Kennedy Signs Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
President Kennedy ratified the limited nuclear test ban treaty in a ten minute ceremony calling it a clear and honorable national commitment to mankind's survival. The action marks a major step in arms control amid Cold War tensions.
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Kennedy
Ning
United States
White House
London
Moscow
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Dean Rusk
William Z. Foster
The
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Adrian Fisher
John J. McCloy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
George Smathers
D-Fla
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
Thomas Kuchel
R-Calif
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Bourke Hickenlooper
A-Iowa
John O
Deep Slashes Vote in Civil Defense Funds
The House Appropriations Committee cut deep into civil defense, space, and science programs. It rejected the full 195 million requested for a nationwide fallout shelter program and trimmed NASA funding to 5.1 billion of 5.712 billion asked. Kennedy urged restraint while signaling vigilance and a moon mission push. The bill totals about 1.233 billion above last year, with space and Veterans Affairs allocations highlighted.
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Congress
Space Agency
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R-N.h
Veterans Administration
Two Former Apple Blossom Princesses Star At Shepherd Homecoming
At Shepherd College Homecoming in Shepherdstown two former Apple Blossom princesses drew attention. Sandra Carson, Shepherd Homecoming Queen in 1962, and Betsy Sherrer, last spring’s Apple Blossom representative, joined the court and cheered the Rams in a 21 12 win over Potomac State. Volleyball season kicks off tomorrow at 6 p.m. at the Armory with weekly games through March. Police noted a curious Kerr Street social scene as two women chatted in one stopped car while another watched before leaving.
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Shepherdstown
Sandra Carson
Mountainside
N.J
Shepherd
Betsy Sherrer
Union
Potomac State
Shepherd Rams
Miss Carson
Worker Hurt in Dynamite Blast at Kernstown Site
A construction worker, Jacob Locke of Rt 3 Winchester, received a head cut when a rock was blasted 25 yards away at the T. G. Adams subdivision in Kernstown. He was treated at Winchester Memorial Hospital by the Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad and released. Worker employed by Buckley Lages.
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T. G. Adams
Kernstown
Jacob Locke
Rt. 3
Winchester
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Memorial Hospital
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
Buckley-Lages
Botulism Kills Two In Tennessee Restaurant Fish Link
A furniture plant executive David S. Cohen aged 32 and his 10 year old daughter Amy Beth died in Knoxville of botulism. Four others hospitalized. All victims had eaten smoked whitefish from a supermarket chain. State health officials pursue fish testing in Nashville.
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Knoxville, Tenn
David S. Cohen
Knoxville
Amy Beth
Harold M. Kelso
Knox County
Cohens
State Health Department
Nashville
Soviet Bloc Wheat Deal Likely To Slightly Affect U S Supply
The possible sale of 100 to 125 million tons of wheat to the Soviet bloc would barely dent the large U S wheat reserves. U S stocks total about 1 026 billion bushels as of Aug 31 with this year’s crop adding to supply for domestic needs for roughly two to two and a half years.
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Two Brothers In Auto Crash In Orange Virginia
Lowell Dodson of Orange County was driving home when his car collided head on with another car driven by his brother Gus. Both escaped unharmed though both cars were wrecked. The crash occurred on Virginia 20 in front of Earl Dodson’s home, a brother of Lowell and Gus.
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Lowell Dodson
Orange County
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Gus
Virginia 20
Earl Dodson
Lowell
Man Drowns After 20-Foot Well Fall in Lanexa
Billy Winfree, 60, Negro, visiting a neighbor, fell into a 20 foot well while drawing water and drowned, police said.
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Lanexa
Billy Winfree
Masked Bandits Rob Paris Neuro-Home Jewelry Heist
In Paris a 72 year old woman Mrs A Bailly watched by her friend was ambushed by five masked men near her country house. They bound gagged and stole jewelry valued at about 360000 dollars and 10000 dollars in cash.
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Diem Declares Viet Cong War Nears Defeat in Saigon
In an address opening the National Assembly President Ngo Dinh Diem said Communists are losing the guerrilla war in South Viet Nam. He claimed Buddhist tensions are settled and urged U.N. scrutiny of the Buddhist crisis while praising Viet Nam’s armed forces for Mekong Delta victories.
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Duncan Named To State Izaak Walton Office
Bill Duncan of 443 Fairmont Ave was elected secretary of the Izaak Walton League of Virginia at its Lynchburg annual meeting. He and Royston and Zuckerman attended as delegates and will report to local directors. State officers were reelected. awards went to Fredericksburg-Rappahannock and Front Royal chapters. next meeting planned for Arlington.
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Fairmont Ave
Izaak Walton League of Virginia
Lynchburg
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Izaak Walton
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M. E. Royston
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Izaak Walton Park
William P. Blackwell
Arthur R. Thompson
Norfolk
Lynn C. Weldon
McLean
Thelma Reed
Vienna
C. C. Clark
Fredericksburg - Rappahannock
Harold Meredith
Front Royal
Arlington
Ed Murrow Undergoes Left Lung Removal
Edward R. Murrow, 55, former national news commentator and head of the U S Information Agency, is reported in very satisfactory condition after a three hour operation to remove his left lung. He recuperates at Washington Hospital Center and doctors will test to determine if the tumor was malignant.
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Edward R. Murrow
U.S. Information Agency
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Washington Hospital
Copters Join Search for Explorers in Mexican Gorge
United States helicopters and pararescuemen joined a mountaintop search for 12 men and two women and one hospitalized explorer stranded along the Barranca Cobre in Chihuahua Mexico. A Salt Lake City guide and two Utah men led the group along a 13 day river expedition through a low water canyon seeking mining camps for supplies.
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Copper Gulch
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California
James D. Dean
Salt Lake City
Dean
Larry Davis
Price
Homme
Virginia Rapidly Gains Population to 4.25 Million
The U S Census Bureau reports Virginia growing faster than any eastern state with a 3.5 percent rise to 4,248,000 residents as of July 1, 1962, a jump from the 1960 census.
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U.S. Census Bureau
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Weather Outlook From High Pressure Keeps Virginia Pleasant
A large high pressure system over western North Carolina will sustain fine early fall weather in Virginia through tomorrow. Temperatures today will rise slightly above yesterday and tonight’s lows will be a touch higher as well.
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Caroline
Virginia
Flora devastates Cuba as half the island's crops wiped out
Hurricane Flora slams Cuba for a fourth day, destroying about half of sugar, rice, coffee, cotton and cocoa crops. The storm shifts slowly across Oriente province with 400 plus deaths overall and continued threat to the Bahamas and Florida as it tracks near Camaguey and Santa Cruz Del Sur.
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