President Kennedy to meet Macmillan in Bermuda
The White House said President Kennedy and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan will confer in Bermuda on December 21 and 22 to outline final strategy for possible Berlin talks with the Soviet Union. They may also discuss East-West negotiations as a setback from Moscow and East Berlin is noted.
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Washington
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Bermuda
Berlin
Soviet Union
London
Macmillan
Walter Ulbricht
East Germany
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
Kennedy-Macmillan
White House
Windy Day Turmoil Halts Berryville Traffic Chief
The Berryville police chief struggled with toppling speed limit signs in a school zone as gusty winds worsened. He attempted replacements while debris and blowing garbage cans created hazards, and residents noted the gusty conditions at 11 a.m. The report also mentions new Star subscriptions by Mr Black and Mr Brown and David Butts's deer hunting trophy in Harpshire County.
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Robert Wi
Berryville
Kennedys Schedule Latin America Visit and Bermuda Talks
The White House announced John F Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy will visit Venezuela and Colombia December 16 and 17 to spotlight Alliance and Western Hemisphere development. The four day trip includes Caracas and Bogota with housing education and rural programs as goals. Kennedy also plans a Bermuda conference with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan on cold war issues including Berlin.
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Washington
Kennedy
Venezuela
Colombia
White House
Latin America
Caracas
Bogota
United States
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Luis Munoz Marin
Harold Macmillan
Bermuda
Berlin
Red China Threatens India With Invasion
Prime Minister Nehru reported in Parliament that Communist China threatened to invade India's northeast frontier if military activity near Ladakh and Kechente area continued. Beijing questions the McMahon Line, asserting claims south of it. India cites border tensions and potential Chinese colonization interests.
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New Delhi
India
China
Nehru
Ladakh
Kechente
Bara Hoti
Uttar Pradesh
Cclonics
Assam
Tibet
Bhutan
Electric Utility Firms Seek Damages From 21 Manufacturers
Forty four electric utilities filed damage suits against 21 electrical manufacturers seeking triple damages. Principal defendants GE and Westinghouse appear in 11 suits each, Allis-Chalmers in nine. Cases span northeastern states to Virginia and cover about 18 percent of Septaryte utilities.
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New York
General Electric Co
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Westinghouse
Allis-Chalmers
West Allis
Wis
Philadelphia
U.S. District Court
Indiana
Virginia
Ib Ch
Sepiaaay
A Harold Rowe Dies Former City Councilman
A Harold Rowe 54 of Gaines boro died last night at home. He served on the Market Street Methodist Official Board and as Sunday School teacher and Junior Superintendent. He was active in Boy Scouts and the Friendship Fire Co. Survived by wife Margaret Hart four children one sister and one grandchild. Funeral Thursday 11 a.m. at Market Street Methodist Church with Rev. Charles J. Bright officiating. Flowers declined. Funeral home noted.
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A. Harold Rowe
Gainesboro
Rowe
Market Street Methodist Church
Gy Cline
Boy Scouts of America
Friendship Fire Company
Shockey Brothers
The
Commercial Bank
Sanitary Dairy
Mr. Rowe
St. George
Georgia
Sara Kelly Rowe
Arthur F. Rowe
Margaret Hart
Hagerstown
John Billmyre
Winchester
Donald Downes
Eteron Cereery
Susie’ Denerepnen
Coe Mealunior
Jones
U. S. Presses Toward Goal of Manned Orbit
At Cape Canaveral NASA and engineers push toward a manned orbit with John H. Glenn Jr. in training quarters near the Atlas booster and Mercury control center. A Dec. 20 target remains possible though delays could push to 1962. Glenn, wife Anna, and two children await launch while officials pace timeline ahead of a 1961 goal shared with the Soviet Union.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
John H. Glenn Jr
Glenn
Spe
Mercury Control Center
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Virgil I. Grissom
Scuante-Grignben
Cape
Anna
Arlington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Soviet Union
NASA
Anderson Heads Gore Volunteer Fire Company
Norman Anderson was named president of the Gore Fire Company at its annual meeting. He succeeds S. P. Henshaw. Officers for the coming year include Smithy Pugh as vice president S. T. Biggert as secretary Lyndal Anderson as assistant secretary Charles Parrish as treasurer Leroy Baker as assistant treasurer Lacy Anderson as fire chief with Roy Hoak and David Link Jr as assistants Dr Hugh Clark remains company surgeon Joseph A Massie Jr is a board member. The chief reported 10 runs and nine assists so far in 1961 and shooting matches are planned to start soon.
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Norman Anderson
Gore Fire Company
S. P. Henshaw
Anderson
Smithy Pugh
S. T. Biggert
Lyndal Anderson
Charles Parrish
Leroy Baker
Lacy Anderson
Roy Hoak
David Link
Hugh Clark
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Earhart Mystery Deepens as Bones Debate Continues
SAN FRANCISCO AP report on Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan, missing since July 2 1937, with Dr. Theodore McCown of University of California weighing new bone analysis amid ongoing speculation about their fate.
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San Francisco
Amelia Earhart
Pacific
Fred Noonan
Theodore McCown
University of California
Rancher Ejects Udall From 1000 Acre Grazing Area
Secretary Udall led an inspection party by helicopter to view a proposed Prairie National Park site when Carl Bellinger, owner of the ranch, ordered Udall and Rep. William H. Avery off his property. Udall called it a human reaction but supported park creation for future generations. Farmers later presented a petition of 300 opposing the park at a Westmoreland meeting.
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Kansas
Carl Bellinger
Conrad L. Wirth
National Park Service
Bellinger
Interior
Stuart Udall
Grasslands National Park
Wirth
Udall
Manhattan
Kan
Stewart L. Udall
Prairie National Park
William H. Avery
R-Kan
Tnis
Seneca
William O. Douglas and
Paul Douglas
John T. Regis
Clarke County boosts auto tax amid CD coordinator pick
Clarke County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved raising the county auto tag from five to ten dollars. A new Civil Defense coordinator, Col. Hugh Everett, US Army ret., was named as Bowerman resigns. The change takes effect when license plates go on sale in April. Everett and his wife have moved to Berryville from Alexandria.
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Berryville
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Hugh Everett
U.S. Army
CD Coordinattr
Bowerman
Press of Business
Col. Everett
Alexandria
Stevenson will not run for Illinois Senate
United Nations New York United States Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson announced he will not run for the U S Senate from Illinois. A second item notes a Christmas Club Contest with prizes awarded every Wednesday through Christmas, open to every 1962 Club at the Farmers & Merchants National Bank.
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United’ Nations
N. Y
Farmers & Merchants ‘National Bank
Meter Change Takes Effect Tomorrow in Local Downtown
The city will switch to new meters on Loudoun and Piccadilly Streets with operation starting at 9 a.m. Tomorrow. Meters accept one dime or two nickels for one hour. pennies are no longer accepted. The affected blocks run Loudoun from Fairfax Lane to Montgomery Ward and Piccadilly from Cameron to Braddock, with 12-minute meters on Piccadilly remaining. The change aims to meet Public Safety Committee goals and follows a Nov. 14 recommendation from the Winchester Retail Merchants Association.
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Loudoun
Piccadilly Sts
Loudoun St
Fairfax Lane
Montgomery Ward
Piccadilly St
Cameron St
Braddock St
Winchester Retail Merchants Association
TPA Members Arriving for Dinner and Meeting
Members of the Telephone Pioneers of America begin arriving for a dinner at the George Washington Hotel followed by the Old Dominion Chapter executive committee meeting. Notables include Joseph H. Cromwell of Baltimore and local officials W B Brennan and Robert E Heltzel among others.
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Telephone Pioneers of America
Old Dominion
The
George Washington Hotel
Joseph H. Cromwell
Baltimore
TPA
Virginia
West Virgin
Maryland
Washington, D
Cromwell
Chesapeake Oo Telephone Co
Mary
Culpeper Council
Allen D. Fowler
Winchester
Robert. E. Heltzel
W. B. Brennan
Ernestine C. Givler
Dorothy H. Alvis
Morris E. Burchette
Roanoke
Charles K. Stott
Washington
Bryan C
Katanga Fighting War Escalates In Elisabethville
Panic drives civilians from Elisabethville as mortar fire erupts in Katanga capital amid UN forces and Katanga troops exchanging clashes. Katanga official Evariste Kimba accuses UN of bad faith while UN envoy Brian Urquhart reports a perceived sneak attack plan.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
the Congo
U.N
Tebembe
Evariste Kimba
Tshombe
United Nations
Kimba
Brian Urquhart
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N. Braddock St
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Bones
Clarke Board
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Thefi
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Dag Hammarskjold
U.N. Security Council
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