Flag to Fly 24 Hours a Day at Memorial
President Kennedy ordered the flag flown around the clock at the Marine Corps Memorial, joining Arlington Unknown Soldier Torah, the Capitol, Ft. McHenry, and Key’s grave as permanent flag sites. The memorial recalls the Iwo Jima raising with photographer Joe Roensthal capturing the moment.
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Washington
Kennedy
U.S
Marine Corps Memorial
Arlington National Cemetery
Capitol
Ft. McHenry
Baltimore
Francis Scott Key
Key
Frederick
Marine Corps
Potomac River
Mt. Suribachi
Iwo Jima
Joe Roensthal
Associated Press
China and USSR Back Indonesia West New Guinea Claim
In Tokyo AP reports Communist China and the Soviet Union joined Indonesia in backing its claim to West New Guinea, called West Irian, after Sukarno's visit to the USSR. The Netherlands maintains the island’s natives decide their own future. The note adds context on Machu Picchu’s origins per Hiram Bingham.
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Tokyo
China
Soviet Union
Indonesia
Fai New Guinea
Sukarno
West New Guinea
West Irian
Netherlands
Stephens City Lions Auction Barbecue Nets $440
The Stephens City Lions Club reports a successful chicken barbecue and auction totaling 440 dollars with 250 from barbecue and 190 from the auction. Proceeds support sight conservation, the county dental clinic, and community projects.
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Stephens City Lions Club
Barton Speaker At Round Table
Lewis Barton will speak at the Winchester Civil War Round Table meeting Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Quarles School. He will discuss the numerous times Winchester changed hands during the Civil War. The program is open to the public.
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Barton
Lewis Barton
Winchester
Quarles School
Church Padlocked After Fight Among Parishioners
Daytona Beach police report two factions within the Greater Friendship Baptist Church clashed during Sunday services over choosing the pulpit. The church was padlocked indefinitely as officers separated the rival groups and restored order.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Gobet
Greater Friendship Baptist
Negroes Seek Integrated Seating at Parker Field
Seven African American plaintiffs filed suit in Hastings Court seeking desegregated seating at Parker Field, the Richmond Virginians home park. The action tests a Virginia public assembly segregation statute as a companion to a prior desegregation suit at the Mosque.
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Richmond
Richmond Virginians
Parker Field
Nny
Hastings Court
Virginia
Ex Envoy Urges Blockade Around Cuba
Former ambassador Hill says the United States should enclose Fidel Castro's Cuba with a blockade and, if necessary, use military force. He accuses State Department officials and The New York Times of aiding Castro and claims communist influence in Cuba.
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Washington
Dot
United States
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Hill
Costa Rica
el Salvador
Mexico
Congressional Liaison
Iron Curtain
State Department
Castro
New York Times
Times
Supermarket Owner Found Fatally Shot in Bluefeld
Brookshire 47 year old Sam C., owner of the B and P Supermarket, was found shot to death in his home yesterday. Police said the wound was personal safety related.
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Bluefeld
Sam. C
Brookshire
B and P
Murrow Warns On Fallacy Of Forms At Johns Hopkins
In a Johns Hopkins University commencement address Ed ward R. Murrow of the U.S. Information Agency warned against the fallacy of forms. He urged avoiding imposing American methods and stressed a world of many camps not a simple us versus them. He called for speed in adapting to change.
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Baltimore
Edward R. Murrow
U.S. Information Agency
Vicileet Caer Baba
Murrow
Johns Hopkins University
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Peru
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Oldsmobile, Inc
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Heart of Winchester
George Washington Hotel
Piccadilly
East Lane St
Paper Mill Road
Win
Chester and Western and
B&o Railroads
Snows Pictures
Sterling
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J. L. Todd Auction Co
William Fra
First
Dacron
Rayon Rug Runner
Winchester's
Patriot
Western Design
Ball Park
E. W. Armstrong
N. Cameron
Tates
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