Solidarity Emphasized At 59th Rouss Banquet
325 attending banquet hear Congressman Hardy urge substantial changes to Latin American aid and technical programs. Harrison reviews Rouss’s life and generosity as Hardy, chair of the International Operations Subcommittee, delivers the keynote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burr P. Harrison
Porter Hardy, Jr
Reuss Fire Company
Rep Hardy
Norfolk County
Rouss Fire Company
Rep. Hardy
County Board of Supervisors
H. W. Butler
William Battaile
Claude B. Smalts
Elliott D. Marshall
Robert A. Whitten
America
Sidney L. Snellings
Winchester
Rep
Harrison
House of Representatives
Hardy
U S Weather Balloon Veers into Soviet Siberia
A U S Navy weather balloon launched from Japan drifted east then reversed course in strong winds, crossing into the Kamchatka region of the Soviet Union. Officials say the craft carried weather instruments and automatic radio transmitters, not spy gear.
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Tokyo
U.S. Navy
Soviet Siberia
Aleutians
Navy
Pacific
Russia
Japan
Air Force
Europe
Soviet Union
North Pacific
Kamchatka Peninsula
United States
Dulles
Hokkaido
U. S
Jury Finds Verdict For Defendant In $25,000 Suit
A seven man Frederick County jury returned a verdict for defendant Francis Denzil Rickard in a $25 000 wrongful death suit involving 13 year old Jack Hubert Orndorff who was riding on a tractor and fell beneath a baler July 21. The administrator of Orndorff s estate brought the suit charging wrongful death against Rickard. Rickard was represented by Edward J Thoma J Frederick Larrick. The guardian ad litem was J Randolph Larrick. The plaintiff was represented by J Sloan Kuykendall and Thomas Monahan. Jury members were Robert L Duncan H D Heronimus William Curtis Dunbar Sale W B Shull Gertrude P Hepfer and Darius R Dalton.
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Frederick County
Jack Hubert Orndorff
Marlboro Rt
Francis Denzil Rickard
Middletown
Orndorff
Jack Orndorff
Suite
Rickard
Young Orndorfff
Edward J. Thoma
J. Frederick Larrick
J. Randolph Larrick
Guardian Ad Litem
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Thomas Monahan
Robert L. Duncan
H. D. Heronimus
William Curtis
Dunbar Sale
W. B. Shull
Gertrude P. Hepfer
Darius R. Dalton
Candidates Diverge On Adding Winchester Parking Facilities
Winchester voters see split views on funding more off street parking. The Star editorial urged using meter receipts for parking expansion but council members oppose earmarking funds citing possible tax increases. The Loudoun Street Fairfax Lane receipts reserve 40 percent for new facilities while some advocate direct appropriations. The Retail Merchants Association supports earmarking. Chamber of Commerce backs it as feasible for now.
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Winchester
the Star
Retail Merchants Association
Common Council
Loudoun St. Fairfax Lane
Chamber of Commerce
Measures Receive General Approval At Clarke Hearing
Clarke County and Clarke Town hearings drew a good turnout as residents weighed subdivision and zoning ordinances. Officials anticipate county board action in March while planning groups prepare recommendations to the town council.
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Clarke
Berryville
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Planning Commission
County Court House
Grand Jury Probes Spurned 7500 Donation in Gas Bill Debate
A federal grand jury opened an inquiry into a 2500 donation rejected by Sen. Francis Case during the natural gas bill debate. Testimony showed the money came from Howard Keck of Superior Oil, with witnesses saying no strings were attached. Case voted no on the bill after noting the contribution could signal undue influence.
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Washington
Francis Case
RSD
Senate
John M. Neff
Lexington
Neb
Sioux Falls
S. D
Case
Elmer Patman
Austin
Tex
Neff
Superior Ol! Co
California
Paul Whaley
Dawson County
Howard B. Keck
Superior Oil
Patman
Justice Department
Eisenhower
Thefts Cleared With Arrest in Winchester Case
Winchester police report the arrest of William Lewis Harris in Charles Town West Virginia clears a series of tire thefts. Harris admitted stealing tires from four Winchester locations selling them to a Washington DC junk dealer. He is held on grand larceny for a bus tire theft and will be returned after WV disposition.
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Winchester
Charles Town
W. Va
William Lewis Harris
Gibbons St
West Virginia
Harris
Francis Funk
Warren Rudolph
Washington, D. C
Herbert Bryant Co
N. Kent St
A. C. Slonaker & Son
Amherst St
John Lowery
Valley Fruit & Candy Co
N. Cameron St
Fred Glaize & Co
Former Local Man Missing in Plane Disappearance
A Winchester native, Christian M. Ebersole, 33, is among four men missing after a small plane heading from Houston to Brownsville disappeared last Tuesday. Rescue efforts by the Air Rescue Squadron continued despite weather limits, with search planes patrolling the Corpus Christi to Brownsville area and officials weighing calling off the hunt.
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Winchester
Houston
Texas
Associated Press
Christian M. Ebersole
Brownsville
Ebersole
George A. Ebersole
N. Braddock St
A. O. Sutton Corp
Kansas City
Mexico
Sutton
Elsie White
Stephens City
Memphis
Tennessee
Stephen
47Th Air Rescue Squadron
Air Force
Mammoser
5Th Air Rescue Group
Massachusetts
Joseph W. Shiver
George Simon
Eugene A. Mills
Civil Air Patrol
Corpus Christi
American Killed Near Casablanca
U S military police Captain Nelson Custer Brown aged 42 shot and killed near Casablanca while driving with his wife to Nouaceur air base. He stopped to aid a troubled car, was stoned and shot in the head, dying instantly. Mrs Brown alerted French police.
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Casablanca
Morocco
U. S
Nelson Custer Brown
Green Forest
Ark
Nouaceur
Brown
Pair celebrates 71 years with happiness formula
Abner and Rebecca Braude recall their long marriage on Valentine’s Day. The Philadelphia couple say kindness and shared duties keep harmony, with Mrs Braude admitting she talks a lot but isn’t bossy. He praises her gift of gab and a big candy gift.
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Philadelphia
Abner
Rebecca Braude
Mrs. Braude
Tokyo Quake Injures Eight and Halts City Light
A major 30 second earthquake centered 50 miles north of Tokyo injures eight people, disrupts power for over 90,000 homes, and cracks a highway bridge. The tremor, magnitude seven, rattled downtown and damaged piping and buildings while Tokyo residents recalled past quakes and two smaller shocks the prior week.
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Tokyo
Imperial Hotel
Frank Lloyd Wright
Two Year Sales Tax Study Backed By Senate Leaders
Influential Senate Finance Committee chairman J. D. Hagood leads a push for a two year study of state and local revenues and expenditures to consider a general sales and use tax and its collection. The plan has 35 House patrons and aligns with urged pre enactment analysis by Gov. Stanley and Lt. Gov. Stephens.
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Richmond
Senate Finance Committee
J. D. Hagood
Halifax County
House of Delegates
C. Fr. Morrissett
Senate
Hagood
Morrissett
Stanley
A. E. S. Stephens
Smithfield
Virgin
Small Child Causes Fire At Patterson Avenue Home
Firefighters were dispatched at 9 30 am to Mr and Mrs Thomas L Reardon Jr 609 Patterson Ave where their two year old son started a fire with matches in the living room sofa. Damage stayed to the sofa and wall behind it and insurance coverage is noted.
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Thomas L. Reardon, Jr
Patterson Ave
John Enders Fire Company
Berryville
Will Hefner
Clarke County
Robert Holmes
Millwood
Europe faces deep freeze as death toll tops 418
The century's worst cold wave grips Europe with 418 deaths attributed to cold weather fires storms and avalanches across France Yugoslavia Italy Britain Germany and other nations. U S Navy planes aid relief near Naples while a 25 car train carries food and clothing to Sicily amid frozen seas and heavy snows.
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London
Europe
Mediterranean
France
Yugoslavia
Italy
Britain
Germany
Greece
Denmark
Turkey
Holland
Portugal
Spain
Austria
Switzerland
Sweden
Belgium
Tripoli
U.S. Navy
Naples
Sicily
Leghorn
Finland
Baltic
Stockholm
Macedonia
Dortmund
Ruhr
England- Scotland
Khrushchev Declares Invincible Communist Bloc at 20th Congress
Nikita Khrushchev told delegates at the 20th Congress of the Soviet Communist Party that the Communist bloc is invincible and that there are two roads peace or war. He outlined five foreign policy principles including coexistence with the United States and its allies and strengthened ties with Soviet satellites.
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Moscow
P— Nikita
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Soviet Communist Party
Kremlin
United States
Britain
France
Russia
India
Burma
Afghanistan
United States of America
Great Britain
Seven in Family Are Asphyxiated in Oklahoma Home
An Oklahoma County building contractor George Smith and his wife Barbara along with five children Virginia 9 Michael 8 Pat 5 Tommy 3 and Carol 1 were found dead of asphyxiation eight miles northeast of Oklahoma City. Neighbor George Bryan discovered the scene and deputies said the family appeared to have died six or seven hours earlier with all fires burning in mild 40 degree temperatures and a heavy natural gas odor reported in the residence. A parakeet in a cage near a cracked window survived.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
George Smith
Hister
Barbara
Virginia
Michael
Pat
Tommy
Carol
George Bryan
Smithhisler
George Long
George Catron
Long
Virginia Five Day Forecast Blends Showers and Mild Upset
Weather bulletin for Virginia calls for mostly cloudy conditions west with showers in mountains and partly cloudy east tonight. Wednesday mild with scattered showers in west and north. Temperatures average 3-5 degrees above normal February 15-19 with mixed precipitation and total rainfall around a quarter inch. Highs near 45, lows around 27 with seasonal changes through the week.
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Virginia
Winchester
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John J. Hawse
C. Douglas Brown
M. D. Weaver
Western Hemisphere
Rouss
The
Fire Company
Charles Broadway Rouss
U.S
Frederick Clarke
By Doug O'Connell
Round Hill Community Center
Auxiliary of
Round Hill Fire Co
Luzon
Philippines
Ia Advisory Legislative Council
Grove Furniture CO
Esther
W. Boscawen St
Communist Bloc
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