Hunter Shot to Death In Shenandoah County
A Metropolitan police officer in Shenandoah County shot and killed a hunter after mistaking movement for a deer in a wooded area near Hud son s Crossroads. Beyer, questioned by sheriff and commonwealth attorney, showed remorse. no charges announced. The incident occurred between 8 30 and 9 a m in pine woods.
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Hunter
Shenandoah County
D.C
Commonwealth
Beyer
Hudson’s Crossroads
Beyers
Forest Fires Char Nearly 200 Acres in Frederick and Clarke
Two forest fires in Frederick and Clarke Counties burned about 200 acres. The Clarke blaze near the Shenandoah River bridge on Rt 50 spread across roughly 150 acres, while another on North Mountain east of Gore scorched 35 to 45 acres. Fire lines, built with hand tools, halted both fires amid heavy vegetation and poor access. About 50 to 60 firefighters, including crews from Berryville and Front Royal, fought the blazes until late evening with a flareup around 11:15 p.m. and renewed activity into today. Authorities cited wind and dry conditions. cause remains undetermined. A hunting lodge was threatened. Continued coverage on Page 2.
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Frederick
Clarke Counties
Wildcat Hollow
Clarke County
Shenandoah River
North Mountain
Gore
Frederick County
John Racey
Winchester
Shenandoah River Bridge
Rt. 50
Boyce
Lynwood Lanham
John H. Enders Fire Co
Berryville
C ’S
Front Royal Fire de
Lanham
Applesauce tops as second most sold canned fruit
A Winchester visitor in Ohio learns about locals and a Virginia connection while notes on applesauce place it as the nation s second major canned fruit. The American Fruit Grower reports applesauce ranks after peaches and notes a 157 percent rise in per capita consumption over 15 years.
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United States
American Fruit Grower Magazine
Fruit Grower Magazine
Russians Dragged From Car Beaten by Congolese Police
In Leopoldville two Soviet diplomats, Boris Noronin and Yuri Miakotnykh, were dragged from their car by Congolese security, beaten with clubs, and jailed after allegedly refusing a car search. The incident followed tensions with the Congo lese government amid Cold War alignments.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Boris Noronin
Yuri Miakotnykh
Noronin
Miakotnykh
Brazzaville
Congo River
Cyrille Adoula
Soviet Union
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
Congo
Douglas Blyth
Iraqi Students Seize Embassy In London
More than 300 Iraqi students forced entry into the Iraqi Embassy in London and took control of all four floors. They denounced the Aref regime and military dictatorship while pledging to stay until further notice with staff mostly departed and police observing outside.
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London
Abdel Salem Aref
Aref
Ba’Ath
Ba’Ath Socialist Party
Cambodia Requests U.S. Aid Cut as Sihanouk Moves
Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk announced a total end to U.S. military and economic aid amounting to 30 million dollars yearly. The Foreign Ministry summoned U.S. Ambassador Philip D. Sprouse to deliver the order, while Washington denied the charges as aid programs began to halt.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
U. S
Philip D. Sprouse
Norodom Sihanouk
U.S
Sihanouk
South Viet Nam
United States
State Department
Sprouse
Soviet Union
China
Two NYSE member firms suspended after Allied Crude bankruptcy
Two New York Stock Exchange member firms Ira Haupt & Co and J R Williston & Beane Inc were suspended amid a broader inquiry into the financial positions of firms with commodity operations. Allied Crude Vegetable Oil and Refining Co filed bankruptcy in Newark delaying cottonseed oil futures trading on the New York Produce Exchange due to margin calls and large open positions.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Ira Haupt & Co
J.R. Williston & Beane Inc
Exchange
New Jersey
Allied Crude Vegetable ,and Refining Co
Bayonne
U.S
Mum
Produce Exchange
Allied Crude Vegetable Oil and Refining Co
Produce Exchange Statement
Allied Crude Vegetable
Chicago
Allied
Chamber Rejects Opequon Dam Idea
Winchester Frederick County Chamber of Commerce board rejects Army Corps of Engineers Opequon dam plan. A committee led by John Goodwin urges recreation facilities and local control, citing lower cost and less federal encroachment while studying alternatives.
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Chamber
Army Corps of Engineers
Opequon Dam
Winchester- Frederick County
Potomac River
Goodwin
Legislature Eyes End of Special Session on Poll Tax Plan
In Richmond the Senate quickly approved waiving rules to move Gov. Harrison Jr.’s poll tax substitute for federal elections toward immediate passage. The House Privileges and Elections Committee followed with unanimous support, pushing a package that could end the special session today if four fifths approve suspending constitutional readings. Opponents in the Senate said delays possible but unlikely to change the outcome.
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Breeden
Edward L. Breeden Jr
Norfolk
General Assembly
Richmond
State Senate
House Privileges and Elections Committee
Senate
Harrison
Special Assembly
House
House Committee
John Warren Cooke
Mathews
Robert L. Clark
Stuart
Del
Lyman Harrell
Emporia
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
U.S
Assembly
Congress
House of Delegates
del. C. Harrison Mann
Arlington
AT&T Directors Propose 2 for 1 Stock Split and Dividend Hike
AT&T directors proposed a 2 for 1 stock split with a 50 cent per share dividend on the split stock, equal to $1.00 quarterly on current stock. If approved at the April annual meeting, the split would take effect in June, the second split in the company’s history.
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New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
At&t
Bell Telephone System
Wall Street
Richmond Secretary Found Shot in Her Apartment
Richmond police pressed their inquiry into the death of 37 year old secretary Jean Geier found shot three times in her West End apartment. The .38 pistol belonged to her husband Deane Geier and friends reported no sign of forced entry or missing items. Geier, a Richmond native and Mary Washington College graduate, taught before joining Richmond Newspapers Inc. in 1952.
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Richmond
Henrico County
Louis E. Browning
Henrico
Jean C. Geier
Weather outlook for northern Virginia rain possibility
A low pressure area over southern Hindig moves toward Virginia bringing a chance of light rain in the extreme northern part of the state by tomorrow.
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Richmond
Hlindig
Virginia
Christmas Open House at Smalls Garden Center
Oates Lumber Co. announces a Christmas Open House on Sunday November 24 from 1 to 5 at Smalls Garden Center. The business will close Thursday at noon due to a death.
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Smalls Garden Center
Oates Lumber CO
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Calvin O. Frye
Washington
William Evens
John H. Dunn, Jr
Rt. 1
Middletown
Cather’s
Chambersburg
Dodson’s
Mt. Jackson
Frederick, Clarke
Partment
Boyce Fire Co. Re
Ohio
Vinton County
McArthur
Apple Country
F. H. Frazee
Frazee
W. H. Lohr
University of Virginia
Monterey
Highland Recorder
O.K
N.Y. Stock Exchange
J. Kenneth Robin
Opequon
Rt. 761
S. Loudoun
P. O. Faulkner
Martinsburg
W.va
Denny’s
Comte
Howard Johnsons
George Washington
Barry's Drug Store
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