Kennedy to convene chiefs on Soviet threat to world peace
President Kennedy summoned the Joint Chiefs of Staff for today and the National Security Council for Wednesday to review military power amid Soviet Berlin demands and plans to halt manpower cuts. White House aides said the study should wrap up by week’s end and noted the session would discuss conventional forces.
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Washington
Kennedy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
National Security Council
Pentagon
White House
Berlin
Russia
Pierre Salinger
Capitol Hill
Sen. Robertson
D-Va
Senate Defense Appropriations Committee
Winchester Apple Canal highlighted in Historic Holiday feature
The July issue of Hol i day Inn Magazine profiles Winchester as rich in Colonial and Civil War history and notes Apple Blossom Festival plans for spring. Judy Sue Williams and Virginia visitors appear on Palm Beach radio while Trooper Percy Click aids road safety during a windy night with 1.01 inches of rain, pushing monthly total to 3.13 inches and yearly total to 26.14.
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Holiday Inn Magazine
Winchester
Col. C. G. Te
Chamber of Commerce
WJNO
Judy Sue Williams
Berryville
Palm Beach
Art Dunklin
Florida
Bice
Percy Click
Rt. 652
Sine State Po
Anes Saat
Ates Cateighetti
Tory
Space Flight Delayed to 6 a.m. Wednesday at Cape Canaveral
The United States second man in space is rescheduled for a 6 a.m. EST launch Wednesday after a 24 hour delay caused by high buttermilk clouds. Virgil I. Grissom, age 35, awaits medical checks and a 20 pound space suit as weather experts monitor a high pressure system and cloud cover.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
Grissom
U.S. Weather Bureau
Caribbean
Tiros
National Space
NASA
Navy
Cmdr
Alan Shepard Jr
Shepard
Mitchell, Ind
Ring of Soviet and East German Forces Envelops Berlin
Soviet and East German armed forces have set up a girdle around Berlin with about 67,500 troops and over 1,200 tanks within 30 miles of the city. Antiaircraft rocket bases are being built in two rings at 25 and 50 miles, some already manned. Total regional forces include 1.4 million in East Germany and 621,000 in the West, with Allied forces totaling 11,000 in West Berlin and 3,000 more alert police.
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John D. Koehler
Bonn
Germany
Berlin
West German Defense Ministry
East Berlin
West Berlin
East Germany
West Germany
U.S
Prelude to Manassas 1861 Confederate movement from Winchester
The article recalls the 1861 Confederate retirement from Winchester under Brig. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and the subsequent operations against Gen. Patterson’s Union force. It notes Johnston’s plans, skirmishes near Darkesville and Martinsburg, and Patterson’s retreat toward Harpers Ferry, with Johnston choosing cautious advance rather than attack in Charles Town.
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Joseph E. Johnston
Winchester
J. E. B. Stuart
Johnston
Robert Patterson
Patterson
Smithfield
Charles Town
Harpers Ferry
Martinsburg
Darkesville
Dog Ordinance Heads To City Council Aug 8
Winchester moves final action on a proposed dog ordinance with minor changes. Public Safety Committee approves sending the measure to the City Council for final action August 8. If adopted, it would take effect in 30 days with fines between five and twenty five dollars.
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Winchester
Public Safety Committee
Citizens’ Committee
H.W. Butler, Jr
Ty Cobb Dies at 74 in Atlanta
Ty Cobb, famed baseball star known as the Georgia Peach, died in Atlanta at age 74 after a cancer battle. The legendary competitor’s passing ends a career filled with numerous records and historic moments.
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Ty Cobb
Atlanta, Ga
County Man Jailed In Abduction Case
County man Charles Henry Mayhew in his 30s is jailed in a preliminary hearing on charges of abduction and concealed weapon. He allegedly held a family of three at gunpoint in a car for about 45 minutes before the Nicholson family escaped near Gainesboro and called the sheriff. Mayhew was arrested Sunday afternoon at the Lakeside Tavern in Frederick County.
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Charles Henry Mayhew
Frederick County Court
Mayhew
Boyd McDonald
Lakeside Tavern
Rt. 522 North
James Kincaid
L. W. Waters
McDonald
Forest Nicholson
Rt. 4
Nicholson
Gainesboro
Sheriff's Office
Winchester
Nicholsons
Nina
West Berlin crisis prompts Western note to Soviet Union
The United States Britain and France warned the Soviet Union that threats against West Berlin threaten world peace and risk millions of lives. They rejected the idea that Berlin rights hinge on a separate peace with East Germany and offered to pursue a negotiated settlement of Germany’s unresolved problems.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
West Berlin
East Germany
Uns
Germany
U.S
Berlin
Moscow
London
Paris
White House
Khrushchev
Ex-Convict Claims Responsibility for Tragic Blast
Oklahoma City police quoted 41 year old William Estes Benson admitting he blew up the school as a grudge related to a prior reprimand for smoking on school grounds. Detectives I. G. Purser and Harold Devine identified Benson as a longtime offender living in the city since 1944 and said he gave a signed statement taking responsibility for the explosion.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
I. G. Purser
Jack Ryan
Harold Devine
William Estes Benson
Benson
Rescuers Break Through Debris in Indiana Cave
In Orleans Indiana rescuers pierced a wall of debris to reach a limestone cave where two University of Indiana graduate explorers were missing. They advanced about 300 feet into a flooded corridor finding fresh air and a strong current as 19 rescuers endured icy water and long shifts.
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Orleans
Ind
Indiana
Indiana University
Tom
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Leggett’s
George Washing Hotel
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