GOP Seeks Six Day Sessions Before GOP Convention
President Johnson urged Congress to work six days a week through adjournment and act on about 30 proposals before the Republican convention set for July in San Francisco. GOP leaders criticized the plan as unfair and a bid to influence the convention as the House and Senate face civil rights and antipoverty priorities.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
United States
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
GOP
San Francisco
Atlantic City
Moonwatchers Eye Venus Eclipse Tonight
Moonwatchers in Mount Desert Maine expect a vivid red glow during the first of two total lunar eclipses this year. Cadillac Mountain offers a premier view as the eclipse begins at 5 48 p m EST with totality from 7 16 to 8 57 p m and penumbra ends at 11 14 p m.
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Mount Desert
Maine
Cadillac Mountain
Weather warms. cooler end of week in Winchester valley
forecaster says cool trend arrives Friday with highs in the 80s and nights in the 58 to 64 range. The exchange club gathering in Williamsburg this weekend includes two former state association presidents, William E. Fauver and Lawrence T. Fauver, who will attend with their wives along with other locals.
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Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
Exchange Club
Williamsburg
State Association
William E. Fauver
Lawrence T. Fauver
Lodge’s Return Could Give GOP a Goldwater Challenge
Henry Cabot Lodge announced from Saigon that he would quit as ambassador and return home to help Gov. Scranton win the GOP nomination. He said his move was his duty to aid Scranton and that there are no hidden meanings to his decision.
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Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge
South
Viet Nam
Barry Goldwater
Ee ‘Lodge
Saigon
Gov. Scranton
United States
Lodge
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Goldwater
Scranton
Ambassador Lodge
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Oregon
GOP
J Party
County Names First Full Time Dog Warden
Frederick County approves Henry S. Bursey as the county dog warden for five years full-time residing near Round Hill. Bursey, 48, a Frederick County native, has history with A P Stores and Southern Bakeries and now oversees strays dog licenses and livestock claims about dog-caused damage. He plans to return to the United States soon.
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Frederick County
Una Derton
Winchester
A & P Stores
Southern Bakeries
Bursey
Frederick and Clarke Apple Crops Forecast Area totals 4.4 million
Frederick County fruit growers forecast 2,850,000 bushels and Clarke 1,550,000 bushels. Virginia crop prospects are generally good but vary by varieties and locations. State expectations exceed last year, when yields ranged from 8.5 to 8.7 million bushels.
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Frederick County
Clarke
Kennedy Declines New York Senate Bid Moves On
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy says he will not seek the Democratic U S Senate nomination in New York and departs for Germany on a sentimental mission. He leaves open any invitation from President Johnson to be his running mate, ending weeks of speculation. The decision centers on civil rights considerations and political strategy.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Germany
New York
Kennedy
Johnson
Empire State
Kenneth B. Keating
Justice Department
United States
Postal Clerks Convention Opens In George Washington Hotel
The 43rd annual convention of the Virginia Federation of Postal Clerks begins with registration and an executive board meeting at the George Washington Hotel. About 250 delegates are expected. Friday sessions include prayers, welcomes, and speeches from officials and auxiliaries.
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Virginia Federation of Postal Clerks
George Washington Hotel
Jack Fretwell
Richard Wolfe
Winchester
George Jackson
Wolfe
E.C. Jackson
Wilbur R. Johnston
Claude B. Smalls, Jr
Joe Haines
Margaret Bryan
Danville
Helen Weldon
Ohio
John McClel
FTC Approves Cigarette Labeling Rule Plan
The Federal Trade Commission chair announces a rule on cigarette advertising and labeling to inform the public of smoking health hazards. The draft, over 150 pages, is in printing and to be published soon amid tobacco industry opposition and questions from health officials about authority.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Paul Rand Dixon
Dixon
House Commerce Committee
FTC
Public Health ‘Service
Luther
L. Terry
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Unified Command Seen Under Taylor
Gen Maxwell D Taylor named to Saigon post to unify U S civilian and military efforts in South Viet Nam He will lead as ambassador with Westmoreland as military commander and Johnson as political deputy Wheeler becomes Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Morse opposes and vows to oppose confirmation in hearings and on the Senate floor
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Washington
Maxwell D. Taylor
South Viet Nam
U.S
Saigon
Johnson
Henry Cabot Lodge
Taylor
Lodge
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Scranton
Capitol Hill
Senate
William C. Westmoreland
U. Alexis Johnson
Westmoreland
Army
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Earle G. Wheeler
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Morse
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Civil Rights Workers Arrested in Mississippi
Two young civil rights workers Ronald Ridenour and Howard Kirchenbaum were arrested in Moss Point Mississippi on vagrancy and investigation charges. They were part of a group canvassing homes in the Negro settlement near Jackson Park and were pursued before capture.
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Moss Point
Miss
Jackson County
Herbert W. Alford
Alford
Ronald Ridenour
Venice
Calif
Howeard Kirchenbaum
Long Beach
L.L
New York
Gulf Coast
Jackson Park
Kirchenbaum
Ridenour
Drowned boy identified after Abrams Creek tragedy near Rt 81
Harold Glenn Cornwell Jr., 14, of Shawnee Drive, drowned while wading in 4 feet of Abrams Creek near a new Rt 81 bridge behind Shenandoah College. He and companions were near Rt 50 and reported by rescuers at about 2:30 p.m. He was fully dressed and apparently diving to recover lost glasses. Burial set at Shenandoah Memorial Park with funeral at Valley Avenue Church of Christ.
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Shawnee Drive
Abrams Creek
U.S. Rt. 81
Frank Greene
Harold Glenn Cornwell, Jr
Rt. 3
Cornwell
Greene
Rt. 81
Rt. 50
Harold G
Ruby Shifflett Cornwell
Pioneer
Shawnee Presbyterian Chapel
Robinson Memorial School
Warren R
Robert L. Cornwell
Robert Shifflett
Paper Mill Rd
Clark Cromwell
White Post
Rueben Clark
Valley Avenue Church of Christ
Nathan Williamson
G. Raymond Womeldorf
Harold C. Campbell
Larry W. Carper
James R. Journell
David L. Brown
Eugene B. Smith
Donald B. Johnson
Shenandoah Memorial Park
Jones Funeral Home
Dulles to lead Mississippi civil rights workers probe
Allen Dulles, former CIA chief, to coordinate the federal state investigation into the disappearance of three civil rights workers Andy Goodman Michael Schwerner and James Cheney in Neshoba County Mississippi. The charred station wagon was found near Owl Creek. FBI and highway patrol widen house to house and gully searches. President Johnson ordered Dulles to Mississippi.
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Philadelphia
Miss
Mississippi
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
White House
FBI
Neshoba County
Neshoba
Mississipepi
Andy Goodman
Michael Schwerner
New York City
James Cheney
Meridian
Cheeney
Johnson
Dulles
Paul B. Johnson
Highway Patrol
State 21
Owl Creek
Schwerner
Cheney
Goodman
Weather Outlook for Virginia: Cool Air Reaches West
A cool air mass moves toward western Virginia with lighter humidity expected by early evening across the state. Forecasters anticipate a more comfortable, less humid day as the front advances.
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Richmond
Virginia
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Henry S. Bursey
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Senseny Park
Allen Dulles
Oxford
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