Clarke County 4-H'ers Attend State Short Course
Clarke County 4-H members attend the State Short Course in Blacksburg. Students like Doris Duvall Becky Racer and Mary Helen Ramsburg earned awards and competed in Share-The-Fun contests. Ramsburg won a capstone trip to Chicago and a national contest entry with a food and nutrition record book.
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Mary Helen Ramsburg
Berryville
Blacksburg
Clarke Sons Couless
Snecakers
Empire
Jackie Madigan
Becky Racer
Doris Duvall
Tommy Cather
Thomas Ramsburg
George Tommy Wolfe
Conrad Is
Madeline Myers
Oscar Ramsburg
Gerkin
Ifve’s
Doris
Becky
Raggedy Ann
Andy
Mary Helen
Chicago
General Foods
Jack
Pees
Ee Pellance
Stu
Royston
Douglas McIntire
Conrad ‘Devers
Douglas
National Club Congress
DuPont Company
Jimmy Royston
Conrad Devers
American Institute of Co- Operatives
Michigan
Agric
Board of Operatives
Tommy Wolfe
Thomas’ Ramsburg
George Smallwood
Kansas
Nighttime pageant ends with candle-lighting finale
The event features a grand finale on Friday night with a candle-lighting ceremony. Winners receive U. S. Savings Bonds radios or gift certificates as prizes.
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Eee
U. A
Buddhist monk self-immolates near Rangoon shrine
A 54 year old Buddhist monk Shin Ardissa burned himself to death Sunday near a sacred shrine 12 miles from Rangoon. Bystanders rushed to help but his body was engulfed in flames immediately. The motive remains unclear.
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Associated Press
Rangoon
Burma
Shin Ardissa
Warsaw
Poland
Robert F. Kennedy
U.S
Communist Party
Trybunaluda
Kennedy
Algiers
Ee Petroleum
Ahmed Ben Bella
Algeria
Ben Bella
Aures
Kabye
Tokyo
China
Souvanna Phouma
Peking People’s Daily
Prince Phouma
Front Royal Markets Hog and Sheep and Cattle Prices Report
Hog weights and prices range from 15.00 to 18.50 for heavy and light butchers up to 18.00. Weal and prime categories show 23.00 to 26.85. Lambs top at 24.30 for prime and 22.70 for choice. Cattle bids list steers 19.00 to 20.50 good, cows 14.00 to 15.25, bulls 18.00 to 19.00, yearling steers 20.00 to 21.50 for 575-850 lbs.
Diaz Ordaz Elected President of Mexico
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, 53, was chosen Mexico's next president in a quiet election. His sole opponent was Jose Gonzalez Torres, 44, of PAN who alleged irregularities in 12 states. Final margins and timing remain unsettled as Diaz Ordaz vows to continue moderate policy.
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Mexico
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Natation
Jose Gonzalez Torres
Party of National Action
PAN
Federal Electoral Commission
Diaz Ordaz
Puebla
Oaxaca
Guadalajara
Diaz Ordaz Beccame
Congress
Interior Ministry
Lopez Mateos
Five Killed in Coast Guard Plane Crash Near Annette Island
A Coast Guard twin engine Albatross crashed into a mountain near Annette Island Alaska, killing all five crew members. The wreckage lay 2 000 feet up Gravina Island and a search plane reported no survivors. Names given: Lt Joseph N Andrassy Lt Robert A Perchard, Harry W Olson Donald C Malena Edward D Kraniak.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Coast Guard
Annette Island
Pacific Ocean
Dall Head
Gravina Island
Ree
Annette Air Station
Joseph N. Andrassy
Port Angeles
Wash
J.g
Robert A. Perchard
Westwood
Mass
Harry W. Olson
Cheyenne
Wyo
Donald C. Malena
Monongahela
Edward D. Kraniak
Parma Heights
Ohio
Reporter Aids Rescue Of 13 From Burning Car
Adams CountyColorado AP report says reporter Wiley Smith of the Greeley Tribune helped pull nine children and four adults from a car after its rear tires blew out near Denver. Mrs Dixie Hansen of Pierce drove the vehicle. no one was injured and the car burned.
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Adams
City
Colo
Denver
E. B. Lane
Dixie Hansen
Pierce
Wiley Smith
Green Ley
Tribune
Scores a skydiving feat Freddie van Zyl climbs to fame
In Pretoria 64 year old Freddie van Zyl proved “anything you can do I can do better” by jumping from 2 500 feet. His son Dr Pierre van Zyl of the Pretoria Sky diving Club watched as Freddie’s parachute opened and he landed safely. His wife expressed relief claiming she has only one husband.
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Pretoria
South Africa
Freddie van Zyl
Freddie
Pierre van Zyl
van—Zyl
Harsh Winter Temperatures Grip Western Arctic
In the western Canadian Arctic the temperature sometimes falls to 50 degrees below zero, a record of extreme cold impacting daily life and travel.
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Canadian Arctic
Chrysler UAW contract talks loom costly for both sides
AP reports as Chrysler and UAW begin bargaining on demands viewed as very costly. UAW leader Walter Reuther seeks pension fund increases and ties the move to past help from Chrysler. Contracts cover about 74,000 UAW members at Chrysler with others at GM and Ford. talks follow prior sessions amid industry wage context.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers and
Chrysler Corp
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Chrysler
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Ford
American Motors
Reuther
Generals and Notable Figures Die Across Nations
Lt Gen Samuel D Sturgis Ite 66 former Army engineers chief died Sunday after 38 years in service. Sir Gerald Campbell 84 British diplomat and information chief to Washington died Saturday. Samuel Y Marshak 76 poet translator who popularized Shakespeare in Russia died Saturday. Msgr Malatios Mufleh 76 Melkite archimandrite and church pastor died Saturday. Gaby Morlay 71 French stage and film star died Saturday.
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Washington
Samuel D. Sturgis Ite
Army Engineers
Sturgis
St. Paul
Minn
London
Gerald Campbell
British Information Services
New York
Hopscotch Word Origin and Gameplay
The term hopscotch traces to the word scotch meaning scratch. Players hop over lines scratched in the ground as they advance through the game.
Forestry Office Opens Here
T R Elliott Staunton district forester Virginia Division of Forestry announces a Winchester sub-district office covering Frederick and Clarke Counties. C D Litten will head the office located in the county courthouse to provide localized service to private landowners for timberland management and fire control efforts. Litten, a Rockingham County native with seven years in the division, is a West Virginia School of Forestry graduate who previously worked at Portsmouth. He and his wife and three children live at 1712 Robert St.
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T.R. Elliott
Staunton
County Court House
Biott
Litten
John Racey
Frederick County
Toogether
Mr. Litten
Rockingham County
Division of Forestry
School of Forestry
University of West Virginia
Portsmouth
Winchester
Robert St
Twelve Children Orphaned After Auto Wreck in Ronkonkoma
Suffolk County police report 12 children left orphaned after a fatal car crash in Ronkonkoma. The incident also reveals personal tragedy for Officer Roy E. Plume who disclosed his brother’s death to the victim’s children.
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Suffolk County Police
Roy E. Plume
Tragic family crash claims Plume parents in Nesconset
Clinton Plume 42 and wife Jean 35 died in a head on collision on Smithtown Boulevard near Nesconset. Their six sons and six daughters ranged from 8 months to 17 years. Passenger Anne Jensen 17 died later at Smithtown General Hospital. Several others injured included Kare Karlsen 19 and Helga Jensen 20. The Plume couple had just left the Ronkonkoma Volunteer Fire Department fair where Plume ran a game and served refreshments. The oldest child, Clinton II 17, and Jean 16 were informed by Sgt. Plume, who then told his father, who suffered a heart attack at 64.
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Kare Karlsen
St. James
Anne Jensen
Brookslyn
Smithtown General Hospital
Karlsen
Miss Jensen
Helga
Anita Knutsen
Brook ‘Ly
Thorstein Feassness
Ronkonkema
Plume
Clinton II
Jean
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Clarke County
World News
Front Royal
Government
Party of Revolutionary Institutions
PRI
Simmer
Northern Virginia Power
Ronkonkoma
N.Y
Clinton ‘Plume
Simithtown
Nesconseth
Food’s
Safeway
Studebaker
H.T
Bor
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