Congress Ends Long Session as Civil Rights and Tax Talks Loom
The 1963 88th Congress adjourned after bitter starts and a one minute gap, with Democratic leaders noting more hard decisions ahead on civil rights and tax cuts. Senate action included a $3 billion measure and a credit guarantee provision for private sales to the Soviet bloc, while the test ban treaty and education bills stood as major recent achievements. The Star will not publish tomorrow New Year's Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Soviet Bloc
House
Everett M. Dirksen
Congress
Mansfield
Christmas Tree Fits In Car Despite Trim Loss
Mrs. Tisha Hamilton transported a fully trimmed Christmas tree in the back seat from Lexington to Winchester with no trim coming off, proving a car and careful driving can manage such load. New Winchester Retail Merchants Association offices open Thursday at 19 Cameron St with C Evans Kline as president and Miss Jo Ann Snapp as clerk. A misaddressed envelope bearing two grape pictures and Winchester Virginia was delivered to Cecil W. Grapes of Winchester on December 21.
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Tisha Hamilton
Lexington
Winchester
Winchester Retail Merchants Assn
S. Cameron St
C. Evans Kline
Merchants
Cameron St. Loi
Braddock
Jo Ann Snapp
Hill
Sather of Commerce
Kline
Virginia
Cecil W. Grapes
Hollywood
Bob Hope
Mediterranean
Hope
Delores
Linda
Nora
Kelly
Tony
New Year's Day Sale at Martin's Drug Store
Storewide discounts listed for New Year's Day at Martin's Drug Store with hours from 10 to 1 and again from 6 to 10. parish shoppers urged to visit for reduced prices on essentials.
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Martin’s Drug Store
Sharp Cold Wave Signals 1964 Arrival In Area
A severe cold snap pushes temperatures to near two degrees above zero as a new year nears. Forecasts warn of lows 15 to 22 degrees with possible snow or sleet in the southeast. Public events and many services pause as residents welcome 1964.
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Father Time
Virginians May Deduct Double Tax
Virginia residents who paid state income tax for two years during 1963 can deduct the full amount on their 1963 federal returns. For example, a taxpayer who paid $150 in 1962 and $159 under the 1963 withholding law can claim a $300 deduction, saving a taxpayer with $5,000 taxable income about $30. Internal Revenue Service officials confirmed the deduction practice.
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Norfolk
Internal Revenue Service
Richmond
Weather Front Moves East Across Pennsylvania
An AP weather summary notes a large cold air mass moved eastward from the Great Lakes into central Pennsylvania last night and is expected to bring a surge of cold air to Virginia. The report highlights frigid conditions and potential wind chill impacts across the region.
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Richmond
Great ‘Lakes
Central
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Masked Gunmen Grab $66 587 in Washington Bank Heist
Two masked men robbed the Brooklands National Bank of Washington at 3806 12th St NE. They wore rubber masks and gloves and fled in a green two door Ford with $66,587 in mixed bills after tying a bank employee. Police described them as Negro men about 6 feet 3 inches tall and said the robbery occurred swiftly.
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Washington
National Bank’ of
Eid
el Es” Tice
12Th St. NE
Freight train slices through truck at Featherbed Lane crossing
A Baltimore and Ohio freight train sliced through a Snyder Bros. Motor Freight tractor trailer carrying 700 cases of cigarettes on Featherbed Lane land Ohio. The driver, a Gore resident hospitalized for observation in satisfactory condition at Memorial Hospital. Cargo valued at 78 000 with truck damage estimated at 12 000 to 15 000 and insurance covering losses. Engineer F. H. Heck from Cumberland Maryland and State Trooper C D Taylor noted rails torn on the walkway.
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Land
Ohio
Gore
Memorial Hospital
Snyder Bros. Motor Freight
Snyder Bros. Tiv
C. D. Taylor
Baltimore and Ohio
F. H. Heck
Cumberland
Family date marks births in Aurora
In Aurora Colorado Mrs Florine Cherry became a mother on December 29 1989. She had her second child on the same date 12 years later. Her first child a daughter named Jackie Sue later became Mrs Roger Deal. Her first grandchild a boy arrived on Sunday December 29.
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Aurora, Colo. (Ap
Florine Cherry
Jackie Sue
Roger Deal
County Collects Over 90 Percent of 1963 Taxes
Frederick County treasurer Harry L. McCann reported that more than 90 percent of the 1963 levy had been collected by the Dec 5 penalty date. Total before penalty was 711,856.52 of 788,387.03, with 90.3 percent overall.</s>
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Harry L. McCann
Frederick
McCann
Peking Seeks Peaceful Coexistence Says Chou En Lai
Premier Chou En Lai told a Paris tv interview that China favors peaceful coexistence with capitalism and opposes U S hostility and war. He urged U S pullback from Formosa and the Formosa Strait and spoke during a Rabat stop on an African tour.
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Peking
Chou
Paris
Chou En-lai
United States
Red China
China
Formosa
Formosa Strait
Rabat
Morocco
Albania
Soviet Union
Africa
Tunisia
Ghana
Mali
Guinea
East Africa
Khrushchev
Peking-Moscow
France
U S Air Force to Withdraw 3500 From Japan
The United States will move 3500 airmen and 73 aircraft from Japan including the last operational B57 bomber wing of the 5th Air Force. Withdrawals will begin this fall with about 2400 Japanese workers at bases losing their jobs and 2000 dependents returning home.
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Tokyo
U.S
Japan
United States
Maurice A. Preston
Washington
Pentagon
Navy
5Th Air Force
Rockefellers Expect Baby
Gov. and Mrs. Nelson A. Rockefeller announced the expected birth of a child in early June 1964. The statement, issued through the governor’s office, notes the couple are expecting a baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Willow Lawn Farm Market Opens All Day on New Year’s Day
The Willow Lawn market on Valley Ave announces hours extended to open all day for New Year’s Day, inviting shoppers to-stock up on produce and seasonal goods.
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Willow Lawn Farm Market Valley Ave
New Year Holiday Traffic Deaths Run Below Normal
New Year holiday travel shows far fewer fatal crashes by 11 a.m. EST with four deaths so far in the 48 hour count. The National Safety Council estimates 140 to 180 more highway fatalities could occur from 6 p.m. today to midnight Wednesday.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Lovett's Clearance Sale and Holiday Garbage Notice
Lovett's Shoe and Dress Shop runs a clearance sale. Wednesday January 1 is a holiday. garbage collection and city buses are suspended. Garbage and bus service shift to Saturday January 4.
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Lovett
Gainesboro
Ex-Diplomat Georgiev Pleads Guilty and Is Executed
Former Bulgarian diplomat Ivan Georgiev pleaded guilty to spying for the CIA. He was sentenced to death by firing squad after a six day trial at Sofia's supreme court. Prosecutors said he earned 200000 dollars and passed state secrets to U S intelligence. A protest outside the U S legation accompanied the trial.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Ivan Asen Christof Georgiev
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Supreme Court
Georgiev
U.N
CIA
U.S
New York
United States
Washington
Buffer Zone Maintains Quiet In Nicosia After Nine Days
British troops patrol the buffer zone as Greek and Turkish Cypriots report a calm first 24 hours without shootings. Archbishop Makarios and Fazil Kutchuk approve the zone with free British troop movement to enforce the truce. The fighting began December 21 over constitutional reform proposals.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Creck
Archbishop Makarios
Fazil Kutchuk
Wedding Date Never in Doubt
Elaine Doherty and William Jackson Jr were married in Trinchera on Monday December 30 after immediate family weddings for both sets of parents. The notice also mentions a separate auction sale scheduled for Wednesday January 8 at 7 p.m.
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Trinchera
Colo
Elaine Doherty
William Jackson Jr
William H. Doherty
Elaine
Jackson
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