Deep Freeze Forecast Fears Orchard Damage Across Region
An ongoing cold snap driven by wind brings frost and subfreezing readings from 24 to 31 degrees across Shenandoah and Clarke Counties. Orchardists report heavy blooms, with projected severe damage in some plots, while others expect limited impact. Forecasters warn of continued cold tonight then a gradual warmup with partly cloudy skies.
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Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
J. Kenneth Robinson
Merriman’s Lane
Joseph Dorsey
Moore and Dorsey Apple Firm
Clarke County
Perestate
U S Grants Award For Frederick County School Program
A federal grant of 66 628 to Frederick County Virginia supports a state approved school program part of a 2 5 million package to Virginia localities. First graders will be bused for a four day orientation and testing period to their target schools with exact dates to be announced.
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Melton Wright
Rouibaenainen
State Department of Education
Wright
Frederick
Virginia
Frederick County
Protecting young tomato plants after freezes and notes
Residents of Route 259 west of Gore thank the State Highway Department for road cleanup. Beer cans littered the roadside after passers by. Sea gulls fed in a Salem Church corn field. Two Sea Scouts from Millwood Ave aided five newborn possums. mother and one baby died after being hit by a train. the others were fed by the boys until SPCA custody.
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Route 259
Gore
State Highway Department
George deSchon
Buzzy Pauletter
Millwood Ave
SPCA
Snow Falls Across Regions Amid Unseasonable Cold Spell
A cold Arctic outbreak brings snow and record low May temperatures across Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa Michigan Illinois and the Dakotas with snow also reported in Vermont New Hampshire New York and Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh sees a May snow record as Lake Placid reports four inches in the Adirondacks and Detroit endures a May low amid widespread frosts from Ohio to New England.
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Associated Press
Canada
Midwest
New England
Southland
Wether Bureau
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Michigan
Illinois
Dakotas
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
England
Vermont
New Hampshire
Pittsburgh
Lake Placid
N.Y
Adirondacks
Albany
Ohio
Central Appalachians
New York
Lansing
Mich
Detroit
Bodies of Plane Victims Recovered in Pennsylvania Crash
The bodies of Gen Walter E Allessandroni his wife and two others were found in a light twin engine plane crash in the Allegheny Mountains. The victims included James E Staudinger Montgomery County Republican chairman and state liquor official, and pilot Melvin E Ladin of New Jersey. Allessandroni was a candidate for lieutenant governor aiming for the May 17 primary. The plane disappeared Sunday during a campaign trip from Harrisburg to Uniontown.
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Somerset
Pennsylvania
Walter E. Allessandroni
Barry Goldwater
GOP
Allegheny Mountain
Alleghenies
Alessandroai
Ethel
James E. Staudinger
Abington
State Liquor Control Board
Melvin E. Ladin
Collingswood
Alessandroni
Lnt
Harrisburg
Uniontown
Fayette County Tavern Association
Dirksen Fractures Hip in Fall
Senator Everett M. Dirksen 70, Senate Republican leader, fractured his right hip in a fall at Walter Reed Army Medical Center after arising from bed at 3 30 a m Aides said he would undergo surgery to reduce the fracture and remain in the hospital for several weeks Dirksen had attended a reception earlier that evening after a self run medical checkup.
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Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Dirksen
Senate
Walter Reed
Stock Market Rebounds Broad Front In Early Trading
New York AP reports a broad market recovery with the Dow up 12.03 to 898.83 in the first hour. General Motors rises to 5.25 and Ford to 47.25 as auto production cutbacks previously weighed on shares.
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New York
General Motors
Ford
Mao meets Albanian delegation in public reunion
Mao Zedong, after six months unseen, meets Albanian Premier Mehmet Shehu and delegation in China. The meeting confirms Mao's health and public activity amid reports of illness or death and follows the May Day events in Peking.
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Tokyo
Mao Tze-tung
Mehmet Shehu
Communist New China
Mao
Peking Radio
Red China
Red
Peking
New York
Kwame Nkru
Ghana
President Johnson Returns to Washington After Texas Trip
President Johnson flies back to the capital from a five day weekend at LBJ Ranch near San Antonio. He will meet Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge on Viet Nam policy and hold conferences with Secretary Rusk, Defense Secretary McNamara and other policymakers this week.
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San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge
Randolph Air Force Base
Lbj Ranch
Lodge
Saigon
Dean Rusk
Secretary of
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Handley High to Host Open House for New Gym
An open house is scheduled tomorrow from 7 to 9 PM at Handley High School to view the new gymnasium. Visitors should go to the playcourt in the old building. A full account of the plans and the gym’s development appears in today’s Junior Evening Star on page 10.
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Handley High School
No Frederick County sales tax for 1966 67
The Frederick County board of supervisors voted unanimously to veto the optional 1 percent sales tax for the 1966 67 fiscal year, citing adequate state revenue and reductions already taken in real estate taxes. The decision, announced at the end of the monthly meeting, aims to avoid burdening residents while allowing other bodies to adjust plans.
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Frederick County
Board of Supervisors
Mills Godwin
State Finance Department
Council Holds May Meeting Tonight
The City Council will meet in the council chamber at City Hall tonight at 7 30 PM to discuss upcoming agenda items and local matters.
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Council Chamber
RR Firemen to Appeal Permanent Strike Ban
Federal judge grants permanent injunction blocking railroad firemen from striking to restore 18,000 jobs cut two years ago. AFL-CIO union says it will appeal. ruling cites Railway Labor Act procedures and binds carriers to avoid eliminating firemen or offering replacement jobs.
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Washington
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Firemen
U.S
Arbitration Board
Congress
Holtzoff
Was Peking's H Bomb a Dud
Washington reports suggest China may have failed to achieve a true thermonuclear detonation in its third atomic test. Pentagon and State Department officials cited uncertainty over whether the blast involved thermonuclear materials. US analysts expected a test near or below twenty kilotons with debris to be collected by U2 planes for fallout study.
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Washington
China
Defense Department
Peking Radio
Peking
Pentagon
State Department
Marshall Wright
Wright
Dean Rusk
Peared
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
City Voters Urged to Register by Saturday in Winchester
Winchester residents must register by Saturday to vote in the June 14 city election. Mrs. Robert Grim of the Central registrar will be in the City Council chambers 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to assist registrations. No poll tax is required. registration rules apply for federal and state elections with a June 11 cutoff for statewide voting.
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Winchester
Robert Grim
Grim
Supreme Court
Virginia
Viet Cong mine attack in Saigon triggers US firefight
In Saigon the Viet Cong exploded a mine as U.S. sentries opened fire on a busy street. Five killed and 29 to 32 wounded, including a policeman, three women, and a child. Eight Americans and at least 21 Vietnamese civilians injured. Seven suspects were arrested and released. The embassy promised compensation for victims. Concurrent air strikes by U.S. B 32 bombers targeted Viet Cong concentrations near the Cambodian border. Ground fighting remained light with no major actions reported Monday.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
U.S. Army
Ha Ba [Trung
Guam
Air Force
Navy
North Viet Nam
Mu Gia Pass
Ho Chi Minhi Trail
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