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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1963
Page
1
Robert E. Heltzel of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co outlines ideas for a public meeting at James Wood High School on February 14 to improve highway safety. He questions accident causes, auxiliary police, and education while urging defensive driving and shared responsibility.
TM Comer announced an additional 5 679 state grant from the Water Control Board for Stephens City's sewer system. Plans call for sewer lines and a chlorinated lagoon with runoff into Stephens Run. The town will seek further commitments for piping and trash collection contracts within limits.
A fox that attacked three dogs in Berryville Monday tested rabid, per Laray Health Department via Berryville report. Dogs bitten include an unvaccinated three month old English setter owned by Daniel Yowell. owner to follow Dr. Eric Myers guidance and observe the pup.
A warm spell today hints at a shift as colder conditions likely return later this week. Forecasters warn of possible rain and gusty winds impacting outdoor plans in the area.
Secretary of Defense McNamara will discuss U.S. estimates of Soviet strength in Cuba on a live radio television broadcast. CIA Director McCone will also testify to a Senate defense subcommittee in a closed session on the arms status, with a public report possible later.
A twin engine B26 bomber piloted by two U S Air Force officers and a Vietnamese observer crashed and exploded on a raid into guerrilla territory northeast of Saigon. The American crew included a major and a first lieutenant. One parachute was found but burned. rescue was unlikely.
Canada faces an April 8 election after a no confidence vote toppled Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and his Conservative government. Liberal leader Lester Pearson pivots to economic and social policy while Conservatives charge U S interference over nuclear weapons.
Senator Harry F Byrd says the agriculture secretary should spearhead efforts to break Europe’s tariff wall on U S poultry exports. The hearing included Virginia officials and about 50 lawmakers as industry leaders report export losses and fee hikes.
West Germany backs the Nassau arrangement and a European unity effort. Adenauer, addressing the Bundestag, defended the French West German treaty as a step toward a united Europe and NATO nuclear deterrence. He urged ratification amid domestic criticism and warned that European defense relies on U S partnership.
Dr. Fred Albert Shannon aged 69 and winner of the 1929 Pulitzer Prize for history died on Monday in Wickenburg Arizona. He was a long time professor of history at the University of Illinois starting in 1941.
Sen. Kenneth B. Keating urged President Kennedy to review previously undisclosed information he has collected on Soviet military activity in Cuba. In an exclusive AP interview, Keating said he would share reports he has not publicly confirmed, while clarifying remarks about missile sites and stressing no evidence of operable launchers. He favored open hearings if the Senate committee sees fit and said sources could be called as witnesses.
President Kennedy barred shipment of U.S. government financed cars on any ship that has been to Cuba since January 1. The order aims to curb trade with Cuba by non-Communist bloc vessels, though it falls short of earlier proposals. Officials note a drop in such ships visiting Cuban ports from 92 last July to 14 in January.
Gifford Ross of the American Red Cross spoke at the District Fund meeting in the George Washington Hotel about the Cuban Bay of Pigs prisoners families returning to Florida. He described hardships including long walks to the ship and strict footwear rules for women and the lack of transport from home to port.
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