Near Record Snowfall Across Valley Area Amid Heavy February
Un usually heavy snowfall in February pushed Valley area totals toward a record. February measurements ranged from 20 to 32 inches with three month totals from 39.5 to 64 inches. Maddison College logged 29 inches in February and 50.5 inches for three months, setting 23 year records for both month and winter. The Dale Enterprise station recorded 20 inches in February, its second heaviest February in 84 years. February also produced the station's record 42 inches for a month.
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Harrisonburg
Maddison College
Dale Enterprise Station
Junior Miss Warren County Pageant Tonight at E Morrison
Forty nine contestants compete for the Junior Miss Warren County title at E Wilson Morrison Elementary School starting at 8 p m. The Faycettes sponsor the event with prizes including 25 dollars, a color portrait, a trophy and a tiara. The reigning Junior Miss will crown the winner.
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Warren County
E. Wilson Morrison
Faycettes
Students attend mock U.N. General Assembly in New York
A group of Virginia students participate in a national model United Nations in New York. College and university delegates meet with U.N. General Assembly members for sessions on international cooperation and policy ideas.
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Lexington
Nrea Seginia Oe Model United
See Assembly
New York
U.N. General Assembly
U.N
City Wins Water and Sewer Rights in Martinsburg
Martinsburg gains authorization from the West Virginia Public Service Commission to extend water and sanitary sewer service to 112 Kent Washington of West Virginia Inc apartments on N Queen Street, extending into the city limits. Opequon Public Service District claimed the city invaded its rural customer area.
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Kent Washington of
West Virginia, Inc
N. Queen St
West Virginia Public Service Commission
Opequon
Star Brightness and Magnitude in Astronomy
The magnitude of a star measures its brightness with higher numbers indicating fainter light. This system classifies stars by apparent brightness as seen from Earth.
British sex problems studied by medical group
A British Medical Association committee says many girls view sex as a reward for dates and some enjoy making advances to men. The report notes a general moral decline and cites concerns from doctors and social workers in Britain.
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London
British Medical Association
British troops to withdraw from Kenya by year end
Commonwealth Secretary Duncan Sandys announced in Nairobi that British forces will pull out of Kenya before year end. He said Kenya agreed to allow joint training with Kenyan troops during the transition as East Africa colonies move forward.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Duncan Sandys
Sandys
East Africa
Moro wins backing for alliance pledge by Italy's deputies
The center left Italian government of Premier Aldo Moro secured approval from the Chamber of Deputies on its policy to uphold the North Atlantic Alliance. A second item notes a shed burned in Christchurch New Zealand with damage details not fully readable.
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Aldo Moro
Chamber of Deputies
North Atlantic Alliance
Quadruplet Girls Born in Poggi Bonsi Italy
In PoggiBonsi near Siena, Mirella Mugnaini de Guer rcini, a 33 year old car painter’s wife, delivered girl quadruplets. Doctors reported mother and babies in good condition. babies weighed 4 pounds.
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Poggibonsi
Italy
Mirella Mugnaini de Guerrcini
Siena
City GOP District Committee Set for March 12 Meeting
Winston B. Wine, Seventh Valley District Republican chairman, announced the next district committee session will be on March 12 at Luray. The 6 p.m. dinner meeting at the Mimslyn Hotel precedes plans for the April district convention.
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Winston B. Wine
Seventh Valley
Luray
Mimslyn
Winchester Republicans to nominate mayor and council candidates
The Winchester Republican City Committee will meet on April 2 to nominate candidates for mayor and city council. E R Huntsberry Jr stated the event will also elect delegates to the Seven District Convention in Waynesboro on April 11 and to the Virginia State Republican Convention in Richmond. He added that June 13 will elect the City Committee and chair for two years. He declined to name prospective nominees, noting only that several have been proposed.
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Winchester
GOP
E. R. Huntsberry, Jr
Waynesboro
Richmond
Huntsberry
County Firemen Responded to Three Calls
Shawnee Fire Co. answered two calls at the Earl farm on Bufflick Road in Winchester for chimney fires with no serious damage. Clearbrook Fire Co. was sent to the O Rear place on Martinsburg Pike near Clear Brook for another chimney fire with no damage reported.
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Earl Farm
Bufflick
Winchester
Clearbrook Fire Co
Clearbrook
Martinsburg Pike
United States Employs 42 000 in Canal Zone
The United States acts as employer landlord doctor butcher baker and laundryman to 42 000 residents of the Canal Zone in Panama.
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United States
Canal Zone
Panama
Solons Grant Cautious Support for $10,000 Congress Raise
Washington AP reports lawmakers show little fuss over a $10,000 pay rise for members of Congress as part of a $545 million federal workers package. The measure clears the Rules Committee and moves to the floor amid GOP silence, with supporters hoping the vote won t damage them in an election year.
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Solons
Washington
Congress
House
Al‘ready
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