Handley Concert Opens Yale Season Programs
The Handley High School Christmas Concert opens the Yale season with 13 selections from multiple lands and a vocal ensemble lineup led by Miss Haynes at 3 p.m. The Rev. C. J. Bright will offer the invocation as Dr. Garland R. Quarles delivers holiday greetings.
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Handley High School
Haynes
Norway
France
Germany
C. J. Bright
Garland R. Quarles
Winchester Schools
Local Notes and Oddities Highlight Town Life
Dr. Leslie Bell recalls a Life Magazine feature on Grandma Moses and notes a river width under her painting. Fog chaos delays a driver en route to Baltimore as a bus aids visibility. SPCA thanks Winchester for its annual Christmas gift and card donation to animal cruelty prevention work.
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Leslie M. Bell
Grandma Moses
Pee Eek
Bell
Life Magazine
Vgn
The
Star
SPCA
Phens City
Ervin Clevland
Winchester Society
Ullman Transferred to Bethesda Naval Hospital
Rep. Albert C. Ullman of Oregon was moved from Winchester Memorial Hospital to Bethesda Naval Hospital after a December 8 crash near Stephens City. His left leg was amputated following the auto accident. his wife suffered a back injury and both are expected to transfer as conditions allow.
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Albert C. Ullman
D-Ore
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Ns City
Ullman
Navy
Bethesda
Rt. 277
Stephens City
Arlington
Oregon
Drill operator killed in railroad car accident at Pounding Mill quarry
A 50 year old Tazewell County man, General Grant Gillespie of Paint Lick, died en route to hospital after being crushed between two railroad cars at the Pounding Mill quarry while working on a railroad car as a second car broke loose.
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Pounding Mill
Tazewell County
Grant Gillespie
Paint Lick
Deavers Trial Postponed in Brown County Case
Evelyn Fay Deavers 24 of Brown County faces a delayed trial on charges of killing her newborn. The Warren County Circuit Court session was moved when Sheriff Francis Slaughter said jury lists were to be held in abeyance. Deavers allegedly birthed the infant unassisted in September, wrapped the body in newspapers, and burned it at the home of her in laws, Mr. and Mrs. Orie Haw Rockland. She is represented by J. Lynn Lucas of Luray.
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Font Royal
Evelyn Fay Deavers
Brownee
Warren County
Francis Slaughter
Yule Mailing Increase Amid Deluge Foreseen
The article notes rising Christmas mail with 71 300 letters canceled this period raising the official total since Dec 10 to 276 900. Parcels post and mail totals reach 14 679. 25 extra holiday workers sworn in. Postmaster Johnston urges early card and gift wrap completion and warns no rural delivery tomorrow.
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Tal Os Cat Tetal
Johnston
Chris’mas
Post Office Department
Kennedy Christmas Tree Bought in Winchester for White House
The 17 foot balsam fir used in the White House Blue Room was bought from Patton Transfer and Storage in Winchester. Harold Patton said he sold the tree to Paul Mellon of Yupperville for 15 dollars, via the Mellon gardener who specified a perfect tree.
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White House
Pattons
Winchester
Harold Patton
Paul Mellon
Yupperville
Mellon
Patton
Canada
U N troops capture Katangan base in Elisabethville
U N and Swedish forces seized the Katangan base in Elisabethville and advanced into the city center amid heavy fighting. Camp Massert fell on the eastern side of Elisabethville, overwhelming about 350 defenders, with no Swedish deaths and five wounded. Reports say Tshombe may have left the capital as attackers held the north and central areas.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
U.N
Elisabethville
Moise Tshombe
Massert
Eliszabethville
Fires Take Toll As Frigid Air Hits East
Overnight fires across the eastern seaboard killed more than a dozen people as a cold snap battered cities. In Washington D C a four occupant blaze in an unlicensed boarding house left four dead on the second floor. Rochester New York saw a mother two daughters and a nephew perish in an eight family apartment fire. In Trenton New Jersey a mother and two daughters died and four others were hurt when flames from a first floor kitchen engulfed a two and a half story home.
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Associated Press
Seaboard
Washington, D.C
Rochester
N.Y
Trenton
N.J
Washington
Rose Ann Jones
Linda Ann
Paul Miller
Sally Williams
Gladys Baker
Marilyn Montgomery
Kerry Montgomery
Andrew Owens
Diane
Sarah Joyce
Shirley
Brenda
Joyce
Sterling
Lawrence Gibson
Miller's Drug Store Promotes Fragrance and Coats Sale
Complete line of FABERGE fragrances for men and women advertised at Miller's Drug Store with a pre Christmas special on coats and snow suits.
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Miller’s Drug Store
Winter Cold Snaps Hit Berryville With 12 Degree Low
A Berryville report shows the coldest weather of the season with a 12 degree low at the Winchester Berryville area, while nearby towns record single digits and zeroes. Injuries from two early morning wrecks on W Main Street and Rt 522 are noted, one with a man in stable condition at Memorial Hospital for a fractured wrist and facial injuries.
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W. Main St
Berryville
Eugene Leake
Winchester
Memorial Hospital
Robert L. Willingham
Leake
Main St
Carl Brunk Shickle, Jr
Bloomery
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
W.N. Rutherford
New York
New Eng
the Association Press
Rome
N.Y
Massena
Watertown
Montpieler
Caribou
Maine
Lebanon
N.H
Trujillo’s Son Accused of Leaving With Millions
Dominican authorities say Rafael L Trujillo Jr fled the country with about $30 million. Checks and certificates drawn on Canadian banks, endorsed by the slain dictator’s son, were found on a yacht he used to sail into exile. The government seeks to freeze funds and recover the money.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Rafael L. Trujillo Jr
Trujillo
Paris
Angelit
Guadeloupe
Potter Aims for Harmony at GOP Meet in Roanoke
Virginia Republicans gathered in Roanoke for a State Central Committee session seen as a clash of harmony and rebellion. State GOP Chairman I Lee Potter worked to unite party leaders while I R Dovel pressed to oust Potter, criticizing his role in the failed November gubernatorial bid.
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Roanoke
Virginia
GOP
I. Lee Potter
Republican’ Central Committee
Potter
I. R. Dovel
Luray
Dover
Miller and Anderson Appliances Open Late for Christmas Season
Miller and Anderson advertise extended hours in December for appliances radios and televisions. Winchester Seed Co also promotes daily hours from 8 to 8 with Sunday 12 to 6 openings.
Two Virginians Now Say They Killed Only Pair
NEVADA Mo AP Two young Virginians Joseph Riddick and William Potts recanted claims of 11 murders from Virginia to Illinois saying they killed only two. Riddick admitted the shootings of William Forst and Earl Pinchbeck while robbery motive was given. Potts backed the tale until contradicting statements emerged and officers noted inconsistencies over the white versus Negro assailant. Virginia officers planned to question them about two additional Virginia slayings in Halifax County and Stafford County.
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Nevada
Virginia
Illinois
John Atkinson
Atkinson
Joseph Riddick
William Potts
Norfolk
William H. Forst
Savannah
Earl L. Pinchbeck, Sr
Lunenburg
Forst
Portsmouth
Pinchbeck
Riddick
Potts
Fred Williams
Williams
Halifax County
Stafford County
Kennedy warns Latin America of alien ideologies in Caracas
President Kennedy toured Caracas in a heavily guarded visit promoting the Alliance for Progress. He warned that alien ideologies threaten liberty, contrasted democratic gains with repressive regimes, and urged hemispheric partnership beyond mere neighborly ties.
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Kennedy
Caracas
Venezuela
Morris W. Rosenberg
Viva Kennedy
Latin Ameria
Alliance For Progress
U.S
Maiquetia
la Morita
Eng
Latin America
Europe
China
Romulo Betancourt
Jack Frost Nips Driver In Frosted Windshield Fine
Joseph J. Sichol of Highland Springs was fined $10 in Henrico County Court after being cited for driving with frost on his car windshield.
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Richmond
Jack Frost
Joseph J. Sichol
Hiland Springs
Sichol
Henrico
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Criser High School
Front Royal
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Parent-Teacher Association
Clarke County High School
Edward F. Joyce
Rodney Forsythe
Stonewall
PTA
Douglas
Boyce Elementary
Johnson-Williams High School
Ihe
Boyce
Rep. Ullman
Deavers
San Juan
Puerto Rico
San Juan White House
Edmund Gullion
Katanga
Kennedys
U. N
L. A. Estep
Estep
Midwest
Plains
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