Senate Votes to Continue Around-the-Clock Civil Rights Session
The Senate voted 55 to 6 to keep the marathon session on civil rights alive around the clock, with leaders from both parties backing no recesses this week. Morse’s adjournment motion failed as Democrats and Republicans pressed for a decision, while Hill continued the filibuster with lengthy remarks and a 450 page backlog.
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Washington
Senate
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Morse
Lister Hill
D-Ala
Hill
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Abea Morse
Spessard L. Holland
Dfla
Holland
Henry Jackson
Marathon
Lady Mechanic Question Sparks Town Crier Inquiry
A local reader asked who was seen under a car hood on Red Bud Road. another caller seeks guidance on feeding wild grosbeaks after a report of birds in a yard. Seven James Wood Key Club members raised funds to learn that Turner Ashby beat District 10 60 to 43 in the state Group II final in Richmond.
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Red Bud Road
James Wood Key Club
Williamsburg
Winchester
James Wood
Colonels
Turner Ashby
Richmond
Morrocan Quake Left Agadir in Ruins with 1000 Dead
Reports after two powerful earthquakes struck Agadir describe a city wrecked by fire and a tidal wave. Officials, including Crown Prince Moulay Hassan, say about 1,000 killed and equal numbers injured with thousands more hurt. Foreign aid from France Spain and the U.S. arrived as rescue teams worked amid destroyed buildings and burst water mains.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Agadir
Moulay Hassan
Mohamed V
Casbah
U.S
Canary Islands
U. S. 6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Casablanca Observatory
City Schools Closed Thursday and Friday
Winchester Public Schools will close Thursday and Friday for spring vacation and reopen Monday. The next city holiday is April 15.
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Winchester Public
Maids of Honor Named for 1960 Apple Blossom Queen
Miss Sirbaugh and Miss Dick named Maids of Honor to Queen Shenandoah XXXII for the April 28 29 30 festival. Both Winchester natives graduates of Handley High School and college students one at Hollins College Va the other at Marquette University Wis.
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Ann Dickinson Sirbaugh
Susan Ford Dick
Pembroke T. Grove
Department of the Queen
Winchester
Handley High School
Virginia
Wisconsin
Sirbaugh
Leonard B. Sirbaugh
Courtfield Ave
Hollins College
Miss Dick
Charilles H. Dick
Selma
Amherst St
Mariquette University
Milwaukee
Wis
Marymount Junior College
Arlington
Beer Tax Boost Approved by House Unit in Virginia
The Virginia House Finance Committee approved a half cent per bottle beer tax to raise about 3.75 million dollars over 1960 to 1962. The move followed a subcommittee recommendation to halve the original penny a bottle increase.
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Richmond
House Finance Committee
del. Toy Savage
Norfolk
House
del. Kossen Gregory
Roanoke
Del
March Weather Turns Colder with Possible Snow
A cold wave grips the area with forecasts of lower temperatures tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures fell to 17 degrees at the Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory, with lows expected from five to 16 degrees and snow possible in southwestern Virginia by late tomorrow.
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Winchester
Virginia
Chessman Willing to Die If Death Penalty Repealed
California convict Daryl Chessman offered to die in the gas chamber if the Legislature abolishes the death penalty for all, delivering a 7000 word appeal to Governor Edmund Brown. Brown had granted a 60 day reprieve to avoid execution, while lawmakers reconvened amid strong opposition to repeal.
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Chessman
Sacramento
Calif
Daryl Chessman
California
Edmund G. Brown
Capitol
Brown
Egg Assemblyman
Eisenhower pledges U S to honor treaty duties in S A
President Eisenhower told the Chilean Congress the United States will fulfill treaty obligations with strength and promptness if any American nation is attacked. He urged cooperation to reduce armament costs and warned that enforcement procedures will be hard. He affirmed nonintervention while promoting democracy in the hemisphere.
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Santiago
Chile
Eisenhower
United States
Jorge Alessandri
Congress
Hemisphere
Authorities Probe Break Ins Involving Cash and Goods
State Police investigate three area business break ins with about 355 dollars cash and a haul of wine beer cigars and cigarettes. A separate theft from Middletown Sunoco Station nets 155.10 dollars. Oak Grove Restaurant on Rt 11 north of Clear Brook and Metropolitan Restaurant on E Piccadilly St report similar overnight entries with liquor and cash stolen.
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Middletown
Sunoco
C. D. Taylor
Frederick County
Paul Dicks
Winchester
Metropolitan Restauran
E. Piccadilly St
Lie Detector Test Proves Inconclusive in Slayings Case
The latest suspect in the Carroll V. Jackson family murders went back to jail after a Culpeper lie detector test proved inconclusive. The 21 year old Fredericksburg sawmill worker neither implicated nor exonerated, amid intense questioning in the abduction and killing of the Jacksons on January 11 last year. Police reported the test results require extensive view but offered no specifics. No charges were filed against him in connection with the case. He lived in Spotsylvania County near the abduction site and worked in Fairfax County for the past year.
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Carroll V. Jackson
Culpeper
Fredericksburg
Jackson
Spotsylvania County
Jacksons
Fairfax County
Washington Flower Show Tickets at Smalt’s Florist
Tickets for the Washington Flower Show are available at Smalt’s Florist with a 50 cent saving. Offer valid Wednesday and Thursday only.
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Washington
Leap Year Babies Reported Across Winchester Hospital
Three leap year babies were born at Winchester Memorial Hospital yesterday two fewer than four years ago. The trio includes Leslie Loyd Ambrose daughter of Loyd Ambrose Paper Mill residents. an unnamed boy. and Berton Lane Johnson son of Route 2 residents.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Leslie Loyd Ambrose
Loyd Ambrose
Braithwaite
S. Braddock St
Berton Lane Johnson
Pineapple Half at Howard Johnsons Hotel Ad
Grov e Furniture Co advertises a 77 piece 3 room furniture group for 379 dollars with a 4 50 weekly payment plan. LaFollette’s Radiator Shop on Dodge Ave states it will continue operations as in the past. Nickies offers specials for permanents Tuesdays and Wednesdays through March with contact MO 23 5400.
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Grove Furniture CO
LaFollette
Dodge Ave
Nickies
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Handley
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Johnson
Marc Phillips
Miller St
Ras
Ann Sirbaugh
Miss Susan Dick
Miss Sirbaugh
Ike
Howard Johnson's
George Washington Hotel
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