James Wood High Graduation Readout Reveals Highest Class
James Wood High School reports the largest graduating class in years with 508 seniors this year. Administrators note the continuation of steady enrollment and strong student performance across the school.
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James Wood
Secreet
Ing Dipoas
Handley
John
Mosby Academy
Front Royal
Mosby
Park Theatre
Clarke County High School
Clarke
Warren County High School
Johnson - Williams High School
Berryville
is-Charte Kavaatareen Miet
Clarke County High
Johnson-Williams
Edward H. Pruden
First Baptist Church
Washington
AT&T Antitrust Probe Signals Federal Action
Washington AP reports the Justice Department has opened an antitrust inquiry into AT&T amid complaints about its practices. Lee Loevinger notes the investigation may cover various aspects of the telephone monopoly and stock moved sharply downward on the NYSE.
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Washington
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Lee Loevinger
Justice Department
Antitrust Division
At&t
New York Stock Exchange
Loevinger
E. L. Hageman
Western Union
Commercial Tests Company
United States
Korean Junta Leader Plans Trip to U S
South Korea’s Lt. Gen. Do young announced plans to travel to the United States to present his regime to President Kennedy and the American people. The U S Embassy indicated no invitation yet, while Washington reacts coolly to the coup. The junta says its aim is to root out Communist infiltration, widen anti corruption measures, and revive the economy.
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Seoul
South Korea
Do-young
United States
Kennedy
U.S
Chang
State Department
Washington
Military Council
North Korea
Carter B. Magruder
Magruder
U.N
Korea
Hahn Shin
Man from Mars on Berryville Pike Phone Stuns Family
The Plummer family on Berryville Pike reports a mysterious voice claiming to be from Mars during a telephone call with their daughter. Mrs. Plummer and daughter Linda heard the odd message, while son Bill could not confirm trouble after checking the line. Police caution about missing Do Not Enter signs to avoid accidents. Low temperatures have not harmed the local apple crop per Dr. Walter Spoe at the research lab.
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Walter S. Plummer
Berryville Pike
Mars
Walter S.poe
Fight over tavern flag ends in deaths in Alexandria
A century ago Ellsworth and James T. Jackson were killed in a clash at the Marshall House Tavern in Alexandria over the flag displayed there. The incident highlights volatile tensions surrounding Union symbols during the period.
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Met Ellsworth
James T. Jackson
Marshall House
Alexandria
Kennedy Won’t Discuss Major Issues With Khrushchev
Bohlen says the president will not discuss major issues with the Soviet premier at the Vienna summit because those issues affect many nations beyond the United States and Soviet Union. He spoke at a Rockhurst College dinner where he received an honorary degree.
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Ennedy
Khrushchev
Vienna
United States
Soviet Union
Bohlen
Rockhurst College
Senate Defeats Goldwater Plan on School Aid Amendment
Washington AP report notes the Senate rejected by voice vote an attempt by Barry Goldwater to remove funds for teacher salaries from the 2.55 billion school aid bill. The vote began a day of amendments on the long debated measure with final passage not expected before Thursday. Senate leaders expected to finish amendments today as Thurmond prepared a lengthy criticism in a 67 page speech.
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Washington
Senate
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Mhe
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
Kennedy
Thurmond
Mae
Goldwater
Kenneth B. Keating
Supreme Court
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Secretary of Welfare
Abraham A
Night crash kills 18 on C124 Globemaster near McChord
A C124 Globemaster returning from maneuvers crashed five miles from takeoff near McChord Air Force Base Washington. Eighteen men died and four were critically injured. The craft carried 22 servicemen plus cargo from Exercise Lava Plains at Yakima and landed in a wooded area near Fort Lewis.
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MC Chord Air Force Base
Wash
Maneuvers
Ft. Lewis
Air Force
Madigan
Joseph Wiggins
McChord Public Information
Globemaster
Donaldson Afb
S.C
Yakima
McChord
Ft. Lewis Military Reservation
Tacoma
Seattle
B Battery
26Th Field
4Th Army
Ft. Sill
Geneva Bulletin on Laos Talks Sets Next Session Date
An international conference on Laos adjourned with no fixed date for the next session. It was specified the meeting should be called before next Monday.
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Geneva
Laos
U S Backs Plan to Enlarge Laos Parley
The United States supported a Thai proposal to expand the East West conference on Laos to include Indonesia and Malaya. Washington argued enlargement would foster wider consultation among Southeast Asia powers and pressure the Communists toward a neutral Laos. The U S stance warned any ICC expansion must be decided with current members.
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Geneva
United States
Indonesia
Malaya
Laos
Thailand
U.S
Burma
Cambodia
International Control Commission
India
Canada
Poland
ICC
Truce Commission
Andrei Gromyko
Soviet Union
Malcolm MacDonald
Britain
Control Commission
President Backs Tractors for Prisoners Swap Plan
President Kennedy urged citizens to donate to a private fund to buy tractors for exchange with Fidel Castro to win release for about 1,200 anti Castro prisoners from the failed invasion. Eleanor Roosevelt Walter Reuther Milton Eisenhower are named supporters. officials caution Kennedy may not contribute personally.
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Washington
Kennedy
Fidel Castro
White House
Cuba
Together
Eleanor Roosevelt
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Milton S. Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins University
United States
White
House
White Coast Guard
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Humphrey
Senate
Democratic Jeader
Castro
Freedom riders depart under guard toward New Orleans
Eleven white and Negro freedom riders left Montgomery under heavy National Guard protection for New Orleans, aiming to continue challenging segregation. Police and troops sealed the downtown Trailways bus station as guards planned a mob trained convoy to the Mississippi state line.
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Montgomery
Ala
New Orleans
Mississippi State Line
Meridian
State Line
Ross Barnett
W. E. Evans
Negros Church
Thes Station
Highway Patrol
U.S
Ren É Mawel
Arlington
University of Virginia
Harrisburg
Greyhound
Martin Luther King Jr
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Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
Fred Weber
Gasque
Warren
Rappahannock
Preston Johnson
Virginia State College
Criser School
James Scott
William Latane Lumpkin
The
Freemason
St. Baptist Church
Norfolk
John Glaize
Nancy Bell
J. Thomas Boyd
Bulletin
Freedom Riders
Mobile
Okla
Madigan General
Sam Ray
Texas
A. C. Slonaker & Son
COATS
Margaret L. Hodgson
Denny's
D.S
Worth
Loudoun
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