Ten White Pupils Return to Classes in New Orleans
Ten white students returned to William Frantz school amid ongoing protests as U.S. deputy marshals escorted three Black first graders into McDonogh No. 19. Temperatures dipped, picketing mothers numbered about a dozen, and police maintained round the clock guard at both integrated schools.
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New Orleans
William Frantz
McDonogh No. 19
McDonagh
U.S
Save Our Schools
Observers Miss Sputnik XI Dog Satellite
Radar tracking on the Atlantic missile range showed only the tumbling Soviet rocket body of a dog satellite. the companion satellite with two dogs was not detected. Earlier reports said the satellite’s radio went silent and might have departed orbit.
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Bedford
Mass
National Space Surveillance Control Center
Atlantic Missile Range
Soviet Union
Town Office Extends Hours For Tax Deadline
Town Clerk Pauline Outright will keep Stephens City Town Office open 6 to 8 p m tonight tomorrow and Monday to help residents meet the tax deadline. The penalty applies Tuesday. History note recalls Napoleon crowned 1804 and Monroe Doctrine declared 1823 with upside down date remark. Weather outlook: temperatures rise tomorrow afternoon with warm weekend ahead and mid next week turning cooler with possible precipitation.
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Stephens City
Pauline Outright
Napoleon
Freedom Rider Ray Roberts Ends 4244 Mile Relay to White House
Amarillo’s Ray Roberts leads a Pony Express style relay from Los Angeles to Washington covering 4244 miles. The project carries a letter to President Eisenhower from Thomas W. Wyatt urging a strong stand against Communism. The ride runs 24 hours a day with riders and horses passing relay posts, including George Washington’s Headquarters, Round Hill, and Rt. 50.
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Ray Roberts
Amarillo
Texas
Winchester
Los Angeles
White House
Washington
Ber
Eisenhower
Thomas W. Wyatt
Crusade For God and Freedom
Let
Ter
Rt. 50
Round Hill
George Washington
Woman Awarded 5019 Dollars in Nehi Mouse Case
A Frederick Circuit Court jury granted Mrs. Rosalee Breland of Martinsburg 5019.25 in damages after she claimed a Nehi soft drink bottle contained a decomposed mouse from an October 2, 1959 incident at a Martinsburg applesauce plant. The defense described bottle sanitizing procedures and denied negligence.
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Frederick
Rosalee Breland
Martinsburg
Nehi Bottling Co
Breland
Resignation of Rouss Driver Fred Baker in 1960
Frederick L. Baker, driver for the Rouss Fire Company since 1953, resigns to take a U S Government job effective Dec 10. Stuart Dyke and alternates continue until a successor is chosen. Baker, a Clarke County native and Berryville High School graduate, previously served in the Navy and police roles.
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Frederick L. Baker
Rouss
U.S
Baker
Stuart Dyke
Clarke County
Berryville
Navy
New York
Middletown
Pope John Meets With Archbishop of Canterbury
Pope John XXIII receives Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher in an hour long meeting at the Vatican marking a historic first between a pope and a Church of England leader. Communiques describe cordial exchange and shared aim to broaden brotherly Christian ties.
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John
Canterbury
Vatican City
John XXIII
Church of England
Vatican
Geoffrey Fisher
Pope John
Jerusalem
Istanbul
Msgr
Antonio Samore
Congregation For Extraordinary
Rouss Fire Co
C. D. Brown
Jefferson St
Archhbshop
Dr. Fisher
Brian Charles MacDermot
Holy See
F. S. Temple
T. R. Satterthwaite
United States Labels Cuba Communist Controlled
President Eisenhower releases 1 million for Cuban refugee aid under the Mutual Security Act, marking Cuba as Communist controlled. James Hagerty announces the action. Tracy Voorhees named president's representative on refugee issues. About 30 000 Cuban refugees in Florida, many arriving with limited funds, with children increasingly added to the plight.
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Eisenhower
Florida
White House
James C. Hagerty
Cuba
Tracy Voorhees
Hagerty
Voorhees
Kennedy names Bell to head budget post in coming cabinet
President elect John F Kennedy selects Harvard professor David E Bell as budget director and aims to complete his cabinet by end of next week. Bell, 41, heads the Harvard Littauer Center for Public Administration and will liaison with Eisenhower budget chief Maurice E Stans before tailoring budget recommendations to the Kennedy agenda. Mike Feldman will assist Bell until the administration begins.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Harvard
David E. Bell
Kennedy
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Connecticut
Health, Education
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
White House
Bell
Harvard Littauer Center For Public Administration
President Elect
Harry S. Truman
Eisenhower
Maurice E. Stans
Budget Bureau
Mike Feldman
Senate
Census final counts show Winchester Frederick Clarke counties gain
Advance census figures update Winchester to 15 110 residents and Frederick County to 21 941. Clarke County reaches 7 942 with Berryville at 1 645. Warren and Shenandoah counties show small changes while district breakdowns favor Opequon Shawnee and Stonewall.
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Winchester
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Frederick County
Middletown
Stephens City
Shawnee
Stonewall
Opequon
Gainesboro
Back Creek
Clarke County
Berryville
Battletown
Chapel District
Boyce
Greenway
Long Marsh
Warren
Shenandoah
November Driest in 14 Years Warns of Ongoing Lack of Rain
The Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory reports November was the driest since 1932 with 1.27 inches of rain, 1.64 inches below the 47 year average. Daytime highs reached the hottest since 1946, while nights stayed near normal. October also saw record dryness with 0.94 inches.
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Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Rockefeller Denies GOP Power Struggle
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York after a meeting with Vice President Richard M. Nixon said there is no power struggle in the Republican party. He and Nixon agree the party must cooperate as a positive force, while acknowledging Morton as the real head and the national committee as the party vehicle.
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Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
America
Nixon
Thruston B. Morton
GOP
National Committee
Morton
Capitol
Agony at Wake Island remembered by veterans
John R. Burroughs recalls the 16 day defense of Wake Island and his time as a civilian on ammunition duty. He describes the agony of the raid and the years in prison camps in an eyewitness account to appear on the Winchester Star editorial page.
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Wake Island
John R. Burroughs
Winchester Star
Anti American protests loom over Havana after space debris incident
AP dispatch notes government press and radio fueling anti U S sentiment over space rocket fragments on Cuban soil. Possible UN involvement looms as details unfold.
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Havan
Cuba
U.S
United Nations
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Margaret L. Hodgson
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