Civilian workers to be fired at Guantanamo base
The Defense Department announced plan to fire civilian workers at Guantanamo Naval Base as a desalination plant is installed to restore water supply. An estimated five million dollar plant may be built while conservation measures remain in effect. Navy officials cited loss of Cuban workers and noted the survey report by Rear Adm. John L. Chew.
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Detense
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Naval Base
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Baer Sean
Fidel Castro
Sea 5
Defense Department
Pentagon
John L. Chew
McNamara
Autopsies Held in Double Shooting Case Near Bloxom
Autopsies were performed on Joseph B. Bernard 49 and Louise Virginia Rash 38 found shot to death in a near Bloxom home. Sheriff Matthews said Bernard was separated from his wife while Rash lived with her husband in Maryland. An automatic pistol and four empty cartridges were found. no third party involvement suspected.
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Bloxon
Accomack County
Joseph B. Bernard
Bloxom
Louise Virginia Rash
Pocomoke City
Adair W. Matthews
Bernard
Rash
Maryland
Matthews
Johnson Urges Medicare for Aged This Year
President Johnson asked Congress to pass medical insurance for the aged this year in a health message. He also created a Commission on Heart Disease Cancer and Strokes to cut disease hazards by year’s end through new knowledge and better use of existing data.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad Calls Reach Seven Thousand
At a Saturday installation dinner the Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad reported 6 979 calls since 1963, compared to 550 in 1958. The 1964 average is about four calls per day.
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Winchester
Winchester Parking Dilemma Grows With Hospital Expansion
An editorial warns that downtown Winchester faces a worsening parking shortage as shops and residents struggle to find spaces. The piece notes seven major highways funneling drivers into the area and predicts hundreds more cars will come with the new hospital addition, heightening tensions and economic concerns.
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Winchester
Col. Washington
Cork and Braddock
Water Street
County Board Receives 23 Requests for Road Action
Frederick County residents flooded the monthly Supervisors meeting seeking road improvements. Highway official Daniel H. Gaulden said only about eight thousand dollars could be spent from a typical million-dollar demand. One key request sought state takeover of Route 621 to link Route 50 West with Cedar Creek Grade, easing bus travel to James Wood High School and possibly affecting a Winchester by pass plan.
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Gaulden
County Board of Supervisors
Merriman
Redistricting Brings West Virginia Solons Back to Charleston
Lawmakers return to Charleston to redraw the House of Delegates districts after the Supreme Court ruled the 1963 plan illegal. Gov Barron calls a one week special session to address shifting representation from small population counties.
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Charleston
House of Delegates
W. W. Barron
State Supreme Court
Terrorist Bombs Kill 2 Americans in Saigon Stadium
Two bombs exploded under bleachers at Pershing Stadium during a softball game in Saigon killing two U.S. servicemen and injuring 23 others. An American family was wounded. a father remained hospitalized, while his wife and young daughter were released after treatment. Vietnamese authorities arrested three suspects. The State Department called the attack the most serious in a series against Americans and vowed continued aid to Viet Nam.
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Viet Nam
Pershing Stadium
U.S
Washington
State Department
Pershing Field
Moscow
le Suan
Communist Party
Tass
Kremlin
Cambodia
Prince Sorodom
United States
More Snow Falls Over Two Inch Blanket
Area residents awoke to a little over two inches of snow with slight additional accumulation expected tonight. Roads turned slick briefly as city and department crews spread de-icing chemicals on primary routes. Flurries were forecast with a high near 38 and a low around 25 to 30 degrees tonight.
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Mercury
Civil rights bill faces final roll call this afternoon
The House approved debate on the civil rights bill by 211 to 73 as it moved toward a final roll call this afternoon. The contentious employment equality section drew sharp partisan lines with debates lasting into the early afternoon, while Southern lawmakers pressed for changes and delays.
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Roseraig _ ie
House
Robert L. F. Sikes
D-Fila
Student Boycott and Bomb Threat Close Two Alabama High Schools
In Tuskegee area, Notasulga High School shuts due to a bomb threat while nearby Shorter High closes after a white student boycott and desegregation tensions. Only six white pupils attend Shorter. six Black students have attended Notasulga since last week amid federal court orders.
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Tuskegee, Ala
Notasulga High School
Hig
Shorter
Shorther High
Notasulga High
James Rea
Tax Cut Bill Could Be Signed Within 3 Weeks
Conferees from the Senate and House agreed to speed the wage withholding rate to 14 percent as part of a tax cut bill. The measure aims to cut about $11.6 billion in the Senate plan and $11.1 billion in the House plan, with extensive adjustments still to resolve.
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Washington
Senate House
Johnson
House
Senate
Capitol Hill
City Council Sets 4:30 PM February Meeting
The City Council will convene tomorrow at 4:30 PM in City Hall for February business. The time change from 7:30 PM is to accommodate the annual ban of the Rouss Fire Co. Members are invited to the accompanying banquet.
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Rouss Fire Co
Nationalist China Breaks Diplomatic Ties With France
Taipei reports Nationalist China severed diplomatic relations with France after Paris recognized Communist China on January 27. France’s act ends formal ties with the Nationalists as the two nations exchange sharp exchanges over the recognition move.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
France
Florida Train Saboteurs Hunted in Major Rail Strike Incident
Investigators hunted saboteurs after a 91 car freight train and a work train derrick on the Florida East Coast Railway were dynamited. Damages exceed 250000 dollars with no injuries. Union leaders denied knowledge of the act amid ongoing labor disputes and wage demands.
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Miami, Fla
Sabo
Florida, East Coast Railway
W.L. Thornton
Ruby’s Lawyers Fight to Transfer Murder Case
In Dallas, Jack Ruby’s defense chief Melvin Belli asked to move Ruby’s trial for the Kennedy assassination murder to another city, claiming an unfair venue. District Judge Joe B Brown overruled the motion after rulings on other counts. A bid to compel the state to reveal all evidence was denied. The defense also sought to read aloud newspaper reports about Oswald’s killing.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Kennedy
Joe B. Brown
Melvin Belli
Brown
Belli
Lee Harvey Oswald
Oswald
Ted Tippit
Auto Titling Tax Defeat Seen as Opposition Grows
Senator Byrd and Speaker Moore say the two percent auto titling tax faces rising opposition in both houses. The tax, recommended by the governor, would raise about $15 million annually. In Washington, the State Department reports KGB officer Yuri Nossenko, 36, requested political asylum in the United States.
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Richmond
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
House
E. Blackburn Moore
Senate
House of Delegates
Byrd Moore
Capitol
Harrison
Weather comes with light snow northern Virginia
A broad frontal zone off the Delaware coast will spread light snow across the extreme northern portion of Virginia today while other sections of the state experience rain tonight.
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Richmond
Delaware
Virginia
Registrations Open for Wind Private Day School 1964 65
Off season note announces registrations accepted for WIND PRIVATE DAY SCHOOL pre school in Enna MO and CORRIGAN RUG CLEANERS pricing details 9x12 hardback 5.40 x12 and Oriental 9.80 among items listed.
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Corrigan Rug Cleaners
Enna
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