Florida freeze spurs frenzied harvest and frost damage
Lakeland reports workers rush to salvage a citrus crop after the state's worst freeze since 1889. Temperatures dip to record lows, with 17 degrees forecast and Mayor Bryant planning a Florida tour to assess losses. Florida Citrus Commission will review damage and use rules for frozen fruit.
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Lakeland
Fla
Florida
Florida Citrus Commission
Doyle E. Conner
Fort Pierce
Stuart
Lower East Coast
Farris Bryant
Bryant
Boca Raton
Florida Citrus Mutual
U.S. Weather Bureau
Florida Agricultural Experiment Station
Tallahasees
Jack
White House Christmas Tree Comes From Winchester Again
An 18 foot Canadian Fir purchased from Pattons Transfer and Storage Co. in Winchester was brought to the White House for the second year. The tree was selected for the Paul Mellon estate in Upperville and moved to Washington. Patrons of the local post office are asked to avoid parking near driveways and mailboxes to keep access clear for postal vehicles.
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Winchester
White House
Washington, D. C
Pattons Transfer and Storage Co
N. Cameron St
Gardner
Paul Mellon
Upperville
Washington
Wilbur Johnston
All 50 Aboard Survive Brazilian Plan Crash
A Panair do Brasil Constellation with 50 aboard survived a jungle crash in Amazonas state. No deaths reported though some injured. 40 passengers, 3 babies, and 7 crew were on board. Survivors were believed Brazilian with Capt. Dalvo da Costa in control. The incident follows two other Brazilian air accidents in the past month.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Jornal Do Brasil Radio
Amazonas State
Jornal Do Brasil
Manaus
Amazonas
Panair Do Brasil
Pedro River
Terra Nova
Dalvo da Costa
Amazon
Lima
Peru
Sao Paulo
Stargazing Balloonists Land Safely in New Mexico
Air Force Capt. Joe Kittinger Jr. and William White landed near U.S. Highway 81 in New Mexico after a 18 hour 32 minute ascent to 81 500 feet. White led experiments and Kittinger piloted the craft launched from Holloman. Experiments included star twinkle at high altitude and recording star sounds.
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Holloman’ Air Force Base
N.M
Air Force
Joe W. Kittinger Jr
William C. White
New Mexico Desert
U.S. Highway 81
Holloman
Deming
Kittinger
U S Attacks Soviet Disarmament Proposals in Geneva
At a 17 nation disarmament conference in Geneva US Ambassador Arthur H Dean denounced Soviet proposals as aiming to break up NATO and erode Western security. He argued Western bases and nuclear capacity must not be given up before full disarmament.
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Geneva
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Free World
U.S
Arthur H Dean
Dean
Soviet Union
Cold snap lingers with possible light snow in Shenandoah Valley
Weatherman warns of continuing cold with a forecast of snow flurries and a low of eight degrees tonight. Despite a week of frigid weather there were no fires reported and officials urge safe heating practices as temperatures dip 10 to 12 degrees below normal into mid next week.
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William N. Godenour
Shenandoah Valley
Are You A Stay Awake Sleep Advice by Dr Joyce Brothers
A reader question about insomnia and restless nights is answered by Dr Joyce Brothers. The psychologist explains common causes of sleeplessness and offers practical tips to improve sleep quality and reduce worry at night.
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Joyce Brothers
All E U B Members Called to Bring Canned Food
All members of Sunday School and Church are asked to bring canned food for baskets this Sunday.
Wilkins ShoeCenter Boots Slippers Tops on Santa List
RAM Jewellers advertises 149 N Loudoun St selling popular name brand jewelry with an open account option. The promotion highlights $30,000 worth of jewelry offered at a sale price of $15,329.
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Wilkins Shoecenter
RAM Jewelers
N. Loudoun St
Relay satellite shows power trouble after launch
NASA reports the Relay communications satellite may have a weaker than normal power supply three hours after reaching its planned orbit. Radio tests with Europe are postponed as telemetry data are reviewed at Nutley New Jersey. The eight sided satellite carries 8215 solar cells and aims to relay TV radio teletype and data between Andover Maine Goonhilly Downs Britain Pleumeurboudou France and an Italian receiving station.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Washington
United States
Europe
Space Agency
Nutley
N.J
Earth
Robert Mackey
Andover
Maine
Goonhilly Downs
Great Britain
Robert Gray
Relay
Florida
Pleumeurboudou
France
Fancino
Italy
Families Aided After Strasburg Area Fire Burns Home
Donations pour into the Strasburg Red Cross for three families affected by fires this week. A two story frame house on Route 55 eight miles west of Strasburg and a shed burned displacing Mr and Mrs Charles Mowery and their three children. The Pugh and Westfall families nearby also lost homes with needs for blankets kitchen utensils and food while the Red Cross coordinates relief.
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Red Cross
Rt. 55
Strasburg
Charles Mowery
Theodore Pugh
Gore
Annie Westfall
Nain
Pugh
Westfall
The
Starfires
Kenneth E Henry
Mariner 2 Turns On Scanning Instruments Toward Venus
Mariner 2 activated its scanning instruments at 8:35 a.m. EST from Goldstone California on a command from the tracking station 36 million miles away. The command was acknowledged in about six and a half minutes, beginning a 42 minute scanning window before closest approach. The mission marks the greatest distance spanned by a radio command and follows a rough start when launch alignment was off.
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Washington
Mariner 2
Venus
Goldstone
Calif
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
U.S
Mariner
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
U.S. Information Agency
Vari
Mariner Taey Vole
Winchester Post Office Expands Hours Amid Christmas Volume
Postmaster Wilbur Johnston reports heavy mail flow at Winchester with 328 300 pieces processed in the first 13 days, up 29 200 from last year. Over 50 000 cards mailed yesterday, 27 203 parcels handled, 16 000 new directories received, and 50 000 more Christmas stamps ordered to arrive next week.
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Winchester
Wilbur Johnston
Reed
Johnston
Mr. Johnston
NATO Warns Conventional Forces Too Weak in Europe
Gen Lauris Norstad warned NATO ministers that conventional forces are under strength and may struggle to contain even a modest Soviet attack. Cabinet members Rusk and McNamara urged adequate conventional strength and a seaborne multinational European nuclear force, with European partners to shape political control.
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Paris
Lauris Norstad
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Rusk
U.S
Washington
McNamara
Orward
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Sonville
Tampa
Jacksonville
Miami
Belem
New Mexico
White
J. Allen Hynek
Northwestern University
U. S
Weatherman
Ward
Post Office Dept
Berryville
Gainesboro
Timbuktu
Johnston Stone
Deery
Norstad
U.S. Willing
McNasmara
Britain
West Germany
Grove Furniture CO
Loudoun St
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