Apple Blossom Festival Parade and Rally Preview
A brisk parade and evening rally forecast the May 2 to 4 Apple Blossom Festival events in the Apple Capital. Bands from Handley and James Wood, plus Virginia Lancers, marched as antique cars and fire trucks added noise. The 8 p.m. rally featured the Star Spangled Banner and a cake cutting, with Miss Shenandoah Apple Blossom contest details and 20 participating communities announced.
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Apple Capital
Valley, Inc
Handley, Douglas and James Wood
Drum and Bugle Corps
Rouss
Virginia Lancers
Cub Scouts
Dee
George Washington Hotel
Robert A. Hargreaves
Christ Episcopal Church
Handley Glee Club
Virginia
West Virginia
Mary
Ede
Ward
Judith Doerfler
Cheshire
Cynthia Ruth Patton
Helen Elizabeth Goodwin
Shenandoah Valley
James B. Moore
National Apple Institute
Washington, D. C
Civil War Commemoration Plans Highlight Valley Tour
James Garrett of the Virginia Civil War Commission lauds Watts and the Circle Tour effort. The commission plans 10 highway billboard ads at Valley entrances, targeting the Circle Tour, costing 2600 dollars, to be placed by April 15. Additional publicity includes three newspaper ads in Baltimore Sun, Washington Post, and Washington Star at 2400 dollars.
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H Valley
James Garrett
Cen- Commission
Dal- Watts
Virginia
Watts
SVI
Commission
Washington
Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
Washington Post
Washington Star
Baker & Anderson Electrical Co
N. Braddock St
Berryville
Winchester Star
Allen Carter
Evening Star
Porter-Cable
Sanders
Snt
Maller’s
Festival benediction seeds nature gift motto in Shenandoah Valley
A spring gathering notes Rev Robert B Nelson delivering a benediction with the motto The Bounties of Nature are the Gift of God adopted for the festival. Shenandoah Valley officials report renewed travel interest as Byrd Nest shelters near dedication and local leaders praised donors and appointed directors and committee members.
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Robert B. Nelson
Christ Episcopal Church
God
Rt A. Hargreaves
Christ Episcopal Arch
Ayer
Shenandoah National Park
R. Taylor Hoskins
Byrd
Kenneth J. Hyde
Charles Roller
Ed Purcell, I
Harrisonburg
James Payne
Should boxing be banned two sides argue over sport
AP Sportlight presents two sides of the boxing ban debate as Mur Tray Rose and Jim Becker analyze the potential impact of Davey Moore’s death on the sport. They weigh safety, tradition, and economic factors shaping boxing’s future amid mourning and controversy.
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Davey Moore
AP Sportlight Today
Mur- Tray Rose
Jim Becker
Associated Press
Virginia Robbery Hitchhike Report From West Virginia
William R. Ingram of Bake, West Virginia, recalls a robbery near Pennsboro as a hitchhiker with a gun boarded his car. The man took about $20 and ordered driving toward Virginia before fleeing near Middletown after Ingram sped away. The suspect was described as nervous and agitated.
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Virginia
Parkersburg
William R. Ingram
Rt. 2
S. L. Lee
Pennsboro
W. Va
Ritchie County
Ingram
Rt. 33
Harrisonburg
Rt. 11
Lee
Middletown
Clarke Woman Assaulted. Two Men Held in Clarke Jail
Two men are held in Clarke County Jail on an alleged assault of a 24 or 25 year old unmarried woman late last night. Deputies withhold names pending warrants. The John H Enders Rescue Squad said the victim identified one man and knew the other. She was treated at Winchester Memorial Hospital. The crime carries a maximum penalty of death and a minimum of five years.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Percy Camper
John Slater
John H. Enders
Winchester Memorial Hospital
JFK and Miami Council Face Cuban Crisis Update
The Floridian, a merchant ship off Cuba, reported two Soviet MiGs firing on its bow and stern. Captain Curtis Olson said U.S. Navy jets arrived 55 minutes later, with 15 to 30 shots fired on the third pass as the ship slowed from 15.4 to 17 knots. Radioman Donald Fisher recalled the burst and distress call timing, noting explosive shells exploding in the water.
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Miami
Fla
Cuba
Coast Guard
U.S. Navy
Key West
Fila
Curtis Olson
Here
U.S
Olson
Donald Fisher
Fisher
Redlands Road
West Roxbury
Mass
Four die and 25 hurt in Boston hotel fire
A predawn blaze swept the Sherry Biltmore Hotel on Massachusetts Avenue. Firemen rescued about 75 people, including The Sound of Music cast members on a party floor. Damage pegged at $100,000. cause undetermined.
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Boston
Massachusetts Avenue
the Sound of Music
Saturn May Overtake Soviet Rocket Lead in Moon Race
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida Saturn may overtake Soviet rocket power in the race to the moon. In a six month potential breakthrough Saturn could launch a 33 000 pound satellite and show strong engine reliability after a 121 second test flight. D Brainerd Holmes called the flight a significant step toward sending men to the moon in this decade. Under current plans an advanced Saturn would carry astronauts to the moon in 1968 in Project Apollo.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Saturn
Atlantic Ocean
D. Brainerd Holmes
Kennedy convenes NSC as Cuba tension grows after Floridian attack
Washington reports two unidentified Cuban jets fired near the US merchant ship Floridian in international waters off Cuba. The White House notes 13,000 to 14,000 Soviet troops remain in Cuba with withdrawals continuing slowly.
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U.S
Cuba
Unhit
Miami
United States
Washington
Caribbean
Soviet Demands US Pay Damages for Exile Attack
Moscow demanded the United States pay damages for a Cuban exile commando raid that crippled the Soviet freighter Baku. The note also warned of steps to protect Soviet shipping from anti Castro guerrillas in Cuban waters while alleging US support for the exiles.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Baku
U.S
McNamara Warns of Nuclear Standoff Era with Soviets
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara tells Congress the United States faces a nuclear standoff with the Soviet Union yet aims to win the cold war. He notes mutual deterrence, rules out a strategic war, and cites Cuba as evidence of U.S. resolve. He discusses Khrushchev, missile ranges, and mobile missile research by the Air Force.
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Washington
Secret of
Robert S. McNamara
Congress
United States
Soviet Union
McNemara
Lina
Khrushchev
Cuba
T Fe Kremlin
U.S
U S Pressing Reds on Direct Line to Kremlin
In Geneva the United States urged the Soviet Union to create a direct permanent communications link between leaders to prevent war by accident. Ambassador Charles C. Stelle said the Cuban crisis showed the need for continuous, reliable talks and that the U S would provide a teletype and voice line from the National Command Center. He urged quick action and argued major powers must take simple steps to reduce miscalculation risk.
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Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Charles C. Stelle
National Command Center
Stelle
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Perry Engineering Co., Inc
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