Winchester Memorial Hospital fund drive headed by Armstrong and Byrd
Frank Armstrong Jr, president of National Fruit Product Co, chairs a $1 million campaign to fund a new five story wing at Winchester Memorial Hospital costing about $2.7 million. State Senator Harry F Byrd Jr serves as honorary chair. About 700 volunteers will canvass in April to tackle overcrowding and add X ray lab and beds.
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Frank Armstrong, Jr
National Fruit Product Co
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
The
Star
Mr. Armstrong
Clarksburg
W. Va
Frank An
Nellie Steel Armstrong
Washington
University of An
Telephone Company
Armstrong
Winchester
First Presbyterian Church
Shenandoah College & Conservatory of Music
Janu
Neighbors praise Mackall Cleaner on Parkway sidewalks
Neighbors of Mackall Conner at 345 Shawnee Ave thank Obe Cown Crier for cleaning all nearby sidewalks with his small tractor and snow plow including the Moose Home sidewalk. A Winchester Civil War Table meeting was noted for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday with John F. Ewell as speaker. Thirty six local bankers toured the Federal Reserve Bank in Richmond returning after a snow delay.
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Mackall Conner
Shawnee Ave
Parkway
Star
Winchester
Meredith Green
John F. Ewell
Front Royal
Richard
Dick) Ewell
Richmond
Federal Reserve Bank
Blizzard Leaves 63 Dead in East
A severe Northeastern blizzard pushed through the East leaving 63 deaths and heavy snowfall. Hooded temperatures dropped below zero as Maine to Virginia recorded up to 29 inches of snow and coastal areas faced three to four foot tides.
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Associated Press
Seaboard
Florida
Harrisburg
Middletown
N.Y
New England
Virginia
West Palm Beach
Upper Great Lakes
Dakotas
Nebraska
Iowa
California
San Francisco
Kentucky
Ohio Valley
Appalachians
Texas
Kennedy to review foreign and defense policy for peace
President Kennedy will begin a sweeping review of U S foreign and defense policies to pursue world peace and cooperation. Diplomats expect high level Allied consultations and possible talks with the Soviet Union as he seeks disarmament progress and a fresh approach to Cold War tensions. Kennedy urged a new quest for peace and a focus on problems that unite rather than divide the great powers. The White House cautioned against negotiating from fear and signaled no immediate summit plan.
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Washington
Kennedy
U.S
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Khrushchev
Berlin
Appraising the New President Editorial
Editorial appraisal weighs the nation’s new president and the outgoing chief executive. The Star notes the transition context and examines early impacts on policy and public mood.
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Star
Kennedy Begins Presidency with Staff Meetings and Parade
President Kennedy met with his staff at the White House then private talks with Harry S Truman after inspecting the residence. He planned a National Democratic Committee luncheon and a possible White House cabinet swearing in, plus a late Alfalfa Club dinner. He enjoyed the inaugural parade despite bitter cold, applauding a Buffalo Bill impersonator and a PT boat replica.
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Washington
Kennedy
Harry S. Truey
Executive
Truman
White House
National Democratic Committee
Senate
Alfalfa Club
Day
Buffalo Bill
Kennedy II is Confirmed as Attorney General
The Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy for attorney general with a standing vote. Only Sen Gordon Allott opposed the President's choice. Kennedy is 35 years old and the first Kennedy pick to face opposition.
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Washington
Senate Today
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Gordon Allott
R-Corp
Kennedy orders expanded free food to distressed areas
President Kennedy acts to expand the surplus foods program for distressed unemployment areas. An executive order directs the agriculture department to broaden food distribution and improve variety and quality using existing funds. Current value per person doubles from about five cents a day, with about 35 percent of subsistence nutrition provided.
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Washington
Kennedy
New of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Pierre Salinger
Ever Feldman
Kennedy Aid
Salinger
Khrushchev Talks With U.S. Ambassador in Moscow
Premier Khrushchev meets U.S. Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson for a two hour Kremlin discussion on Soviet American issues. Khrushchev and Brezhnev also sent Kennedy a telegram hoping to improve relations and cooperation between the nations.
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Moscow
Kennedy
Khrushchev
U.S
Llewellyn Thompson
Vassili Kuznetsov
A.S. Dobrynan
Foreign Office
Thompson
Leonid Brezhnev
Camp David
Paris
Eisenhower
America
Kremlin
Rusk Approved By Unanimous Senate Vote
Dean Rusk won Senate confirmation as secretary of state in a rare Saturday session with a unanimous voice vote. The action followed praise from both parties as the panel prepared to tackle Kennedy cabinet nominees and other administration appointments.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Douglas Dillon
Treasury
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Ford Motor Co
Dillon
New York
France
Eisenhower
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
R-ey
Doug
Castro Offers New Peace Quest On His Terms
Fidel Castro told followers at the Presidential Palace that peace with the Kennedy administration must begin anew but strictly on Cuba's terms. He urged a total U S policy change he called mistaken and absurd and warned of continued military mobilization while Raul Castro warned that imperialist foes would fall. Catholic students protested at three Roman Catholic schools over militia occupation linked to the invasion alert.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Kennedy
Castro
United States
Santiago
Raul Ae Aoofes
Cuba
Presidential
Fidel
U.S
Eisenhower
Washington
Maristas
la Salle
Belen
Indians greet Queen Elizabeth on historic India visit
England's Queen Elizabeth arrived in New Delhi to a thunderous welcome from about a million cheering Indians. President Rajendra Prasad greeted her as the first British monarch to visit since 1911. The queen expressed excitement and thrill over the trip.
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New Delhi
India
England
Elizabeth
Rajendra Prasad
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Adlai E. Stevenson
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B. F. Goodrich
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Queen Elizabeth
Winchester Evening Star
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