 west of Berryville.
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Clarke County Fair
Karen Lloyd
Eft
John A. Lloyd
Rt. 7
Berryville
Memorial Service Opens CVVFA 60th Convention Agenda
Memorial service marks opening of the 60th CVVFA convention as 80 member companies arrive for registration at 8 30 a m. Mayor Smalts and Fire Chief Barr welcome delegates before a 11 a m service at Cork Street Christian Church conducted by CVVFA Chaplain Rev Benjamin Blubaugh and assisted by Rev Dysart and Rev Bobbitt. One of 15 CVVFA members who died last year honored is William F Conkey of Rouss.
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Anne Asi
Oh Tumor
Cumberland’ ‘Valley
Benjamin F. Blubaugh
CVVFA
Baltimore
Stanley H. Dysart
Melvin A. Bobbitt
William F. Conkey
Rouss
Winchester
Friendship Majorettes to lead 1952 Firemen Parade unit
The Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association convention opens tomorrow with the Friendship Majorettes as unit 84, boosting parade size to 42 units, compared with 1951. Local reports note oversized tomatoes grown by John M. Colvin and Ted Pangleay, including a 3 lb 9 oz worm-shaped specimen and a 2 lb 12 oz fruit.
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Friendship
Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Reuther Courting AMC in Auto Labor Talks
Walter P. Reuther directs UAW strategy toward American Motors in hopes of pressuring GM Ford and Chrysler. He pushes AMC to improve profit sharing and a quicker settlement to leverage better terms from the Big Three as contracts near expiration.
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Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
American Motors Corp
American Motors
AMC
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Reuther
Big
UAW
Fate of Cuban Ship Remains Obscured by Legal Cloud
The Bahia De Nipe freighter and its $600,000 Cuban sugar cargo face possible attachment to satisfy $2.7 million in judgments. Capt. Jorge Gustin Navarro and nine crewmen protest, while a 10th is hospitalized. Judge Hoffman weighs rights to return the vessel to Cuba as guards deter marshals.
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Norfolk
Bahia de Nipe
U. S
Walter E. Hoffman
U.S
Coast Guard
United Fruit Sugar, Co
Panama
Space Craft Fails To Launch Payload
NASA launched the Atlas Agena space platform from Cape Canaveral with Ranger I piggyback payload on a test flight to orbit. The second stage failed to separate and Ranger did not reach the planned highly elliptical orbit, leaving exact trajectory unclear while data analysis continues. Ranger II may repeat the mission in a later window.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Moon
Mars
Venus
Agena
Ranger
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
James D. Burke
United Nations debates watered down Tunisia France censure
United Nations members consider a resolution urging France to withdraw troops from Tunisia but face pressure to soften censure. Tunisia and allies press for strong action, while Britain and Senegal push moderating edits. U.S. abstention discussed, Soviet Union threatens counter proposals if amendments appear. Closing notices follow with office closure and merchandise ads.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
France
Tunisia
Yugoslavia
United States
Bizerte
Tunisian
Britain
Argentina
New Zealand
Senegal
Niger
Mongi Slim
Soviet Union
Demaate Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
A. T. Baker
Addition Planned for Handley High School
The Handley High School project adds a $459 000 wing behind the current building. Howard Shockey and Sons won the bid in July to construct a cafeteria kitchen serving area 15 classrooms a choral room band room and instrument room. Completion is set for September next year. The Winchester School Board approved 18 new teaching positions at its Monday night meeting.
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Handley High School
Howard Shockey and Sons
Winchester School Board
Foxes Invade National Zoo As Foxes Hunger For Birds
The National Zoo faces a fox invasion on its 169 acre reservation. Foxes and raccoons have eaten four ducks two pheasants and a flamingo, alarming Director Theodore H. Reed who notes traps fail. Police will hunt the foxes with guns.
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Washington
Tallyho
National Zoo
Zoo
Theodore H. Reed
Reed
East Germans Shut Five More Berlin Gates
Berlin news reports the East German regime closing five additional gates into East Berlin as Western Allies deploy tanks and infantry to the sector border. British and American units answer the move with reinforced crossings at Friedrichstrasse and Brandenburg Gate amid warnings of illegal restrictions and threats to rail links.
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Berlin
U.S
Friedrichstrasse
East Berlin
West Berlin
West
Greenjackets
King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Brandenburg Gate
Kennedy Keeps Close Watch on East Berlin Restrictions
President Kennedy closely watches reports of new East Berlin travel limits amid allied consultations. A Western Four ambassadorial group will meet at the State Department to assess Red restrictions and potential crisis. Vice President Johnson demonstrates U S firmness as Rusk and Dillon voice cautious negotiation prospects.
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Washington
Kennedy
East Berlin
State Department
U.S
Berlin
West
Dean Rusk
Rusk
London
Charles de Gaulle
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Este
Uruguay
Dillon
United States
Nehru backs Soviet control of Berlin access
Indian Prime Minister Nehru, speaking in Parliament, said Communists have the right to oversee movement between West and East Berlin and West Germany and Berlin. He called Western access to Berlin a concession by the Soviets, noting Allied occupation zones and later Soviet grant of free access.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
West Berlin
East Berlin
West Germany
Berlin
Spade Cooley Given Life For Brutal Murder of Wife
Spade Cooley the Western swing star was sentenced to life in prison after a 37 year old wife Ella Mae was beaten and stomped to death in April. The court heard testimony from daughter Melody about the brutal assault. Cooley claimed memory loss and suggested he was sane enough for parole after seven years.
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Spade Cooley
Bakersfield
Calif
Superior Court
William L. Bradshaw
Cooley
Ella Mae
Donnell Clyde
Pack Saddle Creek
Okla
Spade
Melody Cooley
Republic Pictures
Roy Rogers
Roy
Fire Damages Owens Home on Cecil Street
Fire damaged the second floor of a frame house at 116 E Cecil St occupied by Mr Owens and family. Firefighters contained the blaze in 15 minutes though smoke damage was extensive. Red Cross appealed for shelter mattresses clothing and a new house.
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E. Cecil St
Aodina Dee Owens
Hables
Owens
Eeene
Goldie Lloyd
Shirley Cheshire
Linda Mae
Marcella
Nancy
Louise
Connie
Eugene
Handley Council 634 Meeting Notice
A regular meeting of Handley Council 634 U C T is announced to be held at Lions Shelter in Pmnt Pricay on August 25.
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Handley Council
U.C.T
Lions Shelter
Pmnt
Pricay
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