Eisenhower Defends U S Prestige Amid Kennedy Critique
President Eisenhower rejects claims that America is a second rate power and says such charges debase the truth. Kennedy campaign accuses the White House of partisan rhetoric and seeks equal free TV and radio time for a reply. Kennedy aides argue U S prestige abroad has declined under the Eisenhower era due to Soviet gains.
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San Francisco
Eisenhower
America
Roger Kent
Kennedy
California
White House
Commonwealth Club
San Diego
Calif
United States
Soviet Union
Kennedy criticized by Virginia Democrats in farm policy clash
The Associated Press reports Virginia Democrats blasted the Republican farm plan as Sen. Kennedy faced questions on defense votes. Abbott cited Kennedy’s one vote on nine defense appropriations, while Smathers argued Kennedy missed votes due to primaries. Lt. Gov. Stephens assailed Nixon’s promises as duplicity. Farmers for Kennedy Johnson disputed Nixon’s claim of 17 percent price boosts.
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Virginia
John F. Kennedy
George W. Abbott
Interior
Charlottesville
Kennedy
Abbott
George A. Smathers
Florida
Senate
Smathers
United States
Russia
A. E. S. Stephens
Amherst
Stephens
Richard M. Nixon
America
Nixon
Ican
John B. Vance
Amelia
Southeastern
Kennedy-Johnson
Quemoy
Matsu
Cadettes Plan Grand Feature Parade Appearance Next Spring
Miami Edison Senior High School Cadettes from Miami Florida will travel northward in the spring to march in the Grand Feature Parade here next April. Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co is arranging the trip for a sight seeing expedition to New eis with a return via Winchester. The corps in blue and red uniforms are a parade favorite and visit every other year.
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Miami Edison Senior High
Miami
Fla
Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co
Neweis
Winchester
West Point
Pravda Claims U S Preparing Cuba Invasion
Pravda says the United States plans an invasion of Cuba by month’s end, assembling 90 planes and landing craft in Guatemala and Florida with Batista loyalists. A Havana bombing goal is cited, with Havana to be bombed from the air on landing day.
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Preston Grover Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
United States
Guatemala
Florida
Cuba
Nudus
Fulgencio Batista
Havana
V. Zhukov
Zhukov
Honduras
Prensa Latina Agacy
Batista
Guatmala
Pair Held For Shoplifting In Martinsburg
Lawrence Jefferson Shipper and Emmet Robert Grand, both of Martinsburg, are held on $500 bond each charged with shoplifting. They allegedly took cigarettes from the A and P on Amherst Street and the Acme Supermarket on Braddock Street. A hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday.
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Lawrence Jefferson Shipper
Emmet Robert Grand
Martinsburg
Amherst St
Acme
Braddock St
Methodist Bishop presses Kennedy to state church freedom
Washington Methodist Bishop John Wesley Lord urged Catholic leadership to publicly affirm Kennedy’s neutrality in government and to disavow political involvement by the church. He said Protestants seek a clearly liberal stance on religious liberty and a church that respects American democratic ideals.
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Washington
Kennedy
John Wesley Lord
Lord
Methodist Church
Sen
Sen. Kennedy
Harvard
Gustave Weigel
Woodstock
Father Weigel
Jack Kennedy
Houston
Rome
Kennedy challenges Nixon to debate on national TV
Sen John F Kennedy urged Vice President Richard Nixon to declare before a nationwide audience that he will meet Kennedy again. In Sikeston Missouri Kennedy told a Democratic rally that the party is best for agriculture and accused Nixon of reckless charges while Truman called Nixon’s farm criticisms desperate maneuvers. Kennedy pledged to consult Missouri cotton growers if elected to aid the cotton belt.
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New York
Sikeston
John F. Kennedy
New York City
Harry S. Truman
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Bootheel
Missouri
Kennedy
Sen
Stuart) Symington
Benson
Ezra Taft Benson
Truman
Nixon Charges Kennedy Used Phony Debate Film
Vice President Richard Nixon accused Senator John F. Kennedy of using a fake film of their first television debate. Nixon campaign officials called the tactic a vicious political trick and said Kennedy technicians altered a five minute TV commercial to misrepresent Nixon. The campaign planned to file a formal complaint with the Fair Campaign Practices Committee and possibly the FCC.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Nixons
United Auto Workers
GOP
Robert H. Finch
Nixon
Kennedy
Finch
Fair Campaign Practices Committee
Federal Communications Commission
Klein
Nixon Kennedy Fourth Debate Limited to One Hour
Nixon and Kennedy hold their fourth television and radio debate, limited to one hour. The program airs at 9 p.m. EST from ABC's TV center with NBC CBS and Mutual Radio coverage, as talks of a fifth debate surface.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
American Broadcasting Co
TV Center
West 66Th Street
NBC
CBS
Mutual Radio
Economists See Mild Recession Starting in 1960
Economists told the Business Advisory Council that the United States is entering a mild brief recession likely to trim total production by about 2 percent and end by mid-1961. The BAC meeting in Hot Springs VA includes Secretary of Commerce Mueller and other officials.
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Hot Springs
Business Advisory Council
BAC
Frederick H. Mueller
Westinghouse Pact Approved by Union Board
The Westinghouse conference board of the International Union of Electrical Workers approved a three year contract with Westinghouse Electric Corp by majority vote. Formal signing was scheduled later.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Conference Board
International Union of Electrical Workers
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Silk Mill Strike Set For Midnight
Local 1097 Textile Workers Union of America will strike the Schwarzenbach Huber silk mill at midnight tonight. Company and union disagree on terms as negotiations fail.
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Front Royal
Textile Workers Union of America
Schwarzenbach-Huber
Hugh Brown
Schwarzenbach-Huber Co
Front Ryal
Luray, Va
Textile Workers Union
Civic League to Hear GOP Representative in Winchester Event
Mrs. Clare B. Williams will address the Women s Civic League of Winchester on November 4 at 12:30 p.m. at the George Washington Hotel. She holds multiple GOP roles and has a long record of party promotion from precinct to national levels.
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Civic League
GOP
Clare B. Williams
Women’s Civic League of
Winchester
George Washington Hotel
Williams
Republican Committee
Republican National Committee
Republican National
Florida
Republican Ntional Committee
Thruston Morton
Boy Struck By Truck En Route To Virginia Avenue School
Timothy, a pupil bicycling east on Red Fox Lane, collided with a Cammer Tire Co. 1953 Ford pickup driven by Howard Martin of Martinsburg headed south on Braddock. Martin braked and swerved to avoid the boy but could not prevent the crash. Timothy was taken to Memorial Hospital for observation.
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Virginia Avenue
Holmes McFarland
Redfox Lane
Cammer Tire Co
Driv
Howard Martin
Martinsburg
Braddock
Timothy
Memorial Hospital
Timothy Andrew Crosby
Braddock St
Fairfax Lane
Democratic Committee Endorses Kennedy Johnson Robertson Harrison
The Winchester Democratic Committee endorsed Democratic nominees for the forthcoming general election. An amendment to exclude Kennedy and Johnson was rejected. The resolution backed Kennedy for president Johnson for vice president Robertson for U S Senator and Burr Harrison for the 7th Congressional District. Richard Rosenberger chaired. about 20 attended.
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Winchester
Democratic Committee
Kennedy
Johnson
Dabney Watts
Commonwealth
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Willis Robertson
U. S
Burr P. Harrison
7Th
O. H. Lewis
Richard Rosenberger
Ahs
W. Lee Fisher
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Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
U.S
Methodist
Catholic Church
Bulletin
Gram
Herbert G. Klein
Westinghouse
F. E. Williams
Company
Union
Gilbert McCutcheon
U. S. Mediation and Conciliation Service
W. H. Ballard
Sungee
Ballard
Schwarenbach-Huber Co
Howard Johnson
George Washington
Beaver’s
Rexall
Ward's
B. F. Goodrich
Loudoun
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S. Loudoun St
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