City Council Forms Two Committees on Fallout Shelter Planning
City officials approved two committees to assess fallout shelter options. One, led by City Manager Lee Grant, will survey all available buildings for shelters and report. The other, chaired by Councilman Gerald Goodman, will study school shelter protection and report what is available and needed.
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Winchester
Lee Grant
Taylor L. Barr
William N. Gochenour
William M. Battaile
Roger Koontz
Federick County
Gerald L. Goodman
Claude B. Smalts, Jr
City Hall and
A. Lee Coble
J. Ben Cather
J. Butler
Koontz
Council
Groves Named Fire Chief to Succeed Barr
Bernard F. Groves Jr of the Rouss Fire Company was unanimously chosen by the City Council to succeed Taylor L. Barr as fire chief, effective Nov 14. He was nominated by Liam M. Battaile after six meetings with city and fire officials. Wardens and assistants for four city fire companies were approved. Groves is a Winchester native active in Apple Blossom Festival and local clubs. he heads the Voiture 1078 Forty and Eight and is married with two children.
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Bernard F. Groves, Jr
Rouss Fire Company
Taylor L. Barr
Groves
Fire Committee
William M. Battaile
MR. Groves
Winchester
Winchester Firemen’s Executive Association
Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Lions Club
Conrad Hoover
Alice 0. Groves
T. J. Orndorff
E. Boscawen St
Lois Shorter
Charlotte Court House
Fire Drills at Quarles Hool Postponed and Notes
The Down Crier reports fire drills at the Quarles school postponed to 11 15 pm and 1 15 pm with parents urged to attend as per Fire Inspector Rosh oath. A missing stack type breather pipe for a diesel engine was found in front of the Star Office on 2 N Kent St and is kept in a safe place for the owner to claim. National Apple Week events occur tomorrow at Stevens City School with exhibits and decorations, while World Series records set by the Yankees and Redlegs are noted with numerous breaks and ties and Yankee star Berra and Babe Ruth statistics referenced.
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Quarles Hool
Rosh Oath
Star
N. Kent St
Stephens City
Yankees
Redlegs
Berra
Babe Ruth
Hoffa Indicted Again on Union Funds Fraud Charges
James R. Hoffa of the Teamsters Union faces a second indictment in Orlando Florida over alleged misuse of more than 500000 in union funds. Co‑defendant Robert E. McCarthy Jr. of Detroit was named, with charges including mail fraud and fraud by telephone. The case involves a scheme to profit from Valley Inc. and Sun Valley operations via the alleged misused union money.
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Washington (Ap
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Orlando
Fla
Justice Department
Federal Grand Jury
Robert E. McCarthy Jr
Detroit
Brevard County
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
McCarthy
Public Bank of Detroit
Bank of the Common Detroit
Hoffa
Teamsters
Valley Inc
Florida
F of
Sun Valley
Defecting Hoffa Unions Get Separate AFL CIO Charters
The AFL CIO Executive Council voted 24 to 2 to grant separate charters to local unions defecting from James R Hoffa's Teamsters Union. The move stops short of creating a single rival Teamsters within the federation. Meany declined to predict a head busting era and said action will follow petitions from about 190 of the nearly 200 Teamsters locals seeking AFL CIO affiliation.
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New York
Aflcio Executive Council
Aflcio
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
Afl-Cio
Rayburn in Critical Condition with Pneumonia
Dallas AP Sam Rayburn House Speaker develops pneumonia and worsens to critical. Baylor Hospital bulletin says he has left lobar pneumonia with effusion after X rays taken this morning. Rayburn has been hospitalized for ten days as doctors treat an incurable cancer of the lymph system.
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Dallas
Tex
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Baylor
U S Soviet Talks Stall Over UN Post Nominee
At United Nations in New York U S Soviet negotiators failed to agree on the timing of a statement by the UN post nominee and the fifth secretariat deputy nationality. The two hour session ended without a deal with Zorin accusing the Americans of stepping back and the U S spokesman noting no agreement was reached.
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United Nations, N.Y
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Secretariat Dept
U.S
Valerian A. Zorin
Security Council
General Assembly
West German Police Transfer Plan Denied
A U S spokesman denied reports that West Germany planned to send pat ie into West Berlin amid Berlin crisis tensions. The briefing followed Soviet Gromyko returning to Moscow after talks with U S and British leaders, with Washington stressing that future East West talks depend on Western Allied consultations.
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Washington
U.S
Patie
West Berlin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Moscow
Berlin
New York
London
Gromyko
State Department
Lincoln White
White
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
West Germany
Shipment of More Troops To Europe Said Imminent
The United States contemplates deploying more forces to Europe, potentially over 2,000 troops including tactical air and ground units. The move aligns with a 40,000-man augmentation to the 7th Army aimed at combat efficiency, with portions for mechanization, manpower, and combat support.
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Europe
U.S. 7Th Army
Asst
Carlisle Runge
The
National Guard Association
Runge
Islanders Flee Tristan da Cunha Volcano Eruption
About 260 islanders fled Tristan da Cunha aboard two boats to Nightingale Island then wait for a Dutch liner to Cape Town. The 40 square mile island near South Africa faced a first modern eruption threatening Edinburgh settlement and livestock.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Tristan da Cunha
South Atlantic
South America
Nightingale Island
Tristan
Leopard
Nightingale
Edinburgh
State Permitted to Enter Prince Edward School Case
Virginia Atty. Gen. Frederick T. Gray won permission to intervene as friend of the court in a suit to reopen Prince Edward County public schools. Briefs due by Dec. 1 from Gray and the county board. Dec. 24 for Rev. L. F. Griffin. Likely January hearings. case raises statewide issues on funding and legislative boundary.
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Richmond
Frederick T. Gray
Prince Edward County
Virginia Supreme Court
Gray
Prince Edward
Griffin
Draft Board Will Give Man Another Chance
Allie Linbert Brown slept on a draft board doorstep to make a 7 am physical. Police jailed him for drunkenness after a prior night in jail. A judge released him after he proved sobriety. The draft board granted him another chance, planning to attempt the process from home.
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Hyattsville, Md
Allie Linbert Brown
Draft Board
Brown
Gromyko Says Berlin Talks Were Useful
Moscow report says Foreign Minister Andre Gromyko called talks with Kennedy Macmillan and other Western leaders very useful. He refused to detail discussions but urged efforts to avert military collision over Berlin and signaled no immediate relaxation of positions amid a postponed end-year peace treaty deadline.
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Moscow
Andre A. Gromyko
Berlin
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
London
Gromyko
U.S
Lord Home
Brighton
West Berlin
Home
Gromyke
United
Troika
Macmillan
Soviet Union
U S Fires 3rd Underground Nuclear Blast
The United States announced yet another underground nuclear test at its Nevada facility the third since resuming tests last month. The AEC labeled the test low yield and provided few details.
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Washington
United States
The
Atomic Energyommission
Nevada
AEC
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