Cost of living index rises to new high in June
Washington reports the consumer price index up half a percent in June reaching a tenth record in as many months. Food prices jumped 1.4 percent and all nonfood commodities and services rose 0.2 percent. About 650,000 workers in several industries will see wage increases of two to four cents per hour tied to the CPI. Real earnings show the first rise since December as spendable income increases about 1 percent.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Third Neptune Bomber Crashes Off Hawaii Killing Ten
A Neptune patrol bomber from Patrol Squadron 28 crashed near Barbers Point in Hawaii, killing all 10 Navy men aboard. Divers recovered four bodies. remains of others believed found. The aircraft was on a four hour flight when it exploded and fell into the Pacific 300 yards off the naval air station. Names of victims were withheld.
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Honolulu
Pacific
Navy
Italy
Hawaii
Patrol Squadron 28
Barbers Point
Naval Ir Station
Local History of Sowers Family in Clarke County
Everard K. Meade recalls Capt James H Sowers led the List regiment infantry at Frederick County militia for three months in 1815 during the Flying Camp. The unit included Lt John B Earle Ensign Matthew Rust with 77 total, largely White Post area men. Sowers lineage notes Clarke County farming prominence over six generations. A sale notice for a 7 room Stine dwelling appears with local ads for women s swimwear Roxanne Catalina and Margaret Hodgson shop items.
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List Regiment
Frederick County
James H. Sowers
Burwell
Sowers
John B. Earle
Matthew Rust
Sowers Company
White Post
Clarke County
John
Philip
William Carper
Smith
David
Thomas Grubbs
Levi Romine
Adam Lichliter
Peter Wolfe
Henry Turner
Abram Buckley
Senate Votes Expected on Civil Rights Amendment Today
Senate action shifts focus to a voting rights civil rights bill amendment by Anderson and Aiken. The move would narrow enforcement powers to cases involving denial of the right to vote, with the attorney general acting on his own initiative and violators facing contempt without a jury trial.
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Washington
Senate
Anderson
Aiken
Sen. Bricker
R-Ohio
Cuamper
Sen. Cooper
Anderson-Aiken
Knoxville
Tenn
John Kasper
Sen
Russell
Jury Unable To Agree On Dio Verdict
New York General Sessions Court reports an all male jury failed to reach a verdict in the racketeering case against Johnny Dio and two union officials after a night of deliberation. Judge Mullen ordered the jurors to rest then return at 11 a.m. with additional deliberations likely. The case involves conspiracy to extort $30 000 from two companies, amid ties to the Risel assault allegations.
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New York
Johnny Dio
General Sessions Court
John A. Mullen
Dio
Victor Risel
Risel
U. S. Senate
Mullen
Berryville Town Has No Mayor Says Attorney General Opinion
Attorney General Almond rules Berryville lacks a mayor and that the town charter dictates mayor selection by a special election. The council set August 6 for a tentative special meeting to discuss election plans as former Mayor Thomas Bishton has moved to Maryland and resigned then rescinded his resignation.
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Berryville
Virginia
J. O. Cain
Thomas W. Bishton
Grasonville
Bishton
Williams
Almond
Baltimore
Taylor Street
Maryland
Real Estate Discount for Winchester Days Promotion
Winchester buyers are offered ten percent discounts on homes on Montague Avenue Braddock Street and Henry Avenue during Winchester Days. The deal includes a liberal discount on the 55 Rambler with cellar now finishing on Montague Avenue. Homes promise full 2 x 6 rafters Johns Manville roofing and customizable kitchen fixtures. Plats and prices available at Buazella's Hat Shop.
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Montague Ave
Braddock St
Henry Ave
Winchester
Johns-Manville
Two Shenandoah Gas Officers Resign
Frank Stinnett manager and Allan Harman secretary treasurer of Shenandoah Gas Company resign. Stinnett has no definite plans, Harman will take a Kentucky position. R. A. Ransom of Washington says no replacements named yet. Co P. Simms sales manager runs local office. Yount Hyde handles accounts.
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Frank Stinnett
Allan Harman
Shenandoah Gas Company
Stinnett
Harman
Kentucky
R. A. Ransom
Washington
Weather Sees More Dry Spell With Little Rain Expected
The forecast calls for mostly fair and dry weather Thursday through Monday in Virginia with only minimal rainfall. Temperatures will run three to four degrees below normal, with a cool night in the 50s and a sunny, pleasant outlook for tomorrow. Rain totals near Winchester show .70 inches in the past day, July total at 0.98 inches and year-to-date 17.41 inches, while Middletown earned 1.1 inches, edging Winchester by over a quarter inch.
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Virginia
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Middletown
Winchester
Britain Delays Air Strikes Against Muscat Rebels
Britain postponed air strikes against rebel tribesmen in Muscat and Oman after an ultimatum expired. RAF leaflets warned dissidents as fighting spread from mountain villages. reports say rebels claimed Bahla and surrounded a British mountaintop HQ near Nizwa while Britain maintains support for Sultan Said bin Taymur.
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London
Britain
Persian Gulf
Muscat
Oman
Desert Domain
Sultan Said bin Taimur
Royal Air Force
Manama
Bahrein
Aden
Arabian Peninsula
Said bin Taymur
Sultanate
Imam Ghalebe Ben Ali
Saudi Arabia
Cairo
Bahla
Nizwa
Mt. el Fehoud
Selwyn Lloyd
House of Commons
RAF
Lloyd
Ten Hurt in Series of Nine Area Traffic Crashes
Ten persons were injured in a sequence of nine area traffic crashes yesterday and Monday night. Three of the injured remained hospitalized this morning, with a total property damage estimate of 1 965 dollars. One pedestrian, Ray DeHaven, 48, was hurt in a collision involving a Ford and a Chevrolet at Fairfax Lane and N Loudoun Street.
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Clarke County
Warren County
Ray DeHaven
Rt. 2
Fairfax Lane
N. Loudoun Street
Jack Shumaker
Forrest 8
Racey
Shanandoah College
Dayton
Katherine O. Dalton
Mr. DeHaven
DeHaven
Shenandoah River
U. S. Rt
Admission of Negro Pupils in North Carolina Cited
Richmond Attorney General Almond argued that North Carolina accepting 12 Negro pupils into all white schools proves the Dalton plan promotes integration. He warned such assignment schemes cannot preserve Virginia schools and would lead to widespread mixing of students and teachers.
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Richmond
Almond
North Carolina
Dalton
Ted Dalton
Virginia
Gray Commission
Charlotte
Winston Salem
Greensboro
Eisenhower
NAACP
Mixed Feeling In Clinton After Segregation Trial Ends
Bitter shock and cautious relief greet the conviction of six men and a woman who opposed desegregation at Clinton High School. The case centers on interference with a federal court order in the first Tennessee mixed-race high school.
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Clinton
Clinton, Tenn
Ku Klux
Ova D. Alston
Southland Cafe
Knoxville
Clinton High School
Tennessee
Supreme Court
Paul Turner
William Brakebill
Lawrence Brantley
Alonzo Bullock
Clyde Cook
W. H. Till
Mary Nell Currier
Joan Kasper
Robert L. Taylor
Kasper
Washington
Taylor
Foreign observers watch ninth AEC test blast at Nevada site
The Atomic Energy Commission detonated its ninth test at Yucca Flat near Nevada at 4 50 am. A 500 foot tower powered device equivalent to 10000 tons of TNT produced a blue indigo mushroom cloud. 18 scientists sheltered 4 4 miles away as 13 foreign civil defense observers and teams from England Canada France Germany Italy Turkey the Netherlands Sweden and Spain witnessed.
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Atomic ‘Test Site
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
News Nob
AEC
Yucca Flat
News Noir
England
Canada
France
Germany
Italy
Turkey
Netherlands
Sweden
Spain
Lansing woman's will specifies two burial sites
Miss Mary Ellen Blaich 92 a Lansing dog lover and former rooming house operator died Saturday Her will directs her ashes be divided and buried in two resting places including a dog cemetery
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Lansing
Mich
Mary Ellen Blaich
Kennedy couple expecting first child in fall
New Bedford Standard-Times quotes close friends stating Senator John F. Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy expect their first child in the fall. The report notes the couple's plans and public interest surrounding the anticipated birth.
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New Bedford, Mass
New Bedford Standard-Times
John F. Kennedy
Mass
Senators Uncover Unenlightened Provisions in Civil Rights Bill
News analyst James Marlow reports Southern Senators exposed unsavory language in the civil rights bill. The provisions, embedded in legal text, were used to gain an advantage in opposing the measure. The analysis appears on the editorial page.
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James Marlow
For Sale Yellow Freestone Peaches and More
L. O. Dick Estate in Clearbrook Virginia offers yellow freestone peaches plums and apples for sale. Call MO 2-5032 for details and orders.
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L. O. Dick
Clearbrook
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Roxanne & Catalina
Margaret L. Hodgson
Theresa Marie Avery
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Calif
Nesses
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Delbert
Braithwaite
Blue & Grey Electrical Service
Woodstock
Herbert Bryant, Inc
Maurertown
Dodge
Pine Motor CO
Ine
Town of
J. Lindsay Almond, Jr
Edward McC. Williams
Caroline
Cook
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Clyde, Jr
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