Rhodesia Declares Emergency As Nkomo Supports Quelled
Governor Sir Humphrey Gibbs declared a state of emergency in the remote area where nationalist Joshua Nkomo and hundreds of African supporters are confined amid threats to public safety. In other dispatches, a Liberian freighter La Salle crew of 39 was rescued off Guernsey with no casualties, Arab League nations rejected expulsion of Tunisia while denouncing Bourguiba's coexistence proposal, and Izvestia accused The Magnificent Seven of corrupting Soviet youth as youths stole rifles and attacked girls after watching the film.
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Calishury
Rhodesia
Humphrey Gibbs
Joshua Nkomo
Sam Smith
Cairo
Arab League
Tunisia
Habib Bourguiba
Israel
Bourguiba
Moscow
Izvestia
Smolensk
Seeing Stars Quilt Pattern Ad from Winchester Star
A 1965 needlecraft catalog ad invites readers to order quilt patterns from Alice Brooks at the Winchester Evening Star. It promotes Patch pat erns, various craft designs, and offers multiple patterns and books with prices 25 to 50 cents. Readers are instructed to print their name address and pattern number.
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New Star
Alice Brooks
Winchester Evening Star
Needlecraft Dept
P.O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
Rescue squad ambulance wreck on Route 55 injures two
Strasburg Rescue Squad vehicle heavily damaged after colliding with a tractor trailer on rain slick Route 55 east of Strasburg. A 14 year old Front Royal girl Ellen Figgins and the ambulance crew were taken to Warren Memorial Hospital with injuries. driver Earl Snyder of Staunton was admitted with a back injury.
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Strasburg
Here
Front Royal
Ellen K. Figgins
Earl N. Snyder
Staunton
Warren Memorial Hospital
Figgins
Police Probe Sears Roebuck Break-In in Winchester
City police investigated a break-in at the Sears Roebuck store at N Loudoun Street and Fairfax Lane. The entry likely came through a rear window on a loading platform and was discovered at 9 40 by Sgt Ernest Stotler. Sears spokesman said nothing appeared missing.
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Winchester
Sears Roebuck
N. Loudoun
Fairfax Lane
Ernest Stotler
Sears
TV Set Taken To Wrong Pawnbroker
Nashville AP report says pawnbroker Clarence Rosenstein found his portable television and $40 missing then discovered the pawned set at his shop was his own. The buyer Charles Walter Burkes, 32, gave his correct name and address and was jailed on burglary charges.
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Nashville, Tenn
Clarence Roosenstein
Charles Walter Burkes
Rosenstein
Kennedy to Attend Fort Bragg Dedication Center
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy will attend the dedication of the John J. Kennedy Special Warfare Center at Fort Bragg North Carolina. The center trains soldiers in counterinsurgency and is named for the Kennedy family’s late president.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
Robert F. Kennedy
de N.Y
John J. Kennedy
Kenneedy
Ham Radio Seeks Doctor for Tangier Island
Tangier Island in Chesapeake Bay seeks a physician for its 900 residents. The Richmond Amateur Radio Club will broadcast an all day plea on June 19 using Morse Code and radio telephone from the island medical center and a nearby church steeple.
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Tangier
Tangier Island
Chesapeake Bay
John E. Parks
Richmond Amateur Radio Club
Virginia Council On Health and Medical Care
Hearing Set on End of Pullman Service by Rail Line
The State Corporation Commission schedules September 28 hearing on Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad request to drop Pullman service on some overnight Norfolk to New York runs.
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Richmond
The
State Corporation Commission
Fredericksburg
Carob Seed Weighing System Defines Early Carat
Historical notes describe the carat as a unit based on the weight of a carob tree seed, an ancient method used to measure diamonds before modern scales. This seed standard linked to gemstone value and trade in early markets.
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London
Guernsey
Chaneel Islands
Coast Guard
Palestine
By Wgice Brookes
Warren County
Buena Vista
Byron Basil Wine
U.S. 501
Rockbridge County
Dr. Wine
John M
Mary Hareris Wine
C Ando Hospital
Clifton Forge
Valley Area
Harrisonburg
Waynesboro
Central Valley
Police
Sen. Kennedy
General Electric
Anderson
Senne IO E. Boscawen
Germany
Elizabeth, II
Hamburg
Crider & Shockey
the Financial
W. E. Hutton & CO
New York Stock Exchange
John Cussen
Cameron St
Goodyear
Aaa
Comet
Falcon
Chevrolet
Dodge
Ford
Plymouth
Mercury
Pontiac
Rambler
Studebaker
Willys
Chrysler
DeSoto
Oldsmobile
Edsel
Buick Electra
Cadillac
Packard
Lincoln
United States
Canada
Lakescil
Millwood Ave
Park & Shop Shell
Valley Ave
Winchester, Va
Wisecarver
Berryville, Va
Buncutter Tire CO
S. Braddock St
Ancien Berryville Shell Cor
Buckmarsh & Main Sts
Berryville, Val
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