Czechs under harsh rule yet boast relative economic stability
Editor Harry F. Byrd Jr reports on Czechoslovakia under Communist rule. He notes a strict police state yet compares Prague’s prosperity and living conditions favorably against Poland and East Germany, citing labor shortages, housing needs, and extensive farm collectivization as key factors.
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Harry F. Byrd, JR
the Star Prague
Czechoslovakia
Europe
United States
Antonin Novotny
Communist Party
Prague
Brno
Moravia
Poland
Democracy in Czechoslovakia questioned by observers
Informed observers doubt any trend toward democracy in the Czechs and note their long history of limited self governance. The piece contrasts Czechoslovakia with other Eastern European states and cites U S support to Yugoslavia as not parallel. Time will tell if past momentum carries ahead.
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Neville Chamberlain
Great Britain
Hitler
Germany
Sudetenland
Czechoslovakia
Czech
Poland
Russia
Penay
Gore
Yugoslavia
United States
Gotham Faces Newsless Days
The International Typographical Union began a strike against four New York City papers affecting more than 50 million readers. The Times, Journal American, World Telegram and Sun joined in, while Long Island Press published only out of city editions with Queens spares. An $8 weekly pay raise over two years was tentatively agreed with the Newspaper Deliverers Union.
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New York
International Typographical Union
New York City
Long Island
The
News
Times
Journal- American
World-Telegram & Sun
Herald Tribune
Daily Mirror
the Post
Long Island Press
Long Island Star-Journal
Amory H. Bradford
Publishers Association
Bradford
Newspaper Deliverers Union
Community Chest needs 13 percent more to meet goal
The Community Chest seeks 6 341 more dollars to reach its 49 950 target. So far 43 609 has been raised for Girl Scouts Children’s Home Society Fremont Street Nursery Psychiatric Clinic Boy Scouts Salvation Army USC and Winchester Day Nursery. Edna N Kemner finds a Farmers and Merchants National Bank 1918 perpetual calendar in a house on S Braddock Street.
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CHEST
Community Chest
Girl Scouts
Children’s Home Society
Fremont St
Boy Scouts
Salvation Army
USC
Winchester Day Nursery
Edna N. Kemner
Fox Drive
S. Braddock St
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Rover Backers Push Kennedy on Moon Engine Funding
President Kennedy pursues Rover funding during a cross country trip that includes Los Alamos and Jackass Flats. Scientists design the nuclear rocket engine for a possible moon mission in the 1970s while federal budgeting is underway. Some officials call for slowing the moon program to save money.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Kennedy
Project Rover
Jackass Flats
Nev
Air Force
Nevada
Rover
Los Alamos
White House
Congress
Snowstorm Death Toll Rises in Ohio and Pennsylvania
Rescuers battled a massive snowstorm that paralyzed northern Ohio and western Pennsylvania with up to 27 inches of snow and drifts to 20 feet. At least 38 deaths were linked to the storm, many from heart attacks while shoveling or from traffic crashes as thousands were stranded. Ohio reported 16 fatalities, while 5,000 vehicles were trapped along a 10 mile stretch south of Brecksville. Red Cross shelters and farmhouses offered refuge, and motorists endured hours aboard stalled vehicles amid winds, drifting snow, and freezing rain.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Red Cross
U.S
Akron
Cleveland
Ders Anderssen
Bath
Ohio Highway Patrol
Brecksville
Virginia Moves to Appeal Virginia Apportionment to Supreme Court
Virginia Governor Harrison says an appeal to the U S Supreme Court is the only option after a federal court struck down the General Assembly’s 1962 reapportionment as unfair to urban areas. Atty Gen Button prepares the petition for Chief Justice Warren with a Jan 31 deadline and potential special session implications.
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Harrison
Richmond
Albertis S. Harrison, Jr
U. S. Supreme Court
General Assembly
Virginia
Robert Y. Button
Earl Warren
Federal Circuit
Fairfax
Arlington
Norfolk
Special
Fourt
Supreme Court
Assembly
Five Injured in Rt 522 Near Albin Cash Grocery Crash
A near head on collision on Rt 522 North in front of Albin Cash Grocery injured at least five people around 12:30 PM. A resident said some victims were children. The Volunteer Rescue Squad made two runs to the scene per the dispatcher.
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Rt. 522 North
Albin Cash Grocery
Revolt erupts in North Borneo amid regional turmoil
An armed revolt breaks out in Brunei North Borneo with attacks on police stations. Gurka troops from Singapore are being flown in as Britain faces regional challenges linked to a potential federation with Malaya and Singapore.
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Kuching, Sarawak
Brunei
North Borneo
Sarawak
London
Gurka
Singapore
Tantara Nasional Kelimantan
M. Azahari
Brunei Parti Rakyat
Malaya
Malaysia
Azahari
Manila
Osmena
Philippines
Diosdado Macapagal
Nehru Cites Chinese Plan to Withdraw Posts in India
Prime Minister Nehru stated in Parliament that China plans to pull back armed forces from northeast India but will keep two civilian posts at Dhola and Longju. He noted clarifications in a November letter, with disputed frontier claims near Kibitoo Walong and Khinzemani, causing confusion among MPs.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Dhola
Longju
Khinzemani
Bhutan
Kibitoo
Walong
Burma
Khinze
Temani
China
McMahon
McMahon Line
Follansbee Named to National Executives Committee
Conrad G. Follansbee secretary manager of the Winchester Frederick County Chamber of Commerce was appointed to the Conference Attendance Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce Executives by Albert C. Boyd. The committee will promote attendance at the 1963 Executives management conference to be held in Atlanta Georgia.
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Conrad G. Follansbee
Winchester- Frederick County
Atlanta
Fate of Other 36 Remains Still Unknown
Rescue teams recovered the body of Hurley C. Starmaker 50 of Adah Pa from the Robena No 3 mine as methane gas and fires hindered efforts. He had been guiding a coal train toward the face when the explosion occurred about 48 hours after Thursday afternoon. Three other bodies were reported at an earlier time with authorities noting slow progress due to dangerous conditions.
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Carmichaels
Robena No. 3
U.S. Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Hurley C. Starmaker
Adah
Stalmaker
Starmaker
James B. Girod
Eighth Boston Area Slaying Stirs Hunt for Madman
Police in Winthrop report what appears to be the eighth unsolved slaying of a Greater Boston woman in six months. Margaret Cadigan 17 a drum majorette and CYO queen candidate was found in her home with her head in a pressure cooker and a knife nearby. Investigators cite possible strangulation drowning or throat slash as death causes.
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Boston
Winthrop
Greater Boston
Margaret Cadigan
Perrone
Miss Cadigan
Sophie Clark
Englewood
N.J
Tavern Closing Hours Hearing Set Dec 12
The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board schedules a 2 p.m. hearing in Richmond to review Winchester's request to extend beer selling hours from 11 p.m. to midnight. Frederick County taverns were allowed to stay open until midnight in July.
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Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Winchester
Richmond
Frederick County
Christmas Trees Sale Begins Sunday at Patton's Transfer
Fir spruce and pine trees offered starting Sunday December 9 at Patton's Transfer. Buy early for best selection with home heating tips and free kindling wood piled behind Henkel Harris Co. Also listed is a 1957 Olds 4 door for sale and store hours from December 10 to 24 at Smalls Garden Center and Winchester Seed Co. signs.
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Patton
Federal Savings & LO
Insurance Corpo
Winchester Savings & Loan
Henkel-Harris Co
Loudoun St
Smalls Garden Center
Winchester Seed Co
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U. S
Soviet Union
Vienna
Warsaw
Berlin
East Germany
East Berlin
Gotham
Bulletin
N. Borneo
Protectorate
Cc. G. Follansbee
C. G. Follansbee
National Group
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