Airport Impact Vast and Far Reaches Loudoun County
Governor Harrison says Dulles International Airport will affect more than Loudoun County with plant investment exceeding 100 million dollars and job growth near 7,000 in two years. He commends Loudoun for patient industrial planning amid state changes.
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al S.harrison Jr
Dulles International Airport
Loudoun County
Cody
Farr Pirriecat
Loudoun Cer
Virginia
Huntsberry Plans Parking Lot Behind Shoe Store
Huntsberry's building rear will become a public customer parking area after leveling six old garages along Indian Alley. E R Huntsberry Jr expects a cost of several thousand dollars with 34 inches of dirt fill and macadam paving to accommodate about 15 cars. Illumination will run dusk to dawn.
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George Whitacre
Loudoun St
Huntsberry’s
Indian Alley
E. R. Huntsberry, Jr
Mr. Huntsberry
Warning Issued After Rash of Grass Fires
After a Saturday afternoon spate of grass fires in Frederick and Clarke Counties Shawnee Fire Company president Ernie Nesselrodt warned residents of a burn law in effect. He said burning trash or refuse before 4 p.m. is violation when wind is light. Four grass fires were extinguished in Frederick County along with one auto fire. Boyce company also fought four grass fires and Round Hill extinguished an auto fire on Mt Falls Road after 2 p.m. Continued on page 2.
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Frederick
Clarke Counties
Ernie Nesselrodt
Shawnee Fire Company
Nesselrodt
Boyce Company
Round Hill Company
Mt. Falls
Cat in Window Surprises Passerby on Bos cawen St
A passerby was startled when a display cat stretched and yawned inside a clothing window on Bos cawen Street. The Mercury reported springlike warmth with highs near 79 and forecasts of sunny, warm, humid days ahead. Outdoor furniture sat on a downtown loading dock awaiting delivery to eager homeowners.
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Boscawen St
Rally Set Here Thursday For Shenandoah Apple Blossom
Shenandoah Valley area residents from Virginia and neighboring states plan a Thursday rally in Winchester to kick off the 36th Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival and Shenandoah Valley Week. Jack Fretwell chairs Rally Day with events at the George Washington Hotel and a downtown Winchester parade at 7 30 p.m. Robert Miller leads the parade unit, B J Lovett directs the Rally night program.
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Winchester
Virginias
Maryland
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
Harrisonburg
Jack Fretwell
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Chamber of Commerce
Staunton
George Washington Hotel
John V. Kelley
Roanoke
Henry A. Lowry
SVI
Virginia
West Virginia
Robert Miller
B. J. Lovett
Congress Rep Marsh Pushes Strong Label Rules For Candlesticks
Virginia company and Japanese imports sparked a labeling dispute. Rep John O Marsh Jr urged tighter country of origin markings. The U S Bureau of Customs found sticker labels inadequate and issued a new rule stamping or etching the origin on metal candlesticks effective April 1.
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Frank E. Taylor W.ington
Virginia
Japan
Rep. John ,O. Marsh Jr
D-Va
U. S. Bureau of Customs
United States
Marsh
Bureau
Richmond Sees Sniper Return After Fatal Shootings
Police fear the Richmond sniper may have resumed killings after James Howard, 40, was shot through his bedroom window by a 9 millimeter pistol. Ballistics tests will confirm the weapon, as four victims earlier in Byrd Park area raised the alert and $1,250 is offered for information.
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Richmond
James Howard
Howard
Byrd Park
Photoengravers Hold Out in New York Newspaper Strike
Photoengravers, the last of four striking unions, continue to hold out delaying return to print as eight major New York dailies remain closed. Negotiations with publishers resume to end the 106 day shutdown, with other unions having ratified new contracts and resuming publication.
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New York Post
Onse
Lie Ie Wadir
Lie Ie Wadir Ent Teee
Mailers
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Stereotypers
Seven Die On Virginia Roads In Weekend Toll
Seven persons died on Virginia highways over the weekend, lifting the 1963 traffic toll to 186. Victims include Cecil H. Lam 28 of McGaheysville James Archer Ashlock Jr 19 of Williamsburg Riley Baker Eache Jr 18 of Fredericksburg Eugene Wadell Key 27 of Bedford Hubert Donald Singleton 22 of Dahlgren Lynn Campbell 22 of Luray and Paul Bernard Greene 22 of Charles City. Police attributed causes to crashes and over turning incidents across Rockingham James City Spotsylvania Bedford Westmoreland and Charles City counties.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Cecil H. Lam
McGaheysville
Penn Laird
Rockingham County
James Archer Ashlock Jr
Williamsburg
U.S
James City
Riley Baker Eache Jr
Westmoreland
Dahlgren
Westmoreland County
David William Stoner
Lynn Campbell
Luray
James Sudduth
Ridge Road
Washington
Paul Bernard Greene
Rt. 3
Charles City
Plane sighting renews hopes for missing Yukon flight
Canadian pilot Chuck Hamilton reported seeing a downed Howard aircraft on a 4000 foot slope about 75 miles southeast of Watson Lake near the British Columbia border. The missing plane carried pilot Ralph Flores and passenger Helen Klobean on a Whitehorse Fort St John flight.
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Watson Lake
Yukon Territory
Ried
Yukon
Chuck Hamilton
B.c.yukon
Howard
Hamilton
Flores
San Bruno
Gordon Innocent Plea Set In Desrosiers Case May 22 Trial
George Washington Gordon 57 year old carpenter pleads innocent to murder and a separate indictment of attempted murder. Judge Elliott Marshall sets the May 22 trial date after defense motions. Gordon faces the May 29 1962 pistol slaying of Joseph Leon Desrosiers and wounding of Evelyn Desrosiers.
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George Washington Gordon
Indh
Elliott Marshall
Gordon
David G. Simpson
Joseph Leon Desrosiers
Kinzel Drive
Desrosiers
Evelyn
U S Proposes Six Week Cap on On Site Inspections
In Geneva the United States urged a six week limit on each on site inspection to police a nuclear test. Ambassador Charles C Stelle pressed Soviet counterpart S Tsarapkin and urged a response unless Western powers back a cap of three inspections per year. Inspections would include low level helicopter flights and visual and photographic surveys of the area.
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Geneva
United States
U.S
Charles C. Stelle
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Britain
Stelle
Committee Says Program Is Too Big
A presidential committee led by Gen. Lucius Clay concludes the foreign aid program is too large and should be tightened. Congress likely to trim about 1 billion dollars from Kennedy’s 4.9 billion aid request for the new fiscal year. Most officials expect a substantial reduction, with debate over the exact amount and methods.
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Washington
Congress
Capitol Hill
Kennedy
Lucius Clay
United States
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Otto E. Passman
D-La
House
Passman
Allen J. la
Senate
Clay
Easter Bunny Arrives at McCrory's This Monday Night
McCrory's welcomes the Easter Bunny Monday night March 25 at 7 pm with store hours 9 to 9. Snider's Electrical Service closes March 25 through March 30. A surprise party invitation appears on page 9. Backhoe loader operators are needed and Ivery in Perry 41 miles east on Route 3.
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McCrory
Snider
Ivery
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