McNamara Claims $1 Billion In Defense Savings
Secretary Robert McNamara announced that U S defense spending for the just-ended fiscal year was reduced by about 1 billion dollars. He said planned savings could total nearly 4 billion within five years, with gains from logistics and supply efficiency not harming security. He noted increases in nuclear warheads in strategic forces, tactical forces in Western Europe, combat-ready Army divisions, air tactical squadrons, and special forces to tackle guerrilla threats.
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Washington
Robert Sr. McNamara
McNamara
Europe
Pentagon
Defense
Kennedy
Congress
Fisseo Robelions
Paypal Ageny Systems
Gordon Trial Opens Tomorrow
George Washington Gordon goes on trial in the Frederickt Circuit Court tomorrow at 10 a.m. on a murder charge in the fatal shooting of Joseph Leon Desrosiers. The crime occurred at the Desrosiers home just east of the city. Gordon was sought for months and was federally located in May. The trial was postponed twice due to a witness illness.
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George Washington Oo
Fredericky
Joseph Leon Desrosiers
Gordon
FBI
Calif
Stewart Bell Romney Elected Winchester Presbytery Moderator
Stewart Bell of Winchester was chosen as Moderator of the Winchester Presbytery at a meeting held at the First Presbyterian Church in Winchester. He succeeds Dr. L. A. McMurray of Martinsburg. The Presbytery planned installation in Winchester and approved a benevolent and current expense budget for 1964. The Rev. Daniel D. Dickenson was named pastor-elect for Berryville and Stone’s Chapel Churches with an installation set for July 21. About 150 people from 60 churches attended.
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Romney —. Stewart Bell
Winchester
First Presbyterian Church of
Bell
L. A. McMurray
Martinsburg
W. Va
Church of Winchester
Daniel D. Dickenson
Berryville
Stone’s Chapel
Lexington Presbytery
Ile
Carlyle A. McDonald
Presbyterian Church
U.S
Fruit Growers Meeting Reminded at Methodist Church
The July Twi Lite Fruit Growers meeting is tonight at the Methodist Church on the Middle Road south of the city. Abred L. Snapp Sr and his son will take attendance at 6:30. Call 662-9380 if you have a pigeon to claim.
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Methodist Church
City
Middle Road
Abred L. Snapp
Son Will Tahe
Queen Booed by Subjects in Greek State Visit Protest
Demonstrators organized by the Committee of 100 Against Tyranny booed Queen Elizabeth II during the Greek state visit of King Paul and Queen Frederika in London. They demanded freedom for Greek political prisoners while Premier Pipinelis heard an appeal from Mrs Betty Ambatielos for the release of her husband Tony.
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Betty Ambatielos
Westminster Pier
London
Royal Auto
Paul
Frederika
Greece
Ambatielos
Norman Badderly
Elizabeth II
Committee of 100
Panayotis Pipinelis
Talks break up amid China Russia ideological dispute
In Moscow the China Soviet talks fail to appear at the hilltop villa amid continued quarrel. Tass reports Khrushchev Brezhnev Mikoyan present. Chinese criticism of Khrushchev grows as Beijing cites policy differences.
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Peking
Soviet
Communist Party Central Committee
Tass
Minist
Janos Kadar
Kremlin
Peking-Moscow
Edly
Khrushchev
Leonid Brezhnev
Anastas Mikoyan
Party Presidium
Mikhail Suslov
Kennedy
China admits slow pace for industrial and military build up
AP reports Red China conceded a decade or two will pass before broad industrializa tion and a modern army emerge. The article in a party organ suggested nuclear armament is also distant, signaling a long road ahead for Beijing.
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Tokyo
Red China
Peking
Ete
Hich
Drought in Virginia Raises Alarm Over Crops and Livestock
A mid summer dry spell tightens in Virginia with Winchester recording only 0.43 inch in July and central Shenandoah Valley hit hardest across Rockingham Augusta and Page counties. Gov Harrison seeks hay freight reductions as corn and sorghum futures fade without rain. Crop officials call it the driest period since 1930 for livestock feed, while local agents warn of critical points for corn unless rain returns soon. Total June rainfall at Winchester lab was 4.96 inches, yet distribution was uneven with Gainesboro area spared and south of Winchester city dry. Continuous drought impact noted by Agriculture Commissioner Chumny and Virginia Crop Reporting Service analysts.
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Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
Rockingham
Augusta
Page County
Albertis S. Harrison, Jr
Virginia
Richard D. Chumny
Richmond
Virginia Crop Reporting Service
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Gainesboro
Gerken
Jalopy Beat-up fundraiser to aid Winchester club
Winchester Teen-Age Club hosts a Jalopy Beat-up Saturday in front of the County Court House on Loudoun Street. For two-bits, participants use a supplied sledgehammer to smash an old car while funds support club projects. A car wash at the War Memorial Building runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, with rain date next week.
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Winchester
County Court House
Loudoun St
Tac’s
War Memorial
Senator Towers Cuba Subversion Export Sparks Debate
Washington senators cite a State Department report stating 15 to 20 potential subversive agents left Cuba for Caribbean destinations. Critics say Cuba is a staging ground for saboteurs and propagandists. Britain and Ilyushin airliners are noted in the travel route via Grand Cayman Island.
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Washington
John Tower
R-Tex
State Department
Cuba
Caribbean
Tower
U.S
Fidel Castro
Foreign Office
London
Mat
Miami News
Grand Cayman
Cramer
Phillips
San Jose
Costa Rica
United States
Latin America
Organization of American States
Western Hemisphere
Britain
Savannah Riot Ends With Tear Gas and Rioting
Bands of Negroes clashed with police in Savannah Georgia early today after a march of nearly two thousand. Tear gas bombs dispersed the crowd injuring nine people including three officers as state troopers moved in. Governor Sanders pledged action and Savannah officials planned measures to curb violence.
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Savannah
Georgia
Atlanta
Carl E. Sanders
C. W. Weber
Missing After Outboard Swept Under Potomac Barge
Two men remain missing after an outboard runabout bound for a midnight Potomac River trip was swept under a tugboat and barge near Woodrow Wilson Bridge. Survivors identified as Joseph S. Zupancic and Ray Hessler were rescued and treated for exposure.
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Alexandria
Potomac River
Harry G. Dixon
William Kennedy
Culpeper
Shaver Harbor
Joseph S. Zupancic
Camp Springs
Ray
Polish test pilot flies family to freedom near Berlin wall
Polish air force Maj. Richard Obecz, a jet fighter test pilot, flew a trainer with his wife Mary and two sons to West Berlin amid guard and airspace limits. He said he moved west to escape repression, flew at low altitude to avoid radar, landed at Tempelhof, and thanked Lt. Col. Bill Greidner before discussing his disillusion with communism.
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Berlin
Richard Obecz
Baltic
Obacz
Nadarsyce
Mary
Berlin Wall
Obecz
Poland
East Germany
West Berlin
Tempelhof
U.S. Air Force Base
Bill Greidner
Lestow
Kristopher
No Work Rule Changes Until July 29
AP reports Kennedy aims to present recommendations July 22 on a four year rail labor dispute, with a strike deadline July 29 if no agreement. White House seeks fast Congressional action while union leaders and board appointees attend planning sessions amid ongoing talks.
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Washington
Kennedy
Special Committee
Congress
H_ Hodges
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Railroad
Louis J. Wagner
Independent Order of Railway
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