Laos princes fail to form unity government coalition
An attempt to convene a meeting of Laos three princes to form a neutral coalition collapsed. Souphanouvong left Vientiane for Plaine des Jarres while Souvanna Phouma gave no clear plan to sit with Boun Oum. Geneva talks were floated by diplomats as a possible venue.
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Vintiane
Laos
Souphanouvong
Pathet Lao
Vientiane
Plaine Des Jarres
Souvanna Phouma
Oe Boun Oum
Boun Oum
Three Amateur Radio Hams All Named Fred
Three radio hobbyists sharing the 39.30 frequency were all named Fred Fred Whetzel W4KRT Fred Banker K4UGN and Fred Jenkins W40QT. The December Centennial News Letter of the Virginia Civil War Commission shows two Panes Ry A Lowry and Dabney W Watts viewing a Winchester map among 12 planned battlefield maps on the Circle Tour to open the weekend of March. Mrs Harry F Anderson of 1626 Valley Mill Road reports three red cardinals in her yard.
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Fred
Ryed
Fred Whetzel
Fred Banker
Fred Jenkins
Virginia Civil War Commission
Ry A. Lowry
N'Andoah Valley, Inc
Dabney W. Watts
Shenandoah Valley
Winchester
Harry F. Anderson
Valley Mill Road
The
Star
Winter Clearance at Miller's Hardware
Miller's Hardware at 112 N Loudoun St advertises winter clearance up to 50 percent off the store set and 20 percent off all toys with ongoing sale terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller’s
N. Loudoun
Winter Chill Grips Area With Lows Near Eleven
The Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory logged a low of 11 degrees about 5 am marking the winter’s coldest so far, with February 2 at two below zero still the year’s record. A string of subfreezing mornings in late January and early February included 9, 5, 3, 10, 3, 3, 10, 3, 7, 2, 9 and 8 degrees on various dates. Unofficial reports put Brucetown at 10 degrees this morning, as AP forecasts continued cold, fair weather and possible snow flurries for the next 24 hours.
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Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Brucetown
Associated Press
Kennedy Sr. Shows Improvement After Stroke
Doctors report Joseph P. Kennedy has improved in the past hours with pneumonia cleared fever down and some paralysis improvement after his Dec 19 stroke. Dr. Howard Rusk says rehabilitation specialists have evaluated the elder Kennedy during a two day visit in Palm Beach Florida. The 73 year old remains unable to speak.
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Palm Beach, Fla
Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy
Howard Rusk
Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
New York University
Rusk
Salinger
Sin
East Shivers In Cold Snap
The eastern half of the nation endures cold near zero in places like Kentucky and Tennessee while Florida sees readings in the 30s and 40s. Snow fell in Vermont and New York, with rain in New England and light snow along the Appalachians. A Weather Bureau forecast predicts a gradual warm trend but continued frost into southern Florida. E U B notices remind Crusader and Good Samaritan classes to attend Sunday morning.
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Kentucky
Tennessee
Gulf Coast
Florida
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Crossville
Tenn
Louisville
Tallahassee
Jacksonville
Miami
New England
Montpelier
Burlington
North Atlantic States
Appalachians
Ohio Valley
Rockies
Plateau
North Pacific Coast
California
Virginia's top news story of 1961 air crash tragedy
Air crash killing 74 dominates Virginia year in review. Imperial Airliner disaster near Byrd Field killed 74 recruits and crew. Harrison victory and Rees trial rank among other major 1961 events with naval drama and civil rights headlines following.
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Richmond
Virginia
Associated Press
Army
Byrd Field
Albertis
Harrison Jr
Melvin Davis Rees Jr
Harrison
A. E. S. Stephens
Rees
Spotsylvania
Jackson
Kenneth Dudley
Hampton Roads
Pine Ridge
Atlantic
Arab League warns of Kuwait security pullback
Cairo AP dispatch says the Arab League warned it will withdraw its security forces from Kuwait if British troops return. Deputy secretary general Sayed Nafal said Arab states would not join joint action with Britain in Kuwait and stressed solidarity to defend Kuwait’s independence.
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Cairo
Arab League
Kuwait
Britain
Sayed Nafal
The
Arab Nations
League
Abdel Karim Kassem
Sheikdom
Nafal
Middle East
Robertson Opposes Free Trade Pact in Tariff Fight
Senator A Willis Robertson D Va warned that free trade would destroy U S textiles and hurt distressed Virginia areas. He cited Rockbridge County with a 10 million payroll and the Dan River Mills tied to Danville and Pittsylvania County economies as evidence of the sector’s stake in tariff policy. He noted uncertainty over the Presidents tariff stance but said the debate would mirror historic tariff battles.
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Richmond
A. Willis Robertson
D-Va
Virginia
West Virginia
Rockbridge County
Danville
Pittsylvania County
Dan River Mills
Wilton and
Wivet Ae
Robertson
Congress
Widow of Woodrow Wilson Dies at 89 in Washington
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, widow of the former president who helped shape the League of Nations, dies at 89 after a month of failing health. Services set for New Year’s Day at Washington Cathedral with interment there. She nursed Wilson after his 1919 stroke at the S Street house, a home he gifted her, and was to dedicate the Potomac bridge named for him.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
Washington Cathedral
Kate Euan
S Street House
Wilson
Potomac River
Analysis of the East New Year shows no sign of revolt
John Roderick reports from Tokyo that hunger and hardship afflict Red China's 670 million people but rebellion seems unlikely. Mao Zedong tightens command, peasant roots, and planned industrial output in 1950s China are cited as stabilizing factors, while propaganda and fear temper dissent.
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Tokyo
Red
Fairfax Doctor Charged in University of Maryland Student Death
Fairfax County doctor Dr. Thomas Boisclair 40 is charged with performing an abortion and murder in the death of Nguyet Huynh 21 a Vietnamese student at Maryland. Autopsy cites septic abortion as the cause. he posted 20000 bond for a January preliminary hearing.
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Fairfax
Fairfax County
University of Maryland
William L. Currer
Thomas G. Boisclair
Durrer
Miss Huynh
Arlington Hospital
Rhine
Saigon
Maryland
Claude Cooper
Boisclair
After Christmas Sale at Buzzella S Ward’s Pastry Shop Closing Notice
After Christmas sale items include bags skirts blouses jeweled sweaters dyed to match sets dresses and hats. Fudge marble cake advertised. Closing notice states a closure on New Years Day with emergency contact numbers for MO and Stephens City. Mervel W Adams listed.
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Buzzella
Stephens City
Mervel W. Adams
Details In Message To Congress On Modernized Farm Plan
President Kennedy plans a new farm program aimed at modernizing agriculture in the 1960s to boost farm income. He reviewed the plan for three hours with Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman and advisers and will reveal it in a special message to Congress and in the State of the Union. Freeman said the plan has general presidential approval and seeks an overall balance to use farm abundance.
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Frances Lewine
Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Orville L. Freeman
White House
Freeman
Congress
Washington
Air Force
Area Banks Plan To Up Interest
Three Winchester banks announce 3 percent interest on 24 month certificates of deposit of $500 or more effective January 1 1962. The move follows changes allowing higher rates and is echoed by First National Bank of Winchester and Bank of Clarke among others in Frederick and Clarke Counties.
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Winchester
Farmers and M National Bank
Shenandoah
National Bank
And
Savings Bank
Federal Reserve Board
Frederick
Clarke Counties
First National Bank of
Bank of Clarke
Bryan C. Brumback
Middletown
De Gaulle Plans Major Algeria Pullback Next Year
President Charles de Gaulle said he will withdraw most of the French army from Algeria in the coming year and predicted an agreement on close ties between an independent Algeria and France. Additional brief item: Wanted boys to sell papers on corners in Winchester with contact at Winchester Evening Star.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
France
Winchester
Winchester Evening Star
TWIST AROUND THE CLOCK AT HABLES PALACE THEATRE
Local notices announce holiday theater events at Hables Palace Theatre starting Sunday with Twist Around The Clock. It lists show times and mentions a shoe clearance at Lovett’s Shoe & Dress on Loudoun Street.
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Hable'’S Palace Theatre
Lovett’s Shoe & Dress
N. Loudoun
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Geneva
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Bown Oum
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Joseph Kennedy
East
Crusader
E. F. Ritter
John F. Daffron
Lowto
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Kassem
U.N
India
Goa
John Roderick
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Mao
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Russia
Bulletin
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