Tunisian Forces Ordered to Fire on Foreign Planes
Tunisian authorities ordered the armed forces to fire on any foreign aircraft over Tunisian air space to block French reinforcement of the Bizerte naval base. The move accompanied a token land blockade around the base and comes as French paratroopers are reportedly being sent to Bizerte. Bourguiba pressed France to give up the air naval station amid escalating tensions.
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Bizerte
Tunisia
Auace
France
Habib Bourguiba
Paris
Reina
Sahara
Tunis
Edjele
Tunisian
Bourguiba
Alee
San
Soya
Algeria
Fox Head Being Tested For Rabies
The head of a fox shot by Frank Cooper of Nain is being tested for rabies in Luray. Cooper heard a noise at breakfast, found the fox under the back porch, kicked it, then shot it. The head was kept cold overnight and taken to the Health Department Monday morning. The animal did not bite anyone.
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Frank Cooper
Nain
Luray
Obed Gown Crier Receives Formal Letter in Clearbrook
Justice of the Peace Doug as J O Connell of Stonewall District received a letter addressed to the department in Clearbrook. Shawnee firemen report a car fire on Route 7 and warn motorists not to stop on danger. Red Cross Bloodmobile visit to Winchester collected 123 pints against a 150 pint Lions quota. Stephen Chadwell, 8, brings two giant cucumbers from grandmother's garden. the larger measures 18 inches. Mrs Hayes Monk of Stephens grew them.
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Route 7
Red Cross
Winchester
Stephen Chadwell
Hayes Monk
Stephens
Body recovered after disaster as search continues for others
A person was recovered hours after the incident and search crews spanning at least two others remained in debris. A girl was saved after being buried for more than three hours.
Shockeys Win Low Bid for Handley High Addition
Howard Shockey and Sons will receive a 459000 contract to add a cafeteria kitchen serving area 15 classrooms choral room band room and instrument room to Handley High School. The project funded by a Literary Fund begins by mid next month and should be finished by the 1962 September session.
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Howard Shockey and Sons
Handley High School
Shel Shockey
Sergio
Argentine Airliner Crashes Near Azul Killing All On Board
An Argentine Airlines DC6 crashed in flames near Azul, 30 miles from that town, killing all 60 passengers and crew. Officials feared some Americans may have been among the dead on the nonstop Buenos Aires to Comodoro Rivadavia flight. The four engine plane, one of the airline’s newest, burst into flames on impact.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Azul
Patagonian
Comddoro Rivadiva
U.S
Chachari
Iada
Round Hill Teen In Critical Condition After Fauquier Crash
Miss Marjory McCauley 16 of Round Hill remained unconscious at Memorial Hospital after a Fauquier County crash Saturday. A spokesman said her condition is critical with a fractured leg multiple facial and leg lacerations a fractured shoulder and possible abdominal injuries.
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Marjory McCauley
Round Hill
Memorial Hospital
Fauquier
Sat Setauket
Crive
Model Plane In Wires Triggers Town Power Failure
A model airplane snagged in phase wires at the A and P parking lot around 3 30 p m yesterday causing a power outage in the southwest town sector. Nylon cord was used this time instead of piano wire and a hospital was kept on emergency power for about 30 minutes. Earlier a car struck a pole on Fox Drive near Northwestern Grade at 1 30 p m causing a brief outage in Merriman's Lane with no damage reported.
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Airase
Hunter
Sega
Saveemedas
Fox Drive
Merriman’s Lane
Pearson to Pick Running Mates for Governor Ticket
Virginia Republican hopeful H. Clyde Pearson expects to complete his ticket today with running mates who would run as independents. The GOP convention in Richmond failed to nominate a lieutenant governor or attorney general, sparking late speculation about Hazel K. Barger as Pearson’s possible lieutenant governor pick and several young Republican lawyers as possible attorney general candidates.
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Roanoke
Virginia
GOP
H. Clyde Pearson
U.S. Lee
Western Virginia
Richmond
Hazel K. Barger
GOP National Committee
Pearson
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Mills E. Godwin
Robert Y. Button
GOP Central Committee
Shevetion
Local Guard Units Rated Highly for Activation Readiness
Local National Guard units around Winchester and Berryville rank highly in training and readiness. The three units, part of the Second Battle Group 116th Sena y 29th Division, total about 300 men with pay. officials have not confirmed activation.
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Nioe
Dan Syl
Virginia
Maryland
Adjutant General
Winchester
Berryville
116Th Senay
Mac A. P. Hill ‘Y Reation Fredfoor
National Guard
Unconfirmed Report Of Plane Crash Near Boonesboro
State police in Boonesboro Maryland received unconfirmed reports of a passenger airliner crash this afternoon. Civil Air Patrol from Martinsburg West Virginia joined an air search with planes from Hagerstown. Early reports described a motor propelled plane seen on fire near Boonesboro Keedysville area before engine trouble rumors emerged.
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Boonesboro
Martinsburg
Civil Air Patrol
Hagerstown
Ates
Boonesboro- Keedysville
Washington
Speeding motorist cites Safety First in plea
In Santa Monica California a motorist halted for speeding offered the words Safety First and then handed his driver's license to the officer. He is 67 year old Safety First of 1497 Camulen Drive as listed on the license.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Camulen Dr
Kennedy Deciding Today On Military Measures to Meet Soviet Challenge
President Kennedy moves to finalize U S military steps to meet the Soviet Berlin challenge. He plans a national address on Berlin next Tuesday and a report to Congress after NSC consultations with Britain France and NATO allies. He urged Moscow to reconsider and reaffirmed U S commitments to Western rights in Berlin.
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Kennedy
John M. Hightower
Washington
U.S
Berlin
Congress
Britain
France
NATO
National Security Council
Hennedy
Taboormal
Khail Menshikov
Menshikov
Russia
Moscow
Khrushchev
East Germany
East Berlin
West Berlin
Jackson's First Brigade Moves by Rail to Manasas
One hundred years ago today Jackson's First Brigade boarded the railroad at Piedmont Delaplane for Manassas arriving in the afternoon.
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Jackson
Piedmont
Delaplane
Manassas
Space Flight Halted Second Time by Weather
The second U.S. manned space shot was scrubbed again due to weather. It was rescheduled for 6 a.m. Friday EST. Project Mercury officials faced cloud cover and a necessary 48 hour purge of volatile fuels before a new launch attempt could proceed.
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Howard Benedict
Cape Canaveral
Fla
U.S
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Project
Mercury
Will
Grissom
Spép
Lotsa Contracte
Liberty Bell
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Shepard
Project Mercury
Robert Gilruth
Walter Williams
John Glenn Jr
Angel Grinca
Une
Mucha
Western notes disapprove Khrushchev Berlin move
London AP dispatch reports Western notes rejecting Khrushchev's Berlin demands and warning of consequences. Moscow calls Western plans a violation of basic peace rules amid East West tensions. Leaders in West Germany back a German peace treaty by free elections while Austria newspapers note Western patience waning. Canada and Japan echo support for U S Western negotiating stance.
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London
Nikita Khrushchev
Berlin
Moscow
Britain
France
United States
Khrushchev
East Germany
West Berlin
West
Western Europe
Soviet Union
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Austria
Rte
Times of London
Khru’s
Two Cave Explorers Die in Indiana Cave Debacle
Two Indiana graduate students Ralph S. Moreland Jr and Tom Arnold were found dead inside a remote lime stone cave eight miles west of Orleans after flash floods swamped a two foot high side passage. Rescue teams worked four hours to recover the bodies as weather hindered continued search with more rain feared.
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Orleans
Ind
Bengt Sree
Pasesee
Ralph S. Moreland Jr
Knox
Tom Arnold
Peru
Indiana Ee
Robert Armstrong
Indianapolis
Armstrong
Indiana
Ohio River
Moreland
Karen
Arnold
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Loudoun
Lil Darlin
Leggett’s
Raymond E. Palmer
Shchey
Laborip Baily Herald
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