Unusable Equipment in Vietnam Sparks AID Probe
Senate subcommittee plans July hearings on unfulfilled repair contracts tied to a 400 million AID program in Asia and Europe. Joseph Lippman cites crates of unusable surplus cranes trucks and jeeps in Vietnam and elsewhere left unrepaired or inadequately serviced by contractors and inspectors.
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Washington
Vietnam
United States
Senate
Subcommittee On
Foreign Aid
Agency For International Development
Asia
Europe
Joseph Lippman
Subcommittee
Lippman
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Armed Services
Yokohama
Japan
Inchon
Korea
Okinawa
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Rota
Spain
Saigon
Lipmann
Witt
Thailand
Frankfurt
Germany
Wind Damage Reports Sweep Berkeley County
Wind damage disrupted Berkeley County after Saturday afternoon storms with roofs and trees reported damaged near Hedgesville and Scrabble. One shed roof blown off in Scrabble, Martinsburg saw little rain, airport recorded a quarter inch Sunday.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Berkeley County
Hedgesville
Smith to Study At Oak Ridge Nuclear Complex
Robert A. Smith, physics and general science teacher at James Wood High School, has been awarded an Academic Year Institute by the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies. He will study at the Oak Ridge Nuclear Complex and pursue graduate work at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, supported by a U S Atomic Energy Commission grant.
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Robert A. Smith
James Wood High School
Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Smith
Oak Ridge
University of Tenessee
Knoxville
Shenandoah Demos Nominate Candidates in Woodstock Meeting
Shenandoah County Democrats nominated candidates for all but two county offices at a mass meeting in Woodstock. Blair Zirkle and Edwin Milliken had not yet declared, while H Garnett Scott declined the commonwealth attorney nomination. Incumbents include Blair Zirkle, Elvin Walker, Jesse Funkhouser, Holmes Fowle, J Eldred Swartz, and Ed win Milliken.
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Shenandoah County
Woodstock
Commone Wealth
Madison
H. Garnett Scott
Democratic Party
Leo Snarr
Star
Commissioner of Revenue
Blair Zirkle
Joseph D. Hottle
Elvin Walker
Lee District
Holmes Fowle
Ashby
J. Eldred Swartz
Stonewall
Jesse Funkhouser
Johnston
Edwin W. Milliken
Davis
John H. Little, Jr
Zirkle
Milliken
Fowle
Swartz
Skull Fragment in Toms Brook Fire Analyzed
The burned home of James and Mrs. McDonald in Toms Brook yielded a human skull fragment under study in Richmond. Sheriff Cris man said examination by a Winchester pathologist and the state medical examiner will take days to confirm if the fragment belongs to James or Mrs. McDonald.
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James McDonald
Toms Brook
Richmond
Shenandoah
Phil Cristman
Winchester
Crisman
McDonald
Jupiter's Rapid Spin Flattens Its Poles
Jupiter completes a rotation in under ten hours, making it the fastest of the planets and creating a noticeable flattening at its poles.
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Jupiter
Shenandoah area students earn spring semester honors
Shenandoah College and Conservatory announces spring semester academic honors with multiple area freshmen sophomores and conservatory students making the Dean's List and achieving GPAs from 3.26 to 4.00. Notable high marks include Nancy Elizabeth Spraker 4.00 and John Duncan Homes 3.69.
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Shenandoah
Shenandoah College
Shenandoah Conservatory of Music
Conservatory
John Duncan Homes
Hyattsville, Md
Nancy Elizabeth Spraker
Salem
Alice E Litwin
Front Royal
Three Alexandria Men Rescued From Bay After Sloop Grounding
Coast Guard rescued Roger W. McAleer 45 John McAleer 56 and Christian Finne 48 after their 35 foot sloop Vignette ran aground in a Chesapeake Bay storm while racing to Newport. The boat sank near Fisherman Island Cape Charles after the mast was toppled and the crew abandoned to an inflatable liferaft.
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Norfolk
Alexandria
Coast Guard
Chesapeake Bay
Annapolis
Newport
R. I
Race
Fisherman’s Island
Cape Charles
Roger W. McAleer
John
Christian Finne
Roger McAleer
McAleers
Roger
John McAleer
Finne
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Ripon College
Ripon, Wis
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W.va
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James Wood
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Summit Point
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Fairfax
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Christine L. Ireland
Herndon
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Gale Ellen-Mann
McLean
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Meriden
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Ross Merryman
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