Virginia auto titling tax killed in Senate move
The Virginia Senate Finance Committee killed the proposed auto titling tax and approved a compromise package to raise 45.2 million dollars for road construction over the coming biennium. The plan increases operator permits license plates title certificate fees and adds a traffic fine surcharge to fund roads.
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Richmond
Senate Finance Committee
State Highway Study Commission
General Assembly
Senate Finance
E. Almer Ames Jr
Accomack County
Ames
Assembly
Highway Study Commission
Virginia
Division of
Garland Gray
Waverly
James River
Public meeting on historic preservation in Handley Library
Mrs Helen Duprey Bullock of the National Trust will speak at a public meeting tomorrow at 8 o'clock in the Handley Library Auditorium. The Winchester Committee for Historic Preservation urges attendance from those interested in preserving and restoring old buildings. County farmers have until February 20 to report wheat acres for 1964 harvest to the local ASCS county office, reminded today by office manager Mrs Virginia McClure.
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Helen Duprey Bullock
The
National Trust For Historic Preservation
Handley Library
Winchester Committee For Historic Preservation
ASCS
Virginia McClure
Maids Named for Fete at Shenandoah Apple Blossom
Miss Susan Custer and Miss Toni Smith named Maids of Honor to Queen Shenandoah XXXVI for the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival to run April 30 through May 12. Both are Winchester residents and college students with ties to Hollins and Coker Colleges.
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Susan Custer
Toni Smith
Shenandoah
H. Delmer Robinson
Department of the Queen
Winchester
Miss Custer
Monford D. Custer, Jr
Washington St
Charlottesville
Maids of Honor
Settlement efforts on wheat boycott fail in U S shipments
Labor Department troubleshooter James Reynolds failed to force a quick end to the union boycott of U S wheat shipments to the Soviet Union. AFL CIO leader Meany supported the president but backed the union stance for at least 50 percent U S ship usage.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Labor Department
U.S
Soviet Union
Johnson
James J. Reynolds
Reynolds
Daytona Beach
Florida East Coast Railway I
Cape Kennedy
AFL - Cio Executive Council
AFL - Cio
George Meany
Meany
International Longshoremen’s Association
New Orleans
Houston
Longshoremen’s
Thomas W. Gleason
Secetary
W. Willard Wirtz
Washington
Continental Grain Co
United States
Cuba
Rebels Overthrow Gabon President in Midnight Coup
Military rebels toppled President Leon MBa in a midnight coup and formed a revolutionary council to govern Gabon, Librevilles rebel broadcast reported. The 1964 upheaval touches a 440000 population former French colony famed for Dr Albert Schweitzer and his jungle clinic at Lambarene. No bloodshed mentioned.
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Brazzaville
Congo Republic
Gabon
Leon M’ba
West African Republic
Libreville
Albert
Sweitzer
Schweitzer
Lambarene
Atlantic
Snow Moves North In Shenandoah Valley
Snow moved northward through the Shenandoah Valley with a hazardous driving warning for mountains. Snow began at Mt. Jackson around 10 a.m. and reached Woodstock within half an hour with light road coats. Rain possible in other parts tonight with lows in the 30s. Thursday forecast calls for fair and cold conditions.
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Shenandoah Valley
Mt. Jackson
Woodstock
Mercury
Conferees Seek End to Rail Strike in Florida
Labor and management met in Daytona Beach at the urging of Secretary Wirtz to end the violent Florida East Coast Railway strike. Telegrams were sent to Ed Ball and G E Leighty urging resolution as the dispute enters its 14th week with bombings and picketing disrupting defense operations at Cape Kennedy.
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Daytona Beach, Fla
Labor and Management
W. Willard Wirtz
James J. Reynolds
Labor Department
Ed Ball
G.E. Leighty
Wirtz
Ball and Leighty
Florida East Coast Railway
Cape Kennedy
Cape
Makarios vows to resist Turkish intervention in Cyprus
President Makarios told The Associated Press he would resist any Turkish military intervention and seek UN and international aid while urging an end to treaties of guarantee. He warned partition remains a central Turkish Cypriot aim and linked it to possible Ankara-led intervention. The Greek Cypriot leader spoke from the presidential palace amid December violence as Cyprus contemplates constitutional changes.
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Nicosia, Cyprus
Makarios
Turkey
Cyprus
Associated Press
Ankara
Twe
U.N
Security Council
Archibishop
Greece
Britain
Cy‘prus
Pakistan negotiates trade pact with Soviet Union
Commerce Minister Wahid uz Zaman told Radio Pakistan that Pakistan is negotiating a comprehensive trade agreement with the Soviet Union. He noted that Pakistan has already signed trade pacts with Red China and Yugoslavia.
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Lahore
Pakistan
Soviet Union
Wahid-uz-Zaman
Radio Pakistan
Red China
Yugoslavia
Weather brings rain to Virginia then clear skies
A low pressure system from the Gulf Coast was expected to bring rain to Virginia today. Rain should end by tonight with clearing conditions after.
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Richmond
Gulf Coast
Virginia
Police Association Banquet to Honor International Chief
More than 200 guests will gather at the George Washington Hotel ballroom for the annual Police Banquet. Chief of Police Maj J Thomas Boyd announced Quinn Tamm executive director IA CP will be the special speaker. Tamm, a Seattle native and 1934 UVa graduate, served 27 years at the FBI including Lab Director before retiring in 1961.
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George Washington Hotel
J. Thomas Boyd
Quinn Tamm
The
International Assn. of Chiefs of Police
MR. Tamm
Seattle, Wash
Butte, Mont
University of Virginia
International Organization
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Labatory Division
Tamm
Washington, D.C
Garland R. Quarles
Winchester Schools
Handley High School
June Mussynug
Darlene Himes
Claude B. Smalts, Jr
Boyd
Robert V. Murray
U S Forces Tighten Guards in Saigon After Terror Wave
In Saigon U S Army guards tighten at American installations and schools after a terror campaign leaves three Americans dead and over 50 wounded. A Joint Security Council with Vietnamese and U S members met as Premier Khanh vows focus on American security.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Army
U.S
Joint Security Council
Lam van Ly
Ngo Dinh Diem
United States
Khanh
Accord Near on Policing Cyprus
Britain and Cyprus near agreement on principles for an international peace force to police Cyprus with a mediator to resolve Greek and Turkish Cypriot tensions. The plan includes a consultative UN committee and aims to avoid a Soviet veto while funding would be shared by Britain Greece Turkey and Cyprus. The Security Council debate was postponed as U Thant proposed peace measures and consulted with Ball and other diplomats.
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United Nations, N.Y
Britain
Cyprus
Mediterranean
U.N
Security Council
U Thant
Thant
Turkey
United States
Greece
Makarios
United Nations
Teachers Seek 300 Dollar Pay Raise in Frederick County
Frederick County teachers voted at James Wood High School to ask the County School Board for a $300 raise per teacher for the next school year. The move, supported by the PTA as potential backing, is not mandatory for the PTA. Current salaries range from 4100 to 5200 dollars annually. The teachers salary committee will present the request to the school board.
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Frederick County
James Wood High School
PTA
Teachers Assn
Geneva Disarmament Talks Stalled By Western Rebuff
Soviet delegate Semyon Tsarapkin condemned Western disarmament proposals as unrealistic and warned the United States plans would triple weapons production in five years. He accused Washington of pushing nuclear arms growth to shift the balance before any phased reductions.
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Geneva
Con Union Today
Semyon Ky Tsarapkin
Tasrapkin
U.S
United States
Tsa
Ruby murder trial juror questioned on death penalty
Dist Atty Henry Wade pressed first prospective juror Hallan Stone on voting for the death penalty in Ruby's murder case linked to the Oswald shooting. Defense attorney Melvin Belli sought to disqualify Stone for cause, but the judge overruled.
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Dallas
Henry M. Wade
Ruby
Hallan M. Stone
Melvin Belli
Stone
Lee ‘Harvey Oswald
John P. Kennedy
Belli
Atty
Henry Wade
Texas
Wade
Oswald
Wanted Experienced Shop Foreman by Auto Dealer
An experienced man is sought for the position of shop foreman by a large automobile dealer. Good day. Apply at P O Box 727 Winchester.
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P. O
Winchester
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Mis Custer
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Paul H. Stragisher
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
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