By pass road Rt.81 segment to start bid process in August
The 3.6 mile stretch from south of Stephens City to near Kernstown is slated to begin about September with bids in August and contract awards the following month. It marks the first phase of a four lane by pass around Stephens City, with right of way acquisitions underway and no major route changes.
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Stephens City
Rt. 277
Kernstown
C. H. Bottoms
Highway Department
Richmond
Winchester
West Virginia Line
Motorist sought after aid incident on N Loudoun St
An unknown driver helped by Mr and Mrs Allen Kibler after his car stalled on N Loudoun St. The Kiblers pushed it twice, a pothole damaged their car, and after a third push the stranger drove off. They later found a broken bumper and radiator damage but lack the man's name. Coincident coupons disrupted B and O Railroad operations Saturday as crowds chased dropped coupons in the yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Kibler
N. Loudoun St
Kibler
Kiblers
Robert Pizzano
Retail Merchants Assn
George Washington
Byrd predicts deficits amid Kennedy spending plans
Senator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia told the Richmond Traffic Club there is no prospect for a balanced budget under Kennedy era spending. He warned of further deficits, defended the dollar, and criticized the housing administrator appointment as controversial.
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Richmond
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Kennedy
Byrd
Richmond Traffic Club
Congress
Arenes
Was
Saeat
Weaver
Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
Virginia collects 325 million in seven months revenue rise
Virginia reported 325,188,073 in revenues for July through January, up 20 million from 1959 60. General fund receipts totaled 55,788,799 with major gains from new or increased taxes passed by the 1960 General Assembly including tobacco beer and whisky wine taxes. Gasoline tax at 54,415,817 up 8.5 million.
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Richmond
Virginia
Sidney C. Day Jr
General Fund
General Assembly
Clergymen Urge Support for Winchester Memorial Hospital Plan
About 50 Protestant and Catholic clergymen urged community backing for the Winchester Memorial Hospital expansion. They set April 9 as Hospital Sunday and plan sermons, pulpit announcements, church bulletins, letters, and talks to local groups to promote the effort.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Russians Bow To Pressure On Congo Plan
In New York the Security Council approved a resolution authorizing UN use of force to prevent Congo civil war, after Soviet pressure and abstention. The vote was 9 to 0 with the United States on the winning side, France abstaining as Tshombe rejected a key provision. An eight to one ruling also called for ending the UN operation within a month and Hammarskjold’s dismissal.
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United Nations
N. Y
Security Council
Congo
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Council
United States
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Soviet Union
France
Hammarskjold
Patrice
Katanga Mobilizes All Citizens In Defiance Of UN
Katanga leader Moise Tshombe ordered general mobilization of all able bodied people to oppose UN forces and enforce a no withdrawal stance. Civil mobilization requires citizens to stay at their posts amid resistance to the Security Council resolution. Belgians are described as key to Tshombe's administration and army as his forces press to drive Baluba rebels from northern Katanga.
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Elisabethville
Katanga the Congo
Katanga
United Nations
Security Council
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
U.N
Congo
Three Astronauts Named For Final Training
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP The United States selects three astronauts to begin final training for a manned flight due in two or three months. John Glenn Virgil Grissom and Alan Shepard were chosen by Mercury project director Robert Gilruth after successful capsule tests.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
John Glenn
Virgil Grissom
Alan Shepard
Robert Gilruth
Mercury Project
Glenn
New Concord
Ohio
Marine Corps
Anna
John David
Carolyn Ann
Gilruth
Grissom
Shepard
NASA Space Task Group
Kennedy Lists 16 Priority Bills for Congress
President Kennedy sends 16 bill priorities to congressional leaders led by unemployment extension. House Speaker Sam Rayburn says action will be speedy as Mansfield predicts swift passage after a slow early month. Items include aid to dependent children, Social Security improvements, education and health measures, and federal expansions.
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Washington
Kennedy
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Senate
White House
Ways and Means
Pierre Salinger
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eral
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate Committee
Missile Sub Tender Proteus Set to Sail for Clyde
The missile submarine tender Proteus will sail from New London Connecticut this afternoon for the Clyde area of Scotland. The move follows London Daily Mail reports that the Holy Loch basing plan was under reconsideration. The Proteus will resupply Polaris submarines operating off the European coast amid demonstrations in Britain.
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Britain
Proteus
Polaris
Three Major U.S. Airlines Shut Down in Wildcat Strike
The flight engineers union walkout leaves Trans World, American, and Eastern out of service. Pan American and National offer token flights while Western operates a minimal schedule. Major disruptions hit New York and Florida resorts with 125,000 travelers affected in the metro area and 700 flights canceled.
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New York
Trans World Airlines
American Airlines
Eastern Air Lines
Pan American World Airways
National Airlines
Western Airlines
Los Angeles
Seattle
Miami
Boston
United
Delta
Braniff
Capital
Northeast
Continental
Lumumbist Leaders Appeal to UN Amid Congo Turmoil
The United Nations issued a demand for restraint to Lumumbist rulers in Stanleyville amid fears of a bloodbath after six Lumumbist politicians were deported and killed. Rajeshwar Dayal warned that Europeans face danger, noting about 1,000 Europeans were in Stanleyville and urging humane treatment for prisoners.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
United Nations
Patrice Lumumba
Oriental
Kivu
Stanleyville
U.N
Rajeshwar Dayal
Antoine Gizenga
Mercury Atlas capsule survives Atlantic splashdown in test
An unmanned Mercury Atlas capsule returned from space and was recovered in excellent condition about 43 minutes after launch from Cape Canaveral. The test aimed to measure impact resistance during worst case reentry. NASA noted the craft performed satisfactorily with minor or no damage and will be returned to base for study.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Missile Test Center
Puerto Rico
Robert Gilruth
Donner
Atlantic Ocean
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Atlas
Orit
NASA
Battaile Heads Industrial Unit Again
William M. Battaile reelected president of the Winchester Frederick County Industrial Development Corporation at the stockholders meeting held at the George Washington Hotel. New officers include Philip N. Hunter vice president and H Robert Edwards treasurer with Conrad Follanshee reelected secretary. Directors named and reelected will serve Feb 14 1962. new and reelected include E Edwards Frederick W Hale E R Huntsberry Jr H D Koontz A C Long R L Pizzano and others.
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William M. Battaile
Winchester - Frederick County
Mr. Edwards
Frederick W. Hale
E. R. Huntsberry, Jr
H. D. Koontz
A. C.long
R. L. Pizzano
Mr. Battialo
Wilbur Feltner
Robert D. Glaize
Mr. Hunter
J. T. Ermer
F. L. Largent, Jr. CF
Schenck
J. D. Shockey
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Stephens
Rt. 11
Rt.81
Welford Smithie
Staunton
Sen
W. Boscawen St
Mary Grey
Wender’s, Inc
Loudoun St
Camp Cooper
Texas
U.S
Ruth
Gordon Cooper
Walker Schirra
Donald Slayton
Scot Carpenter
Flight Engineers International Union
Caribbean
Florida
National Mediation Board
Air Line Pilots’ Association
United Air Ines
Mediation Board
Col
Lumumbist
Battaile Heads
Grove Furniture CO
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