Senate Studies Test Ban Faces Joint Chiefs Push
Washington AP reports the Senate begins a formal study of the test ban pact with the Joint Chiefs of Staff expected to influence ratification. Undersecretary Harriman leads the push for approval of a treaty banning all nuclear tests except underground, amid questions on collateral pacts and Khrushchev proposals. General Wheeler hints possible reservations from the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Joint Chiefs of Staff
W. Averall Harriman
Joint Chiefs
Pentagon
Chiefs
Earle G. Wheeler
Army
de Gaulle
France
United States
Britain
Khrushchev
Youth Loses Hand in Mock Civil War Battle
Richard J. Lacher Jr. a 16 year old, lost his left hand and sustained severe powder burns while firing a cannon during a mock Civil War battle at West Point Ohio. The accident occurred as he shoved a ramrod down the barrel of a 16 pound brass cannon. The event drew over 10 000 spectators commemorating the 100th anniversary of Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan's capture.
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West Point
Ohio
Richard J. Lacher Jr
Lacher
John Hunt Morgan
Local Ophthalmologist Opens Office Amid Friendly Jokes
The Gown Crier faces light ribbing from old friends after a Star report misnamed his new Winchester ophthalmology office. A Muscular Dystrophy carnival at the Percy Shepherd home in Opequon drew a $114 total from hayrides pony rides games and an auction.
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Winchester
The
Star
Percy Shepherds
Opequon
Thurman Perry
Sears to close at noon Wednesday for inventory
A brief notice states Sears will shut down at noon on Wednesday for inventory. No other changes are noted and regular operations resume after inventory.
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Sears
Quake Survivors Flee From Typhus Threat
Premier Grlickov of the Zeecoholee Republic reports about 900 bodies recovered with 700 still buried after Friday’s earthquake in the Macedonian capital. Evacuation and demolition plans proceed as typhus fears loom and a new city site is chosen after studies. Rescue attempts continue alongside mass clearance and construction efforts.
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Skopje
Yugoslavia
Alexander Grlickov
Zeecoholee Republic
Grlickov
Seif
Hateeh
1963 64 Schedule Outlined for County Schools
Frederick County Schools will open for the 1963 64 term on September 3 and close June 5. The calendar lists holidays including September 28 workshop day November 1 principal teacher workshop November 28 29 Thanksgiving December 20 January 1 Christmas January 25 principal teacher workshop March 27 30 Easter and April 27 May 1 spring vacation and a 11 50 a m close.
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Frederick County
Purcellville
Storms Pelt Large Areas of Virginia
Storms drenched Virginia causing one death from a lightning strike on a boat in Hampton Roads. Norfolk coastal area logged nearly an inch of rain between 9 36 a m and 12 23 p m while Roanoke saw six tenths of an inch. Hail and high winds damaged roofs near Gretna and several homes in Roanoke caught fire. Flooding occurred in low lying areas as drought relief offered mixed results for agriculture including tobacco in the Old Belt.
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Virginia
Kecoughtan Veterans Hospital
Hampton
William E. Winters
Hampton Roads
Norfolk
Roanoke
Botetourt
Danville
Pittsylvania County
Prince Edward County
Gretna
Virginia Beach
Win Chesters Days Shopper Spree Sets Record Grand Prize Won
The Winchester Retail Merchants Assn reports its annual Winchester Days sale broke records with 400000 in gross downtown sales, 45 merchants distributing 200000 tickets. Grand prize a 1960s F-85 Oldsmobile was awarded to Raymond E Bennett of Stephenson, who was not present.
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Winchester Days
Winchester Retail Merchants. Assn
C. Evans Kline
Raymond E. Bennett
O'Sullivan Rubber Co
Stephenson
Bennett
Northern Virginia Power Co
Kline
Paul Strawderman
AMA
Moscow
Stalin
Kremlin
Five Bodies Found in Sea From Jet Disappearance
Indian air force sighted five bodies floating in the Arabian Sea near Madh Island as a United Arab Airlines jet with 62 aboard disappeared off Bombay. The crash occurred during monsoon rains nine miles off the coast. Debris and instruments were recovered. search resumed in heavy rain.
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Bombay
India
Arabian Sea
United Arab Airlines
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Madh Island
Bomay
Madh
Three Charged in West Virginia Cattle Rustling Case
Berkeley County deputies report three suspects including a 17 year old youth charged with grand larceny for taking four Black Angus calves from A. E. Belford near Mt. Pleasant Church and driving them to Winchester to sell at the Farmer's Livestock Exchange. Animals were recovered. Two suspects, Dale Richards and Keith Unger, face charges in cooperation with Frederick County Sheriff's Office.
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Jesse James
Berkeley County
Inwood
Winchester
Livestock Exchange
Belford
Frederick County
Two Americans Killed in North Korea Ambush Near Seoul
U N command said two U S soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division were killed and another wounded in a dawn ambush about 20 miles south of Seoul near Chungyang Dong. Creel said seven North Korean soldiers opened fire from multiple positions inside the DMZ. Names withheld. incident follows a prior helicopter incident unresolved by Pyongyang.
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K. C. Hwang
Seoul
U.N
George
Creel
U.N. Command
Reds
U.S. 1St Cavalry Division
Chungyang-Dong
Demilitarized Zone
Pastore Sees Possible Railroads Union Settlement
Senate Commerce Committee figure Sen John Pastore says talks between railroads and unions could settle the dispute through negotiations. He notes progress stalled after weekend sessions and highlights the fireman helper issue with job cuts cited between 32 500 and 5 500 as the sticking point.
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Washington
Senate Committee
John O. Pastore
D-R
Senate Commerce Committee
Kennedy
Pastore
W. Willard Wirtz
Senate
House
Interstate Commerce Commission
H. E. Gilbert
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Open Gates and Quiet Power in Moscow 1963
John M Hightower reports from Moscow where Kremlin gates are open to visitors signaling change since 1947. Crowds tour Lenin’s tomb and Red Square while autoworks and new shops multiply. Americans face high prices and slow service through Intourist managed travel.
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John M. Hightower
London
Moscow
Red Square
Lenin
Kremlin
Soviet Union
United States
Associated Press
Paris
Intourist
De Gaulle Calls for Disbanding Nuclear Club
Paris AP report says President Charles de Gaulle rejects signing the Moscow halt on atmospheric tests and nonaggression pacts. He says France will stop its program only if the US and USSR destroy stockpiles and missiles, and urges a global conference on disarmament this year.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
Hente
Sovie Union
United States
Britain
de Gaulle
Soviet Union
Weather limits heat with midweek cool front approach
The Virginia forecast shows no major relief from hot humid conditions until Wednesday when a cold front moving from the Great Lakes to the lower Mississippi Valley shifts eastward offshore. Temperatures stay in the 90s with showers and thundershowers today, then Wednesday brings cooler conditions and fewer showers.
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Virginia
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Old Dominion
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RMA
West Virginia
Fred
Jet
White Hall
Dale Richards
Martinsburg
Keith Unger
Union
Merce
H. W. Butler & Bro
Ana
Paul's TV & Radio
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