New Telephone Cable Will Be Installed Here
The Board of Directors approves a 2.97 million dollar upgrade to telephones in the company’s operating area. A 70.5 thousand outside plant project funds Winchester exchange. Cable routes run west on Route 50 south on Route 608 and north on Route 739 serving Fox Hill and Sherwood Forest developments. Regional allocations include Culpeper 295200 Newport News Norfolk 56300 Richmond 865000 Roanoke 31600 and suburban Virginia to Washington 1157500.
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Fox Hill
Sherwood Forest
Culpeper
Newport, News
Norfolk
Richmond
Roanoke
Virginia Area
Washington
Four Prehistoric Beasts Found in Oakland Construction
Workers uncover bones 30 feet underground during Posey Tube work at Jack London Square. Paleontologist John Rensberger identifies remains from Tremarctotherium a large bear. Taramydlon ground sloth limb fragment. mammoth front leg bone. and teeth and possibly a shoulder from a prehistoric bison.
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Oakland
Calif
London
Alameda
John Rensberger
University of California
FBI Probes Airliner Blast Amid Kansas City Ties
Investigators in Kansas City pursue leads on an airliner explosion. Focus falls on Thomas G. Doty, a 34 year old Kansas City man with alleged large insurance, robbery charges, and ties to Luzier Inc. officials note Doty and Mrs. Geneva Greenwood Fraley, a Luzier manager, planned a new business after quitting. FBI involvement follows CAB's assessment that a lavatory detonation near the tail caused the crash.
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Kansas City
FBI
Doty
Naomi
Chicago
George van Epps
New York
Civil Aeronautics Board
Red Cross Fund Drive Still Short by $2000 in Winchester
Winchester Frederick County Chapter reports the drive for 1962 63 year remains $2000 short. Ben Belchie urged donations to 20 S Cameron St. In the past two months 49 service requests were received. The Shirley Carter Milk Fund aided nine families with 34 children. Since May 26, 132 standard first aid certificates and 18 advanced certificates issued.
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Winchester - Frederick County
The
American Red Cross
S. Cameron St
Ben Belchie
Shirley Carter
Texas Town Adopts Daylight Saving Time
Cisco Texas with 5 000 residents will shift to daylight saving time Friday breaking from state policy. Chamber of Commerce manager Larry Miller says the move gives fishermen golfers swimmers bridge players skiers and other leisure lovers more time for recreation.
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Cisco
Tex
Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Larry Miller
Louis XVI Named Louisville by Gen. Clark
In Louisville Kentucky AP notes Gen. George Rogers Clark named the city in honor of King Louis XVI of France.
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Louisvile, Ky
George Rodgers Clark
City
King Louis XVI of
France
Apple Blossom Festival Band Receives Warm Welcome
Reynoldsville-Sykesville Area High School principal J Marlin Kirkwood thanks Apple Blossom Headquarters for warm hospitality during the 1962 festival. The band earned the Queen's Trophy in the Grand Feature Parade and appeared in both festival parades. Housing for the group was arranged by Cyril Mee, housing coordinator.
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J. Marlin Kirkwood
Reynoldsville - Sykesville Area
Reynoldsville
Mr. Kirkwood
Cyril Mee
Eight Killed as Train Hits Bus Carrying Pilgrims
A freight train crashed into a bus carrying Turkish pilgrims returning from Mecca at a crossing 120 miles south of Amman Jordan. Eight people died and 33 were injured in the collision.
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Amman
Jordan
Mecca
Saudi Arabia
Girl Scout car wash raises funds after pileup
In Phoenix Arizona a nearby street pileup drew four cars into a collision. Girl Scout Troop 700 rushed to aid an injured woman and motorists lined up for washes. The scouts completed 34 car washes for the day.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Girl Scout Troop 700
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Louis XVI
Louisville
Louis
Borden
Joan OF Arc
Pride OF Illinois
Grandma's Maulphured
RINCF
Nation
ARGO
Winchester Furniture Company
Loudoun St
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Mom
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