Richmond Editor to Attend Highway Safety Meeting
Richmond editor associate editor Overton Jones of The Richmond Times Dispatch will attend a public highway safety meeting tomorrow at 8 p m in the James Wood High School auditorium. The forum seeks grass roots suggestions for the Governor's Highway Safety Program which has drawn statewide reaction after an editorial on penalties for habitual violators. A large turnout is expected at the 850 seat venue as communities discuss safer roads.
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J. Thomas Boyd
Dabney W. Watts
Winchester Commonwealth
H. W. Butler, Jr
Thomas V. Mona
Apple Blossom winner Pam Link to appear in parade
Pam Link of Shepherdstown winner of last year's Apple Blossom Pie Baking contest will return to Winchester this year in a new role as head majorette of the Shepherdstown High School Band. She will be featured in the Grand Feature Parade.
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Pam Link
Shepherdstown
Winster
Foreign Newsmen Are Permitted To Enter Baghdad
Baghdad quiet and restrained while heavy firing shook the city Monday night as National Guardsmen pursued Revolutionary President Abdel Salam Mohammed Aref. All Baghdad shops were open for the second day, civilian traffic resumed, and military control was evident with soldiers outnumbering civilians in the capital.
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Abdel Salam Mohammed Aref
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U S Delegate Begins Private Talks at Disarmament Meet
U S delegate William C Foster opened private talks with neutral delegates at the 17 nation disarmament conference aiming to refocus on a nuclear test ban. He met Abdul Fattah Hassan of the United Arab Republic and planned sessions with Swedish, Nigerian, British, Italian, and Canadian delegations as Western powers accused Soviet maneuvers to stall the talks.
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Italy
Canada
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Motorist threatens blast at Justice Department
A motorist drove onto the sidewalk at the Justice Department building and took shelter beneath his car. He threatened to blow up the building but was routed shortly afterward by tear gas.
Flu Sweeps East. Carolinas Hit Hardest
Asian flu like illness spreads across the eastern states causing absenteeism and school closures. North Carolina reports epidemic outbreaks in about 20 counties with at least two deaths. South Carolina reports over a dozen flu deaths and crowded hospitals in Columbia and Walterboro.
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St. Louis
Kennedy Seeks Expansion of Finance Committee
President Kennedy backs enlarging the Senate Finance Committee from 17 to 19 members to help push his tax bill and major legislation. Senator Byrd opposes the plan as the Democratic Steering Committee weighs a secret ballot vote. The move mirrors efforts to widen the House Rules Committee to aid administration priorities.
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Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
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Montana
Senate Appropriations Committee
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R-N.y
Mansfield
White House
Winchester Frederick Clarke Schools Reopen After Snow and Illness
Schools in Winchester Frederick and Clarke Counties reopen tomorrow after a 64 inch snowfall and flu like illnesses that emptied classes. Some highway ice remains on primary routes and drifting snow blocks in mountainous secondary roads though plows keep routes open. Chains recommended for secondary roads. February snow totals eight inches with light flurries forecast tonight and tomorrow. A cold front will bring clouds and colder temperatures with lows 15 to 20. First Presbyterian Weekday Kindergarten included in reopening.
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Frederick and
Clarke Counties
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Mississippi Valley
Virginia
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Salinger Backs Out Of 50 Mile Hike In Cold Feet
Washington AP reports President Kennedy aides and Marines anticipated a 50 mile canal towpath hike. Pierre Salinger withdraws citing poor physical condition. Lt Donald Bernath wins Marine segment in 11 hours 44 minutes while his girlfriend runs final yards. Capitol Hill Secretaries plan to carry colors in the event.
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Jaycee Meeting to Feature State Labor Commissioner
Edward M. Boggs Virginia Labor Commissioner will address the Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce meeting at Lee Jackson Restaurant tomorrow night. He will award eight apprentices from Winchester and Front Royal with completion certificates for four to five years of training and classroom study meeting Virginia Apprenticeship Council standards.
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Edward M. Boggs
Labor and Industry
Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce
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Winchester
Front Royal
Virginia Apprenticeship Council
State Board
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Winchester Jaycees
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Jacees
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Arlingon
Students clash with police in Sofia protest
About 200 African students clashed with Bulgarian police in Sofia during a demonstration against the government's ban on an all African student union. The protest also denounced the arrest of the union's executive committee members and left scores of Africans injured as police used clubs and moved demonstrators into buses. The riot was not reported by Bulgarian radio or press.
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43 Killed In Florida Everglades
Ninety minutes after departure from Miami, a Northwest Orient Airlines jet crashed into the Florida Everglades killing 43 aboard with no survivors. Civil Aeronautics Board and FBI agents labored to determine a cause as investigators and local crews worked amid swamp land and a temporary morgue at Miccosukee School.
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FBI
Northwest Orient Airlines
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Chicago
Seattle
Wash
Portland
Ore
John Duas Aande
Miccosukee
Man Found Dead In Local Motel Room
An elderly Pennsylvania man identified as George C. Mathias of Bramall was found dead in a Copper Lamp Motel room near Winchester. Cause of death not immediately known. body taken to Memorial Hospital. Mathias worked for National Chester and had ties to Philadelphia. He was found by a maid in his bed.
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Winchester
Chamber of Commerce
National Chester
Philadel
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