Tito Visit Short Not All Sweet
President Tito of Yugoslavia spent a brief Washington visit marked by pomp yet quick talks with President Kennedy. The two leaders emphasized trade and East‑West relations, with a joint communiqué noting steps toward broader U S Yugoslav ties and support for the nuclear test ban treaty. Demonstrations outside labeled Tito a murderer as lawmakers criticized the reception.
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Tito
Congress
United States
Yugoslavia
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Five in One Potato Grows in Stephens City Garden
Harold E. White of Stephens City grew a unique Pontiac shaped potato weighing two and a quarter pounds. It resembles a turtle with four smaller potatoes joined to a larger center. City police hold a keychain with 23 keys found on Clifford Street and will return it to its rightful owner.
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Harold E. White
Stephens City
Clifford St
FDR Jr. Seeks Industry Backing for Tax Cut Bill
Undersecretary Franklin D Roosevelt Jr urges about 100 corporate leaders at Hot Springs to back the tax reduction measure. He says passage would boost profits and sales, while warning of recession risks if it fails. He cites high profits but offset by slowing growth and warns industry to brace for possible downturn.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Roosevelt
Business Council
Senate Finance Committee
Henry Ford II
Stuart T. Saunders
Business Committee For
F. R. Kappel
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Four Charleston Students Acquitted in Hazing Death
A juvenile court jury acquitted four Charleston high school youths in the hazing death of 15 year old Michael Murphy. Murphy died after a hazing that involved a vigorous and prolonged slapping of the stomach during an initiation into the school band.
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Charleston
W.va
Thursda
Powers elected president of Shenandoah Area Council
Dr. T. C. Powers of Winchester was elected president of the Shenandoah Area Council executive board at the annual meeting. The council serves 2,091 boys across six Virginia counties and three West Virginia counties. Also named for one year were Simon Wender, John R. Poland Jr., and Rayner V. Snead as vice presidents, Ben Belchie as treasurer, and Ray Garrabrandt as Scout commissioner. Training for scoutmasters and troop committees will be held November 2 and 3 at Camp Rock Enon with 675 Scouts and Explorers anticipated.
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Winchester
Shenandoah
Simon Wender
Woodstock
John R. Poland, Jr
Martinsburg
Rayner V. Snead
Washington, Va
Ben Belchie
Ray Garrabrandt
Powers
Poland
Laurens P. Jones
National Council
Shawnee
Frederick and Clarke
Charles E. Hofer
Potomac
Morgan, Beta
Jefferson
Joseph C. Finf
Two Rivers
Warren
Rappahannock
Page
Robert W. Inskeep
Luray
Shenco
Leo L. Snarr, Jr
Maurertown
Rts
Camp Rock Enon
Doug Cather
Tito Postpones California Flight Due to Flu
Yugoslav President Tito delayed his California trip because of a 100.2 degree fever. A State Department official said he canceled the morning flight after medical advice while his team considered whether to proceed to Castle Air Force Base and San Francisco. White House said Kennedy was informed and offered a doctor if needed. Tito's onward plans include Yosemite National Park and a U.N. General Assembly appearance.
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Williamsburg
Tito
California
State Department
Angier Biddle Duke
Inington
Washington
Castle Air Force Base
Yosemite National Park
San Francisco
New York
United Nations General Assembly
White House
Kennedy
Record Number Of Farmers UK Committeemen
The largest group of farmers ever to participate in a Freder ick County ASCS election chose 453 community committeemen from five districts. Ballots were counted in Winchester by Robert K. Stickley and Elmer Venskoske. Chairmen will meet next Thursday to pick a new county committee. Also, President Kennedy accepted an invitation to dedicate the Gen George C Marshall Memorial Library at Virginia Military Institute on May 23.
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Frederick County
ASCS
Winchester
Robert K. Stickley
Elmer Venskoske
Morocco Forces Recapture Outposts as Talks Fail
Moroccan troops retook two Sahara Desert outposts at Hassi Beida and Tindjoub after fighting with Algerian forces. Algeria vowed the war would continue, while Marrakech talks failed to produce a cease fire. The Tindouf region remains a strategic objective as border clashes persist.
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Algiers
Sahara Desert
Algeria
Marakech
Morocco
Tindouf
Mauritania
Hassi Beida
Tindjoub
Ben Omar Criss
Associated Press
Andrew Borowiec
Criss
U.N. Congo
Borowiec
Final Session Of Winchester Fire School Invites Public
The Winchester Fire School finishes tonight with a public invitation to observe training at the city yard training ground. More than 50 volunteer firefighters are set to receive certificates at a banquet tomorrow at South End Fire Hall at 7 p.m. The 15 hour course is led by five Fairfax County instructors with Oliver Dube presenting certificates and Mayor Claude B. Smalts Jr. serving as toastmaster.
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Winchester Fire School
City Yard
South End
Fairfax County Fire Dept
Norman Pope
Winchester Fire
Erward Groves
Radford
Claude B. Smalts, Jr
Erhard Urges Reunification In First Speech
Bonn Germany Chancellor Ludwig Erhard called for German reunification in his first speech as chancellor urging the Western powers the United States Britain France and the Soviet Union to work together on German matters until a final peace treaty is signed. He insisted the division is unbearable and urged a Berlin settlement based on Western rights to access and the will of Berliners while rejecting a Soviet free city proposal.
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Bonn
Germany
Ludwig Erhard
Hitler
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Erhard
Coun
Konrad Adenauer
Berlin
Fire Drags States to Tighter Forest Lands Closures
Amid severe drought, multiple states imposed wildland closures and fire bans as fires spread across Northeast and Midwest. Pennsylvania Massachusetts New Hampshire Maine and others ordered forest lands closed. Michigan Illinois and Missouri banned fires in parks and woodlands. officials warned of explosive danger in York County Maine and sustained dry conditions threaten crops and wildlife while rainfall is urged.
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Missouri
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William Messeck
Division of Resources
Frank Buckley
Massachusetts
Visitors Barred From Forests In West Virginia
West Virginia bars visitors from all forests and state parks this weekend to prevent fires. The order takes effect at 6 p.m. and affects national forests and wooded areas statewide. Industrial work only will continue. hunting season was halted earlier for the same reason. The ban covers all 10 million acres of woodlands.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
M. Lane
Lane
Weather headline: High pressure to keep fair skies over region
A large high pressure area centered over Virginia dominates the plate's weather. It is expected to remain nearly stationary for the next several days with above normal temperatures and little day to day change.
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Virginia
P Late
Foreign Aid funds restored by Senate panel vote
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a 4.202 billion foreign aid bill restoring 700.29 million of a 1 billion House cut. The measure, backed by President Kennedy, faces heavy cuts debate when considered on Oct. 28 with Sen. Morse opposing and Lucius Clay recommendations guiding restraint.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kennedy
Senate
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
J.W. Fulbright
Morse
Fulbright
Lucius D. Clay
Howard Fauver
Home Named Britain's New Prime Minister Amid Tory Rebellion
Lord Home was chosen by Queen Elizabeth II to lead Britain as prime minister and head the Conservative party into the 1964 general election. The move followed a late party revolt by Cabinet members who favored Deputy PM Richard A. Butler and a shift toward a more modern image for the Tories. Home plans to join the House of Commons after relinquishing his peerage.
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Lord Home
Britain
Harold Macmillan
Soviet Union
Macmillan
Home
Richard A. Butler
House of Commons
House of Lords
Lame
Butler
Labor Party
Smiley
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