Wright named assistant superintendent plans retirement soon
Dr. Melton Wright, Frederick County instructional head since 1958, was unanimously appointed assistant superintendent at a special board meeting. The new post starts July 1, with Wright to attend meetings and oversee instruction, textbooks, personnel, and finance as Aylor plans retirement within four years.
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Melton Wright
Frederick County
Nomed
Wright
Aylor
Ayler
Virginia
Charleston
D.C
University of Virginia
Bob Jones University
Clarke County
Boyce School
Main Street
Harrisonburg
W. H. Keister
Winchester Police Upend Local Charity Event
The Winchester Police Department disrupted a March of Dimes benefit hosted by Winchester Jaycees, touting a victory over local rivals. Carol McKee led the drive at James Wood High School raising $975 for Frederick County, while community birthday cheers and valentines highlighted local goodwill.
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Winchester Police Dept
WINC
The
Evening Star
March of Dimes
Winchester Jaycees
Carol McKee
FBLA
James Wood High School
Frederick County
Israel Reassesses Bonn Ties Over Arms Cuts
Israeli Parliament votes 64 to 26 to reassess relations with West Germany after Bonn halts arms aid to Israel. Dispute centers on $15 million in undelivered arms and $80 million in promised weapons plus Nazi crimes reparations amid UAR and East Germany pressure.
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Jerusalem
Israel
West Germany
Bonn
2Herceetes
el Presrael Sas
Eshkol
Nasser
Egypt
East Germany
Walter Ulbricht
Ph Neat Carrick
Ulbricht
Barn Fire Destroys Gilpin Farm Barn Near Berryville
A large barn on Kenneth N. Gilpin Jr.’s Clarke County farm, housing over 4000 bales of alfalfa, burned yesterday afternoon with damages around 20000 dollars. Four cows, five calves, three dogs perished. and 53 head of beef cattle were rescued after workers broke a jammed outlet door. Volunteer fire brigades and local crews fought the blaze, preventing spread to outbuildings.
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Clarke County
Lynwood Newlin
Berryville
Durham
Franklin
Allen Locke
Howard Locke
Boyce Fire Co
John H. Enders Fire Co
Shawnee Fire Co
Frederick County
Moore
Ifire
Boyce
Kenneth N. Gilpin
UN on Standby Basis While Snarl Is Tackled
The United Nations General Assembly planned a standby pause until Sept 1 to resolve a deadlock over peacekeeping operations. A 27 to 29 member committee led by President Alex Quaison-Lackey of Ghana would study applying Article 19 to suspend votes by nonpaying nations.
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Snarl
United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
U.N
Assembly
Alex Quaison-Lackey
Ghana
Soviet Union
France
World Forum
United Nations
U Thant
Slaying Suspect Captured In Virginia Case
Samuel Eugene Mapson Jr was captured in Norfolk after an escape linked to the death of 19 year old Larraine Pysell in Charlottesville. Police say Mapson hid in his wife's attic and no charges have been filed yet.
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Charlottesville
Norfolk
Jim Adams
Samuel Eugene Mapson, Jr
Richmond
Magson
Larraine Pysell
Fire Damages Cabin Office in Shawnee Land
Fire burned one room of a cabin used as a summer office at Shawnee land on Monday at 4 30 P M. Water damage was severe but most furniture was saved. Round Hill sent two trucks with help from Gore. A Round Hill official said smoke masks allowed entry. A short in the wiring may have caused the blaze. The cabin was unoccupied.
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Shawnee Land
Round Hill
Gore
Round Hill Fire Company
Quat Named Viet Premier Amid Cabinet Turmoil
Dr. Phan Huy Quat was sworn in as premier of South Viet Nam after a late cabinet reshuffle. Tran Van Kien became finance minister, Tran Quang Thuan joined as social welfare minister, and Tuy en was deputy premier and planning minister. A Viet Cong ambush in a mountain pass left 32 government troops dead with others wounded or missing. In central Viet Nam soldiers killed 15 civilians as authorities planned an execution for a Viet Cong leader. A dozen shacks near a paratrooper base burned in Saigon.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Phan Huy Quat
North Viet Nam
Pon Hue
Tran van Kien
Cable Net
Viet Nam
Tran Quang Thuan
Nguyen Khanh
Khanh
Thuan
Phan Khac Suu
Quat
Tran Var Tuyen
Tuyen
Nguyen Hoa Hiep
U.S
Viet Cong
Nguyen Chanh Thi
Thi
Viet Nam War Effort Expanded With South Viet Nam Campaign
U S authorities expect the Saigon government to intensify its war campaign against Viet Cong forces in the Mekong delta. A new civilian government under Phan Huy Quat appears to have U S backing as international aid grows with 2000 additional Korean engineers en route and a broadened multinational support effort.
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Washington
U.S
South Viet Nam
Mekong River
Saigon
McGeorge Bundy
North Viet Nam
Phan Huy Quat
United States
Korea
Australia
Canada
Mississippi civil rights report cites brutality and voter suppression
The 10 member advisory committee to the U S Civil Rights Commission alleges police brutality economic pressure and night riders push Mississippi blacks to inferior status or terror. The 19 page report notes harassment of voter-registration efforts by law enforcement and private citizens with several violent incidents including beatings arrests and property damage across counties.
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Jackson, Miss
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Mississippi
A. B. Britton Jr
Jackson New
Greenville
Gulfport
Canton
Huge Saturn 1 Rocket Sends Pegasus Satellite to Orbit
A Saturn 1 booster launched from Cape Kennedy at 9 37 a.m. and placed Pegasus in orbit to study space debris impacts. The 96 foot wingspan satellite unfolded its panels as planned with onboard cameras recording deployment while NASA paths its role as a test for future Moon missions.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Antigua Island
Atlantic
Space Agency
Pegasus
The
United States
Mas. Bal Manned Space Ventures
Ane A.m. Ego
Naional Aeronautics and Space Administration
Flight Control Center
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Boyd Combs
Danny Denson
Paul Denson
Front Royal Road
Armel School
Winchester
Clearbrook
Pomona
Calif
Everett Kline
Virginia’ Ave
United Arab Republic
Gilpin
Clarke
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Space Bird
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Cong
Moon
Amherst
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