Kennedy urges $1 billion land purchase program for outdoors
President Kennedy proposed a broad conservation plan seeking up to 1 billion dollars to acquire recreational areas across the nation. He called for a land conservation fund, matching grants for states, and 50 million for urban open spaces, funded by user fees and other sources.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Administration
Highway Trust Fund
Treasury
Conservation Fund
Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission
White House
United States
Slasher-Murderer Hunt After Loudoun Farm Killing
J T Newcomb founder of American Boxwood Society slain at his Purcellville area farm. Housekeeper Ruth Boley critically injured. sheriff releases description of possible suspect and car. Newcomb's wife Edith and two daughters survive. medical examiner cites blunt force and throat stabbing.
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Leesburg
J. T. Churchill Newcomb
American Boxwood Society
Boyce
Purcellville
Ruth Boley
Loudoun County
Max Dwyer
Newcome
Winchester
Berryville-Boyce
Blandy
Arboretum
Roy P. Sampson
Newcomb
Seriff Bishop
Firm Will Pay In $2 Bills
Executives of Union Underwear Co plan to pay 450 employees Friday with $2 bills to mark the firm’s 30th anniversary in Frankfort Kentucky. Plant manager Joseph Medalie says the gesture shows how an industry benefits the local economy as the bills filter into stores.
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Frankfort, Ky
Joseph Medalie
Union Underwear Co
1955 Apple Blossom Program Sought for Arthur Godfrey Cover
Winchester area notice seeks a 1955 Apple Blossom Festival program featuring Arthur Godfrey on the cover. Call MO 2-1611 if available. Weather note warns of severe late winter conditions despite March entering like a lamb.
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Winchester Evening Star
Arthur Godfrey
Khrushchev renews call for 18 nation disarmament summit
Soviet Premier Khrushchev renewed his push for an 18 nation disarmament summit and said the four nuclear powers should hold separate talks within the framework of the broader meeting. He wrote to French President de Gaulle in response to a proposal to limit talks to the nuclear powers.
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Paris
Khrushchev
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Geneva
Rusk urges Soviet cooperate to lift disarmament talks
Secretary of State Dean Rusk asked the Soviet Union to join the United States in moving forthcoming disarmament negotiations from the East West propaganda war. He expressed hope the nuclear power would help curb the arms race and said the 18 nation meeting should begin March 14. He told Soviet and Red Chinese leaders that peace in South Vietnam could come overnight if Communists halt guerrilla warfare.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Soviet Union
United States
John F. Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
Rusk
Red China
South Viet Nam
Reds
Ribbon Cut Opening Shopping Center in Winchester Park and Shop
The Winchester Park and Shop center opened officially with a ribbon cut by Judy Sue Williams Miss Shenandoah Apple Blossom of 1961. Officials including Mayor Claude B Smalts Jr and Chamber leaders spoke as the new multi million dollar center at Weems Lane and Route 11 began operation shortly before 10 a.m. The opening featured remarks by J J Pickeral and others and a James Wood High School Band performance. The project claims a healthy business climate and potential for regional growth.
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Winchester Park and Shop
Winchester
Weems’ Lane
Rt. 11
Judy Sue Williams
Berryville
Shenandoah
J. J. Pickeral
Middletown State Bank
Boyd McDonald
Phillip H. Sagan
Winchester Park & Shop, Inc
Harry and
Sam Rosenfeld
Rosenfeld Realty Co
Washington, D. C
Frederick Construction Co
Frederick
Alfred L. Snapp
James Wood High School
Pickeral
Greater Winchester
Winchester Park and Shop Association
Claude B. Smalts, Jr
B. O. Brumback
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
E. R. Huntsberry, Jr
Winchester-Frederick County
Kennedy Reports From Global Trip Seeks US Outreach
Robert F. Kennedy returning from a round the world flight said the United States has goodwill potential that needs development. He cited student and intellectual reservations about US policies caused by misunderstandings and Communist rhetoric and urged more international exchanges to boost Voice of America.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
America
Kennedy
United States
Communist Party
Voice of America
Millions Cheer Glenn Motorcade Through New York
John Glenn traversed Manhattan in a jubilant motorcade after landing at LaGuardia. Astronauts Virgil Grissom and Alan Shepard joined him with families as crowds cheered and signs appeared. Vice President Johnson spoke briefly as Glenn waved from a convertible.
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Lindbergh
John
Annie
Glenn
Virgil I. Grissom
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Marine Corps
Lyndon B. Johnson
Manhattan
New York
Carolyn
David
Robert Gilruth
Earth
Richard C. Patterson Jr
Department of Public Events
Flight 1 Astrojet crashes off Long Island. 95 aboard dead
An American Airlines Boeing 707 Astrojet with 95 aboard crashed into a marsh off Jamaica Bay near Broad Channel after takeoff from Idlewild for Los Angeles. Police reported no survivors. 24 bodies recovered by noon. Passengers included W Alton Jones, board chairman of Cities Service Co. and Eisenhower associate. The flight, known as Flight No. 1, departed Idlewild at 10 07 a.m. Witnesses described a steep plunge after climbing to about 700 feet amid clear weather before the crash. Fire and smoke filled the marshy wreckage as Coast Guardsmen and Broad Channel volunteers hunted for remains. The tragedy coincided with planned welcome events for astronaut John Glenn Jr. in nearby New York.
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New York
John Glenn
America
Outer Space
Manhattan
Lower Broadway
Lindbergh
Byrd
Ederle
Bowling Green
LaGuardia
American Airlines
Idlewild
Long Island
Los Angeles
W. Alton Jones
Cities Service Co
Eisenhower
John H. Glenn Jr
Glenn
Broad Channel
Jamaica
Far Rockaway
Queens
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Albemarle County
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SEARS
Claude B
Robert Kennedy
N.Y
L.A
Mohawk Airlines
William Martin
Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department
Charles Town
Lee St
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corp
Winchester Savings & Loan
Leggett
Philip’s
Philip’s Specialty Shop
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