Kennedy Proposes 5.7 Billion Education Aid Plan
President Kennedy outlines a multi year education aid package in a White House message to Congress. The plan includes grants for states to build classrooms and raise teacher salaries, college scholarships, and loans for dormitories and facilities. It envisions tens of thousands of scholarships and billions in aid, with debates on funding scope and public versus private schools.
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Kennedy
Congress
Ary
Milon
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Milton elected president of Virginia Veterinary Medical Association
Dr. Charles S. Milton, a local veterinarian operating a Roanoke animal hospital, was elected president of the Virginia Veterinary Medical Association. He succeeds Dr. E. E. Thompson of Salem and was installed yesterday during the Roanoke meeting. Other officers named include Dr. Wilson B. Bell of Blacksburg as president-elect and Dr. Walter J. Williams of Upperville as vice-president.
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Charles S. Milton
Virginia Veterinary Medical Association
Milton
E. E. Thompson
Salem
Roanoke
Wilson B. Bell
Blacksburg
Walter J. Williams
Upperville
Reverend Emurian to Speak at Winchester Police Banquet
The Rev Ernest K Emurian pastor of Elm Avenue Methodist Portsmouth will be guest speaker at Winchester Police Department banquet at George Washington Hotel Thursday at 6 30 p m He will be introduced by Rev L Oakey Wilburn district superintendent The event draws city officials police sheriffs fire chiefs and other guests. He is a noted author musician and composer and serves in community groups. Also tonight the Winchester Frederick County Industrial Development Corporation holds its stockholders meeting at 7 30 at the same hotel to elect a 15 member board and hear annual reports.
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Ernest K. Emurian
Elm Avenue Methodist Church
Portsmouth
Winchester Police Department
George Washington Hotel
L. Oakey Wilburn
Winchester
The
Methodist Church
Winchester School
Garland R. Quarles
Sheriff's Fire
Emurian
Reuss Fire Co
Davidson College
Union *Theological Seminary
American Guild of Organists
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
International Brotherhood of Magicians
Portsmouth Lions Club
Winchester - Frederick County
Nation’s air travel near standstill
The wildcat walkout by a small union crippled the U S air network with major airlines cutting operations to a fraction. The four day strike by flight engineers halted long distance and big plane routes, forcing layoffs expected to reach about 65000 by day’s end as the Flight Engineers International Union targets six major carriers including American Pan American Trans World Eastern National and Western.
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New York
International Union
American
Pan American
Trans World
Eastern
National
Western
Star Carrier Praise and Local Anecdotes
Dr C B Harlowe praises the reliability of Robert De Haven the boy who carries the paper on Jefferson Street. Mrs G M Hansbrough commends David Willis for good service on Tennyson Avenue. A farm incident reports a calf trapped in Sandy pond rescued with help from neighbors. Two boys at Stephens City area fell into a silo water hold and were rescued. Color snow reports from Yellow Springs and Gore with mention of amoebae. Red Cross blood clinic offers carnations for donors at First Presbyterian. Ronnie Morris on South Street praised for faithful service.
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C. B. Harloe
Jefferson St
Robert de Haven
G. M. Hansbrough
Tennyson Ave
David Willis
Charles Sandy
Stephens City
Sandy
Opequon Saddle Club
Rusty
Kenny
Yellow Springs
W. Va
Gore
Greenland
Shade Donates Land For Rescue Squad Headquarters
Local businessman E. Earl Shade donated half of a 350 by 200 foot tract on Rt. 50 east for the Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad HQ. The land near Winchester becomes theirs if facilities are built within 10 years or otherwise reverts to Shade or heirs.
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Rt. 50 East
E. Earl Shade
Winchester
Rescue Squad banquet honors leaders and progress in Virginia
Ralph Hardy, starting his second term as president, read a donor letter as 110 attendees at the Lee-Jackson Rest banquet celebrated the Virginia Association of Rescue Squads. E. R. Reynolds urged adherence to law and praised first aid advances while outlining squad growth to 60 units and 1,500 members.
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Ralph Hardy
Shade
Lee-Jackson
E. R. (Duck) Reynolds
Lynchburg
Virginia Association of Rescue Squads
Julian Wise
Virginia Association
Kennedy Returns From Overnight Stay in Virginia
President Kennedy flew from Washington to Middleburg Virginia for a brief weekend at Glenora estate with Caroline while Mrs Kennedy stayed behind. He marks his first month with policy shifts toward Asia Africa and Latin America and domestic programs including education and social security care for the aged. Kennedy ordered expanded food aid and troop family arrangements and shows high energy in White House and social life.
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Virginia
White House
Middleburg
Caroline
Kennedy
Glenora
Eisenhower
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Glen Ora
Virginia Fox and
Horse Country
Aroline
House
Congress
Woman Dies in Flaming Bedroom in Shenandoah Valley Home
A 50 year old African American woman, Mary J. Ford, died from asphyxiation in a fire at her four room single story frame house at 103 S East Lane on Saturday evening. Firefighters confined the blaze to the bedroom and its contents with smoke damage to the rest of the house. Authorities say the death is accidental and under investigation.
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Mary Ford
East Lane
S. East Lane
Mary J. Ford
W. Smoot Carter
William N. Godenour
Winchester
Virgil M. McCauley
N. Loudoun St
John Ritter
Berryville
Bill
Atlantic Station
Kent and
Cork Sts
Charles Vance
Friendship
Sarah Zane
Gochenour
Ford
Henry Brooks
Middletown Fire Company
Mercury Reaches 68 Despite Snow Lingers Around Town
Yesterday the temperature rose to 68 degrees the warmest so far this year melting much of the snowfall. Snow remains along roads and deep drifts, with 72nd day the show has been on the ground. Entomologist Dr. Walter S. Hough notes this is the longest snow cover in memory.
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Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Walter S. Hough
Hough
Shenandoah River Nears Crest Amid Flood Watch
Snowmelt pushes Shenandoah to 14.61 feet at Riverton level today. Forecaster Mrs. Mark McIntosh warns a forecasted Tuesday rain could lift flood stage to 22 feet. In Warren County bridges at Bentonville and Woodberry remain closed to traffic. Officials in Harpers Ferry prepare as river confluence areas brace for possible reach toward 18.5 feet with advance warnings from Washington Cumberland and Riverton.
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Riverton
Mark McIntosh
Warren County
Bentonville
Woodberry
Old Castle
Bolivar Heights
Storer College
Washington
Cumberland
Lumumba associates executed in Kasai sparked U N protests
At the United Nations Dag Hammarskjold announced that six aides of slain Congo leader Patrice Lumumba were executed in Kasai. The Security Council adjourned to allow consultations as Soviet and Western delegates clashed. The incident intensified calls for urgent action.
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Dag Hammarskjold
U.N. Security Council
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Kasai
Hammarskjold
Soviet Union
George Padmore
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Rajeshwar Dayal
pro-Lumumba
Joseph Kasavubu
Lumumba
Katanga
Kasavubu
Albert Kalonji
South Kasai
Dayal
Jean Finant
Oriental Province
Maj. Fataki
Stanleyville
Nzuzi
Muzungu
Elenesa
Yangara
Stevenson
Valerian A. Zorin
Security Council
Zorin
Joseph Mobutu
Moise Tshombe
Washington's Office Free Day Marks Washington Birthday
Washington's Headquarters at Braddock and Cork Streets will open free to the public Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. under the Winchester Frederick County Historical Society. The site showcases Revolutionary relics, firearms, swords, furniture, books, and a scale model of Fort Loudoun, highlighting George Washington's 1756 leadership.
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George Washington
Braddock and
Cork Sts
Washington
Winchester-Frederick County
Fort Loudoun
Confederate Congress Passes War Munitions Act
A report notes that one hundred years ago the Confederate Congress enacted legislation to supply munitions of war, detailing the government’s effort to equip forces and sustain military operations.
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Confederate Congress
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