U S Arranges to Fly Refugees Out of Cuba
The United States agreed to fund free flights from Havana to Miami for more than 20 000 Cuban refugees through Pan American Airlines. About 10 daily flights were planned starting Sunday, each carrying just over 100 people, with a total cost around 350 000 dollars.
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Washington
United States
Havana
Miami
Fidel Castro
Mags
State Department
Pan American Airways
Pan Am
Ward
U.S
Cuba
Former Scout Officers and Local Social Notes
A local boy scout section recalls Virgil I Grissom and Alan Shepard as former scouts of star rank from Mitchell Indiana and highlights Mrs D Baker of Pittsburgh a former Miss Effie Braithwaite. The weather forecast predicts heat and humidity with possible afternoon thunderstorms and a humorous note about women tip toeing on brick sidewalks and a mislaid car incident involving a pink car and its owner.
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Virgil I. Grissom
Mitchell
Ind
Comdr
Alan Shepherd
D. Baker
Pitts- Pa
Pittsburgh
Effie Braithwaite
Cross Junction
Robertson Sees No Emergency Move by Kennedy Now
Senator A Willis Robertson of Virginia says Kennedy is unlikely to declare a limited emergency or mobilize reserves. He notes the Appropriations Subcommittee could approve pay and subsistence for up to a million men and could add nearly 1 billion dollars to military funds if requested. He also mentions potential 500 million for Army hardware.
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Washington
A. Willis Robertson
D.-Va
Kennedy
Robertson
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Berlin
West German fears Berlin influx could boost immigrants
Reports from Berlin say West Germany fears the Berlin crisis may prompt the East German regime to import immigrants from the Soviet bloc. Refugees continued entering West Berlin with 8,602 fleeing East Germany last week. Berlin tensions color U.S. defense funding debate as officials discuss the NATO position and the President’s Berlin address.
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Berlin
West Germany
West Berlin
Gime
Soviet Bloc
Ernst Lemmer
East Germany
Winchester Days Bargain Bonanza Set Next Week
Winchester Days announced by the Winchester Retail Merchants Association will run Thursday through Saturday with 46 merchants participating. They plan extra sales staff to handle crowds in the shopping area and feature marked-down price tags and promotional efforts led by president Robert Pizzano and Promotion Committee head Strawderman Irman.
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Winchester
Winchester Retail Merchants Association
Robert Pizzano
Feud Sank Merchants Association Naya
Strawderman Irman Promotion Communitee
Charles Mayhew to Face Frederick County Grand Jury
Charles Henry Mayhew was ordered for a Frederick County grand jury on a charge of abducting a family. He was fined 20 dollars plus 6.75 costs for carrying a concealed weapon and 10 dollars plus costs for being drunk in public. Authorities say he boarded with Mr. and Mrs. Forest Nicholson in Winchester, pulled a gun at Cross Junction, and forced them to Gainesboro with the Nicholson child present. The case was heard in Frederick County Court.
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Charles Henry Mayhew
Frederick County
Mayhew
Forest Nicholson
Winchester
Cross Junction
Gainesboro
Nicholson
Frederick County Court
U S and Britain Seek Immediate Cease Fire in Tunisia
The United States and Britain formally proposed the UN Security Council call for an immediate cease-fire in the French Tunisian fighting to defuse the Bizerte naval base dispute. Dag Hammarskjold urged action without waiting for a Bizerte agreement, with Liberia also set to submit a similar resolution.
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U. Y
U.N. Security Council
Bizerte
A. S. Goldberg
N. Y
United States
Britain
U. N. Security Council
Dag Hammarskjold
Council
Liberia
U. S
Charles W. Yost
Hammarskjold
France
Two Hurt In 3 Car Wreck At Ger rad And Loudoun
Two people were injured in a three car crash at 7 25 p m yesterday at the intersection of Gerrad and Loudoun Streets. Jill Crum 13 of 320 Sheridan Ave was not hurt Ruth Crum also escaped major injury. The Chevrolet driven by David De Witt Peet Jr of Portsmouth struck by Joyce Shull’s car forced into the Ford owned by Kenneth Leach. Damages were $75 $275 and $350 respectively. No injuries in two earlier rear end collisions with total damage $325.
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Gerrad
Loudoun Sts
Jill Crum
Sheridan Ave
Ruth Crum
Ira Nesselrodt
David de Witt Peet, Jr
Portsmouth
Ford
Kenneth M. Leach
Braddock
Chevrolet
Joyce Shull
W. Whitlock Ave
Loudoun
Boscawen
Hansel Lindamood
Charles Mason
Stanley L. Wright
R. I
Alfred EF. DeHaven
Siler Rt
Checkerboard
Boscawen St
Linwood Dunn
Glenn Lofton
N. E. Taylor, Jr
Keyser
Percy C. Shepherd
Rt. 4
Help Wanted for Spot Picking Apples
Classified notice indicates an apple picking job opening on Monday July 24. Contact phone MO 2-3225 at W. Weedon Teets for details and application.
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W. Weedon
Grissom Return Prompts Space Conference At Cape Canaveral
Grissom, returned from space aboard Liberty Bell 7, was reported in excellent condition and due at Cape Canaveral for a news conference at 4 p.m. EST. He planned to fly in by 2 p.m. and discuss the hatch incident that sank the capsule.
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Alton Blakeslee
Grand Bahama Island
Virgil I. Gris
Ding
Cape Canaveral
Cape
Grissom
John A. Powers
Youth 18 Gets 10 Year Term In Shotgun Death
An 18-year-old Virginian, Jack Taylor of Yuma, was sentenced to 10 years for the shotgun slaying of Don Bragg, 18, of Lynn Garden, Tenn. A Sullivan County jury found Taylor guilty of second degree murder after a 3 hour 15 minute deliberation. co-defendant Perry Stapleton, 17, was acquitted. A motion for a new trial was to be considered.
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Blountville
Taylor
H. Conway Smith
Kennedy Works On Draft Address For Tuesday
President Kennedy hoped to have the first draft of his major speech ready by Sunday as he relaxed at Cape Cod. Aides said his schedule was blank today aside from a planned Nantucket Sound cruise on the Marlin. Weather was forecast pleasant as he faced the looming Soviet Berlin issue.
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Yuri Gagarin
Earth
Kennedy
Moon
Gus” Grissom
Space
Atlantic Ocean
Air Force
Shepard
Rocket Control Center
Hyannis
Port
Mass
Cape Cod
Nantucket Sound
Berlin
Crowds converge on Bull Run battle reenactment
Crowds gathered at Manassas Virginia for a Civil War reenactment of the First Battle of Bull Run. Organizers faced traffic crowding worries and safety concerns as thousands of spectators watched the mock battle staged by the North-South Skirmish Association with 2000 participants.
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Bull Run
Raymond J. Crowley
Manassas
United States
Irving McDowell
Richmond’ Drive
Washingn
Red Cross
Stonewall Jackson
Jackson
George J. Bisacca
Lenox
Mass
Barnard E. Bee
South Carolina
Bee
Bourguiba Urges UN Move on Bizerte as Fighting Rages
President Habib Bourguiba proposes negotiating France's withdrawal from the Bizerte base. French troops pound the city as Tunisian resistance continues with snipers, tanks, and mortars amid U.N. appeal for peace. Bourguiba says future Tunisian policy hinges on the UN Security Council's action and denounces US and UK support for France.
Hurricane Anna Heads West Across Caribbean
Warnings issued for northeastern Nicaragua and eastern Honduras as Hurricane Anna moves westward with winds up to 115 mph. The Miami Weather Bureau predicts the season's first tropical storm will reach the Nicaragua coast late today or early tomorrow, location near 13.4 N, about 350 miles east of Puerto Cabezas.
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Fila
Nicaragua
Honduras
Anna
Caribbean
Nic
Puerto Cabezas
Nicaraguan
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