Shuman outlines five point plan against price fixing
Berryville American Farm Bureau president Charles B. Shuman presented a five point program to U S Senator Harry Byrd at the orchard picnic. The plan urges opposition to price fixing and expansion of markets, controlling monopolies, inflation relief, and farmers bargaining for prices. Byrd, noting improvements in the apple industry, voiced support for free markets and opposed federal aid to growers.
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Senator Byrd
Albertis
Berryville
American Farm Bureau Federation
Charles B. Shuman
U. S
Harry F. Byrd
Byrd
Appalachian
Ben Mossman
Wrigley Supermarkets
Shuman
Sullivan, Ill
Virginia
Weatherman predicts scattered showers tonight
The weatherman warns of scattered showers or thunderstorms tonight as area farmers fear further crop and pasture losses after three weeks with little rain. A driver in a small car narrowly avoided danger during a U turn on W Boscawen Street, amid a one way east section, with a safe exit. Clarke Raritans prepare for the Clarke County Fair by building and operating games for attendees.
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W. Boscawen St
Braddock St
Indian Alley
Boscawen St
Initial Work On Hospital To Begin Soon
Winchester Memorial Hospital plans a 3.45 million expansion with boiler conversion first. Digging for new boilers to start any day this week and two front office buildings to rise beside the existing hospital. Completion of the front section is expected in about six months.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Carl S. Napps
Napps
Superintendent of Park Dies at Berkeley Springs
BERKELEY SPRINGS W Va AP Supt Gracen B Heare of the Berkeley Springs Sanitarium died in his sleep at his home Heare 66 had led the institution for about ten years before being replaced during Gov Cecil H Underwood s administration Heare was reappointed April 1 1961 by Gov W W Barron
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Berkeley Springs
Berkley Springs
W. Va
Gracen B.heare
Berkeley Springs Sanitarium
Heare
Cecil H. Underwood
W. W. Barron
Explorer
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Mary Hitchcock Hospital
Hanover
N. H. Stefansson
North
Leftists Seize Power in Algeria by Guerrilla Officers
In Algiers a group of young guerrilla officers leading about 20 000 troops in Wilaya No 4 seized control of Agiers and surrounding areas. They paralyzed Deputy Premier Ben Bella's Political Bureau and forced it to yield powers, delaying the Sept 2 Constituent Assembly and threatening a centralized government. Ben Bella departed for Oran seeking loyalty from Wilaya No 5, while CNRA meetings and calls for a REVISION of leadership echoed the crisis.
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Algiers
Algeria
Wilaya
Agiers
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Bella
Oran
Wilaya No. 5
Wilaya No. 4
National Council of the Algerian Revolution
CNRA
Libya
National Liberation Front
FLN
Unemployment In Winchester Area In 1961 Reported
The 1961 unemployment in the Winchester Frederick Clarke County area averaged 1260 with 18325 employed. Virginia Employment Commission data show a 6.5 percent jobless rate vs 4.5 statewide and 6.7 nationally. The Winchester office issued 2260 new applications and placed 1610 in non farm jobs while 380 tests were conducted.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Clarke County
Virginia Employment Commission
Wilson Dickson
Virginia
August Rainfall In Winchester Falls Short Of 1930 Levels
August rainfall in Winchester for 1930 stood at 0.54 inches while current August totals are 0.53 inches. Over 32 years only three Augusts were below one inch, including 1930 1951 and 1957. June and July rains were unusually heavy with 5.12 and 5.35 inches respectively though August remained dry.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Winchester
Sirea
Western nations push partial nuclear test ban at disarmament talks
Britain and the United States offered a treaty banning atmospheric, underwater, and space tests with on site inspection for suspicious tremors. The Soviet Union rejected the plan and signaled opposition to any ban excluding underground tests. The two powers also proposed a comprehensive all environment ban with international inspection, which Moscow dismissed.
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Geneva
Britain
United States
Soviet Union
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Kuznetsov
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Dean
France
U S Holds Soviet Responsible for Berlin Shootings
The United States in a note held the Soviet Union responsible for shootings and disorders along the Berlin wall and invited a four power conference to ease tensions. It cited East German police killings of two youths and urged Soviet officials to meet with France Britain and the United States to restore normal conditions.
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Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
Berlin Wall
Foreign Office
West Berlin
U.S
Berlin
France
Britain
Soviet Nuclear Test Registered in Atmosphere Above Zemlya
AP reports at Uppsala University Seismologic Institute that a new Soviet atmospheric nuclear test over the Novaya Zemlya region was registered today. Swedish scientists estimate the blast at about 14 megatons of TNT.
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Uppsala
Sweden
Novaya Zemlya
the Seismologic Institution
Uppsala University
Red China Seen Testing Bomb Within Months
U S Disarmament Agency officials say Communist China will likely detonate a nuclear device within months. They explain the urgency behind a new U S British plan for a limited test ban covering atmospheric outer space and underwater tests.
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Red
China
Washington
U.S. Disarmament Agency
Error Puts Spacecraft Off Course
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP An off course Mariner 2 space craft launched for a 109 day Venus mission on an Atlas Agena B rocket. A 37.3 pound motor will fire eight days after launch to correct position and velocity as tracking data define the craft 1 000 000 miles from Earth. If not corrected the probe could miss Venus by up to 600 000 miles and fail the primary objective.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Venus
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Jack James
Mariner
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mariner 2
James
Earth
Veenus
Highway Safety Week Observed in Winchester Area
Mayor Claude B. Smalts Jr. proclaims Highway Safety Week as local groups sponsor the event. The Hoppers Auto Club Fraternal Order of Police and Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad run observer patrols and award drivers for courteous acts with free seat belts donated by merchants. A safety slogan contest at a local restaurant offers prizes including a full set of four seat belts and 15 additional prizes.
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Claude B. Smalts, Jr
Hoppers Auto Club
Fraternal Order of Police
Winchester
Frederick County
Hopers
Carper's Valley Golf Hosts Labor Day Piinis Reservations
Members and guests of Carper's Valley Golf make reservations for Labor Day piinis before August 28. Call MO 32-1287 to book.
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Carper’s Valley Golf
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Donal Fliger Jr
Springfield
Ohio
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Miami
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