Winchester to light up with 1964 Christmas decorations
The Winchester Retail Merchants Assn plans a five and a half foot tree with extensive additions. Northern New lights will outline Boscawen Street to Cameron Street for the first time. Lighted angel figures will decorate N Loudoun Street between Boscawen and Piccadilly. The tree, donated by C F Meehan, will be lit Friday. described as the city’s largest ever.
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C. Evans Kline
RMA
Boscawen St
Cameron St
Piccadilly
Doctors Keep Vigil Over Quintuplets in Paris
In Paris doctors monitor five premature quintuplets born to a 27 year old postman's wife. The five babies three boys and two girls remain in incubators at the Paris Faculty of Medicine pediatrics center with their condition described as precarious for at least 10 or 12 days. The newborns were reported in good condition initially. Their mother Mrs Raymond Gambor delivered two months early in a private clinic at Asnieres suburb.
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Pediatrics
Paris Faculty of Medicine
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Raymond Gambor
Asnieres
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Gaines Named Parade Director For 1965 Shenandoah Apple Blossom
Robert F. Gaines, president of G & M Music Center and 25 year Winchester Lions Club member, was chosen as Grand Feature Parade director for the 1965 Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. The Lions Club will provide the parade director and staff for the April 30 event at 1 30 p m. Rosenberger announced the appointment at noon today. Gaines, a former Lions Club president, has long been active in Festival matters and holds several civic roles in Winchester Frederick County. He is a native of Rockingham County and educated in Harrisonburg and Shenandoah College.
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Lions Club
Richard J. Rosenberger
James R. Wilkins
G & M Music Center, Inc
Winchester Lions Club
Shenandoah
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Mrr. Gaines
The
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Gaines
James A. Bland
Winchester-Frederick County
Rockingham County
Harrisonburg
Shenandoah College
Newport News Approves 2 Percent Sales Tax
The Newport News City Council approved a 2 percent sales and use tax effective July 1 1965 and a 2 cent per pack cigarette tax effective January 1 to balance a 24.5 million budget. Prescription medicines and medical supplies are exempt. The plan mirrors Norfolk and Bristol efforts to raise revenue with local taxes.
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Newport News
Norfolk
Council
Hampton
Peninsula
Bristol
Virginia
Harrison
Anderson Repeats as Gore Fire Co President
Norman Anderson was re elected president of the Gore Fire Co at the regular meeting last night. New directors elected include Charles Parish Delbert Whitacre Barly McDaniel John Martin and Godfrey Prelip. Held over directors for another year are Smithy Pugh Lyndal Anderson Norman Anderson Hoak Sr Earl Smith and Lacy Anderson. Officers chosen include vice president Pugh Prelip secretary McDaniel treasurer Parish assistant treasurer Peony. fire chief Lynda Hol a.
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Gore Fire Co
Charles Parish
Delbert Whitacre
Barly McDaniel
John Martin
Godfrey Prelip
Smithy Pugh
Lyndal Anderson
Hoak, Sr
Earl Smith
Lacy Anderson
Anderson
Pugh
Prelip
McDaniel
Parish
Peony
Lynda
Rev. J. FP
Capon Bridge Methee
Sam Whitacre
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Britain Opposes NATO Mixed Nuclear Fleet Move
Prime Minister Harold Wilson declared Britain opposes the proposed mixed NATO surface fleet. He warned a manned naval force adds nothing to Western strength and could strain alliance unity. Wilson aims for more consultation with President Johnson while remaining against expanding nuclear trigger use. Paris aligns with de Gaulle on choosing between U.S. or Germany in MLF talks.
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Harold Wilson
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Britain
Wilson
House of Commons
Labor
Johnson
NATO
London
United States
Wilsoft
West Germany
Dean Rusk
Gerhard Schroeder
MLF
State Department
Schroeder
U.S
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
France
26 Americans Die in Crash In Runway Explosion
A Trans World Airlines Boeing 707 aborting takeoff veered right at runway edge striking a steamroller. Fuel spilled and exploded, killing 45 aboard including 26 Americans. 28 survived from a flight carrying 73 passengers and crew.
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Rome
TWA
Paris
Vernon Lowell
Belgian Paratroopers Seize Stanleyville as Rebels Kill Hostages
Belgian paratroopers quickly gained control of Stanleyville while rebels killed about 50 hostages, including Dr. Paul Carlson of Rolling Hills California. State Department confirmed Carlson among 250 held and later killed. 15 others died in Luumba Square when machine guns opened fire. Refugees flown to Leopoldville described chaos at the airport as Belgians moved to rescue foreigners.
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The
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Stanleyville
U.S
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Paul Carlson
Rolling Hills
Calif
Washington
State Department
Carlson
Lu Iumba Square
Gust,Carlson
Alhambra
Dwight Carlson
Orange
Brussels
Paul-Henri Spaak
Spaak
Christophe Gbenye
Gbenye
Red China
Sole Guilt of Assassination Is Pinned Securely on Oswald
Long AP dispatch recounts the Warren Commission finding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the Kennedy assassination. Witness testimony is summarized as speculative and conflicting, but the commission concludes Oswald had the motive, means, and opportunity, despite some differing recollections from witnesses and families.
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Washington
John F
Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
America
Soviet Union
Lée Oswald
Earl l Warren
Secret Service
James J. Rowley
U.S. Sees Possible Expansion of Vietnam War Tactics
U S Air Force aerial reconnaissance focuses on Laos and the Ho Chi Minh trail region. Logs show jets over the Laotian panhandle and rising radar guided antiaircraft activity. Officials indicate potential air strikes to choke Viet Cong supply lines, with Maxwell Taylor noting discussion of attacking North Vietnamese trails.
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U.S
Its
Ieee
United States
South Viet Nam
Maxwell D. Taylor
Saigon
North
Viet Nam
ABC
Beinning
Taylor
Washgton
Anson
Weather shift cools Virginia coast with warm air moving in
A large pond of cold air has moved along the Virginia coast while warmer air from the south flows in. The result is increased cloudiness and higher temperatures across the region.
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Richmond
Virginia Coast
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