Council Okays Contract With Parking Authority
City Council approved a 10 year lease to the Winchester Parking Authority for four city lots and up to 30000 dollars in funding from on street revenue plus extra license tax revenue. The measure passed 11 to 1 with Carrol H Henkel dissenting over including the McCormac property.
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Winchester Parking Authority
Carroll H. Henkel
McCormac
General Assembly
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Richard J. Martin
Dr. Monford
D. Custer
Robert S. Barbour
John G. Goodwin
del Sewell
Downtown Development Commission
Windhes
Fire drill aids Winchester Concrete blaze response
Shawnee pa Co. chief Chuck Bachman organized a fire drill yesterday afternoon. His crew spent about four hours pumping 8500 gallons of water at the Winchester Concrete Product Co. fire, with assistance from Clearbrook Fire Co. A blue car hub cap was left behind at the Red Cross Office after a woman parked in front.
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Red Cross
Chuck Bachman
Shawnee
Foreign students learn democracy on Byrd tour at Rosemont
Four international students on a Clarke County visit described a morning with U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd at Rosemont as a real lesson in democracy. Pekka Riepponen of Finland said the encounter showed what it means for a government official to be close to the people. The visitors planned to share the experience upon returning home later this month.
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Clarke County
Trond Dokka
Ola Rongen
Norway
Kiyoshi Kondo
Japan
Pekka Riepponen
Finland
Rosemont
U.S
Harry F. Byrd
Berryville Council Rejects Water Shortage Rumor
Berryville officials announced there is no water shortage now or likely in the near future. Clarke County High School gains extra irrigation water to finish a resodded athletic field before football season. The meeting covered new officers, a new Ford truck for the Street Department, and 40 water taps and 40 sewer taps for a subdivision.
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Berryville
Roy Potts
Clarke County High School
Garland Canter
William Bowerman
John K. Carr
Elbert Magruder
Edward McC. Williams
Winchester Civic Center drive kicks off with Byrd speech
Civic Center Drive lists additional ride leaders and vice chairs for the Winchester campaign to fund a 4500 seat center with 1000 banquet capacity. A 7 p.m. George Washington Hotel dinner features Senator Harry F. Byrd at 8 p.m. with Huntsberry Wright Pasquali and Fretwell as speakers and toastmaster Jack Fretwell. Donations are tax deductible as the project extends WAR Memorial Bldg. plans.
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Winchester Civic Center
U.S
Harry F. Byrd
Clayton Adams
Curtis Wilson
Bill Chapman
al Smith
W. K. Rodney Sirbaugh
Douglas A. Cather
James E. Butcher
Charles Shewbridge, Jr
George Washington Hotel
Byrd
E.R. Huntsberry, Jr
Melton Wright
Frederick County
Joe Pasquali
Jack Fretwell
Ofampaign Organization
Feseber
Greenhouse Clearance Sale at Fravel Plant & Fish Garden
All plants reduced 1 3 to 1 2 at Fravel Plant and Fish Garden Stephens City. Still available for picking cherries at 30 cents. Contact J K Robinson Merrimans Lane for details and hours.
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Stephens City
Star Receives Two Citations at Virginia Press meet
The Winchester Evening Star won two Virginia Press Association citations at the 82nd annual meeting for front page excellence and overall make-up. It marks the tenth state or national recognition in 14 years for the Star.
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Boanoke
Winchester Evening Star
Virginia Press Association
The
Star
Viet Cong Ambush Kills 17 in Tam Ky Corridor
A Viet Cong battalion ambushed a government truck convoy eight miles inland from Tam Ky in Phuoc Chau mountain valley killing 17 and wounding 21. The attack marks intensified Communist activity in the Tam Ky sector with no Americans aboard the latest convoy.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Tam Ky
Phuoc Chau
U.S
Viet Nam
Tam-Ky
Prince Axel of Denmark Dies at 75
Prince Axel of Denmark aged 75, uncle to King Frederick IX and head of the East Asia trading shipping and industrial trust, died Tuesday in hospital after bronchial illness.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Axel of Denmark
Frederick IX
The
East Asiatic Company, Trading, Shipping and Industrial Trust
Convention Program at Republican National Convention San Francisco
The AP reports the Cow Palace schedule with today and Thursday events. Activities include pledges, national anthems, invocations, and speakers such as George Murphy and Richard Nixon. Nominations, roll calls, and escort duties shape the presidential and vice presidential proceedings.
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San Francisco
Cow Palace
Anti Seeding Group Forms In Frederick Clarke Counties
A meeting of opponents to hail seeding by silver iodide crystals drew over 1,000 signatures in Frederick and Clarke Counties. A nominating committee named B H Cochran Bill Wyhle Charles Sandy and Albert Messick to form a permanent group with William English as temporary chairman. The next gathering aims to include Maryland and Pennsylvania participants.
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Frederick
Clarke Counties
B.H. Cochran
Bill Wyhle
Charles Sandy
Albert Messick
William English
Apple Pie Ridge
English
Leonard Wright
Leslie
Mr. Mogle
Stephens City
Blue Ridge Weather
Space network launch postponed from Cape Kennedy
Technical problems forced today’s postponement of a three satellite launch intended to lay groundwork for a space network to police the limited nuclear test ban treaty.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
U.S. Plans to Expand Military Presence in South Vietnam
The United States will raise its manpower in South Vietnam by about 600 in the coming months, with nearly half as additional Special Forces to bolster advisers and training near Laos. Total U S forces will reach about 16 000 with about 1 000 Special Forces, amid reports of North Vietnamese infiltration. Equipment from the Soviet Union Czechoslovakia and China has been found in the northern mountains.
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Washington
United States
South Viet Nam
U.S
Laos
Viet Nam
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
William,Westmore
Robert McCloskey
State Department
McCloskey
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Communist
China
South
Mikoyan Becomes Soviet President Replacing Brezhnev
In Moscow on Khrushchev’s recommendation Leonid Brezhnev is removed as president after four years. Anastas Mikoyan is elected to succeed him as premier and president with Khrushchev praising Brezhnev’s party work while Mikoyan vows to justify the trust and push for communism’s victory.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Leonid I
Brezhnev
Anastasi
Mikoyan
Supreme Soviet
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev
City Urges Fast Action on Rt. 81 Completion
City approves a resolution urging the State Highway Commission to complete the local Interstate Rt. 81 and open sections at the earliest date. The 18 mile segment runs near Stephens City Winchester and toward the West Virginia line. A cable franchise inquiry by Peter McKee is under review by the Ordinance Committee.
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State Highway Commission
William M. Battaile
Stewart Bell
Bell
Stephens City
Winchester
Red Bud Road
West Virginia Line
Peter, McKee
Ralph Hardy
Goldwater Wins GOP Platform Battle At Convention
San Francisco AP Barry Goldwater secured a first ballot presidential nomination by overwhelming rejection of Scranton backed amendments to the platform. Goldwater's 805 votes to Scranton's 169 left little chance for a Scranton comeback as party leaders lined up behind the Arizona senator. Aides said Miller may be chosen as vice president with Kitchel as national chair.
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San Francisco
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Goldwater
Johnson
Scranton
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Scott
Justice Department
Associated Press
William E. Miller
New York
Miller
New England
Illinois
North Carolina
Arkansas
Mississippi
Denison Kitchel
Weather Report for Richmond
A high pressure system off the Atlantic coast draws in southerly winds bringing light morning fog and humid daytime conditions.
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Richmond
Atlantic Coast
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