Children seek truth about ghosts at Governor's Mansion
Three Berryville youths calling themselves The Investigating Club write Gov Albertis Harrison asking if the Richmond mansion is haunted. The governor replies with humor that no ghost is real aside from old legends and a charming tradition of Virginia homes.
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Allison Lord
Kathy Carter
Patricia
P.J
Pifer
Berryville
Albertis Harrison, Jr
State Capitol
Dhmond
Erryville
Oakin Oped
Governor’s
Richmond
Albertis
Harrison, Jr
Allison
Lord
P.J. Pifer
Gov. Harrison
MR. Harrison
Virginia
Miss Shenandoah Apple Blossom Parade Note
Harriett DeLane of Gerrardstown West Virginia will ride in the Shepherdstown Volunteer Fire Department parade Tuesday evening. The firemen will march from the night school grounds to downtown Shepherdstown at 7 30. The Virginia Lancers Drum and Bugle Corps will participate. The Virginia State Apple Commission 1964 radio commercial won a top award from the Radio and Television Representatives Association of Atlanta.
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Shenandoah
Harriett DeLane
Gerrardstown
W. Va
Shepherdstown
de Ln
Nighi
Virginia Lancers
Virginia State Apple Commission
Houck and Co
Roanoke
Representite Association of Atlanta
Virginia
Repers
Mars Air Too Thin for Life
Pasadena AP reports Mariner 4 images show Mars with a thin atmosphere and desert-like surface markings. Lab scientists say the atmosphere at the surface is 1 to 2 percent as dense as Earth's, about eight miles deep, making life as on Earth unlikely without spacesuits.
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Mars
Pasadena
Calif
Mariner 4
U.S
Jet Propulsion. Laboratory
Earth
William H. Pickering
Earth’s
Mississippi River to Run Red This Weekend
In Minneapolis a Public Health Service project will release eight gallons of fluorescent red dye into the Mississippi River on Sunday night. The dye is safe for boats and wildlife and will help measure the river’s flow rate as engineers monitor how quickly the color dissipates downstream.
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Minneapolis
Virginia School Desegregation Plans Labeled Unacceptable
Richmond report says the U S Office of Education finds 90 of Virginia 138 districts fail to meet policies under Civil Rights Act. Factors include lack of pledges against discriminatory dismissal of Negro teachers and varying speed of plans, with full six six grades prioritized for September.
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Richmond
Richmond News Leader
U.S. Office of Education
Virginia
David Barns
Ews Leader
Barns
Mordecai Johnson
Johnson
Four WV Prisoners Escape From Farm Detail
State Police searched West Virginias Eastern Panhandle for four inmates who fled a cherry picking detail at Huttonsville Medium Security Prison. The escapees were Daniel K Persinger 27 Harley Canterbury 27 Paul E Dean 24 and Billy Tibbs 18.
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Romney
W.va
West Virginia
Panhandle
Huttonsville
Daniel K. Persinger
Fayette County
Harley Co
Canterbury
Mingo ‘County
Paul E. Dean
Hampshire County
Billy Tibbs
Monroe County
McNamara Asked For More Troops In South Vietnam
The Associated Press reports Defense Secretary Robert McNamara was asked to boost American forces in South Vietnam after the U S Military Assistance Command presented a staff study to Secretary McNamara. Assistant Defense Secretary Arthur Sylvester cited a recommended force increase.
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South Viet Nam
U.S
Military Assistsance Command
Af Defense
Robert 5. McNamara
Defense
Arthur Sylvester
Assistance Command
McNamara
Fie
Nguyen Cao Ky
Barry Zorthian
Sylvester
Vianerarp
Viet Nam
Associated Press
Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Saigon
Northeast Asks for Drought Aid
The Northeast sought federal disaster designation amid a historic drought. New Jersey Governor Hughes urged relief for parts of New Jersey New York Pennsylvania and southern New England as the Federal Water Resources Council weighed emergency actions. The Weather Bureau warned the drought could persist requiring months or years of above normal rainfall.
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Washington
New Jersey
Richard J. Hughes
New York
Pennsylvania
New England
Hughes
Federal Water Resources Council
Johnson
U.S. Weather Bureau
Federal Council
Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Safe vacation at Lexington plant after two week closure
Irving Air Chute Co. in Lexington closed for a two week holiday and sent 1000 employees home with two free seat belts as a safety precaution and chance for a safe vacation.
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Lexington
Irving Air Chute Co
Soviets Test Big Booster For Moon Mission speculation grows
Moscow reports Proton-1 space station launched with a 21 000 pound payload while Tass notes a 2.65 million pound thrust booster could power a manned lunar effort. British expert Kenneth Gatland says the booster signals a shift to building a manned space station in orbit, potentially ahead of the U S Saturn 5 program.
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Moscow
Tass
U.S
London
Kenneth Gatland
British Interplanetary Society
Thil
iGatland
America
Paul Smith Named Deputy City Sergeant
Paul A. Smith of Pennsylvania Ave. today assumed duties as deputy city sergeant. He had served as part time employee for 12 years and is a native of Jamestown New York. He and his wife Myrtle have one daughter Mary Cooper. Marjorie Duncan continues as deputy sergeant, a post she has held since December 31 1951.
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Paul A. Smith
Pennsylvania Ave
Marjorie Duncan
Smith
Mr. Smith
Jamestown
N.Y
Centerville
Earl Shade
Clarke County Motor Co
Myrtle
Mary Cooper
Illinois Pays Homage To Adlai Stevenson
Gov Otto Kerner eulogizes Adlai E Stevenson as a state hero in Springfield honoring the former governor and U.N. ambassador. Thousands paid respects as Stevenson lay in state under a silver dome, with an all night vigil and recalled Lincoln Douglass Grant Altgeld among heroes.
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Springfield
Ill
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Otto Kerner
Ilinois
Stevenson
Kerner
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Dougelas
Ulysses S. Grant
Tiaois
John P. Altgeld
Washington -In
U.S
United Nations
London
Lincoln
Armed Services
Adlai Stevenson
Wanted Experienced Mah to Recnemities Used Cars
A brief classified notice seeking experienced individuals for work with used cars. The readable text emphasizes recruitment for roles dealing with car recommendations and related services.
Bombers Fly Support Mission in Central Vietnam
U S Air Force B 52 bombers dropped 500 tons on suspected Viet Cong positions in Mang Yang Pass as 5 000 Vietnamese troops clear Route 19. A major ground push aims to open the road for supply convoys while a leadership crisis amid Roman Catholic tensions adds to regional strain.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Mang Yang Pass
Defense Ministry
Pham Ngoc
Thao
Bien Hoa
Thu Duc
Nguyen Khanh
Qui Nhon
Pleiku
Weather Outlook Brings Humidity and Showers for Today
A frontal system moving from the Eastern Great Lakes is expected to bring more humidity clouds and showers this Saturday. The snippet also includes mixed classifieds such as ponies for sale and various small ads.
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Richmond
Great Lakes
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