28 Nov 1961
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1961
Page
1
The United States Britain and the Soviet Union reopened talks on a nuclear test ban in Geneva. Western officials say prospects are poor and the Soviet draft aims to bar underground tests, a move the West rejects as a propaganda gesture.
Bhe and Mrs John Vinson thank a kind lady motorist who helped them in Winchester at 5 55 a m. The benefactor drove a red and white Im pala with Virginia plate 499 087 and wore a Musselman hat band The letter was posted at 6 a m. When Southern Conference sportswriters named all star teams VMI received little praise only one lineman and one back honored All Southern with Yankee tone. Shenandoah College plans three day road trip to Ferrum Beckley and Salem. Temperatures plunged to 27 degrees last night forecaster predicts 15 in mountains 20 elsewhere tonight.
A chimpanzee will ride an Atlas rocket into space Wednesday. The animal will pilot the capsule through three orbits, enduring acceleration and weightlessness while a 125 ton rocket lofts the craft skyward from Cape Canaveral.
Army Engineers will adhere to ground rules set by local sponsors for Potomac Basin dam talks in Front Royal Staunton and other basin sites. Col Warren Johnson says formal hearings may be held next spring after a deep case study. written comments will be accepted before January 1962.
Thousands of Dominicans walked out in a general strike urged by opposition leaders to oust President Joaquin Balaguer. Gen. Echavarria warned against a clash with U.S. forces and urged against “false prophets” while U.S. warships monitored the coast amid fears of a coup. The National Civic Union pressed for a government ready to hand the presidency to the opposition.
Harry E. Cain of Stephens City was re elected by fellow firemen to direct the 1962 Firemen s Parade at Apple Blossom time. Cain, a Cain s Cleaners owner and Clarke County native, is a former Stephens City Fire Co. president and longtime Firemen s department worker. Four assistant directors were named to assist Cain.
Governor Rockefeller halts the direct search for his missing 23 year old son in the Merauke area on the Dutch coast of New Guinea. Australian helicopters and Dutch officials will continue ground and air sweeps for about a month with thousands involved. A red gasoline can was found as the only clue while hopes remain cautious amid the vast jungle search.
Living costs edged higher in October to a new CPI peak of 128.4, driven by cars and services, while spendable earnings also hit a record. Labor officials call the rise minimal, noting wage contracts lift about 930,000 workers’ pay with cost of living escalators.
President Kennedy in a long interview with Soviet officials says the root of East West troubles is Moscow’s drive to "communize the entire world" and stresses freedom of choice for all peoples. He focuses on Berlin as the crisis point, rejects giving East Germany control of West Berlin or its routes, and calls for peaceful coexistence while criticizing Soviet expansion. The White House notes a preliminary Russian text of the interview.
Paris reports widespread outages as public sector workers strike for higher wages. About 500,000 government run transport, gas and electric workers halted operations, disrupting trains, power and services across the country.
The U S backed an Asian African resolution condemning colonialism with 19 in favor 46 opposed and 36 abstentions. The assembly refused to strip leadership from newly independent Asian and African nations and will review the issue again in 1962.
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