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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1961
Page
1
Winchester officials adopted a 2,082,063 dollar city budget for the coming fiscal year and approved a 15 cent real estate tax increase to 1.65 per 100 of assessed value, the first hike since 1955. The vote was unanimous among those present with one member away.
Today is Flag Day observed nationwide with rain on the way. More showers are forecast for tomorrow and Sunday or Monday. Relief noted as heat eases over the next five days.
City Council discussed a proposed ordinance to curb dogs running at large. Mayor Claude B Smalts Jr said the measure would be published before council action following a question from Councilman J Douglas Butler.
Gerald L. Goodman a local insurance man was appointed to the City Council to fill the unexpired term of Eugene C. Babb who resigned after moving from the second to the first ward. The appointment follows a recommendation by A Cobl. Goodman lives at 516 Dunlap St and will serve until September 1962.
Rep Chet Holifield says the United States should ready itself to resume underground nuclear testing while continuing talks with the Soviet Union. He cites Moscow’s hard line on a test ban and urges swift seismic detection development and full disclosure to the Soviets.
In Geneva a clash of East West views at the 14 nation Laos conference showed signs of easing as near term bargaining on rival peace plans appeared likely. Western spokesmen signaled readiness to divide talks into work groups while the Soviets urged formal bargaining sessions despite Western distrust of such forums. The fighting continued in Laos as delegates debated while the Western group walked out earlier. Britain and the Soviet Union urged cease fire observers.
In a five state pursuit, York declares they hope to be executed to end life on the outside. Caught in Utah, they are jailed and headed back to face further proceedings.
Sen. Mike Mansfield proposes creating an internationally protected free city of Berlin to avert a new East West nuclear clash. He argues a third option could unite East and West Berlin, urging peace and urging the United States to defend Berlin’s freedom while cautioning against further confrontation.
An OAS four member mission from Panama Colombia the United States and Uruguay will return to Washington Thursday after five days in Ciudad Trujillo. They plan a swift follow up if needed and expect a favorable view on readmitting the Dominican Republic to the Americas. The group interviewed officials and prisoners reviewed 14 suspects in Trujillo s assassination and found the government house orderly after 31 years of dictatorship.
100 years ago today a report notes Nathan Bedford Forrest listed as a private in a company of Mounted Rifles Confederate States Army.
Donald Price is now barbering at Victory Barber Shop located at 128 N Loudoun and J. He was formerly employed at Geo Washington Hotel Shop.
Bethel Lutheran Church in Albin hosts a By-Ladies Aid yard party on July 1 at 4 p.m. EST featuring blouses and sweaters for sale. Proceeds support church activities and community outreach.
Fourteen riders split into two groups of seven to continue the bus protest against segregation from Wilmington North Carolina toward Charleston South Carolina and Jacksonville Florida. A second group of rabbis ministers and negro riders stayed overnight in Raleigh North Carolina before heading to Tallahassee Florida. Authorities in Florida and Jacksonville faced legal action over access to a municipal pool while test cases aim to prove Negroes can use interstate facilities.
A four man American team seeking to swap 500 tractors for 1,214 Cuban prisoners met Fidel Castro after landing in Havana. The group led by Roy Bainer of UC and including Purdue and Michigan State engineers discussed terms with Castro and Cuban officials at Eastern Havana Naval Compound. Citizens waited for news as talks continued with the Agrarian Reform Institute and prisoner's relatives.
U S negotiators said they will depart Havana Thursday regardless of a tractors for prisoners deal with Prime Minister Fidel Castro. The four man American team waited in a Havana hotel for another meeting with Cuban officials and possibly Castro himself.
Negotiators met President Dorticos and Agrarian Reform Institute officials in Havana on Tuesday with talks stressing a swap of prisoners for farm tractors. Dorticos named three prisoners not to be exchanged for tractors and listed other prisoners and political figures as potential swap counterparts. American negotiators said they were not authorized to trade those individuals.
Indefinite pause in French Algerian peace talks at Evian sparks warning of fresh bloodshed in Algeria. French and rebel delegations remain split over cease fire and Sahara oil issues as no resumption date is set. Rebel spokesman Redha Malek notes failure to agree on eight day limit or further talks. Louis Joxe cites essential disputes including future of Eu minority and Sahara.
In Santiago a Communist mob attacked the U S Information Agency office as Adlai Stevenson met officials on Latin American living standards. About 30 demonstrators paraded and shouted Go home Stevenson while one protester was arrested.
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