Crowds Gather For Mr. Sam's Final Rites
Crowds gathered at a Bonham church before dawn for the funeral of Mr. Sam Rayburn, longtime House speaker and New Deal ally. President Truman and Vice President Johnson attended along with 23 senators. The service at First Baptist Church followed Rayburn's death from cancer.
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Bonham, Tex
Canane
Franklin D. Roosevelt
First Baptist Church
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S
Harry S. Truman
Independence
Moore
House of Representatives
Rayburn
Obe Down Crier Highlights Seasonal Hunts and Local Gear
Local clerks report a busy morning as hunters line up for season licenses opening Monday. Deer sightings near Skyline Drive and a note on equipment come amid a busy day in Royal to Luray. Captain Jimmy Anderson leads Handley Judges to their seventh win of the season with even odds on the coin toss.
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Royal
Jimmy Anderson
Handley Judges
Winchester
First Lady's Fall Described as Minor Mishap
Frances Lewine reports Mrs. Kennedy’s fall from a horse during a Piedmont Hunt event in Northern Virginia was called a very minor mishap by White House aides. She mounted quickly, rejoined foxhunters, and returned to Glenora later that day. Photographers captured the spill as her horse balked at a jump. Life magazine reportedly offered $3500 for the image.
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Mrs. Kennedy
Piedmont Hunt
Virginia
Kennedy
Seemaan
Upperville
Mellon
Bethany
Eve Fout
Skirmish noted between Falls Church and Fairfax Court House
One hundred years ago today reports describe a skirmish between Falls Church and Fairfax Court House. A convention at Russellville Kentucky passed an ordinance of secession, signaling rising tensions before the Civil War.
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Falls Church
Fairfax’ Court House
Russellville
Closing Notice for George Washington Hotel Barber Shop
George Washington Hotel Barber Shop will be closed all day Wednesday November 22. The notice appears in a 1p-11-18 issue with a closing alert for a local business operation.
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George Washington Hotel
Finns Refuse Direct Agreement Amid Soviet Pressure
Helsinki AP report says Finland views renewed Soviet pressures for Finnish Soviet consultations on joint defense gravely. A government source notes Finland seeks to avoid admitting an immediate Baltic war threat, but Moscow’s push has pushed Helsinki into a one way street.
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Helsinki
Finland
Baltic
Euro A. Wuori
Moscow
Kuznetsov
Franz Joseph Strauss
Norway
West Germany
Sd Kekkonen
Two Share Honors in Beauty Show
Miss Judy Clemons and Miss Sandy Russell shared top honors at the 12th annual Beta Club show. Russell, 16, won first in beauty and placed runner-up in gowns. Clemons won the evening gown title. DeHaven won runner-up in beauty and third in gowns. Frye was third in beauty. The event emceed by Bill Allison drew 61 entrants in the Martinsburg Pike area with Beta Club President Carolyn Godlove presenting prizes.
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Judy Clemons
Sandy Russell
Miss Russell
Miss Clemons
Sheryl DeHaven
Linda Frye
Dale E. Clemons
Martinsburg Pike
Miss Dehaven
Manuel C. DeHaven
Clearbrook
Frye
Delmar Frye
Rt. 3
Bill Allison
Carolyn Godlove
Beta Club
Barbara Kosma
Follansbee Named to Chamber Group
Conrad G. Follansbee secretary manager of the Winchester Frederick County Chamber of Commerce is appointed to the executive committee of the American Chamber of Commerce Executives announced by W Scott Christopher of Meg Fla association press release.
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Conrad G. Follansbee
Winchester, Frederick County
Soviet Ready to Resume Test Ban Talks Say Western Sources
Moscow dispatch says Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan signaled Soviet willingness to restart negotiations on nuclear test ban. Britain and the United States proposed resuming talks, noting the United Nations Disarmament Commission's Nov 8 call for progress reports.
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Moscow
Anastas Mikoyan
Soviet Union
Mikoyan
Britain
United States
Atomic Club
United Nations
Disarmament Commission
Kennedy Hopes To Reach Accord With Adenauer
Secretary of State Dean Rusk signaled U S willingness to work with West Germany on Berlin issues during Konrad Adenauer's visit. Both leaders plan talks on Berlin and a possible path to Western negotiations with the Soviet Union. Rusk called the East-West wall a monument to Communist failure and urged it not to be permanent.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Konrad Adenauer
Kennedy
Russia
Berlin
Dean Rusk
Adenauer
Hano Kennedy
Rusk
East Berlin
West Berlin
East Germany
Checking Stations Set Up In Area For Big Game Hunters
Thirteen area checking stations have been set up for hunters who bag a deer bear or wild turkey next week. Hunters must attach the kill tag to the license and take the game to a station for a game tag. Stations are listed in Frederick Clarke counties and on Blue Ridge Mountain. The general hunting season opens Monday. Names of local hunters who bag big game will be published in The.
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Frederick County
W Grocery
Star Tannery
Dodson’s
Mt. Falls
Lakeside
Gainesboro
Whitacre’s
Whitacre
Green Spring Mill
Green Spring
Veteran’s
Stephens City
Adam’s
Winchester
Clarke County
Frank's
Esso
Seevite Pine Grove
Rt. 7
Rodger’s
Rt. 50
Eos
Blue Ridge Mountain
Frederick and
Clarke Counties
Plans for Moon Landing Delayed by Ranger 2 Failure
An Atlas Agena rocket launched from Cape Canaveral at 3 12 a m for the Ranger 2 lunar mission. The second stage failed to ignite, leaving the craft in Earth orbit about 145 to 94 miles away as officials study radio data to determine what happened.
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Ranger
Moon
Cape Canaveral
Agena
Earth
Deep Space Tra J
Burke
BIOS rocket sheds light on living matter in space radiation belt
A 62 foot BIOS rocket carries 38 parcels of living matter including human blood, nerve fibers, mold and seeds toward Earth’s radiation belt to study radiation effects and space dust. The mission aims to recover dust for analysis and test weightlessness impact on sea urchin eggs and amoebae.
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Point Arguella
Calif
U.S. Space Agency
Earth
BIOS
National . Aeronautics
Administration
National Symphony to perform 79 minute program at Handley
The National Symphony Orchestra will present a 79 minute program at Handley Auditorium on November 27 at 8 30 p m The Winchester Exchange strings horns flutes and others accompany the program with movements including allegretto banden giocoso and largo in the announced schedule
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National Symphony Orchestra
Handley Auditorium
Winchester Exchange
American Beauty
Hart St
National Symphony
Orchestra
Recount Splits Ky Police Judge Term Between Candidates
Lawrenceburg Kentucky recount shows a tie between incumbent Major W. McBrayer and challenger William B. Nicholls. They will share the four year term, McBrayer serving the first two years and Nicholls the last two. Both candidates received 472 votes.
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Lawrenceburg
Major W. McBrayer
William B. Nicholls
Four Killed In Multi Car Crash Near Ridgeley West Virginia
Four people died in a late night crash on West Virginia 28 about three miles south of Ridgeley. Victims include Robert OBaker 18 and Gerald Lohnas 18 of Cumberland Maryland Ronald C Swain 28 Wiley Ford WV and Sharon Swain 20 of Ridgeley. Five others injured and three admitted to Memorial Hospital Cumberland.
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Ridgeley
W. Va
West Virginia
Here
Robert O'Baker
Gerald Lohnas
Cumberland
Ronald C. Swain
Wiley Ford
Swain
Sharon F. Swain
Robert Noeschel
Memorial Hospital
Sharon
Donald F. Swain
Ronald
Richard J. Shewbridge
Richard Graham
Cumbeland
Wayne Logsden
Lavale
Wayne Helmstetter
Hunters Open At Valley Pike Restaurant
Notice lists Robert Lee Restaurant on Valley Pike opening for hunters at 4 a.m. next week.
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Hunters! Shirkey’s
Robert Lee
Valley Pike
Vehicle Kills Deer and City Sees Two Crashes
A deer was hit and killed on Route 50 about 25 miles east of Waterloo at 10 30 last night. State Trooper K H Malbon identified the 1955 Ford wagon driver as a large man from Edinburg. Damages from two Winchester crashes totaled 800 with a 1953 Chevrolet driven by Robert Mowrey of Route 4 on Braddock Street and a 1960 Volkswagen driven by Thomas Duff of Route 3 on Monmouth Street. A three vehicle crash at 5 p.m. caused more than 3700 in damages on Route ee involving a truck driven by William Eugene Crump of Winchester and a 1956 Chevrolet driven by Anna Bray Hough of Route 1 Winchester.
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Rt. 50
Winchester
Waterloo
K. H. Malbon
Edinburg
S. Braddock and
Monmouth Sts
Alvin. Johnson and Bland
Robert Mowrey
Rt. 4
Braddock St
Thomas A Duff
Rt. 3
Mouth St
Rt. Ee Es
Fiste Troeeer
W. Foster
William Eugene Crump
Anna Bray Hough
Rt. 1
Mayor to DJ for charity fund drive at South End Fire Co
Mayor Claude B. Smalts Jr. will be the disc jockey today for a 30 hour charity marathon on WINC WRFL seeking 25000 dollars for a new fire truck. Henry Lowry and city officials join the event which started at 6 p.m. and runs through tonight to boost donations.
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Claude B. Smalts, Jr
South End Fire Company
Winc-Wrfl
Fire Company
Seagraves
Henry Lowry
Varius
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Mr. Sam
Barbara Komsa
James Crowns
Win Wood High School
Komsaner
Dick Bond
Frances Lewine
Raees
Hawkins
Life Magazine
Cleveland
Hunters Star
Echo Inleot
Rt. 11
Follansbee
Ranger 2
Cape Atin
Viata
Aite Space
Gore School
Gore Fire Co
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