Russia expected to pull troops out of Cuba
Intelligence estimates 9 000 to 15 000 Soviet troops remained in Cuba with 42 bombers aboard ships departing. Officials say most offensive weapons and missiles are leaving, while Soviet ground troops tied to defense are to be withdrawn. Khrushchev promised removal within 30 days, and U S officials anticipate formal accords later. NORAD notes misidentifications of Soviet aircraft over the U S during the crisis.
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Amercan
Cuba
Pentagon
Navy
U.S
U.S. Navy
New York
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Washington
Kremlin
John K. Gerhart
North American Air Defense Command
NORAD
United States
Adenauer to retire next fall in West Germany
Bonn Germany AP reports Chancellor Konrad Adenauer will resign next fall at age 87. Heinrich von Brentano said coalition talks favored a Conservative Free Democrats pact after Spiegel affair. Ludwig Erhard appears likely successor as vice chancellor and economics minister.
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Bonn
Gemany
Konrad Adenauer
Heinrich von Brentano
Brentano
Free Democrats
Spiegel
Adenauer
Christian Democratic
Ludwig Erhard
West Germany
Handley Library adjusts Saturday hours to 9 AM 4 PM
Library director David Rowland announced Saturday hours shift at Handley Library from 6 PM closing to 4 PM. It will now open at 9 AM due to low Saturday evening usage. A power outage at Gore School yesterday afternoon led to two JW student buses taking Gore children home early.
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Handley Library
David Rowland
Rowland
Gore School
James Wood
Gore
Rly
Virginia to Appeal Supreme Court Over Reapportionment Order
Gov Albertis Harrison said Virginia will appeal a federal three judge ruling that nullified the state's 1962 legislative redistricting. The court found the 1 percent representation plan unconstitutional, citing discrimination against Fairfax Arlington and Norfolk and set a Jan 31 deadline for a special General Assembly to redraw districts or the court will reapportion.
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Richmond
Albertis Harrison
Virginia
U. S. Supreme Court
Fairfax
Arlington
Norfolk
General Assembly
Civil War Units Set for Sunday Inspection
A public inspection of Civil War units is planned Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Winchester National Guard Armory. The Newtown Artillery Battery and other area units from Maryland will participate along with a fire and drum corps. R A Darby will conduct the inspection with gun and close order drills, trophies for top artillery and infantry, and post inspection displays of equipment and Civil War reenactment films.
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Winchester National Guard
Newtown
Maryland
R. A. Darby
Pre Christmas Sale At Wenders And Patton's Transfer
Coats suits dresses reduced 25 percent and sportswear 14 percent at Wenders Inc with Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation insured savings. Winchester Savings & Loan shows a 4 percent dividend. Christmas trees fir spruce and pine on sale starting Sunday December 9 at Patton's Transfer with early buying to secure best selection.
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Wender’s, Inc
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation
Winchester Savings & Loan
Patton
Lemon Coconut Cake at Ward's Pastry and Sale
Week end special and bake rumage sale announced with All Star Wrestling on December 19 and lineup to be in tomorrow's paper. Sale takes place Saturday at 22 S Braddock St Mt Airy Community Center with ward's pastry shop offerings.
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All Star Wrestling
S. Braddock St
Mt. Airy Community Center
Board of Equalization
Winchester
Virginia
City Hall of
M & Me
Hoye L
London Smog Eases After Lethal Four Day Grip
London ships remained stranded and trains ran late as dense fog and lethal smog persisted. 106 deaths and over 1,000 hospitalizations reported as visibility improved to 150 yards at Heathrow and forecasts called for partial clearing with return of frost overnight.
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London
British Automobile Association
Norfolk
Suffolk
British Isles
Byrd Reports Slight Dip in U S Payroll
Sen. Harry F. Byrd reports a small October decline in civilian federal employees, with 2,483,005 on the payroll, down 2,319 from September. A separate survey shows foreign nationals employed abroad fell by exactly one, from 107,251 to 170,250.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Byrd
Senate House Committee
United States
Navy destroyer aids distressed Cantilena off North Carolina
Coast Guard said the Navy destroyer John King stood by the 40 foot Cantilena off the North Carolina coast as the ketch rode out heavy seas in no immediate danger. The John King reached the scene around 7 p m EST while a Coast Guard tender Jonquil headed there for relief and the Syllum sailed with the missing skipper Stevenson. Four crew were aboard Cantilena with three remaining. Cantilena, formerly Cid, is owned by Robert Moore of St Thomas Virgin Islands.
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Morehead City
N. C
Coast Guard
John King
North Carolina
Here
Stevenson
Charleston
S. C
Norfolk
Cid
Robert Moore
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Snowstorm Rips Broad Area Causes 14 Deaths
A major late autumn storm swept from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic, with Virginia’s Winchester reporting under two inches and White Post four inches. The forecast called for much colder temperatures into the weekend, teens tonight, and a slow warmup next week with possible rain or snow after Sunday.
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Great Lakes
Atlantic Coast
Tennessee
Winchester
White Post
Upper Valley
Virginia
Associated Press
Florida
Campaign spending details in Seventh District race
J Kenneth Robinson spent 13 879 12 in his campaign while John O Marsh Jr won the congressional seat with 3 531 88 expenditures. Robinson led with advertising 2 427 47 and postage 2 307 18. Marsh cited many small local group ad expenditures. Across three close races total spending topped 50 000 with Williams 11 395 and Johnson 3 574.
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Winchester
J. Kenneth Robinson
John O. Marsh, Jr
Strasburg
Burr P. Harrison
Associated Press
Louis H. Williams
J. Vaughn Gary
Joel T. Broyhill
Augustus C. Johnson
Johnson
Broyhill
Williams
Runaway Polaris section lands in Atlantic after failed detonation
A Polaris missile section escaped detonation and landed 300 to 350 miles northeast of Cape Canaveral in the Atlantic after veering from a southeast to northeast path. Range safety reports note no nuclear device aboard and describe past and current safety measures as the Navy assesses the A3 development program and Titan 2 tests.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
Savannah
Air Force
Cocoa Beach
Navy
Th Navy
Polaris
Atlantic
Kennedy Visits Air Command Headquarters
President Kennedy toured the Strategic Air Command at Offutt Air Force Base on Pearl Harbor day. He viewed the war rooms and spoke with Air Force officials and wives as Vice President Johnson and Nebraska Governor Morrison joined the visit. Accompanying him were Defense Undersecretary Roswell Gilpatric and the service chiefs.
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Omaha
Neb
Kennedy
Strategic Air Command
Pearl Harbor
SAC
Offutt Air Force Base
Washington
Air Force
Lyndon B. Johnson
Offutt
Nebraska
Frank Morrison
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Nehru Faces Harsh Questioning Over China Border War
Prime Minister Nehru was quizzed by opposition in Parliament over diplomacy with Red China and the undeclared Himalayan border conflict. They pressed him after reports that Chinese forces violated the cease fire last week and in November, wounding soldiers and causing deaths.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Red China
Miner Missing In Robena Mine Tragedy Near Pittsburgh
Rescue workers approach 5 500 feet into a two mile tunnel as 37 men remain trapped after an explosion at Robena No 3 mine 50 miles southwest of Pittsburgh. U S Steel operates the mine and gas and coal dust are blamed for the blast.
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Carmichaels
U.S. Steel Corp
Robena No. 3
Two Mile
Robena
Evans
Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel
Clairton
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Bulletin
White House
Marsh
Robinson
Mr. Robinson
John D. Marsh
Ocean
Air Command
Air Force Brass
Lewis Evans
Pennsylvania
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