Final events cap glittering 38th Festival
The 38th Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival wrapped with a sunlit finale including a grand parade, a country music blend, and an all day twirling meet. NEVA ROCKEFELLER Queen Shenandoah XXXVIII bade Winchester farewell amid praise for the festival. Former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey and singer Dorothy Collins served as grand marshal and Miss Grand Marshal, greeting crowds and signing autographs. About 175,000 spectators were estimated to have attended the previous day’s events.
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Tom Baldridge
Neva Rockefeller
Winchester
America
Jack Dempsey
Dorothy Collins
Handley Blvd
Soviet asks urgent UN Security Council meeting over Dominican Republic action
Moscow reports Tass accuses the United States of armed aggression in the Dominican Republic and demands an emergency Security Council meeting. Tass condemns the Marine landing as interference by a colonial power and calls for worldwide protest against U.S. attempts to control national destinies.
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Soviet Union
United States
Dominican Republic
United Nations Security Council
U.S
Tass
U.S.A
United Nations
Security Council
U.S. A
Parade Crowd Revealed By Slow Moving Car Incident
A crowd moving fast during a festival turned out to be a small sports car carrying 15 passengers on its hood and trunk. A young girl tried to lift a festival balloon earlier, but it failed to rise as the crowd dispersed.
Festival Crowds Said Orderly
Chief of Police J. Thomas Boyd said Apple Blossom crowds were orderly. He noted 29 arrests over Thursday and Friday, about average for the festival. Alcohol and disorderly conduct accounted for 22 arrests, with seven traffic cases including a hit and run injury, and one driving under the influence charge.
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J. Thomas Boyd
War on poverty ends in Paw Paw as teen quits program
In Paw Paw Michigan a student dropout in a work study program left after six weeks and $120 earned. The 16 year old had a woodwork class and worked as an assistant janitor at the high school. He said he now has money for a motorcycle down payment.
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Paw Paw
Mich
Southwestern
Michigan
Three Lewis town high band members injured in hotel stairwell
Barbara Ann Lewin 16 Wilford Sellers 18 Joanne Kuhns injured when railing failed and they fell in front of festival headquarters at the George Washington Hotel. All were treated at Winchester Memorial Hospital and released.
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George Washington Hotel
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
Barbara Ann Lewin
Wilford Sellers
Joanne Kuhns
Uncertain Support for New Voting Rights Bill
Washington ap report says senators remain unsure about backing a new Democratic Republican draft on Negro voting rights. The substitute, favoring court review of poll tax legality over outright repeal, faces liberal resistance though leaders plan overtime sessions to push passage.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Wek
Senate Judiciary Committee
U.S
Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
Virginia
Mansfield
Dirksen
Nicholas Katzenbach
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Judiciary Committee
Firemen Parade Lights Up Town With Colorful Display
Red hair and blinking lights highlighted the annual Firemen Parade as Miss Quinn waved from an open car. Over 200 units marched at 6 p.m. with prizes awarded for uniformed crews, pumpers, bands, and drum majors from multiple Maryland and Pennsylvania towns.
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Carmel Quinn
Miss Quinn
Hyattstown Fire Co
Hyattstown
Celebrities Join Big Parade at Grand Festive Celebration
The Grand Feature Parade drew 9 000 to 10 000 spectators as Queen Neva Goodwin Rocke feller, Jack Dempsey as grand marshal, and EVA MARIE SAINT with Jeffrey Hayden watched from the reviewing stand. Dempsey praised parades for inspiring youth fitness, while Hayden captured scenes and Ralph Hardy commentary drew cheers from the crowd.
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Neva Goodwin Rockefeller
Jack Dempsey
Grand Marshall
Dick Kern
Eva Marie Saint
Jeffrey Hayden
Mr. Hayden
Ralph Hardy
Miss Saint
Democratic Loyalty Oath Faces Full Court Test
Richmond physician Haddock seeks appeal over Virginia Democratic loyalty oath for primary ballot. An attorney asked the State Party Appeals Committee to hear Haddock’s case as questions arise about his amended pledge after running as an independent for Congress. The process moves toward a May meeting with no immediate decision from party chairman.
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Edeward E.haddock
Virginia
Beecher E. Stallard
State
Democratic Party Appeals Committee
Haddock
Watkins M. Abbitt
Senate
Cane
Pective
Hadydock
Congress
David Satterfield II
Satterfield
Joseph Howell Jr
City Electoral Board
Atty
Gen. Button
Howell
No Foreign Ministers at Peace Talks
The OAS panel in Washington seeks to halt Dominican Republic bloodshed by mediating a cease-fire and a new government. Delegates, not foreign ministers, plan to form a special committee to aid mediation as U S Marines suffer casualties and Johnson urges action.
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Organization of American States
Toas
Dominecan
OAS
U.S. State Department
U.S
Dominican Republic
Johnson
W. Tapley -Bennett
Santo Domingo
Juan Boschi
Bomb damages U.S. Consulate in Montreal blast
A dynamite blast at the U S Consulate in Montreal shattered 78 windows and six doors. The explosion damaged the floor through an elevated passageway. no one was in the building. U S Consul General Hawkins said there was no clue to the motive amid anti war protests in Canada.
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Montreal
U.S
Richard Hawkins
Canada
Viet Nam
Selma
Ala
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