Straw in the Wind as Elections Open Across Nation
AP reports parties watch scattered straws in the wind as Tuesday elections test backlash to civil rights, with focus on Philadelphia and Northern cities. In Kentucky race key figures Nunn and Breathitt court voters on jobs taxes and integration. Mississippi race centers on Phillips versus Johnson with write-in issues and Republican gains eyed.
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Washington
Keny
Louie B. Nunn
Bert Combs
Edward T. Breathitt Jr
Kentucky
Nunn
Breathitt
Kennedy
Mississippi
Neon Dough Sign Brightens Night Route in Maryland
Weekend traveler reports a giant neon sign along Rt. 40 West in Maryland, letters spelling DOUGH visible for about a mile. Passersby only see the word dough at close range, with temperatures in the five day forecast near normal.
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Crier
Rt. 40 West
Maryland
Byrd and Moore Lead Local Ballot Tomorrow
Voters in Winchester Frederick Clarke and Shenandoah counties will select Senator Harry Byrd Jr and Delegate E Blackburn Moore among local races. No Clarke County contests with Warren and Shenandoah County races featuring Aldhizer Hall in Senate race and county offices wide open.
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Byrd, Jr
Moore
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
E. Blackburn Moore
Frederick
Shenandoah County
House of Delegates
Byrd
Winchester
Clarke Counties
Rouss Fire Hall
Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Friendship Fire Hall
Virginia Avenue School
Frederick County
Clarke County
Lindseys
Warren County
George S. Aldhizer II
Thomas M. Hall
Sam J. Ervin
Democrat
North Carolina
U.S
Harry F. Byrd
Duff’s Rebel Restaurant
Robert C. Cooper
11 Die When Vandals Blanked Warning Lights
A car carrying 12 people plunged into the Harlem River after vandals ripped out warning lights at Lincoln Avenue Bronx. Only one survivor, I Martinez, 40, whose wife and four children died. The passengers had just left a christening at Rabindranath Berrios’s Bronx home. The crash tied the state record for a single accident with 11 deaths.
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New York
Harlem
Brooklyn
Lincoln Avenue
Bronx
I. Martinez
Rabindranatt Berrios
Harlem River
Weather Clears as High Pressure Holds East Coast
A stationary high over the eastern seaboard gives Virginia clear skies and slightly warmer readings today. William F. Triplett is now at 620 Pennsylvania Avenue Winchester Orchard Farm Supply.
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Seaboard
Virginia
Pennsylvania Avenue
Winchester Orchard Farm
Three-Vehicle Crash Kills Five Near Woodbridge
A three-vehicle crash on U S 1 near Woodbridge killed five people, including Theodore Roosevelt Barnes 26 Hallie Silverthorn 46 Ernestine Newkirk 27 and David Timothy Casey 22 a Marine at Quantico. The fifth victim remained unnamed. A tractor trailer was the third vehicle. The incident raised Virginia 1963 highway deaths to 805.
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Nyme
U.S. 1
Woodbridge
William County
Theodore Roosevelt Barnes
Hallie V.silverthorn
Ernestine Newkirk
Baltimore
David Timothy Casey
Governor Ends Woods Closure In Virginia
Governor Harrison lifted the woodland closure in western Virginia as rain eased extreme drought conditions. The Oct. 21 ban had restricted hunting fishing and camping to prevent fires. Officials praised citizen cooperation and urged continued caution.
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Woods
Virginia
Richmond
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Pine Ridge
Harrison
Russians Halt U.S. Convoy at Marienborn Checkpoint
The Soviet checkpoint at Marienborn on the Berlin West Superhighway stopped a U.S. Army convoy returning to West Berlin from West Germany. 12 vehicles with 44 men, including 20 passengers, were held as Soviet officers demanded dismounting for counting, a move rejected by the Americans.
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East Germany
James H. Polk
U.S
Berlin
Marienborn
Washington
John Lamb
Robinson Urges Full Republican Slate in Frederick County
J Kenneth Robinson, in a radio address this afternoon, urged voters to elect all Republican nominees in Frederick County. He attacked the county government and Board of Supervisors as backward and said the current officials should be replaced. Robinson, a former congressional candidate, noted the party is fielding a near full slate as Republicans not Independents.
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J. Kenneth Robinson
Frederick County
Robinson
Board of Supervisors
Congress
The
Star
U S Opposes Diem Nhu Deaths As Saigon Junta Forms
The United States told South Viet Nam's new revolutionary committee that the deaths of Ngo Dinh Diem and Ngo Dinh Nhu were regrettable and unacceptable. The Saigon regime named Nguyen Ngoc Tho acting prime minister as it suspends the constitution. The U S 7th Fleet remains on standby to protect civilians if needed.
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Washington
United States
South Viet Nam
New Revolutionary Committee
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ngo Dinh Nhu
U.S
Saigon
Duong van Minh
Diem
Nhu
Revolutionary Committee
Nguyen Ngoc Tho
Tho
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Viet Nam
Goldwater Favored as GOP strongest candidate in AP poll
An Associated Press survey of 1,403 GOP leaders shows Barry Goldwater as the party's strongest candidate against President Kennedy. He led with 85.1 percent for strongest candidate, and 64.2 percent expect him to win the nomination. Rockefeller trailed Nixon slightly for strongest candidate.
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Belman Morin
Associated Press
NEW York
Republican
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Kennedy
Goldwater
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
Rockefeller
Thurston Merton
Kentucky
George Romney
Michigan
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Milton Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
South Viet Nam
Lodge
Coup Shifts Vietnam Strife as Diem Fails
In Saigon the coup toppled President Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu. U S military sources say Viet Cong were surprised by the swift action and offered little resistance beyond scattered attacks in the Mekong Delta. A Buddhist led caretaker government forms as funeral crowds gather for Diem and Nhu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Mekong
Diem
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Saigon
Doung van Minh
Iin Oe
Ies
CAP Flights Initiate Yule Seal Drive
Virginia Wing CAP planes land at Winchester and 16 Virginia airports with 1963 Christmas Seals to fund tuberculosis relief. Mayors and TB Association leaders attend as campaign opens and CAP shows readiness for disaster air support.
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Virginia Civil Air Patrol
Winchester Municipal
City
Tubrculosis Assn
Virginia Wing
Civil Air Patrol
Claude B. Smalts, Jr
Boyd W. McDonald
Winchester CD
Henry A. Lowry
TB Assn
Gladys Lewis Harris
Association
William Beatty
CAP
Virginia
Boston
England
E. Cy Crash
Assn
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Dry Run
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Carper’s Valley
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Commonwealth’s
H. F. Byrd, JR
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Ake
Thomas Chester LaFarge
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