James K Polk Polaris Sub Launched With Grim Aboard
Missile technician Second Class Thomas S Grim of this city sails aboard the James K Polk, the 7,000 ton Polaris submarine launched in New London Conn. The Polk is the second Polaris to launch in a week, following the George C Marshall. U S Rep William Anderson spoke at the ceremony. Mrs Horacio Rivera Jr christened the vessel. The James K Polk, named for the 11th president, measures 425 feet and uses a nuclear reactor to fire the A 3 Polaris missile.
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Thomas S. Grim
Grim
Robert M. Grim
S. Cameron St
Mr. Grim
Winchester
New London
Thomas W. Hogan, Jr
Annapolis
United States
Polaris
Shorter Whitaker Freed After Court Height Test
Rockford Illinois Oliver Whitaker 5 feet 4 1 2 inches was acquitted on an armed robbery charge in Circuit Court. Judge Arthur W Essington ordered him freed after comparing heights with accuser Terry Alfredson who said a taller man held him up. The judge measured them in court finding Whitaker at least three inches shorter.
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Rockford, Ill
Oliver Whitaker
Arthur W. Essington
Terry Alfredson
Alfredson
Legislative Action Group Plans Washington Meeting
The Winchester Fredericksburg County Chamber of Commerce Legislative Action Committee aims to meet Virginia lawmakers in Washington to discuss current issues. Secretary manager C G Follansbee seeks Rep John Marsh Jr to arrange with Sen Harry F Byrd and Sen Willis Robertson for a date. Col Follansbee urges opposing Taft Hartley Act repeal and backing a constitutional amendment on representation based on factors other than population. The beverage tax matter is tabled pending State Beverage Assn position.
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Legislative Action Committee
Winchester-Frederick County
C. G. Follansbee
Chamber Seceretarye
John ©. Marsh, Jr
Harry F. Byrd
Willis Robertson
Col. Follansbee
Leffers
Congress
J. Douglas Butler
Fox to dub Sound of Music songs in four languages
Twentieth Century Fox plans a half million dollar investment to dub all songs from The Sound of Music into French German Spanish and Italian. Previously musical songs often stayed in original language with subtitles.
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London
Twentieth Century Fox
Doctors Told Public Will Set Responsibilities
Rep John O Marsh Jr told graduates at the Medical College of the University of Virginia that new doctors will face public responsibilities defined by the public, not self. He urged consideration of general practice and noted government influence grows through patient experiences and access issues.
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Charlottesville
John O. Marsh, Jr
Medical College of the
University of Virginia
Marsh
United States
Pavlova Returns in Italian Film Il Morbidone
Russian born actress Tatiana Pavlova agrees to return to cinema in director Massimo Francisca's Il Morbidone The Weakling. She rose to fame in Italian stage plays for 15 years and starred in a dozen films in the 1930s playing an elderly house servant who shapes her employer's life.
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Rome
Tatiana Pavlova
Massimo Francisca
Pavlova
Lions Club disrupts Cody minstrel fund raiser with light bulb sale
In Cody, Wyoming, Lions Club members interrupted a Rotary minstrel show by selling light bulbs to raise funds. In London, Boots closes its over 100 lending libraries once run since 1899, as paperback sales, TV, and public libraries erode demand.
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Cody, Wye (Ap
Cody Rotarians
Lions Club
Rotarians
Boots
Cenern
Britain
Septic Tank Gyps Roam Countryside Warns Homeowners
Homeowners are warned to beware itinerant septic tank cleaners who roam the countryside in summer. The Better Business Bureau reports these gyp sellers target neighborhoods with unmarked trucks and vague pricing, then bill two to three times local rates after uncovering tanks. They may offer a bogus small estimate and demand inflated final charges.
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Gyp
National
Better Business Bureau
Better Business
Winchester-Frederick County
Chamber of Commerce
Winchester Jaycees Attend State Convention Highlights
Eight members of the Winchester Chapter of the Junior Chamber of Commerce attended the state convention in Norfolk. Attendees included outgoing President William Thompson and officers, with new officers Jim Butcher and Dick Brown among them. The chapter was recognized for Speak Up Contest and sponsoring a Boy Scout Explorer Post. Philip Kirkpatrick of Petersburg was elected president and Edward White of Richmond executive vice president.
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Winchester
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Norfolk
William Thompson
Donald Homar
George Donaldson
Charles Hines
Jim Butcher
Dick Brown
Don Winn
Neal Johnson
James Fleming
Philip Kirkpatrick
Petersburg
Edward White
Richmond
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Zenith
Legislative Action Group
Sues
Kenneth Patton
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Patton
Shenva Savings Bond
VOAN
BANA
Shenva Savings Bonds
Shenandoah Allona
Bank
Vrginia
Saas
Quarles
American Legion Auxiliary
Edward Reich
Left
Harry Butler
Americanism
Look
Roger Creager
Eddie Reich
Ralph Grim
Jimmy Swiggett
Billy Pifer
Wayne Lowery
Pat Mulvey
Bill Jackson
Gypster
York World's Fair
Tiger Country
Kern Motor CO. Inc
S. Loudoun ST
Winchester, VA
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