Hurricane Hunting Satellite Fired Into Orbit
A 92 foot Thor Delta rocket launched from Cape Canaveral placed the Tiros III weather satellite about 400 miles above Earth to study hurricane origins and development. NASA aims to transmit cloud cover images and study how hurricanes form, improving future forecasts and potential storm prediction.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Woomera
Australia
San Nicholas
Calif
Wallops Island
Tiros III
Tiros
Earth
Atlantic
Carbean
Williams G. Stroud
NASA
Caribbean
Florida
United States
Italy Tightens Rail Travel After South Tyrol Bombings
Special guards patrolled Italy's international rail lines after a Tuesday bombing crippled four of five lines and delayed traffic up to nine hours. No injuries were reported. Italy planned passport and visa checks for arrivals from Austria as Vienna protested the move and warned it would bring the case to the United Nations.
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Rome
Italy
South Tyrol
Austria
Amintore Fanfani
Vienna
Bruno Kreisky
United Nations
Grimes Briefs Highlight Local Calls and Rural Activities
Grimes residents report visits from Wiliam Good of Winchester and Mrs. Ida Orndorff with granddaughter Richard Wright. Elizabeth Mills, newly wed to Roy Boyce of Clearbrook, formerly lived here. Local orchardists D. K. Russell and Sons show promising apple crops at Snow Hill Farm. Farmers busy with cherries plowing corn and hay amid good prices.
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Walker Bond
Clearbrook
Stafford
Winchester
Victor Williams
Hopewell
Ry. Russell Anderson
Stephenson
Fire Co
John Stickels
Ida Orndorff
Messrs
D. K. Russell
Freedom Riders Choose Jail Over Trial in Little Rock
Four Freedom Riders arrested in Little Rock at a bus station crowd opts to remain jailed pending Municipal Court hearing. Their attorney requests a one day delay. bond set at 500 dollars but not sought. The group includes Rev. B Elton Cox Bliss Ann Malone Janet Reinitz and Rev. John C Raines.
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Associated Press
Freedom Riders
Little Rock
Ark
B. Elton Cox
St. Louis
Congress of Racial Equality
Bliss Ann Malone
Janet Reinitz
New York
John C. Raines
Shreveport
Justice Department
Louisiana
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
U.S. District Court
Washington
U.S
Seven‑volume theft at Eastern District station
AP reports a seven‑volume set titled Theology and Religion was stolen from the Eastern District police station. West Germany has spent over 500 million dollars in the last decade on road improvements and new road construction.
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Baltimore
Eastern District
West Germany
Whittaker Chambers Dies at Maryland Farm
Whittaker Chambers died at his Maryland farm after a heart attack Sunday. He was 60. Chambers rose to prominence in 1948 as the accuser in the Hiss case, testified before Congress, and later resigned from Time magazine. He left behind a son, John, and a daughter, Ellen, as well as a cremation with the urn kept by his wife. The death was announced by funeral director John Myers.
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Bachman’s Valley
Chambers
Hiss
State Department
House Committee On Unamerican
Congressional Committee
Richard M. Nixon
California
Nixon
Whittaker Chambers
Inter
New York
Time Magazine
Communist Party
Thomas F. Murphy
John Myers
Associated Press
Myers
Maryland
John
Washington, D.C
Ellen Into
Wallingford, Conn
June Traffic Death Toll Dampens Virginia Hopes
Virginia recorded 84 traffic fatalities in June 1960, 24 of them from seven multi casualty crashes. Col. C. W. Woodson Jr. noted the month surpassed last June’s record by 19 and warned that once a crash happens more people in the same vehicle are exposed to danger. Through six months, 1960 tally reached 357 deaths against 368 in 1961, with late reports possibly raising the 1961 figure.
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Richmond
Virginia
C. W. Woodson Jr
Governor’s Highway Safety Committee
Col. Woodson
National Used Orndorff Mason And Haines Pitchers Take Lead
The article notes National Used Orndorff Mason and Haines in a game where Mason, relieved in the fourth by Gary with bases loaded and no one out, pitched no hit ball the rest of the way. It cites per capita paper and lumber use and discusses March 1960 traffic deaths and Col Woodson urging safer driving to cut fatalities.
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National Fruit U ‘Ee
Ner Oes
Lea
Workingman
Mason
Gary
Black and White Show Scheduled Here Aug 19 At Farmers Exchange
The Northern Valley Black and White Show will be held August 19 at 10 a.m. DST in the Farmers Livestock Exchange show barn, one mile west of Winchester on Rt. 50. Entries must be in by August 11 to be listed in the catalog. Frank C. Sowers is secretary-treasurer in charge. The 20 classes include various age, champion, dam, and dairy categories for cattle.
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Nual
Northern Valley
Farmers, Livestock Exchange
Winchester
Frank C. Sowers
Berryville
Special Services Set in Boyce
The Rev. Donald Scruggs and the children’s choir present two services in Boyce this week at 8 p m tomorrow and Friday in the Boyce Fire Hall. All church members are welcome for special singing and prayers for the sick.
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Boyce
Donald Scruggs
Children’s Choir
Scruggs
Youth Week Promises Growth At Market Street Church
The Youth Council of Market Street Methodist Church reports an average attendance of 45 over the first three nights of Youth Activity Week. Rev. Alan Peer will speak tonight with Scott Atkinson leading the youth group. A special recreation night features a focus on forestry products with over 5000 items linked to American forests.
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the Youth Council of the Market Street Methodist
Alan Peer
Scott Atkinson
Ign
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Mississippi
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Lavaghn Brown
Hinds County
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Los Angeles
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Newark
N.J
Joseph R. Randall
Chattanooga
Tenn
Maryland Farm
National Used
Orndorff, Mason and Haines
THE
Northern Virginia Power Company
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Leggett’s
Famous Name Brands
Natural Bridge
Wesenberg
Sweetbriar
Red Riding Hood
Children’s
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