Children’s Room Tops Handley Library 1961 Activities
Handley Library reports 1961 year-end to the Library Board, led by librarian David Rowland. Total circulation reached 1,301, with juvenile books at 18,403 and adult fiction 24,068, amid significant growth and calls for more children’s titles and repairs. Officers re-elected: Dr. Merwin C. Teague, Charles Dick, Thomas V. Monahan, and Mrs. Johan Coates.
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Handley Library
David Rowland
Library Board
Roland
Merwin C. Teague
Charles Dick
Thomas V. Monahan
Johan Coates
Rowland
Winchester
Skirmishing Increases Along Cease Fire Line
Western military sources report rising skirmishing along Laos cease fire lines with fighting at about six points over two weeks. Intelligence based on defectors suggests 6,000 to 7,000 North Vietnamese troops advisers and technicians occupy rebel-held areas, though no major offensive is seen.
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Vientiane, Laos
Laos
Viet Nam
Boy 15 Dies After Stab Wound in Springfield
Richard McGurk, 15, died at Mercy Hospital in Springfield two hours after being stabbed near the heart. Police say the youth was wounded at home with his brother Raymond Jr while their parents were away.
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Springfield
Mass
Richard McGurk
Mercy Hopital
Tsotta
Raymond Jr
Eisenhower Urges Backing For Heart Association
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower asked citizens to support the American Heart Association. He called heart disease the nation's most serious health problem and said almost every family is touched by it. Eisenhower, a former heart attack patient, is honorary chairman as the annual fund drive starts February 1.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
American Heart Association
Eisenhower
The
Heart Association
Three Arrested in Raid on Illegal Whisky Still
STUART AP Three men were arrested Wednesday in a raid on an illegal whisky still. Gilmore Morefield Reynolds 32 of Mt Airy North Carolina Willie Lee Ramsey 27 of Ridgway and James Earl Newman 31 of Martinsville were charged with conspiracy to manufacture illegal whisky.
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Stuart
Here
Gilmore Morefield Reynolds
Mt. Airy
N.C
Willie Lee Ramsey
Ridgeway
James Earl Newman
Martinsville
Purcellville Receives Federal Grant for Sewage Project
The U S Public Health Service announced Purcellville Virginia was awarded a federal grant of 24170 toward a 101700 sewage project.
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Washington
U.S. Public Health Service
Purcellville
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Geneva
Souvanna Phouma
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Heart Assn
Heart Fund
Seiberling
Turkey
John Cammer
Liberal Credit
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Desoto
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Green
Plymouth
Yeoman
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Dr. Sta. Wen
Ivory & Green
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Chevrolet
Virginia
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