Flooding Danger Eases Across Three State Region
Flood risk declines as steady rain eases in northern Shenandoah Valley and areas to the north and west. Potomac crests reported in Cumberland and areas near Hagerstown with minor inundation and forecasts for crest levels well below major flood stage. Observers note ice jams breaking near Williamsport and Hancock while Riverton Bridge shows slowly rising water.
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Shenandoah Valley
Cumberland
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Scone
Potomac River
Potomac
Hagerstown
Williamsport
Hancock
Willson
Frederick County
Riverton Bridge
Shenandoah
Wet City Hall and toppled tree disrupt downtown area
City Hall faced heavy rain with water entering through a restroom window during the morning peak. Temperatures are forecast to fall five degrees below normal with possible precipitation Sunday. A large wind toppled a tree at Stewart and Cork Streets, crushing at least two parked cars.
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City Hall
Corporation Peg Ler
Usig
City
Stewart and
Cork. Sts
County Board Cuts Three Holidays For Students
Frederick County School Board moves to cancel three holidays due to winter snow losses. Easter and Apple Blossom Festival days are reduced to one Easter holiday and April dates are make up days. First grade registration set for April 18 with follow ups in August.
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Frederick County
Robert E. Ayler
James Wood Physical Education
Powell Faces Popularity Test As House Votes on Budget
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell confronts a sharp House setback as an Administration subcommittee slashes his Education and Labor Committee budget from 697000 to 200000 for 1963. criticism cites travel and expenses and a sponsor calls his investigative task force proposal patronage.
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Powell
Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
House
New York Democrat
Education and Labor Committee
House ‘Administration
Subcommittee
Phil Landrum
D-Gai
Landrum
Labor Committee
President Kennedy Sees Cuba Crisis and Tax Reform
President Kennedy expressed dissatisfaction with the pace of Soviet troop withdrawal from Cuba and dodged a direct answer on whether Bay of Pigs veterans were CIA or government agents. He rejected a naval blockade on Cuba, favored tax relief, and noted expectations for tax reform by Congress. Withdrawals reportedly slow, with 17,000 Soviet troops cited by McNamara and a mid March reduction promised.
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Kennedy
Cuba
U.S
Central Intelligence Agency
Congress
Robert S. McNamera
Carribbean
Floods blamed for seven deaths across four states
Floodwaters from swollen rivers and melting snow caused at least seven deaths in Ohio West Virginia Pennsylvania and Indiana with one drowning in Tennessee. Hundreds of roads were closed isolating towns while schools and plants closed. National Guard civil defense and Red Cross units aided victims as rains tapered off.
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Associated Press
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Kentucky
MacMinville
Tennessee
National Guard
Red Cross
Alabama
Georgia
Birmingham
Ala
Bessemer
Cave Springs
Insured Savings 44 Percent Dividend Rate
Winchester Savings and Loan advertises a 44 percent dividend rate on insured savings. Earn from the first of the month through the eleventh at 29 West Boscawen Street.
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Winchester Savings & Loan
West Boscawen Street
Patsy Cline Tops In Her Field In Early Career Story
Patsy Cline is described as tops in her field by Philip Whitney of WINC. The article traces her rise from a quiet youngster with a devout work ethic to a respected performer, noting key moments like her early gigs, radio appearances, the Grand Ole Opry, and her big break on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Show.
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Philip Whitney
WINC
Patsy Cline
Patsy
Hilda Hensley
Kansas City
Nashville
Hensley
Baltimore Civic
Gaunt’s
Bill Peer
Melody Boys
Moose Hall
Brunswick
Arthur Godfrey
Gene Autry
Johnny Cash
Don Gibson
Tennessee Ernie Ford
GOP Targets 5 Billion Budget Cut Over Three Years
Senate Republicans led by Everett Dirksen outline a three year plan to trim the federal budget with an initial five billion dollars saved. They will oppose a 60 million outdoor recreation bill and push a youth employment measure creating a conservation and community service corps with potential annual costs of 280 to 500 million.
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Washington
Congressional Republicans
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Senate
Kennedy
Youth Conservation Corps
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Service Station Attendant Shot and Robbed in Roanoke
A 57 year old Roanoke service station attendant Hiram N Brown of Buchanan was shot and robbed while on duty at about 5 20 am He was found by night officer Howard Peters and is in satisfactory condition with a hip wound Three Black men reportedly robbed him taking about 140 from the cash register and 15 from Brown A separate robbery occurred at a Henry County service station in Collinsville where Charles Allen Gilly was robbed of 50 to 75 and struck on the head by three men two who entered the station
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Roanoke
Henry County
Hiram N. Brown
Buchanan
Howard Peters
Brown
Peters
Charles Allen Gilly
Bassett
Collinsville
Gilly
Navy man charged in babysitter murder case
Norfolk police said aviation electronics technician Loren Neal Duffield admitted killing 14 year old Gwendolyn Padgett after she answered a babysitting ad. He led officers to the wooded site where her body lay near Virginia Beach and to a stolen car used in the abduction. He faces murder rape assault and grand larceny charges.
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Norfolk
Virginia Beach
Gwendolyn Constance Padgett
Loren Neal Duffield
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Charles D. Grant
Duffield
Gwendolyn
Grant
Wolfsware Road
Virginia Beach Boulevard
Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base
Local Singer Patsy Cline to be Buried in Winchester
Patsy Cline a 30 year old Winchester native and Grand Ole Opry star was killed in a light plane crash with Hawkshaw Hawkins Cowboy Copas and the pilot Randy Hughes. Burial is planned at Shenandoah Memorial Park near Winchester with funeral arrangements in progress.
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Patsy Cline
Winchester
Tennessee
Copas
Nashville
WLS
Star Today
Dyersburg
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National Park Service
U.S. Weather Bureau
Opequon
Opequon Creek
Rt. 761
Stephenson
Clarke County
Eee
Frederick County Junior High School
James Wood High School
Stonewall
Stonewall School
James Wood High
James Roosevelt
D-Calif
Administration
Banking and Currency Committee
Sam Gibbons
D-Fla
Puerto Rico
Gibbons
Caribbean
Jimmy Dean
The
Grand Ole Opry
Howard Johnson
George Washington Hotel
Wender
Navy
Tenn
Virginia Patterson Hensley
Charles Dick
Opry
Kansas
Cactus Jack
Benton County
Love Farr
Hawkshaw Hawkins
Civil Defense
Dean Brewer
Hughes
Bill Braese
Tennessee River
Farr
Denny’s
Polly
Lambden Ave
MACY
Hafer House, Inc
Pingley & Carper Cleaners
Swimley
Jen Mill
Woo
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