Laos Truce Commission Receives Reinforcement Support
In Geneva the 14 nation Laos talks agreed to supply the cease fire panel with planes helicopters trucks and communications gear. Canada and the Soviet Union backed the move while India and Poland plus Canada would provide pilots and crews. The step aims to strengthen supervision of the uneasy Laos truce as both sides accuse violations.
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Geneva
Canada
Soviet Union
Control Commission
Laos
Commission
Howard Creenee
V. K. Krishna Menon
United States
Britain
India
Three Nation Commission
Poland
Menon
Lord Home
Andrei A. Gromyko
Cochairmen
Truce Commission
Presidential Order Likely to Block Rail Strike
President Kennedy is expected to issue an emergency board order under the Railway Labor Act to halt a nationwide railroad strike for at least two months. The dispute, led by the Railroad Yardmasters of America, centers on paid holidays and vacation, with wage history noted and mediation ongoing since 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
National Mediation Board
White House
Air Force
Montana
North Pole
Boeing Co
U.S
Minuteman Missile Destroyed in Test
A Minuteman missile during a test veered off course and exploded after traveling several miles. The third stage nose cone and fragments fell into the Atlantic, while the 58 foot rocket released a plume of white smoke. The launch was from Cape Canaveral at 9 18 a m and aimed at a South Atlantic target 4600 miles southeast.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic
South Atlantic Ocean
Air Force
Early clock change and proms color Frederick County news
A Frederick County school bus driver arrived early at 5 30 EST as daylight saving time began. Residents in Capon Bridge set clocks forward to DST, and prom season buzzed with Mosby Academy and Warren County High School events amid festival planning and townwide clock changes.
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Frederick County
Capon Bridge
Fred Whitlock
Romney
Winchester
Work and Trade Area
Second Reading On Dog Measure Set Wednesday
An ordinance to control dogs running at large will have a second reading by title at a special City Council meeting next Wednesday. Mayor Smalts says a complete ordinance is not drafted yet and will be published before final action later. The first reading occurred May 9.
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B. Smalts, Jr
Tolay
Musselman Pet Milk Plan Merger
Musselman and Pet Milk announce a plan to merge with Musselman becoming a major Pet Milk division. Pet Milk would exchange stock for Musselman, and Musselman management and workers would stay in place. The deal aims to strengthen both firms and growth in the food industry.
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C. H. Musselman Company
Biglerville
Pet Milk Company
St. Louis
John A. Hauser
Theodore R. Gamble
Pet
Musselman
Musselman Company
Clair F. Shillito
Franklin R. Bigham
Allen S. Stauffer
St. Joseph
Michigan
Wo Ffarm Supply Company
Bigler Eee
Seeehes
C. H
Gore calls for replacement of Joint Chiefs after Cuban invasion hearing
Sen. Al Gore urged a shakeup of the Joint Chiefs of Staff after testimony by Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer on the ill-fated Cuban invasion. Gore said new, wiser and abler leaders are needed, basing his view on Lemnitzer's testimony. The panel also noted terms ending for White and Burke and debated who might be replaced.
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Washington
Albert Gore
D-Tonn
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gore
Senate Foreign Relations
Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs
Thomas D. White
Air Force
Arleigh A. Burke
George Decker
Army
David M. Shoup
Marine Corps
White
Burke
Decker
Shoup
Kennedy
Central Intelligence Agency
State Department
White House
Iron Man Rule Prevails As South Korea Resigns
President Yun Po sun resigns as military rule tightens in Seoul amid coup that ousted Premier Chang. The junta detains leftists, censors presses, and pledges closer U S ties while Chang and his ministers stay under house arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
South Korea
Yun Po-sun
Syngman Rhee
Yun
Local Civil Defense Exercise Binder Outlined for Winchester Test
A four hour Civil Defense exercise testing local coordination and survival planning was outlined by Capt. Bob Bradford and CD coordinator Harold A Mac McQuistien for Winchester and Frederick County. The event between June 19 and 30 involves 40 CD staff, National Guard observers, and cooperation with state CD officials, with scenarios including a nuclear-attack response and evacuations involving Boy and Girl Scouts and the CAP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Bradford
National Guard
Harold A
Mac) McQuistien
Winchester
Frederick County
War Memorial
William Marsden
State CD
James Collins
Parents Place No Blame in First Little League Death
In Temple City California Jack B Babcock says he and his wife do not blame anyone after their son Barry J Babcock nine was the first child to die in a Little League game He called him Tiger and said the family wants the league to continue Barry weighed 52 pounds and stood 4 feet 8 inches tall as a fitful tragedy touched the community
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Carolyn
Barry
Barry J. Babcock
Temple City
Tiger
Kuykendall To Address Winchester Round Table Talk
J Sloan Kuykendall will speak at the Winchester Civil War Round Table on Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Quarles School auditorium. His subject is Capt. John Hanson McNeill and his rangers noted for harassing Federal troops, with McNeill famed for leading a 5 000 man camp raid that captured two Union generals. Kuykendall, a Romney native and Moorefield descendant, has practiced law in Winchester since 1931 and holds leadership roles in Virginia Bar Association and local legal boards.
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J. Sloan Kuykendall
Winchester
Quarles
John Hanson McNeill
Rangers
Sheridan
Young McNeill
Crook
Kelley
McNeill
Moorefield
W. Va
Romney
Kuykendall
R. Gray Williams
University of Virginia
Virginia Bar Association
Virginia
Supreme Court
Winchester Bar
Three College Groups Elect Officers at Shenar College
Ruby Agnew wife of Daniel Agnew of Winchester was elected president of the Student Government. David Solomon Jr of Suffolk was chosen president of the YMCA and Gloria Hockman of Maurertown was elected president of the YWCA. All are students at Shenar Joah College and Conservatory of Music.
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YMCA
YWCA
Shenar
Joah College & Conservatory of Music
Ruby Agnew
EUB
Daniel Agnew
Winchester
David Solomon, Jr
Suffolk
Gloria Hockman
Maurertown
Young Mens’ Christian Association
Young Womens’ Christian Association
Circus cancels local shows after noon and evening
The Hoxie Brothers Circus cancels today’s performances here after noon and in the evening due to circumstances beyond its control. The circus was booked for the benefit of the Shawnee Fire Co. Officials say refunds will be issued for all advance sales.
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Hoxie Brothers
Shawnee Fire Co
Fire Company
White House Vienna Meeting Set With Kennedy Khrushchev
The White House announced Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev will meet in Vienna June 3 and 4 for a general exchange of views on major world issues. No agreement is expected on international problems, but it will enable direct personal contact between the leaders. Mrs. Kennedy will accompany the President to Vienna. The trip follows a Paris meeting with de Gaulle and disrupts a West Virginia University speech date. The plan emerged after diplomatic exchanges since last March and indicates Khrushchev’s and Kennedy’s teams will discuss the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Kennedy
Nikita
Khrushchev
Vienna
White House
Cua
Moscow
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
Salinger
Mikhail Besa
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Gromyko
Green
Dean Rusk
Holy Bare Mission Seminary
Jordan Springs
Bakke & Rummage Sale
Piccadilly St
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Musselman, Pet Milk Co
Winchester Seed CO
All Boys
Sen. Gore
Iron Man
Chang Do-young
U. S
Communist Party
Chang
John M. Chang
Chester Bowles
CE Organization
2Nd Battle Group
116Th Inf
Army National Guard
Civil Defense
South America
Organization of American States
CAP
Aes CD Transporta
Jack Mekbey Sil
Bery Helwice
Red Cross
Friendship Hall
A. Robinson
Goeinen
Calif
Jack B. Babcock
Circus
Ward's
G. S. Miller
Winchester Evening Star
Berkeley Springs
G .& Miller
Somone
Charles Town
G S. Miller
Winschester Evening Star
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Opequon
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