Berlin Deadlock Persists in Berlin Talks
Washington reports nine months of exploratory talks between the United States and the Soviet Union fail to bridge the gap on a Berlin settlement. Secretary of State Rusk held talks with West Germany while urging access control plans, as allied tensions and Franco American disagreements complicate prospects for a breakthrough.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Berlin
Dean Rusk
West Berlin
West Germany
Rusk
Wilhelm Grewe
U.S
Western Alliance
Eo Alphand
Moi
Charles de Gaulle
Kennedy
Dobrynin
Indianapolis 500 visitors send two plane loads of fans
Winchester readers report two plane loads of racing enthusiasts flying to the Indianapolis 500. Members include Chick Rinker Clyde Grubbs Wade Guard Buck Perry Jodie Bragg Red Shade Basil Cooper. Race winner Roger Ward noted in coverage as the top finisher.
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Winchester
Chick Rinker
Clyde Grubbs
Wade Guard
Buck Perry
Jodie Bragg
Red Shade
Basil Cooper
Roger Ward
Car Found but Gordon Still Sought by Police
Police found a 1955 Lincoln coupe eight miles north of Martinsburg linked to the Kinzel Drive shooting. George W. Gordon, 57, remains at large on a murder warrant after the fatal Desrosiers case. the FBI and multiple agencies continue the search as Evelyn Desrosiers recovers from a spinal injury.
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Gordon
Kinzel Drive
Martinia W. Va
George W. Gordon
Joseph Leon Desrosiers
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Martinsburg
Rt. 11
Memorial Hos
Winchester
State Police
FBI
Desrosier
Commonwealth
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
George Gordon
Jesse Gordon
Derosiers
Jurors to Hear More Witnesses In Marshall Case
Franklin Texas AP jurors prepare to hear additional witnesses in the grand jury probe of Henry H. Marshall's death. A pathologist seeks more tests on disinterred remains as investigators gauge whether Marshall was murdered or died by self-inflicted gunshot.
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Marshall
Franklin
Tex
Henry H. Marshall
Agriculture Department
Billie Sol Estes
Bryan Russ
Russ
Estes
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Committee
West Texas
Here
J. A. Jachimczyk
Houston
Harris County
Garber Launches Write-in Drive In First Ward
George H. Garber 33 announces as a write in candidate for the City Council from the First ward. The race includes incumbents L M Allen Eugene Dearing Sr and H W Butler Jr and challengers Lee Coble Stewart Bell Jr Gerald Goodman Ralph L Hardy and E R Huntsberry Jr for six seats. Garber is a Winchester native and Handley High School graduate who works as a salesman for Western Maryland Supply and serves in the Virginia National Guard First Lieutenant. He lives at 237 Jefferson St with Nora Chrisman and four children.
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George H. Garber
L. M. Allen
Eugene Dearing
H. W. Butler
Lee Coble
Stewart Bell, Jr
Gerald Goodman
Ralph L. Hardy
E. R. Huntsberry
Boscawen St
Mr. Garber
Winchester
Handley High School
University of Richmond
Western Maryland Supply Corp
Ellis Club
The
Episcopal Church
Masonic Hiram Lodge No 21
Virginia National Guard
Headquarters Co
Nora Chrisman
Jefferson St
Garber
Wardensville Mayor Runs Unopposed with Council Race
Wardensville Mayor J Homes Spence will run unopposed in the town election next Tuesday. Seven candidates seek five City Council seats: W I Snyder John H Ayler Crystal Enswiller Beulah Heltzel Robert Frye Loring C Hershman and J A Jordan. Pauline W Orndorff faces no opposition for Recorder while Heltzel seeks a council seat.
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Wardensville
J. Homes Spence
W. I. Snyder
John H. Ayler
Crystal Enswiller
Beulah Heltzel
Robert Frye
Loring C. Hershman
J. A. Jordan
Pauline W. Orndorff
Service June 6 To Honor Turner Ashby
The centennial death anniversary of Brigadier General Turner Ashby will be commemorated at Confederate Memorial Day exercises June 6 in the Stonewall Cemetery. Principal speaker Lawrence H. Hoover will address descendants and the public. Ashby died June 6, 1862 near Harrisonburg while leading Jackson’s rear guard.
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Turner Ashby
Stonewall
Lawrence H. Hoover
Harrisonburg
Virginia House of Delegates
Virginia Civil War Commission
Ashby
Thomas J
Stonewall) Jackson
Jackson
Army of “Foot
Harpers Ferry
J. C. Fremont
Stonewall Cemetery
Winchester
United Daughters of the Confederacy
C. A. Davis
U.D.C
Winchester- Frederick County
Trapped Boy Found Dead After Mine Shaft Fall
Four year old Kenny Kowalchuk died after falling into an abandoned coal mine shaft at Ghost Pine Creek in Alta The body was recovered 45 feet below surface 34 hours after the incident. Rescuers using a power shovel pulled the body from a large metal bucket as two rescuers located him halfway down a staircase at 10 23 p m.
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Ghost Pine Creek
Alta
Kenny Kowalchuk
Stonewall Jackson Evacuates Winchester 100 Years Ago Today
A note marks the evacuation of Winchester by Stonewall Jackson a century past. It also recalls General Joseph E. Johnston being severely wounded at the Battle of Fair Oaks, also called Seven Pines, during the Civil War.
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Stonewall Jackson
Winchester
Joseph E. Johnston
Fair Oaks
Seven Pines
Train wreck near Milan claims 61 lives
A freight train collided with a Riviera bound passenger express near Voghera Italy killing 61 persons and injuring about 70. The freight ran a red signal. the station master said the train did not stop. Most victims were in the last coaches as officials struggled to identify the dead amid mangled wreckage.
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Voghera
Italy
Milan
Tagers
Samuel Vezzosi
Masster
Milan-Genoa
Voghera Station
Genoa
Ventimiglia
May Employment Surges to Record for May at 68.2 Million
Washington AP reports May nonfarm employment rose to 68,203,000, a May record, with unemployment dropping to 3.4 percent from 3.5. The gain, about 1.4 million jobs above expected, and the jobless total down roughly 1 million from a year earlier, signals ongoing economic improvement per Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg.
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Washington
Arthur J. G
Memorial Day Road Deaths Peak During 30 Hour Holiday
National Safety Council tallies show 97 highway deaths by midnight ending the 30 hour Memorial Day period with potential to near records. California and New York report the largest totals while boating drownings and miscellaneous mishaps push overall fatalities toward historic highs.
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California
New York
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Guerrilla abducts three American missionaries in Saigon region
A Communist guerrilla band attacked a leper colony 150 miles northeast of Saigon and kidnapped three American missionaries from the Christian and Missionary Alliance. One more American escaped to Ban Me Thuot to raise the alarm as search units were dispatched.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Ban Me Thuot
Savings and Banking Offers From Local Institutions
Four percent insured savings promoted by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. Winchester Savings & Loan encourages accounts with checking and savings services and high interest. Farmers & Merchants National Bank advertises itself as the bank that helps you save.
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Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation
Winchester Savings & Loan
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Gains Erase Biggest Drop Since 1929
A buying wave lifted the market with the Dow up 9.03 to 612.99 and the S P 500 at 59.54 as trading ran 24 minutes slow. American Telephone rose 3.50 to 112, Chrysler up 2.95 to 45.25, Du Pont 2.12 to 211, Boeing 3.25 to 44.12 amid heavy volume and foreign investor demand after Memorial Day.
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New York
Standard & Poor
American Telephone and Telegraph
Chrysler
du Pont
Boeing
Market slides echo 1929 crash as hearings loom
Brokers warn of long standing sell orders if prices rise sharply while opening strength spurs hopes. The dramatic drop, likened to 1929, shook investor confidence and will be examined by a congressional subcommittee led by Rep. Henry Reuss in hearings on inventory policies set to begin in June. The inquiry will explore how stock markets respond to inventory conditions.
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Henry Reuss
D-Wis
Milwaukee
Administration Seeks $8 Billion Increase in Debt Limit
Kennedy administration spokesmen visit Capitol Hill to push for an $8 billion rise in the national debt limit from $300 billion. Treasury Secretary Dillon and Budget Director Bell face grilling from Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee while projections suggest eventual approval.
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Kennedy
Capitol Hill
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
David E. Bell
House
Ways and Means
Committee
Senate
Congress
Soan
Treasury
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Thomas G. Mangham
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