SEATO Narrowly Urges Laos Defense Support
SEATO opened a three day meeting in Bangkok with a firm line to keep Laos from Communist control. Thai general Surajit Charusreni chaired the talks stressing continued military action to resist recent developments in the region as open ministers gather to discuss strategy with Dean Rusk en route.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Kermedy
Laos
Surajit Charusreni
Defense Alliance
Lan
Adm
Harry D. Felt
U.S
Dean Rusk
Britain
France
Australia
New Zealand
Pakistan
Philippines
Good Friday Union Service Planned at Braddock Street
The Winchester Ministerial Association announces a Good Friday Union Service at Braddock Street Methodist Church from 12:00 to 3:00 pm. Rev. Jacob Mast presides with ministers delivering six Words of Christ from the Cross, plus organ music by Mrs. Gilbert Tillotson. The public may attend any portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Ministerial Association
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Jacob Mast
Mark Andes
First Congregational Christian Church
John Kinzie
Calvary Baptist Church
Melford Walker
Winchester mailman escorts by a large Boxer during snow
A Winchester mailman was seen on his route with a large Boxer, possibly carrying the dog for protection against ankle nips. The scene followed by Reverend C L Beard offering an umbrella to a gas station attendant Benny Koon during snowfall. Also an ad notes damaged mattresses and box springs for sale by Grove Furniture Co.
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Winchester
C. L. Beard
Benny Koon
Grove Furniture CO
S. Loudoun
Shenandoah Valley Rally to Feature Manassas Chief Wilshin
Francis F Wilshin Manassas National Battlefield Park superintendent will headline the Shenandoah Valley Area Apple Blossom Civil War Centennial Rally set for March 28 The event precedes Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival week April 21 30 and draws hundreds from across the valley and area Shenandoah Valley Inc plans a quarterly board meeting in Winchester with members from 15 counties noted in the press release
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Francis F. Wilshin
Manassas National Battlefield Park
Shenandoah Valley
Shenandoah
Shenandoah Val
Ley
Wilshin
Norfolk
College of William and Mary
Columbia University
National Park Service
W. Va
Botetourt
Clarke, Frederick, Highland
Jefferson
Page
Roanoke
Rockbridge
Rockingham
Warren
Horticultural Group Urges Moore to Run for Re‑election
The Virginia State Horticultural Society board unanimously urges E. Blackburn Moore to seek re-election to the House of Delegates. Ben R. Lacy II, president of the fruit growers association, says Moore has been a tower of strength in the General Assembly for sound government. Moore represents Winchester Frederick and Clarke and has served in the legislature since 1933 and as Speaker since 1950.
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Virginia State Horticultural Society
E. Blackburn Moore
Virginia House of Delegates
Ben R. Lacy
Fruit Growers Association
Lacy
Moore
Virginia General Assembly
Winchester
Frederick and
Clarke
House of Delegates
Church Supper Saturday at Capon Bridge Church
Capon Bridge Christian Church invites Friday March 25 supper with fried chicken or baked ham option. Proceeds support church activities. Dinner served in the church hall with a fellowship after the meal.
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Capon Bridge
Seven Inch Snow Records Fall in Frederick County
Still another seven inches of snow pushed the season total to 70 inches since December 1 as winter pressed on. Frederick County roads were hazardous with tractors and trailers struggling on main routes while Clarke County saw lighter totals. Schools operated on regular or delayed schedules and forecasts call for continued cool conditions through Monday with no more snow expected soon.
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Highway Department
Frederick County
Rt. 522
Rt. 50
Winchester
Clarke County
Frederick
Berryville
Clarke
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Mondy
Five Convicted of Stealing Royal Navy Secrets
Five defendants including an American couple were convicted at the Old Bailey for stealing royal navy secrets for the Soviet Union. Sentences ranged from 15 to 25 years for Gordon Lonsdale Peter Kroger Morris Cohen Helen Kroger Lorna Petra Ethel Gee.
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London
Soviet Union
Old Bailey Court
Hubert Lister Parker
Gordon A. Lonsdale
Scotland Yard
Peter J. Kroger
FBI
Morris Cohen
New York
Helen
Lorna Petra
Massa
Charlottesville Man Held in Bank Holdup
A Charlottesville man, Robert B. Lawson, 38, was arrested east of Waynesboro on a charge of robbing the Bank of New Hope in Shenandoah Valley yesterday. Police said he aided two women employees into a vault and escaped with about $23,645. One employee identified him. investigators will say if any money or accomplices remain hidden.
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New Hope
Charlottesville
Bank of
New
Robert B. Lawson
Vine St
Waynesboro
New Hope Bank
Shenandoah Valley
M. W. Shull
Lawson
Adlai's Warning of Cold War Clash at U N Congo Debate
In New York Adlai E Stevenson branded Soviet attacks on Hammarskjold and U N Congo actions as a cold war tactic. Gromyko pressed for U N Congo end and Hammarskjold replacement while Stevenson urged withdrawal from Cold War rhetoric. The exchange signals looming tense debates in the General Assembly as the Kennedy administration faces Moscow in Africa and beyond.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
U.N. Congo
Kennedy
General Assembly
Andrei Gromyko
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Congo
Henry Ford Cooper
Liberia
Gromyko
Hammarskjold
United Nations
Assembly
Patrice Lumumba
Africa
Asia
Stevenson
U.S
Kennedy proposes sweeping long term foreign aid overhaul
President Kennedy asks Congress for a drastic revision of U S foreign aid policy proposing a five year authority of 7 3 billion to press development abroad The plan would consolidate aid programs into a single agency and seek five year borrowing powers to fund loans alongside ongoing aid programs.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Pan
Osfers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Eisenhower
Secretary of State
Test Ban Talks Rocked by Soviet But Not Wrecked
In Geneva AP reporting the American and British delegations say the Soviet Union has rocked but not wrecked the protracted nuclear test ban talks. Western powers push ahead with concessions while Tsarapkin signals new diplomatic explosions. A three member board for the proposed control organization is proposed alongside a three year moratorium plan.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
David Ormsby-Gore
Tsarapkin
France
Laura Shade Clearbrook Named Honorary Fire Chief
Laura Shade Clearbrook will represent the Clearbrook Volunteer Fire Department in the Apple Blossom Time Firemen parade. An 18 year old Handley High senior, she is junior editor of the Handlian yearbook and active in Calvary Church groups. The In Town Fire Chief contest at Palace Theatre occurs Tuesday evening, April 11.
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Laura Ethel Shade
Bufflick Road
Clearbrook Volunteer Fire Department
Miss Shade
Handley High School
Handley
Handlian
Calvary Church of the Brethren
Winchester
Frederick County
Palace Theatre
Market Entered and Vehicle Damage in Frederick County
The Frederick County sheriff reports a break in at the Billis Market in Stephen son where about 14 cartons of cigarettes 24 bottles of soft drinks and six half gallon cartons of milk were stolen. A plate glass window was shattered on the south side of the building. Deputy Sheriff Boyd McDonald arrested Paul Junior Dorsey on a destruction of property charge. he was released on 250 bond with a court date set for April 3.
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Billis
Stephenson
Frederick County
Ellsworth DeHaven
Dorsey
Frederick
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Pine Motor CO
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