Vast traffic rise foreseen for Shenandoah Valley by 1975
At a Front Royal meeting with about 70 motel operators, J. P. Mills Jr. projected a valley traffic surge once Interstate 81 segments from Stephens City to the West Virginia line open. Officials noted Rt 11 parallels the corridor, with forecasts of up to 25 000 vehicles daily after completion and signs guiding travelers to services along new interchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Shenandoah Valley
J. P. Mills, Jr
Stephens City
Rt. 81
Winchester
Winchester By Pass
Rt. 11
West Virginia Line
Mills
Bureau of Public Roads
Rt. 66
Washington
Cedar Creek
A. K. Hunsberger
Ecopie
Hunaberg
Virginia
Inerstate
Red Cross aids anxious mother after Texas air base crash report
A terrified mother feared her son on a plane involved in a reported crash at a Texas air base. Air base officials confirmed within two hours that her son was not aboard, easing her worry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Cross
Texas
Elizabeth Taylor Improves After Severe Pneumonia Battle
London AP report says Elizabeth Taylor, 29, battling double pneumonia, is vastly improved and able to assist in her treatment. Husband Eddie Fisher and seven doctors monitor her at London Clinic as she remains under careful observation and still on the danger list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Elizabeth Taylor
Victor Ratner
Eddie Fisher
Miss Taylor
Fisher
Ribicoff Urges Fast Action on School Aid
Secretary of Welfare Abraham A. Ribicoff pressed Congress to speed Kennedy’s public school aid program. He cited about 2.3 billion dollars over three years for construction and teacher salaries, plus continued but reduced federal aid to districts affected by federal activity.
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Washington
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Congress
Kennedy
Ribicoff
Senate
Ribbon
Republic
Connecticut
Mentary
Time Limited For Agreement On A Test Ban
Washington reports that President Kennedy has limited time to push a Soviet test ban and resume U S weapon testing unless Moscow makes major concessions. Kennedy peers at Geneva talks in two weeks, with disarmament advisers and senators in a luncheon briefing to shape strategy.
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Washington
Con
Kennedy
Soviet Union
U. S
Geneva
House
John J. McCloy
Dean Rusk
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N. M
Senate
House Atomic Energy
Sale of Auto Tags Begins Here March 15
The 1961 license plates go on sale March 15 and will be white with black numerals similar to current plates. Winchester and Frederick County plates start with 445 101, and about 13 500 tags are sold during the March 15 to April 15 renewal period for cars and trucks. Registration cards must be filed and signed. unissued cards should be requested from the DMV in Richmond. insured cars pay $10 for tags, uninsured cars incur a $20 surcharge.
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E. T. Snider, Jr
DMV
S. Braddock St
Winchester
Frederick County
Snider
Division of Motor Vehicles
Richmond
Iowa Farm Boy Lost In Raging Snowstorm
A 4 year old boy, Jimmie Frank, disappeared in Winthrop Iowa as a severe snowstorm with winds to 50 mph swept Iowa Nebraska and Wisconsin. Search efforts were hindered by blocked roads and deep drifts as five to seventeen inches of snow fell across the region. Roads were hazardous and schools and travel were disrupted while tornadoes and heavy rain affected other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Iowa
Associated Press
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Jimmie Frank
Winthrop
Jimmie
Denison
North Platte
Sidney
Panhandle
Norfok
la Crosse
Green Bay
Milwaukee
Rockies
Wyoming
Colorado
Delta
Clarksdale
Miss
Texas
Alabama
Mississippi
Communist guards assault U S soldiers at Panmunjom meeting
In Panmunjom, two American soldiers were attacked outside a Korean Armistice Commission meeting room. Sp 4 Cleveland Campbell of Detroit was slapped, and Capt William C Lyons of Lubbock sustained a split lip after a North Korean guard struck him. The incident was described as unprovoked. Separately in Washington, Defense Secretary McNamara ordered Air Force control of military space development, transferring space programs from other services except in unusual circumstances.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Korean Armistice Commission
United Nations
Cleveland L. Campbell
Detroit
Mich
William C., Lyons
Lubbock
Tex
Washington
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Air Force
McNamara
Defense Department
Roswell Gilpatrick
Department of the Air Force
Kennedy Seemingly Sets Meriwether Nomination
President Kennedy appears assured of Senate approval for Charles M. Meriwether as Export-Import Bank director. The nomination survived a 66 to 18 vote to avoid pigeonholing and faces final action amid strong opposition and questions about his past associations with segregationists and possible FBI files.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Senate
Charles M. Meriwether
Meriwether
Alabama
John Patterson
Kenneth B. Keating
RN. Y
Banking Committee
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
First Polaris Sub Arrives In Scotland
The U S S Patrick Henry tied up at Holy Loch Scotland after a 66 day 22 hour submerged cruise setting a world record for a fully armed Polaris missile submarine The captain said extended submerged runs were possible The submarine arrived with its sister ship the George Washington which held the prior record Four young Britons attempted to stage an anti nuclear demonstration against the arrival Pub Continues on Page 2 Col 6
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Loch
Scotland
U. S S
Patrick Henry
U. S. Navy
Soviet Union
Harold E. Shear
Shear
Charleston
S. C
Proteus
Laurence Otter
London
800 Moroccan Soldiers Flown Home From Congo Crisis
U N Congo Command shifts stance as 800 Moroccan troops slated for Leopoldville transfer are redirected home to Morocco. Tunisian reinforcements arrive as Indian troops head in, while Congo demands control of flights, bases, and parades and recalls Dayal. UN force grows to about 20,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopoldville
Congo
U.N
Lepoldville
Matadi
Banana
Rajeshwar Dayal
United Nations
Dayal
Sean McKeown
Albert Delvaux
Jacques Massa
Delvaux
India
Tunisia
Confederate Battery Fire Hits Fort Sumter 100 Years Ago
One of the Confederate batteries at Charleston D C during artillery practice fired a shell at Fort Sumter. The incident was ignored by both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston, D. C
Fort Sumter
Come to Our Neighborhood Fish Fry and Auction
A neighborhood ad promotes Thursday fish fry at Howard Johnson's George Washington Hotel with all you can eat for $1.00. It also lists Denny's Commercial Auction tonight at 7:00 featuring furniture appliances and tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Johnson
George Washington Hotel
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Willis Fisk
Corate
The
Shenandoah Wal Motel Association
Eep
Kernstown
Hunsberger
Abingdon
Anna Marie Rosier
Boyce Parish Hall
Charles Lanham
Maj
Bob White
Har
Edwards Base
Temperature Inc
Bulletins
Ku Klux Klan
Patterson
Morse
Utopia Cleaning Co
Birmingham
Ala
U. S. Royal
B. F. Goodrich
Robert Shelton
Goodrich
Oregon
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
John Sparkman
Dela
Sparkman
Willis Eee
Robertson
H. W. Butler & Bro., Inc
Wyck St
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