Downtown Plans Meet Set For Next Wednesday Night
The Downtown Development Committee calls a special meeting for all store and office occupants and building owners in central Winchester to discuss plans from Piccadilly to Cork and Boscawen Street to Rouss Avenue. The session at the George Washington Hotel will outline a mall project on Rouss from Loudoun Street to the alley near Winchester Credit and Lupton’s Insurance, with officials invited including the mayor, city council, Parking Authority, a Frederick County representative, and Garden Council delegates. Dennis Miller and Don Podline of Potomac Edison planners will assist.
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George Washington Hotel
Winchester
Piccadilly
Cork
Boscawen St
Braddock
Cameron
Rouss Ave
Loudoun St
Winchester Credit
Lupton’s Insurance
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Winchester Parking Authority
Frederick County
Garden Council of
Potomac Edison Co
Hagerstown
Dennis Miller
Don Podline
Strikers Vote on New Pact Near Gemini and Phantom Work
Washington AP reports negotiators reached a proposed settlement to resume Gemini space capsule and Phantom fighter plane production at McDonnell Aircraft in St. Louis. Seventeen thousand AFL-CIO Machinists vote today to ratify, with union leaders cautious about acceptance amid dissent.
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Washington
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
St. Louis
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
Eugene Glover
Viet Nam
Sheriff Seizes Freight Trailer and Furniture Repossession
Sheriff Robert L. DeHaven repossessed an earth moving machine after a complaint and now impounds a large freight trailer filled with a Florida man's furniture. Since Thursday November 25 is a legal holiday, garbage collections are postponed and City Buses do not run. Garbage for November 25 will be collected on Monday November 29.
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Robert L. DeHaven
Florida
Community Celebrates Thanksgiving Tomorrow
Community marks Thanksgiving with services and family feasts while schools close in Winchester Frederick and Clarke counties. Handley Library closes tomorrow and reopens Friday as residents anticipate deer and turkey hunts and venison on many tables.
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Winchester
Frederick
Clarke County
Handley Library
Panel urges three year Soviet American antimissile moratorium
A 15 member citizens panel led by MIT's Dean Jerome B. Wiesner calls for a three year moratorium on placing anti missile systems by the United States and the Soviet Union. The panel argues the pause is a necessary step toward progress in nuclear disarmament.
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New York
Jerome B. Wiesner
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
American tourist jailed in Soviet Union over border crossing
A Soviet court in Murmansk sentenced 27 year old American tourist Mott from Sheffield Massachusetts to 18 months in a labor camp for illegally crossing the Arctic border from Norway into the Soviet Union. Prosecutors sought 24 years. Mott apologized saying the act was due to carelessness. He was arrested Sept 4 near Borisoglebsk after traveling in Norway, with Norway none of the borders requiring visas during summer per an agreement.
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Murmansk
J.s.8er
New‘comb ‘Mott
Sheffield
Mass
Norway
Soviet Union
Mott
Howard Mott
Russia
Byrd Delivers First Speech in New Senate Role
Harrisonburg AP Byrd in his first speech since succeeding his father in the U S Senate pledges taxes paid by the sweat of workers and stresses public money must be handled as a public trust at a Harrisonburg Rockingham United Fund victory dinner. He urges increased opposition to policies contrary to national ideals and praises voluntary city philanthropy as a test of citizenship.
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Harrisonburg
U.S. Senate
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Washington
Byrd
Harrisonburgh- Rockingham United Fund
United Fund
United Giving
Willow Lawn Farm Market Opens Friday With Imports Gifts
Open to serve you this Thanksgiving at 1889 Valley Avenue Willow Lawn Farm Market invites shoppers to explore imports and objects of art. Claude's corner near the Post Office offers unique gifts as the market debuts.
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Willow Lawn Farm Market
Valley Avenue
Claude
Californians Brace for Fresh Storm
Saturated Southern California endures the worst November floods with at least 12 deaths as a new storm threatens heavy rain and possible mudslides. Desert areas, Palm Springs, and washes near Cucamonga faced dangerous floods, cars swept away, and stranded residents as rescue crews scramble for survivors.
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Los Angeles
California
Palm Springs
San Josn
San Bernardino County
San Bernardino
Rocky Cucamonga Wash
Mailsy
Caskie Named Newport News Co and P Head
Donald F. Caskie, manager of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co in Winchester, is appointed manager of the Newport News office effective December 1. He previously served as Newport News assistant manager and Winchester manager. Caskie, a Virginia Tech alumnus and six year USAF fighter interceptor veteran, joined C P in 1961. He and wife live at 1459 Greystone Terrace and he chairs Boy Scouts in Shawnee District.
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Donald F. Caskie
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Newport News
Winchester
Caskie
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
U.S. Air Force
Richmond
Greystone Terrace
Christ Episcopal Church
Shawnee
Prison guards killed as Menard riot erupts in Illinois
A four hour prison riot at Menard State Prison in Chester Illinois left three guards dead and six wounded after convicts armed with knives and a paint thinner bomb breached a guard cage during dinner. Illinois Public Safety Director Ross Randolph led the hostage talks and investigation.
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Menard
Max Frye
Chester
Ill
Menard State Prison
Illinois Public Safety
Ross Randolph
Nsea
Randolph
Albert W. Rohlfing
Arthur Gene Bierman
Sparta
Rohlifing
Lewis M. Paul
Murphysboro
Arthur L. Kisro
George L. Wilson
West Frankfort
John Russell
Grand Tower
Clinton Alsup
de Soto
Paul W. Simpson
Melvin K. Staton
Herrin
Wilbur A. Mortiz
Jacob
Illi
Wounded American Hid In Jungle for 7 Days
Pfc. Toby Braveboy 24 of Coward South Carolina was evacuated by helicopter from Ia Drang Valley Pleiku after hiding seven days from North Vietnamese troops. He suffered multiple bullet wounds and was treated at a field hospital before being listed in satisfactory condition.
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Pleiku
South Viet Nam
U.S
Ia Drang Valley
Toby Braveboy
Coward
S.C
Braveboy
7Th Cavalry Regiment
Central Highlands
Maj
Philip Warner
Los Angeles
Warner
Joel Sugdinis
Cornwall Bridge
Conn
War Toll Deepens Columbus Population Decline
In Columbus Georgia war news from Vietnam hits hard as dozens, including Sgt William A Ferrell and Sgt Billy Elliott, are reported killed. Residents cope with loss while a trailer court street is renamed for Sgt Travis Poss and local aid groups mobilize to assist grieving families.
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Columbus, Ga
West Georgia
Columbus
Ft. Benning
1St Cavalry
Defense Department
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
William A. Ferrell
Imogene Ferrell
Keds San “bin Aatha Percetu
Sara Elliott
Billy Elliott
Aris
Sgt
Travis Poss
Siastek
The Star Skips Thanksgiving Day Publication
The Star will not publish tomorrow due to Thanksgiving Day national holiday.
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The
Star
240 Killed In Action Last Week In Viet Nam
The Ia Drang Valley battle pushed U S casualties to 240 killed last week with 470 wounded and 6 missing. Communist losses reached 2,262 dead and 136 captured as U S and South Vietnamese forces suffer heavy tolls amid ongoing combat.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ia Drang
Viet Nam
U. S
Ia Drange
1St Cavalry
U.S
Washington
United States
Weather moves off coast bringing clouds and rain to Virginia
A high pressure area over Virginia shifts to the coast today, producing increased cloudiness and light rain across the Old Dominion as the system departs the region.
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Richmond
Virginia
Old Dominion
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Smalls Garden Center
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James
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Plymouth Rock
Newport News Co & P
Tom Gross
Gross
Chu Pong
Columbus Baptist Association
Anye
Carpenters
See
Pine Motor Co
Hodgson & Brown
Margaret L. Hodgson
Sun
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