Five Hurt in 3 Car Wrecks West of Winchester and on Rt 522
Five people injured in a three car crash on U.S. 50 at Catcher's Market four miles west of here. An 18 year old Abbots town girl was hospitalized after a crash on U.S. 522 north of Winchester. Injured: Elmer Ruckman and wife Mrs. Alice Ruckman. Walter Bryan and daughter Mrs. Gertrude Bryan. Gary Moxley. Marjory Saville. One car burst into flame, two others damaged in grassy median areas. Authorities described the sequence of events and conditions at the scene.
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U.S. 50
Catcher’s Market
Here
Abbotstown
U.S. 522
Winchester
Memorial Hospital
Elmer Ruckman
Alice Ruckman
Walter Bryan
Gertrude Bryan
Gary Moxley
Cather’s Market
Harry Richand
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Esther
L. W. Waters
Ruckman
Richmond
Mr. Bryan
Pontiac
Mr. Ruckman
Mr. Richmond
Bryan
Alice C. Buckman
Route 4
California
U.S. Naval Air Station
San Diego
Niagara River
Grand Island
Niagara Falls
Wheatland
Maine
Pacific Coast
Fire siren calls prompt Shawnee Co asks not to ring Polly’s Cab
Ernie Nesselrodt Shawnee Fire Co president asks residents not to call Polly’s Cab when fire sirens go off. The company uses the service for county fire calls and reports phone lines were tied up briefly. After trucks return newspapers and radio stations are informed. Roger Lupton saw a gray and white bird near Garrardstown and wants identification. A sea gull was seen circling Shenandoah Valley National Bank on National Ave.
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Ernie Nesselroot
Shawnee Fire Co
Polly
Nesselrodt
Roger Lupton
Lee Ave
Garrardstown
W. Va
Shenandoah Valley
Digi Bank
National Ave
Paris braces for unrest as rights and rebels clash
Armed police patrol Paris as the government warns rightists that attempts to block De Gaulle’s Algeria plans will be crushed. Bombs strike in Algeria killing Algerians and Europeans while talks hint at a cease fire and a rebel cabinet meeting in Tunis.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
France
Gaston Deferre
Deferre
Marseille
Algiers
de Gaulle
Roger Frey
Paris Presse l'Intransigeant
Tunis
National Council of the
Gen E Lee moves HQ from Charleston to Savannah
A century ago today General Robert E. Lee shifted his military headquarters from Charleston to Savannah, signaling strategic relocation during the ongoing campaign. The move reflects the Confederate command’s adaptation to evolving theater conditions and supply routes.
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R. E. Lee
Charleston
Savannah
Fog Swallows Wide Regions Causing Traffic Tieups
Dense fog and freezing rain disrupted travel across the middle Atlantic, Midwest, and Pacific states. O'Hare Airport nearly shut. icy runways halted flights. A major 20-vehicle pileup occurred in Oregon's Willamette Valley. power outages and blackouts followed in several areas.
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Associated Press
Middle Atlantic
Midwest
Pacific Coast
Illinois
Ohio
Chicago
O’hare
Pacific
Oregon
Willamette Valley
Portland
California
Weather Bureau
Blood Donors Set Record In Berryville
Berryville reports a record Bloodmobile drive with 139 pints collected chaired by Col. Ernest O. Lee. Of 144 donors, five were rejected and 100 had appointments but did not attend, surpassing the previous 135 pint mark.
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Berryville
Ernest O. Lee
Red Cross
Du Pont Tax Bill Eases Tax Hit on GM Stock Deal
President Kennedy signed a law reducing taxes for about 200,000 Du Pont stockholders who may receive General Motors shares in the antitrust divestiture. The bill allows tax on GM shares only if their value exceeds the initial Du Pont purchase price, with capital gains rates up to 25 percent.
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Washington
Kennedy
DuPont Co
General Motors
Congress
Supreme Court
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co
du Pont
Chicago
Budget and Pipeline Bills Dominate West Virginia Session
Charleston AP says the 1962 West Virginia legislature split focus between the state operating budget and coal pipeline bills during the first Saturday session. The House finance committee advanced a 141.26 million dollar budget for the next fiscal year and aimed to pass it after amendments, expediting a conference with the Senate version expected to go to the floor.
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Charleston
W. Va
House
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Two Virginians Sentenced in Pay Phone Robberies
In Princeton West Virginia two Virginia men Jack Farthing 21 and Roger D Crawford 20 were sentenced to one to ten years in prison for robbing eighteen pay telephones in southern West Virginia last July. Three others James E Wimmer 27 Jack Harold 20 and Robert E Lawson 19 all of Falls Mills Virginia received probation for the coin box burglaries.
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Princeton
W. Va
Virginia
West Virginia
Jack Farthing
Roger D. Crawford
James E. Wimmer
Jack Harold
Robert E. Lawson
Falls Mills
Frondizi Defends Argentina’s Stand at OAS Vote
Argentina's President Arturo Frondizi denounced international reactionaries and defended abstaining on Cuba's expulsion from the OAS at Punta del Este. He warned the move could threaten hemispheric stability and pledged to uphold Argentina's stance amid military pressure and a possible break in relations with Castro's Cuba.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Arturo Frondizi
Cuba
OAS
Punta del Este
Parana
Frondizi
Castro
Brazil
Chile
Bolivia
Ecuador
Mexico
Organization of American States
Six-Nation Bloc
United States
Julio Ampedo
Walker and Daniel Enter High Stakes Texas Governor Race
Edwin A Walker and Gov Price Daniel joined a crowded Democratic field for the May 5 primary. Other contenders include Connally Formby Wilson and Yarborough, while Jack Cox seeks the Republican nomination. Walker filed from Dallas after a 1,000 dollar fee. Daniel announced on statewide TV.
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Austin
Tex
Edwin A Walker
Price Daniel
Texas
Walker
Army
24Th
Germany
John B. Connally
Lyndon B. Johnson
State Democratic Executive Committee
Dallas
Train Wreck Near Walkerton Injures Four Crewmen
In heavy fog near Walkerton Indiana a New York Central freight rammed a stopped freight causing four crewmen to be injured and 5 cars derailed on a 150 foot wide stretch of track. The 79 car and 51 car trains were westbound. injured were taken to Holy Family Hospital in La Porte and identified later as crew from Kankakee Illinois Bradley and Bradley Indiana.
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Walkerton
Ind
New York Central
Indiana
Holy Family Hospital
la Porte
H.E. Scanlin
Kankakee
G. Corkill
Bradley
A.A. Buick
H. Heller
Terrified Indians Seek To Avert Doomsday Prophecy
Indians reacted with fear to a rare planetary alignment. Citizens prayed, lit fires, and sought blessings as astrologers warned of earthquakes floods and catastrophe over the next three days while Prime Minister Nehru urged calm.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Ramakrishna Dalmia
Kennedy imposes Cuba embargo except food and medicine
President Kennedy orders a total embargo on Cuban imports and most exports to the Caribbean nation effective Feb 7, with humanitarian exceptions for foods and medicines. The White House links the move to curbing Havana’s capacity for aggression while noting ongoing diplomacy and recent inter American talks.
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Kennedy
Cuba
Washington
White House
Havana
Dean Rusk
Uruguay
Organization of American States
United States
Tampa
Fla
Pierre Saline
The
of la Bor
Five Die In Fire Near Shippensburg Pennsylvania
A widower Joseph Finkey his fiancée and three children perished in a fast moving one story frame house fire at Three Square Hollow about 10 miles north of Shippensburg. Donald Finkey the son who lived next door saw the blaze and attempted entry but the home was a mass of flames. Fire crews from Shippensburg and Newburg found the house destroyed upon arrival.
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Shippensburg. Pa
Three Square Hollow
Shippensburg
Pennsylvania
Joseph Finkey
Finkey
James
Dixie
Harrisburg
Ellsworth, Shaver
Donald
Newburg
SPECIAL PURCHASE COTTON DRESSES TWO FOR 27 DOLLARS
WENDER'S INC offers a special purchase of cotton dresses at 2 for 27 dollars or 14.95 each. The ad also notes a boys wanted to sell papers on the streets in Front Call Winchester Evening Stag MO, and a dinner meeting for South End Fire Company at 6:30 p.m. Also announces final clearance of hats priced at 1 and 2 dollars.
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Wender’s, Inc
Winchester Evening Stag
South End Fire Company
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Houston
Jack Cox
Breckenridge
John Tower
R-Tex
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