Picnic Speakers Stress Marketing and Quality Fruit
At Senator H. F. Byrd’s annual orchard picnic in Rosemont 3400 people attended. R D Erwin urged constant quality control and a stronger merchandising program through the Virginia State Apple Commission while Peter J. Gunner of Kroger emphasized orderly marketing and advertising for profit. Rain ended before noon as fruit growers and dealers enjoyed lunch then tours to Byrd operations.
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H. F. Byrd
Senator Byrd
Rosemont Orchard
R. D. Erwin
United Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Association
Erwin
Ben E. Keith Company
Fort Worth
Texas
Virginia State
Apple Commission
Peter J. Gunner
Kroger Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
Garden yields and Civil War centennial events noted
Signals of tomato and onion weights from local gardeners highlight produce notes. The Virginia Civil War Commission’s Centennial News Letter lists four upcoming Old Dominion observances including memorial windows, parades, and dedications in Richmond Covington Loudoun and Ball's Bluff with plaques and ceremonies. Dorr F Louks reports a 19 inches around beefsteak tomato weighing 2 pounds in Pennsylvania Avenue listings.
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Virginia Civil War Commission
Richmond
Old Dominion
Sally Tompkins
St. James Episcopal Church
Alleghany County
Covington
Loudoun County
Ball’s Bluff
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Dorr F. Louks
Pennsylvania Ave
Byrd lauds Virginia conservatism at picnic
U S Senator Harry F Byrd addressed about 3400 at a Berryville picnic praising Virginias conservatism as a national symbol while warning against continued federal spending taxation and borrowing He urged cutting non defense expenditures while maintaining military strength and fiscal preparedness He linked Virginias conservatism to Jefferson and argued for sustaining fundamental principles and checks and balances against centralized power
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Berryville
U. S
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Khrushchev
Byrd
3Yrd
Conserva
Washington
Jefferson
Harrison Guest Here Attends Byrd Picnic in Clarke County
Albertis S. Harrison Jr Democratic nominee for Virginia governor visited Winchester last night and attended the Byrd apple picnic in Clarke County today. He stayed as an overnight guest of Senator Harry F Byrd Jr at his Tennyson Avenue home joining Senator Robert Y Button and Sidney S Kellam among others. Attendees included Frederick W Burtows Allan T Rains Jere White Richard Conley Veryl Bevalacqua George Shields Arthur Rolfe William Gaunt and Ed Harris among others.
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Albertis S. Harrison, Jr
Virginia
Winchester
Clarke County
Harrison
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Tennyson Avenue
Robert Y. Button
Sidney S. Kellam
Frederick W. Bur Tows
International Apple Association
Allan T. Rains
United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association
Jere White
Richard Conley
Produce Marketing Magazine
Veryl Bevalacqua
Look Magazine
George Shields
The
New York Packer
Arthur Rolfe
Produce News
William Gaunt
Virginia Chain Store Council
Ed Harris
State Employes Are Granted Pay Boosts
Gov. J Lindsay Almond Jr. approved pay raises for about 20,000 state workers, with most increases at one step about 5 percent and some at two steps about 10 percent. The boosts start Oct 1 and appear in Oct 15 pay. Cost for nine months is around 3 million, funded by general and special funds. The move follows a final general fund balance of over 14.7 million available for appropriations.
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Richmond
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Special Fund
John W. Garber
L.M. Kuhn
Almond
Troller
Sidney C. Day Jr
State General Fund
U S Commandant Protests East German Travel Restrictions
Maj. Gen. Albert Watson II, U S commandant in Berlin, personally protested to Soviet Col. Andrei Solovyev against new East German rules limiting crossing points between East and West Berlin. West Berliners protested at Soviet headquarters and at two West Berlin travel offices opened at Zoo and Kreuzberg stations.
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Berlin
Albert Watson II
U.S
East
West Berlin
Watson
Col
Andrei I. Solovyev
East Berlin
Zoo
Kreuzberg
Firemen Parade Closes 60th Cumberland Valley Convention
The 60th annual Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association convention ends with a grand parade led by Velma Newcome queen of the event. More than 100 units, double the 1951 parade size, compete for prizes as demonstrations and a week of activities wrap up with the Fun Festival tonight.
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Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Douglas J. O'Connell
Velma Newcome
Holmes Newcome
Winchester Fire Department
Sears Lot
Baker St
Resignation Plunges Brazil Into Crisis
Brazil faced a political crisis as President Janio Quadros abruptly resigned and Vice President Joao Goulart returned from abroad to assume the presidency. Riots and protests erupted in Brasilia Recife and Rio de Janeiro amid a volatile national mood.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Janio Quadros
Joao Coulart
Goulart
Labor Party
Singapore
Red China
Mao Tze-tung
Peiping
Quadros
Communist Bloc
U.S
Brasilia
Recife
Atlantic
Soviet Union
Fidel Castro
Cuba
United States
Castro
Sao Paulo
Western Allies press Berlin warning amid crisis talks
Top U S officials and Western diplomats met in Berlin to discuss the Berlin crisis with no public statement issued. Secretary Rusk and colleagues signaled concern and vowed to continue coordination with Britain France and West Germany while Moscow’s charges were rejected. French ambassador Alphand noted unity against the Soviet threat and the group planned notes in response to the alleged airlift and provocateurs claims.
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Herve Alphand
Berlin
Pierte Ie
Rlin
U.S
West Berlin
Rusk
State Department
Wilhelm Grewe
West Germany
Moscow
White House
Kremlin
Iron Curtain
Dean Rusk
Prince Edward Ponders Southwide Drive to Finance Private Education
Richmond AP reports white leaders in Prince Edward County discuss a southwide drive to fund private schooling while public schools stay closed. Possible plan includes private tuition and donations to sustain segregation, with a desegregated public option also debated. County, Governor Almond, and NAACP leaders weigh legal and political implications amid court rulings.
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Prince Edward
Richmond
Prince Edward County
Oren A. Lewis
Atty
Gen
Scallan Walsh
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
National Education Association
NEA
Ora
Madisonville
Sweetwater
Virginia Units in Call Up Include 149th Fighter Squadron
Defense Secretary McNamara announced a broad call-up of Virginia units to active duty effective Oct 1. The 149th Fighter Squadron based at Byrd Field Richmond is activated but its destination remains undisclosed. Army units include the 684th Signal Support Co Radford to Ft Bragg and the 226th MI Detachment to Ft Holabird. Naval activations include VS 861 Norfolk based escort Roberts and destroyer escort De Loesser from Yorktown, all assigned to the Atlantic Fleet.
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Richmond
Virginia
149Th
Virginia Air National Guard
Army
Navy
Air Force Reserve
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Kennedy
Byrd Field
684Th Signal Support Co
Radford
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Pinaceae Plense
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Timberville
Byrd Ean Frederickson
Jefferson Orchard
Charles Town
W. Va
Byrd Apple
Winchester Golf Club
Tom Byrd
Bill Rooker
Byrd Canning Division
Elliott H. Barden
Kraft Foods
National Oats Co
Jim Laise
Jimmy Grayson
Ernest Grayson
Star Office
Claude
Clara Fauver
Bond
Princij Petnagabgy
Solovyev
Loudoun St
Galen Strance
Arthur d’Onofrio
Mt. Weather
Bernard F. Groves, Jr
Senseng Park
Slo-Mo-Shun Auto Club
Fredericksburg
E. Wade Thomas
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
R. Lawrence Oliver
Virginia State Department of Education
Kenneth S. Nichols
South America
Washing Toy
Harold Caccia
Secretary of Defense
Robert §. McNamara
McGeorge Bund
McNamara
Northern Virginia Power Company
N. Buckmarsh St
Welltown Methodist Church
Pine Grove
DeHaven
Willow Lawn
Willow Lawn Farm
Robert D. Robertson
Norfolk
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Won
Emporia
Frederick T. Gray
Gray
Ane
A. S. Harrison Jr
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