Council to Get Three Proposals on Health Building
Public Health Committee chair J Douglas Butler Jr announces three motions for the City Council. They seek a 35000 reserve from surplus, Hill Burton funds authorization to apply through City Seated Lee Grant and Mayor Claude Smalts Jr, and 4800 to be transferred to capital outlay for architect fees. The plan cites a 100000 total cost with Hill Burton covering 55 percent and a 3/4 acre City lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Grant
Claude B. Smalts, Jr
Hill-Burton
Butler
Council
Commercial St
Public Health Committee
Fredericksburg
Finance Committee
State Department of Health
Adenauer to Meet Kennedy in Washington Talks on Berlin
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer arrives in the United States for talks with President Kennedy on Berlin. Secretary of State Rusk will greet him at Andrews and they will begin a two day session at Blair House with debate over how the four Western powers should handle Berlin’s future.
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Washington
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Kennedy
Berlin
Dean Rusk
Andrews Air Force Base
Blair House
White House
Soviet Union
Cuba
West
Khrushchev
Gown Crier notes office move and tour cautions
The local Virginia Employment Commission office will relocate Friday from 21 W Piccadilly St to new headquarters across the street. The current office closes Thursday end of business. VIP treatment is planned for Chamber of Commerce Dulles Airport tour attendees. The airport opens Saturday with limited pre opening access for select groups. Concert subscribers will see a first dividend Sunday with the Tichman Trio in Martinsburg High School at 3 p.m. Russell Hupp sighted five geese heading south at 6:20 a.m. in a long V formation.
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The
Virginia Employment Commission
W. Piccadilly St
Wilson Dickson
Chamber of Commerce
Dulles
Chamber of Commerce Office
Winchester
Tichman Trio
Martinsburg
Martinsburg High School
Russell Hupp
Woodland Ave
Berryville Escapee Still at Large After Jail Break
Clarke County authorities issued a multi state alert for Joseph Allen Kirby 24 who fled Clarke County Jail by sawing bars Sunday night He was to stand trial for auto theft and is believed to have escaped in a car reported stolen by a Berryville resident shortly after the escape No details on the escape tool are known and no word on his whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke County
Joseph Allen Kirby
Kirby
Berryville
Seldon Leads Headquarters Company in Local National Guard
Capt Wendell L Seldon who joined the Virginia Army National Guard in 1948 assumes command of Headquarters and Headquarters Company 2nd Battle Group at the local armory He succeeds Capt Roland S White who moves to liaison duties on the 2nd Battle Group staff Capt White had taken over the unit on May 2 1951 succeeding 1st Lt James H Sandy The unit was redesignated as Headquarters Group in the Pentomic reorganization on June 1 1959 Col M B Clowe Jr of Winchester commands the 2nd Battle Group Capt Seldon took command effective November 1 He is assisted by Capt Harry T Eubank of Lynchburg reassigned as assistant operations and training officer (Air) for the 2nd Battle Group staff Seldon attended local schools and Handley High School He joined city service in June 1948 and serves as assistant city manager He has officiated in high school football and basketball and is a former director of the Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell L. Seldon
Virginia Army National Guard
2Nd Battle Group
Roland S. White
White
Ters
James H. Sandy
M. B. Clowe, Jr
Winchester
Seldon
Harry T Eubank
Lynchburg
Handley High School
Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce
Com R
Front Royal Delays Downtown Traffic Plan Until January 2
Front Royal town council postpones the downtown traffic plan by merchants and agrees to delay one way streets on E Main High and Shipe until January 2 after Christmas. Taxi fare increase approved on first reading. Health Dept will send an advisor for soot issues. Authorization given to waive loud speaker fees for civic groups. Snow tire rule not acted on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Chamber of Commerce
E. Main
High
Shipe
H. Douglas Hamner
Hamner
W. Douglas Blanton
Health Dept
Mack I. Shanholtz
Council
Mr. Hamner
Warren County Board of Supervisors
Tank Parade Called Off at Guantanamo
Marines canceled an armor display planned along the fence at Guantanamo Bay Cuba intended to impress Cuban militiamen. The notice gave 8 30 a m start but did not state tank numbers or reason. No shots or injuries reported despite rocks thrown at Marines building a bunker along the 25 mile border.
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Guantanamo, Bay
Cuba
U.S
Edward J. O'Donnell
United States
Patrick E. O'Toole
San Clemente
Calif
Gordon L. Fine
O'Toole
Kennedy
Guam faces ruin after Typhoon Karen blitz
HONOLULU AP Typhoon Karen kills at least five on Guam and leaves hundreds injured with damages in the hundreds of millions and about 45 000 homeless. Acting Gov Manuel Guerrero calls destruction worse than 1944 as Guam digs out and relief flows amid minimal communications. Karen tracks toward Okinawa as U S bases brace for impact.
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Honolulu
Guam
Manuel Guerrero
U.S
Japan
Pacific
Western Pacific
Karen
Okinawa
U.S. Air Force
Red Cross Ship Inspection Plan Dropped In Local Action
Frederick County supervisors approve a $125000 loan from the State Literary Fund for a seven room James Wood High School addition to ease rising enrollment. The plan could finish by fall 1963 with a 10 year repayment. A second project pledges $2000 from building funds to buy a 10 acre site on Senseny Road for a future elementary school serving about 600 pupils. An ordinance repealing compulsory school attendance was discussed but not enacted.
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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
County School Board
State Literary Fund
James Wood
Robert Ayler
Fox Drive
Ayler
Aylor
Senseny Road
Rolling Fields
Kern’s House
Senseng Heights
Grover Teets
Charles Garber
Commonwealth
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Post Office to flood market with Dag Hammar skjold misprints
The Post Office Department announces a new run of Dag Hammar skjold commemorative stamps with inverted yellow background to flood the market and curb inflated collector values. James F. Kelleher says unlimited quantities will be issued to meet demand, following policy against rare or over valued philatelic items.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Dag Hammarskjold
James F. Kelleher
J. Edward Day
New Jersey
Kelleher
Hammarskjold stamps sellout in local post sale
Postmaster Wilbur Johnston reported a withdrawal notice and that about 10,000 of the Hammarskjold stamps from the local post office’s 20 000 shipment have been sold. He noted remaining stamps appear free of imperfections and that the sale began on Oct 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Johnston
Hammarskjold
Johnston
Unintentional Misprints in Hands of Collectors
Postal officials acknowledged the step was certain to bring attention to errors found in misprinted items. The remark suggests broader concerns about preserving accuracy in stamp and document collections.
Eisenhower Tried to Block Hiss TV Appearance
Former President Eisenhower allegedly sought to stop Alger Hiss from appearing on a television program about Richard Nixon's political career. Republican William E. Miller said he learned from Hagerty that Eisenhower pressed to cancel Hiss's slot, a claim Miller made while visiting Buffalo General Hospital for a physical exam. Robert H. Finch denounced equal air time offers to balance the Hiss program as an "atrocious, pathetic gesture."
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Buffalo
N.Y
Eisenhower
Alger Hiss
Richard Nixon
William E. Miller
James C. Hagerty
American Broadcasting Co
Hiss
Miller
ABC
New York
Jim Hagerty
Hagerty
Nixon
Lawyer Dies in San Francisco at 86
Eus tace Cullinan a lawyer adviser and confidant of California officials died Monday following a heart ailment. The longtime legal figure was 86 and active in state government circles.
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San Francisco
Eustace Cullinan
California
New Treatment for cancer temporary removal of organs from dogs reported
A Minnesota surgeon reports successful temporary removal and reimplantation of dogs organs suggesting possible human applications. Dr Richard C Lillehei says the technique could treat cancer ulcers and radiation sickness and may allow organ removal, drug treatment, then return to the patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Richard C. Lillehei
University of Minnesota
Lillehei
The
Association of Military Surgeons
Thant Opens Fresh Round of Cuba Crisis Talks
United Nations reports Thant enters new diplomacy as Soviet and Cuban envoys meet with him after word the Red Cross will stay out of Cuba crisis plans. U.S. stance remains on the naval quarantine and demand for jet bombers to leave Cuba, with Kennedy briefed by Stevenson and peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations, N. Y
Soviet Union
Cuba
U Thant
United Nations, N.Y
International Red Cross
Thant
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Carlos
International Committee of the Red Cross
Geneva
U.S
Adlair E. Stevenson
Kennedy
Washington
United States
Red Cross
Stevenson
New York
White House
Adlai E. Stevenson
United Nations
Security Council
Charles W. Yost
John J. i
Indians organize home guards along Tibet frontier
The government announces nationwide civil defense steps with home guards to be organized in all districts bordering Tibet and military training for all able bodied men. Home Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri told Parliament the move is in response to frontier hostilities and a broader undeclared war with Red China.
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New Delhi
India
Tibet
China
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Nehru
Shastri
Nagaeland
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Charles Biggs
Taxi Op
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Lyle Henry
Royal Village
Guantanamo
Grove Furniture Co., Inc
St. Loudoun St
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