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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 08, 1961

Page

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West Completes Berlin Note To Khrushchev

The Big Four Western powers finished a reply to Khrushchev on Berlin and will consult NATO allies before sending it to Moscow. It asserts Western rights in West Berlin while allowing room for talks, and stresses occupation rights, reunification prospects, and no move toward an international Berlin conference without broader German settlement.

Washington Khrushchev Berlin NATO Moscow West Berlin Dean Rusk Harold Caccia Herve Alphand Franz Krapf North Atlantic Treaty Organization Kremlin United States Britain France East Germany

Berryville Square Dancers Gather From Nearby States

Square Dancers from Obe Down Crier area Elkins West Virginia and Delaware converge on Berryville tonight for a free 7 30 to 10 30 show at the tennis courts. Curley Custard from Hagerstown will call. Members from Lees club Charles Town club and Royal Eos vil perform for spectators. IRVING SCOTT SHENDOW born on the seventh day weighs in with a lucky seven.

Elkins W. Va Delaware Berryville Hagerstown Lees Club Charles Town Club Irving Scott Shendow Sarah Ann Sipe Winchester Savings & Loan

Clashes Erupt Between Leftists and Trujillo Backers in Ciudad Trujillo

In Ciudad Trujillo Dominican Republic clashes broke out as Trujillo backers attacked leftist demonstrators after a rally. Police and fire crews responded as a pro government radio station was set ablaze and six people wounded with about twenty arrested. Authorities warned of drastic action if Communist or Cuban agents are found involved.

Ciudad Trujillo Dominican Republic Trujillo Joaquin Balaguer DPM Caribe Colon Park Radio Caribe Freedom Versivns Nea

Clarke Ruritans Break Ground For Exhibit Hall

Clarke County Ruritan Club broke ground for a 40 by 100 foot cinderblock exhibit hall at the old Horse Show Grounds. The building, to be finished by the county fair on Aug. 21, is estimated at $6,000 and will stand east of the former grandstand site. John Gerken is club president.

Berryville Clarke County Ruritan Club Raritan Club John Gerken

Republicans Meet To Name Candidates

Virginia Republicans convene to nominate candidates for governor lieutenant governor and attorney general to face Democrats in November. State Chairman I Lee Potter blasts the Democratic contest as a pillow fight while hinting at support for James Turk and weighing Pearson Henderson as top GOP contenders.

Richmond I. Lee Potter Virginia Potter H. Clyde Pearson U.S Roanoke Horace E. Henderson McLean James Turk Radford Turk Charlotte Giesen Virginia House of Delegates A. E S. Steph Albertis Harrison Jr

Harrison Campaign Urges Virginians to Back Sound Government

Albertis S. Harrison Jr frames the Virginia primary as a judgment on sound, progressive government and argues the Harrison Godwin Button ticket offers a realistic, attainable program. He denounces ticket splitting with Stephens Boothe Boyd and promotes a Byrd organization backed lineup with Mills E. Godwin and Robert Y. Button.

Albertis S. Harrison Jr Virginia Stephens-Boothe-Boyd Harrison General Assembly Stephens

Soviet Union Hikes Defense Budget Amid World Tensions

Premier Khrushchev announced Moscow will raise 1961 military spending by 3.144 billion rubles, keeping forces at 12.399 billion, as Western war budgets grow. He urged the United States Britain and others to back a peace treaty with Germany and pledged to end commitments in West Berlin after its conclusion.

Moscow Hev Soviet Union Khrushchev Sepa United States Britain Germany West Germany East Germany Tneo Germanys West Berlin

Fire kills 108 Czech coal miners at Dulka mine

A blaze at the Dulka coal mine in the Ostrava Karvina field in Czechoslovakia killed 108 miners. Rescue teams battled the fire through the night as Czech officials arrived at the scene. The cause remains unknown and investigations proceed.

Prague Carpathian Mountains Ceteka Dulka Ostrava Karvina Doina’Sucha Ostrava Moravian Czechoslovakia Czech Communist Party Central Committee

Ebert Named Advertising Manager of The Winchester Star

Lewis H. Ebert will become Advertising Manager of The Winchester Evening Star succeeding Hedrick D. Koontz who becomes full time Business Manager. Ebert, a Winchester native and former Air Force veteran, joined The Star in 1953 and is married to Margaret Anderson with two children. Gerald Dulaney is promoted to Assistant Advertising Manager. other staff include Ronald Whitacre and William Vanscoy.

Lewis H. Ebert Winchester Evening Star Hedrick D. Koontz Ebert Koontz Depar Mr. Ebert I. W. Ebert Winchester Star’s Korea U.S. Air Force Margaret Anderson Clearbrook Woodland Avenue Gerald Dulaney Mr. Koontz The Star Ronald Whitacre Air Force William Vanscoy Say

Stephens City Boy Hit by Car

Jerome Dawson nine of Stephens City was struck by a car and taken to Memorial Hospital. Rescue Squad moved the youth from Stephens City to hospital around 1 30 p m this afternoon.

Stephens City Boy Stephens City Jerome Dawson Memorial Hospital

Man in Utah Kills Himself After FBI Quiz in Murder Case

Abel F. Aragon 35 a Price Utah resident and former Marine shot himself Friday night as FBI agents attempted to question him about the murder of Jeanette Sullivan and the kidnapping of her daughter Denise Sullivan 15 of Rockville Conn Aragon died in a Moab hospital and provided no clues to the girl's whereabouts before his death Authorities listed Aragon as a suspect tied by license plate letters CJ found on a killer s car Sheriff Stocks said the case involves multiple suspects with the death father of five and a Navy Cross recipient among those connected to the broader investigation

Moab Utah FBI Connecticut Abel F. Aragon Price Dennis Sullivan Rockle Conn John Stocks Denises Jeanette Sullivan Southeastern Herbert Aragon Albert Passie Aragon Guam Clegg

Stewart Named Director of West Virginia IRS Center

John E. Stewart named director of the IRS national computer center under construction in Martinsburg West Virginia. He was born in Lowell Massachusetts and is a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy and Bowdoin College. He has 19 years in federal service plus four years in the air force and experience with the Veterans Administration and Revenue Service.

Associated Press Special Service Washington John E. Stewart Internal Revenue Service National Computer Center Martinsburg W. Va Stewart Lowell Mass Phillips Exeter Academy Exeter N. H Bowdoin College Brunswick Maine Air Force Veterans Administration and Revenue Service

Police Chief Bans Shirt Tails Drooping Downtown

Florence police chief Melvin Adams ordered officers to stop men with shirt tails dangling in the downtown area. No ordinance bans loose shirttails, but defying an officer could bring a $12 fine for refusing to obey.

Florence S.C Melvin Adams Adams

Veto Blocks Britain's Kuwait Protection Move

In UN Security Council stalemate a Soviet veto sinks a British plan to guarantee Kuwait's independence amid Iraq's invasion threat. A UAR bid for immediate British withdrawal from Kuwait fails. Britain pulls 250 Guardsmen from Kuwait to Bahrain though nearly 5,000 remain, with air and naval forces.

United Nations Security Council United Arab Republic Iraq U.A.R Soviet Union Ceylon Britain Coldstream

Sibley Ordered to Texas to Expel Federal Forces

One hundred years ago today Brig. Gen. Henry H. Sibley of the Confederate States Army was ordered to Texas to drive Federal troops from New Mexico, signaling a major shift in Civil War campaigns in the Southwest.

Henry H. Sibley C.S.A Texas New Mexico

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