Kennedy signals limited Soviet Cuba pullback starter
President Kennedy said about 3 000 Soviet troops have left Cuba in recent weeks and that this appears to be a starter toward a larger withdrawal. He cautioned that the full scope would be clearer by end March after a San Jose Costa Rica talks with Central American leaders. He urged continued hemisphere unity and highlighted domestic topics including a waste tax cut and possible postmaster general resignation.
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Washington
Kennedy
Cuba
Soviet Union
U.S
J. Edward Day
New York
Cleveland
San Jose
Central America
Panama
Four friends lift unwitting rider to Branch Bank
A local man tells of four buddies grabbing his arm and leg to hoist him aloft for a joke near the county plaza. They carried him to Branch Bank on Rouss Ave before releasing him, claiming it was all in fun. A cat seen at a window on N Loudoun Street watches passersby. The Symphonic Choir of King College will perform a sacred music can at First Presbyterian Church tonight at 8 15.
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Rouss Ave
Liane Ney
N. Loudoun Street
King College
Lynn Marks Crowned Miss Home Show at Winchester Armory
Lynn Marks won the Miss Home Show title among 18 contestants at Winchester Armory. Mayor Claude B. Smaltz Jr. opened the event while 800 attended the 6 p.m. kick off. The winner, daughter of Charles Marks Jr. of Middletown, will reign each night and Sunday as 100 and 25 dollar bond prizes were awarded nightly to contestants and runners up with sponsors Glaize and Bro and Northern Virginia Power Co. hosting judges from Goulds Pump Krylon and government service.
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Lynn Marks
Claude B. Smalts, Jr
H.C
Marks
E.lc
Winchester Armory
Miss Marks
Charles Marks, Jr
Middletown
Glaize
Bro
Juanita Silcox
Winchester
Northern Virginia Power Co
Winchesters
Home
Inverent Council
Robert Dales
Richard Jackson
W. E. Hovermale
Kinzel Drive
Frances G. Stipe
E. Piccadilly St
K. B. Glas#, Jr
Goulds Pump,Inc
Lynchburg
Kark Frey
U. S
Boston
Mass
Robert Blunt
Krylon, Inc
Norristown
Seasonal Jobs Cut Winchester Area Employment
Nonfarm employment in Winchester Virginia and Frederick Clarke County fell from 15 700 to 13 850 in four months ending mid February due to seasonal layoffs. Food processing plants closed by last month except one, which will run through mid April. Unemployment neared 1 100 with about 350 women out of work, while total nonfarm employment rose 650 from last year.
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Winchester
Frederick Clarke County
Virginia Employmentommission
VEC
Agung Volcano Eruption Death Toll Rumors Reported
Bali relief officials said the Agung eruption abated after five days of lava and ash. Governor Anak Agung Sutedja warned of 1,100 dead and 75,000 homeless with up to 200,000 more losing livelihoods amid ash covered farmlands and mass evacuations near Denpasar.
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Denpasar
Bali
Agung
Anak Agung Sutedja
Civil Defense
Jakarta
Gunung
Mount
Settlement to pay 15000 in death of Stephenson boy
Judge approves a 15000 compromise in the death of 11 year old Mark Edwin Faircloth. The auto collision occurred Sept 20 when William Arthur DeHaven struck him. DeHaven was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and received a one year sentence with most suspended. The settlement covers insurance limits as DeHaven has limited assets.
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Elliott Marshall
Stephenson
Mark Edwin Faircloth
William Arthur DeHaven
Brucetown
DeHaven
J. Randolph Larrick
Faircloths
Precinct Line Splits Home
Florida Atty Gen. Richard Ervin rules that a voter's residence should determine precinct voting because a line splitting a home places the voter in the district where he sleeps. The ruling arises after a county registrar raised the question, with courts not previously considering the issue.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Richard Ervin
Ervin
Florida
Virginia Guard reorganizes with armored units centered in Winchester
The Pentagon approved a new organizational plan increasing Virginia National Guard units to 88 with 8 071 men. Winchester becomes headquarters for the 1st Tank Battalion 116th Armor led by Lt. Col. Cecil E. Runkle, and a new Company B unit is stationed there under Capt. Wendell Seldon.
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Virginia National Guard
Winchester
Berryville
Pentagon
Adj
Paul M. Booth
National Guard
Harrison
Gade
116Th Tafk
Roanoke
116Th Inf
Lynchburg
116Th Armor
Tank Bn
116Th. Armor
Cecil E. Runkle
Charlottesville
Wendell Seldon
1St Tank Bn
George H. Garber
Runkle
2Nd Battle Group
Seldon
Clarke Officials announce bids for re election in July primary
Clarke County figures Robert Lee Withers and Kenneth S. Shenk declared plans to run in the Democratic primary on July 9. Withers, a Berryville area supervisor since 1951, seeks re election and Shenk, Clarke Commissioner of Revenue, announced candidacy for the November race. Both are long time Clarke natives active in local churches clubs and civic bodies.
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Berryville
Clarke
Robert Lee Withers
Board of Supervisors
Longmarsh
Kenneth S. Shenk
Withers
John Fishpaw
Clarke Ruritan Club
Foe
Presbyterian Church
Forn
Col
Ride the Lightning Killer Frederick Wood Is Executed at Sing Sing
Frederick C. Wood, a five time killer, died in Sing Sing’s electric chair after a final bid for reprieve failed. He greeted death with a wise crack and a cigarette, insisting he wished to ride the electric chair rather than live in prison again. Lawyers argued insanity, but Supreme Court justices denied relief and psychiatrists deemed him sane.
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Ossining
N.Y
Frederick C. Wood
Sing Sing
Wood
New York City
New York Civil Liberties Committee
U.S. Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Norman Dorsen
Dorsen
New York University
Washington
VePco Alters Route Around Clarke County Power Line
Virginia Electric and Power Co filed with the State Corporation Commission in Richmond to reroute its 500000 volt line away from Clarke County landowners property. The new path aims to add electricity supply while avoiding the protest area.
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Virginia Electric and Power Co
State Corporation Commission
Richmond
Clarke County
Clarke County Board backs VEPCO power line route in special session
In a special session the Clarke County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a resolution approving VEPCO's new power line route. They called the route economical and not detrimental to scenic beauty and ordered copies of the document sent to state senators and representatives.
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Clarke County Board of Supervisors
VEPCO
Power line route through Clarke County Faces Hearing
Virginia residents protest to the power company over a 345 mile loop from Mt. Storm West Virginia to Ashland and Fredericksburg then looping north of Front Royal. Clarke County officials note the line will touch east of the Shenandoah River but not run through the county. A formal hearing on VEPCO’s petition is set for April 22 23 and 24 with comments from local leaders praising the committee’s efforts in shaping the route.
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Shenandoah River
Blue Ridge
Loudoun County
Vepco
Frederick County
Mt. Storm
W. Va
Virginia
Washington, D. C
West Virginia
Ashland
Fredericksburg
Middleburg
Front Royal
Edward B. Lee
Clarke Board of Supervisors
Clarke
Board of Supervisors
Reso
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Sebih
Gunung Agung
Denpasar Hospital
Besakih
EA Sea Campaign
J. Douglas Butler
Gwynne Koonce
Gwynne
Winchester Rehabilitation Center
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Carrie Bell’ Faircloth
Mildred B. Cole
Donald H. Faircloth
J. Sloan Kuykendall
M. B. Clowe, Jr
Staunton
2Nd Bri
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Keith Stickley
Gex
Warren County
Burr P. Harrison
Clarke Property
Kenneth N. Gilpin, Jr
and A. R. Dunning
the Power Company
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