DeGaulle Pushes New Algerian Peace Drive
Paris reports President De Gaulle launching a fresh effort to end the seven year Algerian war. The plan seeks rapid talks with rebels, redeploying divisions to Europe, including one division from Algeria, to help NATO and Berlin readiness.
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Paris
Foxage Gaulle
France
Algeria
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
de Gaulle
Presidential Elysee Palace
NATO
Evian-les-Bains
Algiers
Constantine
Bone
Oran
National Liberation Front
FLN
Apple Blossom Fest questions linger in Shenandoah Valley
Tourists and townspeople read a chalked door sign by Col. C. G. Follansbee at the Chamber office on a secretary’s day off. Inquiries flow about the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival with past and future dates and requests for photos, bazaar material, and general information from various states.
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Chamber of Commerce
Col. C. G. Follansbee
Shenandoah
Fetc
Binghampton
N. Y
Weba Tenn
Cloverdale
Cal
Miss Winchester Heads to Roanoke for Virginia Pageant
Barbara Ann Chaplin leaves Winchester with chaperones to compete in the Miss Virginia Pageant in Roanoke. Sponsored by the Winchester Jayceeettes, she will parade this evening, meet judges at a breakfast, attend a Roanoke Chamber reception, and participate in the Friday contest with crowning Saturday night.
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Winchester
Barbara Ann Chaplin
Roanoke
Virginia
Alson Smith
George Washington Crowser, Jr
Winchester Jayceeettes
Chaplin
Roanoke Chamber of Commerce
Woolen Mill Property Sold Amid Auction Bids
The Woolen Mill site at Piccadilly and East Lane sold for 168200 to a local group after bids surfaced from individuals including Leo Bernstine of Guardian Federal Savings and Loan. The sale included 13.38 acres with 20000 square feet of warehouse space and 4.07 acres of storage.
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Piccadilly
East Lane
Char
Les Pine
Lester Elliott
James’ ‘Byrd
Fiegee
Leo Bernstine
Guardian Federal Savings and Loan
Washington
Wayside Inn
Middletown
Texas Tower disaster blamed on buck-passing and design flaws
A Senate report harshly criticizes the Navy and the radar Texas Tower designers for the 1958 collapse off New Jersey that killed 28. It cites inadequate design criteria, Air Force blame, and a pattern of indecision, while noting charges against Col. Banks and planned court martial after July 17.
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Washington
Senate
Navy
Texas Tower
Air Force
New Jersey
William M. Banks
Banks
Boston Air Defense Center
Stewart Air Force Base
N.Y
John Stennis
D-Miss
Defense Preparedness Subcommittee
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Stennis
No. 4
Shakey
Atlantic
Winchester Exchange Club Reelects Officers for Six Months
The Winchester Exchange Club re elected all officers at the semi annual meeting at the George Washington Hotel. Stephen Rosen berger remains president with Ferman Perry as vice president Dick Rhodes secretary and Thomas Monahan treasurer. New board members include George Lake Richard Z Crisman with continuing members Sam Rhodes Wade Em Mertz and Douglas Cather. William Fauver reported on the Roanoke state convention. The club plans to discontinue its model air show and this year hold the Sunshine Special an afternoon of swimming and a picnic for about 100 boys aged 8 to 12. The treaty is set for Aug 17.
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Winchester Exchange Club
George Washington Hotel
Stephen Rosenberger
Ferman Perry
Dick Rhodes
Thomas Monahan
Board of Control
George Lake
Richard Z.crisman
Sam Rhodes
Wade Em Mertz
Douglas Cather
William Fauver
Roanoke
Kennedy Orders Probe Into Secret Soviet Nuclear Tests
President Kennedy directed the Science Advisory Committee to investigate whether Russia has secretly tested nuclear weapons and if such tests could go undetected. He affirmed a goal of a controlled, verifiable test ban while keeping the Geneva talks stalled on disarmament and pressuring Khrushchev to end intransigence.
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Washington
Kennedy
Russia
U.S
United States
Geneva
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Khrushchev Opens Berlin Talks with Warning on Military Buildup
Premier Khrushchev offered to negotiate on Berlin and Germany while warning the West against a military buildup. He said there will be no Berlin blockade but Western recognition of East Germany is demanded. He warned measures if NATO mobilizes and called for disarmament talks and a balance of power. He framed Laos as caused by U S interference and hailed the Zurich accord as a start.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Berlin
Germany
Kremlin
Soviet Union
West Germany
Khruschev
Southeast Asia
Zurich
United States
Laos
Staunton papers endorse Harrison ticket in Democratic primary
The Staunton Leader and Sunday Leader endorse Albertis S. Harrison Jr. for governor with Mills E. Godwin Jr. for lieutenant governor and Robert Y. Button for attorney general. They oppose A. E. S. Stephens, Armisstead L. Boothe, and T. Munford Boyd in the race.
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Staunton
Staunton Leader
Sunday Leader Today
Harrison
Afl-Cio
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Robert Y. Button
A. E. S. Stephens
Armistead L. Boothe
T. Munford Boyd
Michie Confirmed as U S Judge for Western Virginia
The Senate approved the nomination of Thomas J. Michie of Charlottesville to be U S judge for the Western District of Virginia. The vote was not recorded. Also approved was Thomas B. Mason of Lynchburg as U S attorney for Western Virginia.
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Washington
Thomas J. Michie
Charlottesville
U. S
Virginia
Senate
Kennedy
Thomas B. Mason
Lynchburg
Wreck Claims White Post Postmaster Joe Glasscock
White Post postmaster Joseph Glasscock 36 died of injuries after a 11:45 a.m. crash on Route 723. He was taken to Memorial Hospital where he died hours later. Glasscock, in a 1957 Studebaker wagon, skidded into a tree on the north side of the road. The crash was Clarke County’s third traffic fatality this year.
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Joseph Berry
Peter) Glasscock
Cere
Mr. Glasscock
Memorial Hospital
Clarke
Donald A. Sheetz
Glasscock
Studebaker
Washington
White Post
Etta Funk Glasscock
Clarence W. Glasscock
Helen Lloyd Glasscock
Sherry Wheeler
Walker Glasscock
House Leaders Lose Hope for School Aid Vote
In Washington the House leaders have nearly given up on bringing Kennedy's multi billion dollar education aid to a vote this session. A Democratic split on the Rules Committee over aid to parochial schools apparently dooms both the 2.5 billion public school bill and the 1.8 billion extension of the National Defense Education Act.
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Washington
House
Kennedy
Rules Committee
Kennedy affirms strong Western stance on Berlin crisis
President Kennedy press conference reiterates that Allied unity protects West Berlin from Soviet actions and calls the Berlin tensions Soviet engineered. He notes Western alliances are defensive and floats a peaceful push to curb nuclear testing while inviting Khrushchev to improve living standards through peaceful competition.
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Washington
Dent Kennedy
Russia
Berlin
Kennedy
Khrushchev
United States
Ussr
East Germany
West Berlin
Nazi Germany
Ken
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J. L. Todd
William H. Crawford
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Peter Poser
Yesterlay Stearuson Siler
Tas
Boyce
the Evening Star
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Denny's
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Margaret L. Hodgson
Bethel Lutheran Church
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