U S Pilots Report Red Fighters Don’t Attack During Cuba Flights
Two U S pilots recount surveillance missions over Cuba with Red fighter interceptions but no hits. Medal ceremonies followed, as Lt Col Clyde East and Maj Richard Heyser described MIG-21s and Cuban aircraft, high altitude U2 reconnaissance, and ground fire incidents without casualties.
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Washington
U.S
Cuba
Clyde B. East
Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
Tampa
Fla
City Hall installs new drainpipe amid repairs
Workers replace an old asbestos pipe outside and underground at City Hall due to clogging and underground damage. A dead pigeon was found in one section as crews upgrade drainage while awaiting completion. Mrs. Ralph Grimm confirms the Associated Press photo features her son, airman David Grimm, from Guam cleanup duties after a typhoon.
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City Hall
Ralph Grimm
Greystone Terrace
Associated Press
Garden Center Open Sunday With Gift Ideas and Sales
Open Sunday 1 to 5 pm at Smalt sGarden Center offering garden design ideas and a door prize. The Treasure Box at 134 W Boscawen St advertises handmade doll clothes sale Nov 30 9 30 to 4 30 with specials on winter coats hats and dresses at Jay s and girls shop correction notes fence ads last night Star quoted price adjustment 20 rounds for 13 50. Southern States Winchester Cooperative and Stephens City Cooperative as listed.
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Smalts Garden Center Door Prize
W. Boscawen St
Southern States
Winchester Cooperative Southern S
TIS
Stephens City Cooperative
W. T. Grant CO
Loudoun Winchester
First Christmas Stamp Goes on Sale at Winchester Post Office
Postmaster Wilbur R. Johnston announced the government’s first Christmas stamp is available at the Winchester Post Office where about 20,000 of 100,000 four cent stamps have already sold. He cited demand from women and predicted a 3 percent rise in Christmas mail this year. The office will again use the all in one system to deliver cards and letters in one daily trip, a move that saved $5 million last year without service loss.
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Post Office
J. Elwood Snyder
Drew Sefton
Wilbur R. Johnston
Winchester
Mr. Johnston
Johnston
Robert L. DeHaven
Maj
J. Thomas Boyd
Public Safety Committee
Ralph Hardy
Charles Zuckerman
Mr. Butler
Forrest Jones
Margaret Butler
Percy Stultz
Keller
India seeks neutral nation support in border war
Indian diplomats launch missions to Africa and Asia and plan more outreach to nonaligned countries to gain backing against China over the undeclared border conflict. China counters with messages to Rangoon Cairo Jakarta Colombo as Duncan Sandys meets Nehru in New Delhi. Military focus shifts to the Himalayas with promised Chinese troop withdrawals beginning Saturday.
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New Delhi
India
Red China
Africa
Asia
Rangoon
Cairo
Jakarta
Colobo
Duncan Sandys
Nehru
Sandys
Pakistan
Mohammed Ayub Khan
U.S
Himalayas
Pope John XXIII Struggles With Stomach Disorder and Anemia
Vatican announced Pope John XXIII, aged 81, suffers a stomach ailment worsened by a anemia. Communique says gastropathy underlies the blood deficiency, with doctors monitoring his condition as prayers are requested from Catholics worldwide.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Vatican
John
Pope John
Yugoslav Consular Mission in Germany Attacked
About 30 people attacked the Yugoslavian consular mission at BAD GODESBERG, throwing three bombs and ransacking the building. Police reported at least two injuries and 17 attackers were arrested. Refugees from Croatia drove to the site in two buses and displayed anti Berlin Wall posters.
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Bad Godesberg
Germany
Croatia
Yugoslavia
Cologne
Dortmund
Berlin Wall
Army Divisions Placed on Alert for Possible Cuba Invasion
Five Army divisions were tapped for a possible invasion of Cuba as the crisis neared its peak. About 100,000 soldiers, antiaircraft units, and support elements moved to Florida while the 1st Armored Division shifted from Texas to the East Coast. Other alerted units included the 82nd and 101st Airborne, and the 1st and 2nd Infantry Divisions, with leaves canceled and readiness intensified for a possible deployment.
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Washington
Cuba
Florida
Kennedy
1St Armored
Ft. Stewart
Ft. Hood
Tex
82Nd Airborne Division
Ft. Bragg
N.C
101St Airborne
Ft. Campbell
1St Infantry Division
Ft. Riley
Kan
2Nd Infantry
Ft. Benning
United States
Germany
Korea
Hawaii
Fox Killed Downtown By Police
Two Winchester policemen shot and killed a fox reported near the Northern Virginia Power Company on Cameron Street. Patrolman Alf Bailey and Harry Hildebrand killed the animal after wounding it in an alley between the Power company and the George Washington Hotel. Winchester game warden Ervin Cleveland urged reporting any bites to him and preserved the fox’s head for rabies testing if needed.
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Winchester
Northern Virginia Power Company
Cameron Street
Alf Bailey
Harry Hildebrand
Power Company
George Washington Hotel
Ervin Cleveland
Cleveland
Barley
Hildebrand
Strike ends at Lockheed Aircraft Corp
The AFL-CIO International Association of Machinists agreed to end its two day strike at Lockheed Aircraft Corp immediately. President Kennedy may seek a Taft Hartley injunction after a three man board reports. The cooling off period could suspend the strike up to 80 days if sought.
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Washington
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Burbank
Calif
Kennedy
Lockheed Aircraft’ Corp
International Association of Aera
Aerospace
Ben
National Health and Safety
Taft-Hartley
Arthur M. Ross
University of California Institute of Industrial Relations
Los Angeles
Lockheed
Ahenee
California
Florida
Hawaii
Kennedy After Facts On Easing Tensions
Washington AP reports Soviet First Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan arrived for follow up talks with President Kennedy on the Cuban crisis and U S Soviet relations. Officials say differences remain wide despite discussions in New York and Havana. Mikoyan plans to return to Moscow after meetings with Kennedy and other officials.
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Washington
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Kennedy
U.S
Mikoyan
Khrushchev
Andrews Air Force Base
New York
Moscow
United States
Fidel Castro
White House
Dean Rusk
Fridey
Stewart Udall
Udall
Soviet Union
Cuba
Castro
Havana
Kennedy kin ordered to visit junkyard and hospital
Patricia Kennedy Lawford, sister of John F Kennedy and wife of Peter Lawford, must visit a car wreck junkyard and the Kennedy Child Guidance Center to survey accident injuries. A court sentenced her for driving with an expired operator's license, with reports due in two and thirty days respectively.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Patricia Kennedy Lawford
Peter Lawford
Kennedy Child Guidance Center
St. John’s Hospital
Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr
W. Blair Gibbons
Court Divides Over Virginia Redistricting Plan
A federal court ruled Virginia must reapportion its General Assembly to favor populous areas Arlington Fairfax and Norfolk declaring the current 1962 redistricting unconstitutional. It set January 31 as the deadline and urged a special session to redraw districts or the court will act. Judges Bryan and Lewis concurred while Hoffman dissented signaling a northern Virginia and Norfolk victory over rural dominance.
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Alexandria
Virginia
General Assembly
Arlington
Fairfax
Norfolk
Albert V. Bryan
Oren E. Lewis
Walter E. Hoffman
Virginia Beach Princess Anne
Senate
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Treas
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Harry L. McCann
Frederick County
Jay’s Boys & Girls Shop
New Safety Committee
Ed Layman
Waynesboro Safety Council
Winchester-Frederick
Floyd Crim
Dorothy O’brien
Marguerite Butler
George Jones
Jack, Davis
C. G. Follansbee
William Baker
Mitchell Heironimus
Warren L. Fogle
Jack Cummins
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