Fire Chief Probes John Marshall Restaurant Ruin
Fire Chief Warren Turner seeks cause of a 30 000 to 40 000 dollar blaze that gutted the John Marshall Restaurant in Front Royal yesterday. Auto firm workers reported smoke at 11 35 am and fire crews from Front Royal Strasburg Flint Hill and Chester Gap fought the stubborn blaze for about 4 hours.
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Front Royal
Warren Turner
John Marshall
Strasburg
Flint Hill
Chester Gap
Valley nostalgia and sky show tales echo 1816 and eclipses
Mrs. Nellie B. Brown of Strasburg forwards a clipping recounting 1816 as a year without a summer with poor crops and heavy overcoats. The piece notes February astronomical events including a total solar eclipse and a rare planetary alignment, plus a penumbral Moon eclipse mid month.
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Nellie B. Brown
Route 1
Strasburg
The
Star
A.A. Walden
Boy Admits Setting Fires and Vehicle Looting
Two Winchester youths aged six and nine confessed to arson and ransacking cars. They admitted setting a fire at Copenhaver furniture shop near Braddock Street and Wolfe Boscawen Street, then stealing gloves flashlights a knife and a pocketbook from several automobiles. Police say owners may ID the items at the station. Captain F M Funk said the cases are cleared and the boys were turned over to their parents.
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Winchester
Copenhaver
Braddock St
Wolfe and
Boscawen Sts
F. M. Funk
Woman Dies in West Virginia Car Crash near Union
Mrs. Mary Bolger Weschler of 524 S Braddock St Winchester died when her car crossed the center line and hit a tractor trailer on Rt 3 seven miles east of Union Monroe County. Her husband Charles Weschler was seriously injured and taken to a hospital in Roncoverete. The 1961 Mercury Comet was demolished. Funeral plans were incomplete.
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Winchester
Union
W. Va
Mary Bolger Weschler
S. Braddock St
Charles Weschler
Bluefield
Monroe County
H. H. Davis
The
Star Today
Weschler
Davis
Roncoverete
Broyles Funeral
Boy Who Left Home Object of Search
Local police seek 13 year old Robert Heitt of 342 Smithfield Ave who left home yesterday afternoon. The Winchester youth, 145 pounds and five feet eight, was last seen on a bicycle with Winchester tag 2083 wearing green trousers a dark gray jacket gray hat a plaid shirt and a dark red sweater. His mother Dor en Hiett reported him missing.
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Winchester
Robert Heitt
Smithfield Ave
Doren Hiett
Wallendas Continue Aerial Act After Tragedy
In Detroit a Wallenda duo Herman and Gunther honored the show after two troupe members died in a fall 24 hours earlier. Joined by Gene Mendez they walked a 35 foot high wire without a net for five minutes, ending the act with a dramatic headstand to thunderous applause.
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Detroit
Herman
Gunther Wallenda
State Fair
Gunther
Wallendas
Gene Mendez
Stockholm
Sweden
Coliseum
Mendez
Shrine
Baby Born in Car At Blocked Crossing
In Hammond Indiana a railroad yardmaster was arrested after a train blocked Calumet Avenue for 42 minutes. Mrs William Blankenship 28 gave birth in a car waiting to reach a hospital Tuesday night as her husband urged police to clear the crossing. The newborn and mother were later taken to St Margaret Hospital while the Indiana Harbor Railroad train delayed an ambulance.
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Hammond
Ind
William Blankenship
Indiana Harbor
St. Margaret Hospital
Calumet Avenue
Robert Mansell
Kennedy seeks 193 million expansion of permanent welfare outlays
President Kennedy urged Congress to expand permanent federal welfare by 193 million to focus on rebuilding lives rather than simple relief checks. He proposed extending aid to dependent children, increased child welfare funds, day care for working mothers, and broader HEW grant rules to match state outlays.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Newburgh
N.Y
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Department— Health Care
Treasury
Kennedy announces stockpiling probe and policy review
President Kennedy unveils a Senate subcommittee probe into national stockpiles citing profiteering and mismanagement. He orders a halt to most purchases, forms a commission to study policies, and promises full public disclosure of evidence. He also touches on Berlin, Cuba, civil rights, and Soviet relations.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
Sen
Stuart. Symington
Symington
Alexei Adzhubei
Khrushchev
Cuba
Rusk to brief Kennedy on OAS Cuba dispute
Secretary of State Dean Rusk heads to Washington to report to President Kennedy on the Latin American ministers conference over Cuba. The meeting splits on expelling Cuba from the OAS with Argentina pressuring Frondizi to take a hard line and fire Foreign Minister Caracao.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Dean Rusk
Washington
Kennedy
Cuba
Latin America
Organization of American States
Argentina
Arturo Fron
Dizi
Fidel Castro
OAS Council
Buenos Aires
Frondizi
Miguel Angel Caracao
Punta del Este
OAS
Brazil
Mexico
Havana
United States
Virginia Senate weighs tax deduction to lure new industry
The Gray bill allowing net operating loss deductions for new Virginia manufacturing plants faces a crucial second reading in the Senate today. If approved, it could move to the House of Delegates by week’s end with little opposition. Gov. Harrison backs the plan and federal budget talks continue as lawmakers consider a $1.4 billion two year package and possible withholding tax changes.
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Richmond
Virginia Senate
Senate
House of Delegates
Garland Gray
Waverly
Virginia
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Harrison
State Department of Conservation and Economic Development
Senate Finance Committee
C. H. Morrissett
House
Ations
Appropriations Committee
Almond
Byrd Seeks Standards for Migrant Labor Camps
Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr proposes a bill setting minimum sanitation and sex segregation standards for migrant labor camps. He notes thousands of workers travel with the harvest and housing is essential, citing public camps on the Eastern Shore and near Winchester plus private camps elsewhere.
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Richmond
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Senate
Byrd
Frederick County
Winchester
Norfolk
Womans Lawyer Calls Love Affair Trigger for Killing
Mrs Edna Westfall Wampler 54 was sentenced to 20 years for the fatal shooting of her husband Hobart 63. Her lawyer Lynn Lucas of Luray said the act arose from a mad love and an abnormal relationship with Granville Ryan. He argued the love, a madness, helped drive the crime as the couple quarreled over a .22 rifle before the fatal act in the Icksburg area.
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Woodstock
Edna Westfall Wampler
Hobart
Lynn Lucas
Luray
Wampler
Granville Ryan
Icksburg
Lucas
Front Royal Child Killed by Car At Grimsley Grocery
A five year old boy, Michael Dyer of Syracuse, was struck by a Studebaker driven by Gloria Jean Oakes in front of Grimsley’s Grocery on Sixth Street. He died at Warren Memorial Hospital. Police report the child went from the store into the street and the driver could not stop in time. No charges filed.
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Front Royal
Michael Dyer
Sixth St
Studebaker
Gloria Jean Oakes
Rt. 2
Middletown
Warren Memorial Hospital
Grimsley
Dennis Thompson
William H. Dyer
Syras Case
N.Y
Macy Sale and Snider's Notices
Macy sale now in pull swing at 128 N Loudoun Street closing Feb 1 to 10. Snider's Electrical Service announces regular rounds meeting Feb 1 at 7 30 with banquet tickets to be distributed.
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Macy Lc
MACY
N. Loudoun ‘St
Snider’s Electrical Service
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U.S
Berlin
Soviet Union
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Rusk
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Wright
Episcopal
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