Rev Steele Heads Star Leadership Awards Group
Rev Steele leads the Star Leadership Awards Committee for 1963 with Miss Steele as chair. The awards, valued up to 350 dollars, honor three senior students from Handley James Wood and Clarke County High Schools for outstanding character and leadership. Committee includes Mrs Hunter Gaunt Jr Burton B Mercer J A Williford Ray Boshen Hammer B Pierce George G Snarr Jr Fred L Glaize II and Harry F Byrd Jr who founded the program in 1954. Miss Steele a Virginia Conference pastor formerly trained as a nurse and teacher, recalls missionary years and Red Cross service.
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Star
Handley, James Wood
Clarke County
Miss Steele
Hunter Gaunt, Jr
Fairmont Ave
Burton B. Mercer
Parkway
J. A. Williford
S. Be
Montgomery Ward
J. Ray Boshen
First National Bank
Berryville
Hammer B. Pierce, Jr
RFC
George G. Snarr, Jr
W. Boscawen Sr
Fred L. Glaize, II
N. Stewart St
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
The
Byrd
Virginia Conference of the Methodist Church
Epworth
Hites Chapel
Lamp’s Memorial
Frederick County
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Handley High
Madison College
Chicago School of Nursing
Winchester Memorial
Warren Memorial
Winchester concert by Inter Community Assn features Michel Jock
Members of the Winchester Inter-Community Concert Association host the second in a series this Monday in Shenandoah College and Conservatory Auditorium at 8 15 p.m. Pianist Michel Jock will perform as part of the program amid a forecast of snow or rain and cloudy weather. Mrs E F Kent of Millwood shows a blooming Christmas cactus with 90 blossoms.
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Winchster
E. F. Kent
Millwood
ABC
Igrove Furniture Co., Inc
S. Loudoun Sst
Winchester
Dirksen Signals GOP to Guard Economy in New Congress
Senate Republican leader Everett Dirksen outlined a GOP plan to hold the economy line against Kennedy proposals. He warned against expanding social programs and predicted resistance to foreign aid and the 99 billion dollar budget. Dirksen framed no compromise on spending and noted weekly news conferences to highlight GOP differences with the administration.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Congress
Kennedy
Dirksen
House
Charles A. Halleck
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mansfield
Halleck
Rogers Hornsby Dies Batting Champion at 66
CHICAGO AP Rogers Hornsby Hall of Fame slugger died of heart disease in Wesley Memorial Hospital at age 66. The right handed hitter won seven NL batting titles in a 22 year major league career with the Cardinals Giants Braves and Cubs and managed the Browns Braves Reds and Cubs. His wife was at his bedside when he died.
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Chicago
Rogers Hornsby
Chicago Wesley Memorial Hospital
Hornsby
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Giants
Boston Braves
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Browns
Braves
Boston
Cincinnati Reds
Cubs
Moscow Havana Charged Backing Revolt in Peru
Peruvian military government rounds up alleged Communists charging Moscow Prague and Havana with a subversive plot. About 300 arrested in raids on leftist leaders’ homes and offices. arms from Miami labeled as electrical appliances. Communique cites aims to assassinate top leaders and disrupt elections.
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Moscow
Havana
Peru
Lima
Prague
Eru
Soviet Union
Miami
Fla
Woman Burned In Fire At Garden Apartments
A Garden Apartments resident Mrs. Ruby Talkington was seriously burned when a fire destroyed her davenport and broke out at about 2 45 a m Fire authorities said she apparently slept through the blaze Fire companies Rouss and Sarah Zane responded to the alarm and a hospital spokesman reported she was in fair condition. Continued on Page 2 Col 3.
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Garden Apartments
Davenport
William N. Gocenour
Ruby Talkington
UN Halts Drive Toward Tshombe's War Capital
UN forces halted their advance toward Katanga's capital Jadotville and pressed for peace talks. U.N. official said movement paused until the political situation crystallizes as Bunche pledged to continue actions in Katanga.
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Tshombe
Leopoldville
the Congo
U.N
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Elisabethville
Jadotville
Kolwezi
Northern
Ralph Bunche
United Nations
New York
Congo
Bunche
Army and Guard to be Reorganized Under ROAD Plan
The Army announced a plan to reorganize National Guard divisions and brigades in parallel with the ROAD program. States and the Pentagon will negotiate concessions as governors meet to discuss guard restructuring and potential dual revamps. The shift aims to apply the new three brigade structure across regular army reserves and guards, with divisions like the 1st Armored and 5th Infantry already testing the format. The goal is to complete reorganizations by late 1964.
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Washington
States
Pentagon
Guard
Regular Army
National Guard
Army
1St Armored
Ft. Hood
Tex
5Th Infantry
Ft. Carson
Colo
Vance
Hearing Set on Power Line in Richmond Area
The State Corporation Commission will hold hearings on Feb 19 20 and 21 on Virginia Electric and Power Co s plan for a 500000 volt transmission line from Mt Storm West Virginia to northern Virginia. Clarke County residents oppose the project while the company says the line serves over 800000 customers and justifies routes to keep costs down.
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State Corporation Commission
Virginia Electric and Power Co
Corporation Commission
State Office
Richmond
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Clarke County
Frederick County
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Clarke
Byrd
Erwin H. Will
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Will
Board of Supervisors
Power Company
Mt. Storm
W. Va
Virginia
Washington
L. D. Johnson III
Vepco
A. H. McDowell, Jr
Edward B. Lee
102-Year-Old Rockingham Woman Dies
ELKTON AP A 102-year-old Rockingham woman, Alban Elizabeth Brown, died yesterday at her family home near Rockingham, eleven days before her 103rd birthday. She was born to slave parents and recalled her family hiding food from the Yankees during the Civil War. She outlived 14 of her 17 children.
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Elkton
Alban Elizabeth Brown
Brown
Rockingham County
Soviets Bounce Radar Signals Off Mercury
Soviet Academy of Sciences says Soviet scientists beamed radar at Mercury last summer when it was 52 to 54 million miles from Earth. U.S. scientists reportedly bypassed a Mercury radar attempt and aimed for Mars, amid ongoing radar tests of Moon Venus and other planets.
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Washington
Mercury
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Academy
Earth
Washington Post
Mars
Moon
Venus
U.S
Winchester mayor backs fieldhouse drive for 225000
Gerald L. Goodman, Winchester insurance executive, accepts chairmanship of the committee to raise funds and oversee construction of a fieldhouse to be built beside the War Memorial Building at Recreation Park. The project aims for a 252-bed seating gym and banquet hall, with commitment to raise at least 125000 before starting.
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Gerald L
Jerry” Goodman
Winchester
Goodman
Gerald L. Goodman
Winchester Insurance
Winchester Recreation Council
Sam Preston
Jim Barnett
Deadline for Old Postal Rate Takes Effect Tomorrow
Postmaster Wilbur R. Johnston reminds residents new postal rates apply after mailbox collection hours. Letters cost five cents, air mail eight cents, and post cards four cents. Old-rate mail must be posted by the street-box hours. Winchester PO drop and two drive-in boxes deadlines set at 6 p.m.
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Wilbur R. Johnston
Air Mail
Winchester
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Rev. Steele
Star Leadership Awards
American Red Cross
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Red Cross
Mary Louise Steele
Obe ‘Down
Crier
Reds
Committee of Governors
the Army
Cyrus Vance
General Guard
Utility Company
Commission
Rockingham
Coats — Suis
MACY
N .Loudoun St
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation
Winchester Savings & Loan
Mayor Endorses
Pat Joyce
Good
Building Fund Committee
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