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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1961
Page
10
Forty five Cuban refugees reached Miami after a small boat carrying the group reportedly came under fire near Cay Sal. The U S destroyer responded and took women and children to a Miami hotel while 21 men were detained for questioning by immigration authorities.
Western leaders from four powers planned talks in London and Washington on the Berlin crisis were put on hold after France objected to premature discussions before any Kremlin proposal. The ambassadorial group will stay in Washington to monitor the situation and decide next steps.
The United States invites participants to Washington as London and Bonn plan travel. Deputy Under Secretary Sir Evelyn Shuckburgh will go to Washington while Karl Carstens departs to London as scheduled. Ford Kohler drops London plans amid French resistance to rush talks with the Reds.
NASA plans the first Saturn C1 test flight in days to gather engineering data for a 1.3 million pound thrust rocket. The 162 foot vehicle will reach 3700 mph, burn 1.57 minutes, and then coast to the Atlantic with no recovery.
The City Fire Department and Inspector William N. Gode reported satisfaction with fire drills across five city schools during Fire Prevention Week. Nine drills emptied buildings at John Kerr Handley Virginia Avenue Douglas and Quarles with times ranging from 3:14 to 10 minutes, including an extra practice route using an alternate exit.
Clarke residents will attend a Clarke Lions Club meeting where Deputy district governor will speak. The event includes a dinner at 6 45 p m in Berryville.
A 36 minute equipment failure at Virginia Electric and Power Co. cut power from 8 41 to 9 17 p m affecting about 15 000 customers in a three mile stretch of downtown Richmond Hospitals reported no difficulties Elevators stalled at the Hotel John Marshall until staff freed trapped guests 4000 attended a Symphony concert at Mosque Auditorium while WRNL went off air briefly and used taped programming from a reserve supply
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