Union Shop Filibuster Faces Vote
A Senate filibuster blocks a Taft Hartley 14B repeal bill. Senate leaders plan cloture petitions triggering votes next Tuesday and a possible second vote Thursday. House approval and Johnson endorsement are noted amid ongoing debate on union shop requirements. In Pakistan, officials request 1.2 million tons of food aid from the United States to combat drought in West Pakistan.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansefield
Mansfield
House
Johnson
Rawalpindi
Pakistan
United States
West Pakistan
Morning News
Grand Jury Indicts Five In Local Court Actions
Five men face indictments from a Cameron Street grand jury. Charges include murder by ax, forgery and uttering checks, arson, maiming, and shooting. Names include John Reed, Jack L. Watts, Gilbert Eugene Leach, David Lee Roberts, and William W. Plummer with various arraignments and dates set.
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Corporation Court
Cameron
Jack L. Watts
Watts
David G. Simpson
J P Arthur He Stays In Winchester After Heart Attack
John Pinckney Arthur known as Pink, longtime resident of Winchester Virginia, died unexpectedly of a heart attack at 60. Former general manager of Shenandoah Apple Corp, he was named outstanding citizen by the Winchester Frederick County Chamber of Commerce. Services set at Christ Episcopal Church with burial in Mt Hebron Cemetery.
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John Pinckney
Arthur
Winchester-Frederick County
Christ Episcopal Church
John A. Baden
Mt. Hebron
4Doah Apple Corp
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Pink
Tidball Place
Route 50
Winchester
iIt
Milkman Delivers During Snow To Aid Baby
A grateful father praises milkman Lyle Wilkins who walked through snow to deliver milk to a baby at the Shew bridge home on Allison Ave as dairy deliveries halted. The article notes Ronnie II assisting and places the scene opposite James Wood School.
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Crier
Charles Shewbridge, Jr
Lyle Wilkins
Shewbridge
Allison Ave
James Wood School
Ronnie II
Wilkinson
Luna 9 Sends First Moon Surface Pictures From Moon
Soviet news Tass reports Luna 9 has transmitted lunar landscape images to Earth from its landing site in the Ocean of Storms. The data comes 20 hours after landing and could yield more pictures if sunlight powers the batteries.
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Moscow
Tass
Moon
Earth
Radio Observatory
Jodrell Bank
Weather brings fair but cold day to Virginia
A mound of cold air over the south gives Virginia a fair but cold day. The damp air stays off, and sunshine returns as winds ease across the region.
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Richmond
South
Virginia
Winchester Feed & Seed Opens At 402 N Cameron St
Winchester Feed and Seed will be located at 402 N Cameron St on February 10 featuring home electric items including percolators irons hair dryers electric knives grills and blenders Miller Hardware Co.
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Winchester Feed & Seed
Cameron St
Miller Hardware Co
Red Bud Run Hearing Postponed Over Weather
The Water Control Board postpones the Red Bud Run hearing in Richmond due to weather. Chairman E Blackburn Moore said a new date will be set likely in late March or early April. Protests by Red Bud Run residents oppose discharging wastewater from a development north of Winchester.
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Water Control Board
Richmond
E. Blackburn Moore
Moore
Red Bud Run
Winchester
Soviet Luna 9 lands on moon and shifts race
CAPE KENNEDY AP reports Luna 9's soft landing and radio contact from the Moon's Ocean of Storms. The achievement pressures the U S Surveyor program aiming for a May landing, as officials say Russia leads in some areas but the United States still tops in time, flights, medical data, rendezvous, and maneuverable craft.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Surveyors Program
United States
Whisky by the Drink Bill Faces Possible Revival
advocates for local option whisky by the drink hint at a new approach after Del. Bernard Levin’s bill died in committee on an 8-8 vote. A House vote to return the measure to committee was 48-43, with a plan for a state wide advisory referendum considered. The weekend recess may affect any revival prospects.
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Levin
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Philpott
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Tokyo Bay
Yokohama
Kawasaki
Yokosuka
Chiba
Boeing Company
Legislature At a Glance
Senate convenes at 11 a m for brief session before weekend recess. Finance Committee meets at 10 a m. House convenes at 11 a m for weekend recess. Senate receives bill creating statewide community college system tailored to local needs. House backs Republican proposal to allow poll watchers at ballot counts.
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Senate
Finance Committee
House
Repulicans
133 Japanese Dead in World's Worst Single Plane Disaster
A Japanese airliner with 133 aboard crashed into Tokyo Bay near Tokyo International Airport after reporting instrument failure. Searchers found body parts and debris as authorities noted it may be the world’s worst single plane disaster.
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Tokyo
Tokyo Bay
All Nippon Airways
ANA
Tokyo International
Air France
Suit Seeks Reapportionment Of Frederick County Districts
A suit filed in Circuit Court seeks to rearrange and increase the five magisterial districts in Frederick County due to population disparities. The petition, signed by 50 voters and led by attorney David G. Simpson, will be posted for 30 days for citizen defendants to contest. A Circuit Court hearing by Judge Elliott D. Marshall would determine if re apportionment should occur.
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Frederick
Frederick County
Back Creek
Gainesboro
Opequon
Shawnee
Stonewall
David G. Simpson
Circuit Court
Elliott D. Marshall
Air Strikes Intensify as Two U.S. Planes Lost in North Vietnam
U.S. jets increased attacks on North Vietnam while two American planes were reported missing in action and a helicopter was lost in South Vietnam during renewed air operations. Ground fighting in the south was light.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
U.S. 1St Cavalry
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Migt Nam
ASA
Vinh
Hanoi Radio
Snow Removal Continues As Roads Open After Storm
Clouds linger with no precipitation through early next week but cold air settles in. Temperatures will average six to eight degrees below normal for five days. Snow removal on downtown streets finished last night under Emergency Snow Plan C. Plan B fees apply to drivers blocked by unfit tires or chains. Interstate Rt. 81 plowing aims to reopen while a low of 15 to 20 degrees is forecast tonight.
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Highway Department
Interstate Rt. 81
County officials seek reapportionment to redraw Frederick County districts
Petitioners from Frederick County Virginia ask the court to reorder and expand magisterial districts arguing current lines violate equal protection due to population disparities. They propose a commission to redraw districts or court action to create more districts and seats on the Board of Supervisors.
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Board of Supervisors
B. O. Brumback
Opequon
Grover Teets
Stonewall
Donald Baughman
Shawnee
Paul Luttrell
Gainesboro
Hurly Himelright
Back Creek
Frederick County
Virginia
lBack Creek
United States of America
Frederick
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