Winchester approves 2.33 million budget with stable real estate tax
City Council approves a 2,325,931 budget for the next year based on 1.80 per 100 real estate value and 2.25 on personal property. The vote was unanimous with no public comment. Officials note higher revenue from reassessment and steady license fees while discussing a pending Corps of Engineers dam report and planned bulk storage facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Finance Committee
Stewart Bell, Jr
Thepproval
Boyd McDonald
Geven
Corps of Engineers
Win
Claude B. Smalts
J. Kenneth Robinson
Potomac River Basin Committee
Public Safety Committee
W. H. Butler, Jr
Butler
Marvin Weaver
William A. Johnston, III
Southern States
Winchester Cooperative, Inc
W. Amherst St
Smalts
Nhe
Handley Class of 1938 Reunion Seeks Five Addresses
COOLER air moved into the area today with 65 degrees at midday and a low of 58 last night. Tonight may dip to 50 to 56 with tomorrow expected fair and slightly warmer. A year ago the high was 82 and the low 67. Handley class of 1938 reunion on June 22 is missing four members and asks for help locating Marie Mudd Arthur Osman Rita Milburn and Jay. contact Mrs Cecil Herbaugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley
Cecil Herbaugh
Marie Mudd
Arthur Osman
Rita Milburn
Jay
Merchants Attack Bank Saturday Closing Plan
Winchester Retail Merchants Assn through its board criticizes local banks for a summer Saturday closing schedule. Banks plan a three hour Friday evening open, omitting Saturday hours. RMA president C Evans Kline signs the resolution urging reconsideration and re opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Retail Merchants Assn
The
RMA
C. Evans Kline
C. G. Follansbee
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Commercial and Savings Bank
City seeks $50,000 damages in air service dispute
The City of Winchester asks the Corporation Court to dismiss Apple Capital Airways suit and to award $50,000 in damages, claiming breach of lease terms and improper operation of Winchester Airport. The city cites a Sept. 9 1959 lease and alleges Apple Capital failed to insure as required, prompting the lease termination and defense against the $50,000 claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Service
Winchester
Apple Capital Airways
Corporation Court
Larrick
Apple Capital
Frank Marshall
Warren Mullenax
Winchester Airport
Delay Vepco Hearing Struck Down in Virginia
The State Corporation Commission denied a motion to delay the June 24 hearing on Virginia Electric & Power Co.'s 500000 volt power loop. Opponents led by Balling R. Powell Jr. sought a stay to appeal to the State Supreme Court, but the commission called the delay move improper. The line would run from Mt. Storm West Virginia through northern Virginia to Elmont and back, facing strong opposition from Hunt Country landowners over landscape and property value concerns.
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Richmond
Virginia Electric & Power Co
State Corporation Commission
SCC
Northern
Virginia
Balling R. Powell Jr
Powell
State Supreme Court
Vepco
Corporation Commission
Mt. Storm
W. Va
Elmont
Charlottesville
Staunton
Hunt Country
N A S Estimates Show U S Apple Crops Down Across States
The 1963 U S apple crop is estimated at 115 445 000 bushels at Vergennes Virginia 8 7 million West Virginia 4 million Maryland 1 4 million Pennsylvania 7 4 million Washington 25 85 million Michigan 12 5 million New York 19 4 million with eastern seaboard totals and central states estimates listed. final 1962 crops ranged higher in several states.
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U. S
National Apple Institute
Vergennes
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Washington State
Michigan
New York State
New York
Seaboard
North Carolina
Maine
Ohio
Kennedy Urges Civil Rights Move on Desegregation
President urges Congress to pass civil rights laws and end discrimination. He proposes a broad program to desegregate public facilities and expand voting protections, arguing race has no place in American life. Kennedy urges peaceful, constructive change and calls on Congress to act this session.
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Congress
Kennedy
North
South
Alabama
George C. Wallace
University of Alabama
Viet Nam
West Berlin
America
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
First Black students begin classes at Alabama campus
Vivian Malone and James Hood entered the University of Alabama under federal guard as the campus welcomed its first Black students. A girl and boy attended classes with white peers amid a tranquil scene with marshals, a guardsman, and student guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alabama
Vivian Malone
James A. Hood
Jimmy
Comer Hall
Miss Malone
National
University
Hood
National Guard
Alabama
Dave McGlathery
Huntsville Center
Geo. C. Wallace
Henry Graham
George Wallace
Foster Auditorium
Wallace
The Star Announces Expansion Program
The Winchester Evening Star will spend 250000 on an expansion adding a four thousand square foot addition and a five unit Goss Urbanite offset press. The move raises page capacity from sixteen to forty and enables four color reproduction. Jack F. Davis becomes general manager and remains executive editor. the project aims to serve the Shenandoah Valley and should install by January with switchover by February or March.
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Winchester Evening Star
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Star
Jack F. Davis
The
Davis
Goss Urbanite
Kent and
Boscawen Streets
the Star
Byrd
Shenandoah Valley
Winchester
Associated Press
Baltimore
New York
West Virginia
Charleston
Danville Marches and Sit-Ins Intensify Desegregation Push
In Danville Virginia demonstrators plan more marches and sit-ins to desegregate the area. Leaders including Rev Lawrence Campbell promise broader action while police and state troopers monitor the city.
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Danville
Virginia
Lawrence Campbell
State Supreme Court
Richmond
Campbell
Reid
Martin Luther King
SCLC
Governor urges peaceful protests in Danville amid racial tension
Virginia Governor Al bertis S Harrison Jr urged Negro protesters to remain peaceful and lawful in Danville. He said large crowds must not hinder city government, and pledged adequate trooper support to maintain order. NAACP leader L Francis Griffin accused Danville police of brutality during demonstrations.
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James Forman
Atlanta
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
Forman
Virginia
Bible Way Church
Situa
Richmond
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Danville
Harrison
Virginia Naacp
L. Francis Griffin
Farmville
Danille City
Jackson ‘Miss
NAACP Posts $10,000 Reward for Evers Assassin
Medgar Evers, 37, Mississippi NAACP field secretary, was mortally wounded outside his Jackson home and died at University Medical Center. Police sought the killer as NAACP officials pledged a $10,000 reward. Witnesses described three fleeing men. the shot likely came from a distant vacant lot. The attack followed an integration rally and targeted a prominent civil rights leader.
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Jackson, Miss
Medgar W. Evers
South
Evers
Mississippi
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
University Medical Center
Jackson
W. B. Pierce
FBI
New York
Roy T. Wilkins
NAACP
Movement For Human Rights
Willie Mae Bishop
Merle Beasley Evers
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OberCown Crier
Merchants Rap Bank
J. Randolph Larrick
Court of Incorporation
N.A.S
U. of Ala
Miss
All Men’s Shoes
Lovett’s Shoe & Dress Shoppé
Pine Motor Co
MACY
N. Loudoun
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