Must Speed Laos Unity Talks Amid Hazardous Path
President Kennedy urges immediate action to halt the Laos fighting and push pro-Western royalists, Communists, and neutralists toward forming an independent government. He warns that delaying negotiations grows the risk while calling for resumed talks. The briefing also covers misinformed savings and loan tax proposals and estimated $800 million yearly tax evasion on dividends and interest.
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Laos
Kennedy
Savings and Loan
Europe
Savings and
House
Senate
White House
Sen
Notable Local Ties and Historic Notes From Winchester
F M Bank Employees Orts Bread and Sanitary Dairy share first in the Duckpin League half and again fight for last place as the second half winds down. The Confederate flag at Gen T J Jacksons HQ marks the 99th anniversary of his death. J Paul Austin named Coca Cola president, link to local families. Two landmarks face demolition to make way for a motel and parking. Winchester airport sees DC-3s and a Lodestar, with Senator Barry Goldwater among visitors.
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Evening Star
F&m Bank
Orts Bread and Sanitary Dairy
Gen. T. J
Stonewall) Jackson
N. Braddock St
Chancellorsville
Cameron Street
Cameron and
Piccadilly
Piccadilly Street
Metropolitan
James Pappas
Busy Bee
Pappas
Winchester
Dallas
Texas
Rochester
N. Y
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
U S Fails to Orbit Firefly Satellite
The Anna geodetic satellite failed to reach orbit after the second stage of the Thor Able Star rocket did not ignite at 7 06 am Cape Canaveral. The Defense Department said telemetry indicated no orbit and engineers would study radio signals to locate the failure source. The project aimed to map the world with high precision using xenon beacon lights and advanced tracking gear.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Defense Department
Anna
Army
Navy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Air Force
Kennedy Newsmen Laugh As He Denies Father Quote
President Kennedy defends his father Joseph P. Kennedy against a misquoted remark about businessmen. He notes his father’s steel industry ties and 1937 Roosevelt era ambassadorship, saying the claim was inaccurate and out of context.
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Washington
Kennedy
New York Times
Roosevelt
Joseph P. Kennedy
London
Joseph Kennedy
Eisenhower Attacks Kennedy Domestic Policy On Powers
Former president Eisenhower at a news conference criticizes Kennedy’s domestic program calling for expanded federal power and heavy spending while endorsing the administration’s foreign policy handling with the Soviets. He outlines five proposals granting presidential authority over taxes, emergency public works, agriculture, urban affairs, and federal oversight.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Senate
Eiséntner
Congress
Department of Urban Affairs
Federal Reserve Board
Rt. 522 Project Moves Forward Near Winchester
R. C. Ambler district engineer of the State Highway Department said the five mile improvement on U.S. 522 north of Winchester is proceeding as planned with only a minor revision at Nain.
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Gainesboro
R. C. Ambler
Staunton
State Highway Department
Nain
U.S. 522
Winchester
Sunnyside
Ambler
Babb's Run
Wood Co-Op Is Handed Second Court Order
The West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co of Luke Maryland was granted a preliminary injunction against the Tri-State Pulpwood Cooperative Assn Inc extending the temporary restraining order until August 27 when a full hearing will be held. The company charges the cooperative with actions to keep independent dealers away from the Luke mill.
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West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co
Luke, Md
Tri-State Pulpwood Cooperative Assn., Inc
Roszel C. Thomson
U.S. District Court
Baltimore
Thomson
Luke
Augusta Tax Hike Proposal Triggers County Meeting
Staunton Augusta County residents packed a Board of Supervisors session to protest a proposed 40 cent tax levy increase raising levy from 2.60 to 3.00. Tax rates are based on one third of real estate appraisals and 40 percent of personal property appraisals. The board did not act on the hike or budget. C F Richards suggested replacing public schools with church schools to cut costs. County schools superintendent Hugh K Cassell defended the school operation and bus services.
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Staunton
Augusta County
Board of Supervisors
C. F.richards
Winchester area notices and ad corrections summary
A compiled snippet lists corrections to a Star ad about Get 2 Full Months Earnings on savings by May 10 from Winchester Savings Loan Association and notices from Farmers & Merchants National Bank about savings benefits. It also references SARAH ZANE FIRE CO meeting tonight, a Pencil Day reminder, Women's Auxiliary event, Terminal Tavern check cashing, FBI mention, and a local eatery slogan.
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Winchester Savings Loan Association
W. Boscawen
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Sarah Zane Fire CO
Women’s Auxiliary
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Fruit Safe After Mild Local Cold Snap
Dr. Walter S. Hough of the Fruit Research Laboratory reports last night’s temperature drop did not injure fruit locally. The lab noted a low of 37 at the lab on Valley Pike while the city saw 34, with tonight’s forecast a low in the 40s and possible showers.
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Walter S. Hough
Fruit Research Laboratory
Hough
Valley Pike
Governor Harrison to Speak at Virginia Merchants Convention
Gov Albertis S Harrison will be the main speaker at a buffet before a dance on Monday May 21. He will address the 56th annual convention of the Virginia Retail Merchants Assn after a banquet at the George Washington Hotel ballroom at 7 30 p m concluding their three day gathering.
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Albertis S. Harrison
Harrison
Virginia Retail Merchants Assn
Gov
George Washington Hotel
Two Americans Wounded in Viet Nam Operations
In South Viet Nam on Wednesday and today two U.S. service members were wounded. A helicopter copilot was hurt on a support mission for South Vietnamese troops about 260 miles north of Saigon and evacuated to a field hospital at Nha Trang. The other incident saw Lt. Charles Wimmler of Cleveland, Wisconsin, suffer minor cuts when a bullet shattered a windshield during a Marine airlift to the southern tip.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nha Trang
U.S. Defense
Robert S. McNamara
8Th
U.S. Marine Corps
Charles Wimmler
Cleveland
Wis
Plumly Lumber to Manufacture Furniture Parts
Paul D. Plumly president of P. W. Plumly Lumber Corp says the firm will discontinue its retail lumber and building supply department to begin manufacturing furniture parts and other dimension moulding and trim. The plan adds 10 to 20 new employees for the new department.
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Paul D. Plumly
P. W. Plumly Lumber Corp
Plumly
Reuther Admits Differences With Kennedy Wage Policy
Walter Reuther said the Auto Workers Union diverges on wage policy with President Kennedy though backing overall aims. He notes a clash over wage growth vs productivity, with UAW favoring faster wage gains to aid purchasing power. The union plans a formal resolution at its convention closing.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Walter Reuther
Auto Workers Union
Kennedy
Reuther
UAW
Council of Economic Advisers
White House
General Motors Corp
Senators Probe Wives Ties to Estes Financiers
Washington sources say Senate investigators are examining whether politicians or their wives held financial stakes in firms linked to Texas financier Billie Sol Estes. They also flag shipments of government grain via costly routes to Estes owned Texas elevators, suggesting cheaper alternatives existed.
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Washington
Senate
Texas
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Pecos
Stock Market Drops Sharply In Heavy Trading
New York traders faced one of the year’s sharpest declines as heavy buying and selling pushed the Dow Jones industrial average through 650. The AP 60-stock average stood at 240.60 at noon, while the industrial average fell to 645.50 by 1 p.m., down 9.20 from the morning level.
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Oran
Algeria
Secret Army
Algiers
Ben Youssef Ben Khedda
New York
Associated Press
Winchester Evening Star Classified Notice Summary
Local ads list delivery jobs for carrier boys in Winchester. Also promoted are clothing and accessories from Hodgsons and Wenders Inc with clearance on dresses suits coats and hats.
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Winchester
Winchester Evening Star
Ear Wenders, Inc
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