Old Virginia Packing strike cops pulled from picket lines
In Front Royal the mayor and council ordered the police chief and force to stay away from the Old Virginia Packing Co. picket lines amid a two week strike. Union reps accused Police Chief Charles Menefee of partiality and called for removal of police observers from the scene. The measure passed unanimously, with town managers authorized to restore police protection if needed.
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Front Royal
Old Virginia Packing Co
W. Douglas Blanton
Charles Menefee
Menefee
Richard Brooks
Old Virginia
Brooks
William A. Lilliard, Jr
Lilliard
Bernard Stokes
Chuck Leadman
Greece Quake Causes Deaths and Widespread Damage
A strong 20 second earthquake rocked much of Greece with a death and several injuries. Reports say Nafplion and Patras were hit, Crete felt tremors, and communication cuts hindered damage estimates. Seismic officials place the epicenter southwest of Athens.
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Athens
Greece
Italy
Naples
Amalfi
Jacqueling Kennedy
Crime Rate Up 3 Percent Nationwide in First Half
The FBI reports a 3 percent rise in the national crime rate for the first half of the year. In cities with 750000 to one million people overall crime fell by 2 percent, while rural counties showed a 5 percent drop versus the first six months of 1961.
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Washington
FBI
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Rurral
Notable octogenarians share birth-house ties in Berryville
The report notes Harry Glaize and Tom Howell, both 74 and born in their current homes, with Howell claiming the exact bed he was born in. Alma, a tropical storm, moves northeast with no rain expected. heat rises tomorrow to 82 to 92. Today’s high hits 84, ten degrees cooler than last year.
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Harry Glaize
Tom Howell
E. Main St
Berryle
Alma
Atlantic
Hoover undergoes surgery for intestinal lesion
Former President Herbert Hoover, 88, had an operation at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center for removal of a polypoid lesion in the upper large bowel. The procedure lasted over three hours with the patient in the operating room more than five hours. A spokesman said the lesion’s malignancy remains unconfirmed and lab results were expected by Wednesday.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Mr. Hoover
Columbia Presbyterian
Vietnamese Plane Crashes in Saigon war action
A Vietnamese air force fighter crashed during a strafing run on a Viet Cong village near SOCTRANG. The Vietnamese pilot and American copilot were presumed killed. The American captain's name was withheld until next of kin were notified.
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Soctrang
South Viet Nam
Jane Morgan Rushed to Hospital After Reported Pills
New York AP report says singer Jane Morgan was rush to Roosevelt Hospital unconscious Monday night after telling a friend she had taken a dose of pills. She regained consciousness and the hospital reported no pills cause, citing nervous exhaustion instead.
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New York
Jane Morgan
Roosevelt Hospital
Kennedy plan for extended unemployment insurance rejected
The House Ways and Means Committee rejected President Kennedy's proposal to renew extended unemployment insurance by a single vote. Administration leaders showed clear disappointment at the defeat of a measure Kennedy personally urged, part of his cautious economy plan before considering tax cuts.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Kennedy
37- Pound Motor is Key to Venus Course
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP a 37.3 pound motor is pivotal to Mariner 2 reaching Venus on a 180 million mile voyage. Ground firing tentatively set for Sept 4 after path and speed calculations. NASA notes initial trajectory off by up to 600000 miles but refined data show a 10000 mile approach is possible.
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Venus
Mariner 2
Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
United States
The
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Goldstone
Calif
Moving Northeastward Alma Brushes North Carolina Coast
Tropical storm Alma brushed the North Carolina coast and Outer Banks with light winds and heavy rain. The center was near Cape Hatteras moving northeast at 18 mph with winds near 45 mph and squalls to 40 mph. No damage or flooding reported as tides rose one to three feet along the coast.
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Hatteras, N. C
Alma
North Carolina
Atlantic
Miami Weather Bureau
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Virginia
Morehead City
Cape Charles
Weather Bureau
Cape
May
N.J
Atlantic Beach
Town Gets Unexpected Whitewash In Tharptown
Tharptown, Pennsylvania, was doused in white paint Monday when a highway worker spraying a new Route 122 divider line leaked from a hose on an automatic line painter. The driver covered at least two miles before horns warned him of the spill, painting roads, sidewalks, fences, lawns, flowers, and vehicles.
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Shamokin
Tharptown
Corn Pastures Burn Under Drought Says Area Farmer
Carroll Solenberger describes severe dry spell cutting corn yields and pasture growth on his 300 acre farm near Winchester. He notes 28 acres of corn and 34 acres of hoped for hay are stunted, with cattle and sheep already needing supplemental feed as a drought continues. A survey of local farmers finds most are affected, some with luck from freak showers or available pasture land.
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Carroll S. Solenberger
Solenberger
Winchester
Curiosity Ends Skunk Threat In Jackson Ave Area
In Jackson Ave neighborhood resident Al Johnson spots a skunk with head stuck in a milk carton near a filling station. Clay Shull, an employee, kills the skunk with a stick, ending the odor problem for locals.
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Clay Shull
Johnson’s
Kennedy Bill Sets Private Satellite Network For U S
President Kennedy has the communications satellite bill on his desk to create a private profit making corporation to operate the U S portion of a global space relay system. The House approved the Senate version 372 to 10 removing a filibuster path though a liberal minority condemns the plan as a taxpayer giveaway.
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Washington
Kennedy
U.S
House
Senate
William Springer
R-Il
Congress of the
United States
W. R. Poage
D-Tex
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Satellite Corporation
Food Prices Rise Food and Services Push Cost of Living Up
The July consumer price index rose 0.2 percent to 105.5 from June, led by higher food costs especially pork milk and eggs and by rising service prices. Pay increases for about 950000 workers follow price moves, with notable impacts in auto farming equipment aerospace and trucking sectors. Restaurant meals up nearly 3 percent year over year while egg prices peak seasonally.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Caterpillar
International Harvester
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Seattle
Wash
Arnold Chase
Division of Prices
BLS
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Amalgamated Meat Cutters, Local 405
Athens Seismological Service
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Patras
Acropolis
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Peoponnesus
Crete
Adriatic
Bari
Reggio Calabria
Strait of
Messina
Sicily
Bulletin
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Austin
Tex
Jackson Ave
al Johnson
Oren Harris
D-Ark
House Commerce Committee
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Valley Ave. Delicatessen
Carper’s Valley Golf
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