Soviets Handed JFK Reply on Berlin Note
Moscow reports that the United States has received President Kennedy's reply to Premier Khrushchev's Berlin memorandum. France and Britain also sent notes on the German question while all three remain firm on maintaining war won rights in West Berlin. Khrushchev pledged a separate peace treaty with East Germany if no agreement on unifying Germany, with Western garrisons totaling about 11,000 in Berlin.
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Moscow
United States
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Berlin
U.S
Vienna
Germany
West Berlin
Soviet Union
East Germany
Bridges Back Kennedy on Berlin Tough Stand
Sen Styles Bridges said Republicans will back President Kennedy in a firm Berlin defense. He noted GOP unity on resisting Western concessions and supporting funding while Kennedy seeks a tough stance toward Khrushchev.
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Bridges
Gop
Kennedy
Berlin
Washington
Sen
Styles Bridges
R-N.h
West Berlin
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Khrusnchev
Congress
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rees Pleads Not Guilty in Spotsylvania Murder Case
Melvin Davis Rees Jr. pleaded not guilty to the murder of Carroll Vernon Jackson Jr. in Spotsylvania County Circuit Court. His defense seeks a change of venue or a jury drawn from another locality, as prosecutors plan rebuttal with 35 witnesses.
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Spotsylvania
Melvin Davis Rees Jr
Carroll Vernon Jackson Jr
Rees
Jackson
Spotsylvania County
Apple Grove
Louisa County
Stolen Art Heist Hits Saint Tropez Museum
Police report $2 million in masterpieces stolen from the Annondade Museum of Modern Art in Saint Tropez. Works include Matisse Woman at the Window and The Gypsy, Dufy The Jetty at Honfleur, and Bonnard Tropez Harbor. Thirty some pieces were left behind. thieves pried a grill and escaped between 2 and 3 am.
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Annondade Museum
Louvre
Italy
Florence
Riviera
Eleven Arrested in Chicago Rainbow Beach Wade-in
Eleven white youths were arrested by a 250 member police task force at Rainbow Beach during a second weekend of integration wade-ins in Chicago. Nine faced disorderly conduct and unlawful assembly charges. two juveniles were released to parents.
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Chicago
Rainbow Beach
James Hackett
South Side
Lake Michigan
Fares Dock
Long Beach
Tractor rider sights and Kennedy photo request noted
The Down Crier reports a man on a tractor heading south on Valley Ave and a girl from Berryville, Nyla Jean Hines, receiving an autographed Kennedy photograph for her parents. Also mentioned is a freak tornado damage at Clark Jolley farm and a local injury from a fall, with references to Mrs Ludwig’s similar wrist fracture years earlier.
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Shenandoah Motors
Valley Ave
Cus
Nyla Jean Hines
Berryville
Kennedy
Harold Hines
Clark Jolley
White Hall
Boraysonational Ave
S. R. Ludwig
Viet Cong Losses Mount After Sw Viet Nam Battle
Government troops in Plaine des Jones southwest of Saigon killed about 200 Viet Cong in a three hour struggle. Official counts listed 197 dead with several hundred fighters fleeing toward the Cambodian border. government losses stood at 12 dead and around 60 wounded.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Plaine Des Jones
Ngo Dinh Diem
West Berlin mayor calls for bipartisan talks with Adenauer
Mayor Willy Brandt urged Chancellor Adenauer to pursue a bipartisan approach to secure West Berlin. He seeks self determination and free elections in East Germany, arguing for a political offensive. A weekend refugee flow into West Berlin exceeded 4,000 amid rising tension.
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Brandt
East
West Berlin
Virgil Grissom Chosen For 2nd Space Flight
Virgil Grissom selected for a second space mission. local note mentions a Strosnider boat incident near Senseny Road with no injuries reported and minimal damage estimated by noon.
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Senseny
Two Explorers Trapped as Cavern Flood Triggers Rescue
State police skindivers searched a limestone cavern near Orleans Indiana for Ralph Moreland Jr 25 of Knox and Tom Arnold 22 of Peru who vanished after entering the underground passage during a flash flood. Rain and rising water closed the cave mouth and rescue teams worked through the night with hope officials said they were not yet dead.
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Orleans
Ind
Ralph §. Moreland Jr
Knox
Tom Arnold
Peru
Ohio River
Indiana
Bob Nicholl
Bloomington
Moreland
Arnold
Committees Meet on Dog Ordinance in City Hall
Two committees planned a 4 p.m. meeting to discuss a dog ordinance in Winches. The Public Safety Committee and a four member citizens group will meet at City Solicitor J. aeee’s office. Citizens member William Louthan Son opposes the ordinance, while two others favor it.
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J.aeee
William Louthan Son
McCann Named To Board of Cold Storage
Harry L. McCann was named a director of Winchester Cold Storage at the annual meeting. All other directors and officers were re elected. Re elected officers include H F Byrd as president J K Robinson as vice president Scully as manager and McCann as treasurer.
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Harry L. McCann
Winchester
Stewart Bell, Jr
H. F. Byrd
R. E. Byrd
E. W. Cather
J. P. Dorsey
C. R. McCann
J K. Robinson
J. S. Scully
III
Grove Citizens Walls
J. K. Robinson
D. K
Scully
McCann
Frederi
Manassas Civil War Battle Re-Enactment Draws 150000
About 150000 people are expected to attend the two day re-enactment of the First Battle of Manassas in Northern Virginia. Nearly 2000 participants will wear authentic Civil War uniforms and weapons as exhibits open at 10 a.m. EDT each day. The event is sponsored by the Virginia and National Civil War Centennial Commissions, the Department of Defense and the National Park Service.
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Manassas
Virginia
Henry House Hill
Department of Defense
National Parks ‘Service
Star Receives Two Awards From Virginia Press Association
The Winchester Evening Star earned two Virginia Press Association honors at the annual banquet in Virginia Beach. The paper placed first in its circulation bracket for Excellence of Front Page and second for Excellence of General Make-up.
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Winchester Evening Star
Virginia Press Association
Virginia Beach
The
Star
Presbyterians Okay Contract For Building
The First Presbyterian Church authorized trustees to sign a $399 750 contract with Howard Shockey and Sons to build a new educational building. Harry L. McCann chairs the building committee with members including Virginia Shackleford J W Brown P H Sprenkle Ray Robinson Jr Stewart Bell Jr Fred L Glaize Jr and Mrs E W Lacy Jr and Mrs J A Holinger. The structure designed by Smithy and Boynton Roanoke partly sits on the site of the old Jones building on South Loudoun.
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First Presbyterian Ch
Howard Shockey and Sons
Harry L. McCann
Virginia Shackleford
J. W. Brown
P. H. Sprenkle
Ray Robinson, Jr
Stewart Bell, Jr
Fred L. Glaize, Jr
E. W. Lacy, Jr
J. A. Holinger
Smithy and Boynton
Roanoke
Church Bulletin
Jones
S. Loudoun
Grissom Chosen for U S Second Man In Space Flight
Air Force Captain Virgil Grissom, 35, from Mitchell Indiana, selected to pilot the Liberty Bell 7 suborbital flight expected to reach 116 miles, 300 miles southeast over the Atlantic at about 7 a.m. tomorrow. If unable, Marine Lt. Col. John Glenn would backup, with Shepard and Carpenter in coordination and meteorologists watching Caribbean cloud cover for possible launch delay.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
Korea
United States
Atlantic Ocean
Mitchell
Ind
Grissom
Navy
Aan B. Shepard Jr
John H. Glenn Jr
New Concord
Ohio
John A. Powers
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Purdue University
Betty Moore
Wet Il
Mark
Ust
Missile Center
Powers
Grisom
Shepard
Scott Carpenter
Glenn
Donald Slayton
Baokhouse
Slayton
Walter Schirra
Gordon Cooper
Cape
Caribbean
Skirmish Near Vienna and Troop Movements
100 years ago today reports a skirmish near Vienna. McDowell reached Fairfield Court as Patterson moves from Bunker Hill to Charles Town in related troop movements.
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Vienna
McDowell
Fairiag Court
Patterson
Bunker Hill
Charles Town
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