Largest Shenandoah Apple Blossom parade float entry to date
Nine floats have been entered for the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Grand Feature Parade on May 4, the largest number this early in the season. Entries include Clarke County Lions Club Woodstock Lions Club Stanley Lions Club and others from Winchester Frederick County and Maryland.
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Winchester
Lester A. Elliott
Ralph Chrisman
Clarke County Lions Club
Woodstock Lions Club
Stanley Lions Club
Phi Sigma Epsilon Fraternity
She College
the Shoe Center
Watermelon Park
Berryville
Winchester- Frederick County
Reynolds Co. predicts 25 percent can production rise
Production in 1962 at Reynolds et al. Co. is seen up about 25 percent from 1961 to roughly 1.71 billion aluminum cans. The cans go to makers of frozen juice concentrates, food, motor oil, aerosols, and beer.
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Richmond (Ap
Reynolds Et al. Co
Calm Call to Police Sends Gunman Running
Philadelphia report says real estate agent Fannie Cooper aged 53 calmly phoned police when a man aimed a revolver at her in her office. He fled after she described a glass partition and locked steel door keeping her safe. Cooper had installed the glass after a prior hold up about a year earlier, the fourth such incident.
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Philadelphia
Fannie Cooper
Bishop warns United States could end up like Nazis
Episcopal Bishop Gene A. Pike told the Federal Bar Association that attacking institutions is not a sound way to defeat communism. He urged the U S to choose a better path rooted in freedom rather than spreading suspicion and distrust.
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San Francisco
Gene A. Pike
Episcopal
Ofifornia
United States
Federal Bar Association
Pike
Germany
Flu Epidemic Closes 3 Gray County Schools
Roanoke report notes a flu epidemic that closed Bridal Creek Elk Creek and Independence schools for the remainder of the week due to low attendance. The district's other Gray County schools reported normal attendance after the outbreak closed a day earlier.
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Gray County
Roanoke
Grayson County
Bridal Creek
Elk Creek
Independence
Daily Crossword Across Clue Set
A scrambled crossword list with across clues including layman like a wing flaming light judges court dress fanciful denomination past compass point abbr heavenly body fresh Greek letter compass abbr cleans refrigerator female lets bait dip bob king of Bashan cut off helm position Indigenous shouts conveyed modern painter needie.
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Lets
Bob
King of Bashan
Cut
Helm
Shouts
Conveyed
Needie
Silent Sentry Guards Glenn in Atlas Space Launch
John H. Glenn Jr. rides a fragilie Atlas rocket toward a 4 1 2 hour Mercury flight with ASIS the silent sentry. The satchel sized device monitors rocket pressure and systems and can trigger life saving escape rockets within a fraction of a second if trouble appears.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
John H. Glenn Jr
Glenn
Mercury
ASIS
Atlas
Development Meeting Set In Berryville
Berryville officials announce a January 30 meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the courthouse to discuss the Real Development program. Representatives from business agriculture government civic groups educators and other Clarke County interests are invited to participate. The program aims to develop human and economic resources through education vocational training and total resources development to reduce unemployment.
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Berryville
Department of Agriculture
Clarke County
The
Prison Women Have Choice of Eight Uniforms
At the Federal Prison for Women in Kingston inmates now choose from eight uniform styles in blue-gray colors. Mary L. Lynch, the board member, defended the change saying it boosts pride and morale among prisoners. She noted more male than female sympathy for inmates.
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Kingston, Ont
National Parole Board
Mary L. Lynch
NAACP Attorney Reprimanded in Virginia Bar Case
SUSSEX AP The state’s top NAACP attorney Samuel W. Tucker of Emporia was reprimanded for unprofessional conduct in a case not tied to the NAACP. Judges dismissed five counts but with a without prejudice note, keeping open the possibility of revisiting the charges. Tucker, administrator of an estate, was found to have violated ethics canons by negotiating for a client of another lawyer.
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Sussex
NAACP
Virginia State Bar
Tucker
City to Turn On Its Lights For Astronaut
Perth in western Australia will switch on street lights all night to greet Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr as he passes overhead after launch. Premier David Brand announced state funds will cover the lighting, with stores and residents joining the tribute.
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Perth
Australia
Western Australia
John H. Glenn Jr
David Brand
Glenn
Fan quilt pattern 7431 offered by Needlecraft Dept
Alley 1962 Needlecraft Catalog advert promotes fan shaped quilt designs with pattern 7431 containing charts pieces and yardages. Readers urged to send 35 cents plus 10 cents for mailing to Alice Brooks Winchester Evening Star New York 11 N Y for pattern details and to include name address and pattern number. Also offers 200 designs for knit crochet sew weave embroider and quilt with 25 cents for catalog access and two free patterns.
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Alice Brooks
Winchester Evening Star
Needlecraft Dept
P. O
Qld
Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
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Federal Home Loan Bank System
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Fuss
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Ame
Lis
Amie
Yeoterday
Tse
John Barbour
Associated Press
Virginia
Astronaut
By Ace Brookes
Secret Agent X-9
Misseu Corrigan
LA Rogues
Henry
Buz Sawyer
Jackson Twins
Bettle Bailey
Big Sister
Skeeter
Blondie
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