ACP Betters Farming Meeting Here Is Told
About 150 Frederick and Clarke County farmers attended an education session on the Agriculture Conservation Program. J. S. Shackleton Jr. of the Virginia Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office said ACP helps farmers cut costs, raise productivity, and stay competitive, noting 268 Frederick and 113 Clarke farmers participated this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music
Frederick and
Clarke County
Ing
J. S. Shackleton, Jr
Virginia Asc
Richmond
Arthur Weiss
Berryville
ACP
Frederick and Clarke Courity
Virginia Agricultural Stablization and Conservation Office
ASC
Shackleton
Frederick County
Caniff Wins 1960 Silver Lady Award for Craftsmanship
Milton Caniff, creator of Steve Canyon and 1953 Apple Blossom Parade marshal, received the 1960 Silver Lady award from the Banshees New York luncheon club. He modestly noted the back of the statuette bears the inscription Go back to work. It’s a compact tribute to his prolific cartoon career across 647 newspapers. A pigeon nest story at Winchester Memorial Hospital adds a light local note with a two week old chick.
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Milton Caniff
Steve Canyon
Apple Blossom
Banshees
New York
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Mamma Pigeon
Papa Pigeon
Zirk Denies Knowledge of Ritter Death in Moorefield
Wilson C. Zirk testifies in Hardy County Circuit Court that he knew nothing about Eldridge Lee Ritter's death near Moorefield on July 14 after a July 13 drinking session. The coroner's jury had ruled Ritter bled to death from a sawing of the broken car window while Zirk and John Rex were together.
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Zirk
E. L. Ritter
Moorefield
W. Va
Wilson C. Zirk
Eldridge Lee Ritter
Stephens City
Ritter
Hardy County
John Rexrode
Man Denies Murder Charge Says Wife Pulled Trigger
The Norfolk area case centers on William L Barber 60 who claims his wife Sadie B Barber 47 died in a struggle over a .22 pistol. He led police to a canal near Deep Creek and says he discarded the weapon after driving the body to a Dinwiddie Swamp site near the Petersburg airport. An autopsy showed two gunshot wounds and severe blows. Barber is jailed on a 10000 dollar bond amid ongoing investigations and a separate note mentions social room notices and local sales.
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Portsmou 4
Sadie B. Barber
Norolk County
Dinwiddie
J. A. Hodges
Hodges
William L Barber
Barber
Petersburg
Left Le Kong Le Seizes Laos Capital
Left leaning Captain Kong Le seized control of Vientiane to reverse a prior coup. Neutralist Premier Souvanna Phouma remained in the cream stucco palace as factions clashed. Kong Le's 2nd battalion and Kouprasith Aphay's anti-Communist troops battled near Chinaimou outside the capital.
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Vientiane
Laos
Kong le
Souvanna Phouma
Kouprasith Aphay
Chinaimo
Kouprasith
Souvanna
Old Man Winter Brings Early Freeze Across Winchester Area
A premature cold snap lowered Winchester to 12 degrees with Berryville and Clarke recording subfreezing readings. The Weather Bureau noted 16 degrees in Berryville twice, while previous lows and highs for the season were documented. The Weatherman forecasts fair tonight then cloudy and colder days ahead as temperatures dip further this week.
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Winchester
Berryville
Winchester Research Laboratory
Clarke
Frederick
W. N. Rutherford, Sr
De Gaulle Visit Triggers Violence in Algeria
In Algiers and Oran mobs clash with riot police as Charles de Gaulle arrives in Algeria to push his home rule plan. Army units deploy near the university while protesters, many students, burn flags and hurled bricks and notebooks amid tear gas and street battles.
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Algiers
Algeria
Charles de Gaulle
Oran
Front
de Gaulle
Ann Temouchent
Algiera
Southwest snowstorm isolates Albuquerque area and all of New Mexico
A major early snowstorm blankets Arizona and New Mexico with heavy snow and threats of floods in East Texas. New Mexico reports up to 74 inches in Santa Rosa and closes all major highways while Albuquerque El Paso remain isolated. Power and communications disrupted. schools and transit suspended across the region.
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Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Santa Rosa
U. S. 66
Albuquerque
Travlerers
Albuqurque
el Paso
Tex
Texas Western College
el Pas
Hobbs
Melrose
House
Roswell
Tatum
Lovington
Kennedy Health Bill Plans Discussed In Talks
President elect Kennedy resumed talks with leaders on a health program for the aged funded through Social Security. He met Rep. Hale Boggs and later planned Florida travel with his wife and child as he built his administration mixing in Stevenson for UN post and Rostow as a potential cabinet member.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Georgetown University Hospital
Kennedy
Hale Boggs
D-La
House
Ways and Means Committee
Boggs
Ways and Means
Walt W Rostow
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
U.S
Rostow
Tor
Stevenson
U. S
United Nations
U. N. Post
Queen and court to be chosen at Teen-Age Platter Party
The Queen of the Burn ing of the Greens and her court will be selected by ballot Saturday night at the War Memorial Building during the Teen-Age Platter Party. Voting runs from 7 30 to 11 p m. Candidates include Marcella Cunningham Carol Owings Karen Sheard Jackie Bell Joyce Gano Joyce Brannon Cheryl De Haven Cindy Miller Deedee Kerns and Alice Carpenter.
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The
Greens
War Memorial Building
Marcella Cunningham
Carol Owings
Karen Sheard
Jackie Bell
Joyce Gano
Joyce Brannon
Cheryl de Haven
Cindy Miller
Deedee Kerns
Alice Carpenter
Baptism Held Yesterday at University Hospital Chapel
AP Wire photo shows a baptism held yesterday in the town University Hospital chapel. He was born Nov. 25.
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University Hospital
Lumumba hostage threat raises Congo tension
Supporters of deposed Premier Patrice Lumumba warned in a Stanleyville cable to President Kasavubu and Gen Mobutu they will kill Belgian hostages and arrest all Europeans if Lumumba is not freed within 48 hours. The UN rushed 1,800 Ethiopian troops to Oriental Province to shelter whites and plan evacuations as Dag Hammarskjold voiced deep concern.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Oriental Province
Joseph Kasavubu
Joseph Mobutu
Lumumba
Bernard Salumu
Stanleyville
United Nations
Lalumu
Oriental
Salumu
U.N
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Security Council
New York
Col
V@butuy
Thysville
Lepoldville
Ngashy Lyassi
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Lee-Jackson
John Milton
Pegasus
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W. F. W. Post
Winter Coats
Margaret L. Hodgson
Corvair
Miles Kern Motor CO
Old Man Winter
Mercury
Miller’s Hardware
S. Braddock
Mt. Airy
Scotch Pine & Balsm
Winchester Seed Co
Connie Opera
Your Shoecenter, Inc
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Everybody's Bank
Albuquerque, N. M
Byron Leslie
Whizzer) White
Denver
John J. Hooker Jr
Nashville, Tenn
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr
John Fy Kennedy
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