45-Pound Jack O Lantern Brightens Winchester Hospital
Michael and Tommy Ferguson plan to give their 45-pound jack o lantern to sick children on the Winchester Memorial Hospital children's floor. The pumpkin, grown by Charles Boyd and prize winner at a county fair, inspired a community act of Halloween generosity.
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Memorial Hospital
Mike
Tommy Ferguson
Jeffrey Bragg
Frank Bragg
Brucetown
Bobby Snapp
Bobby Lee Snapp
Winchester
Vicki Brumfield
James G. Brumfield
Marshall
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Michael Ferguson
Tommy
Thomas F. Ferguson
Royal Avenue
Wea Villa
Mr. Ferguson
Mrs. Ferguson
Marie Farrell
Turnips and stamps highlight local notes in Winchester
In Winchester notes Little stories include a letter with a three cent and a one third four cent stamp marked Sorry desperate. Clarence Jenkins Sr displays two giant turnips weighing two and two and a half pounds from a garden on Miss B Williams farm along U S Route 11. UNICEF Trick or Treat drive funds aid overseas children with orange and black boxes in churches and civic groups nationwide.
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Winchester
Clearbrook
Clarence Jenkins
Unicef
Nehru Reshuffles Defense amid China Crisis in India
Prime minister Nehru removed defense minister V. K. Krishna Menon citing defense failures after China’s Oct 20 offensive. Menon becomes defense production minister as critics blame inadequate weapons and firepower. India seeks aid from the United States and Britain.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
V. K. Krishna Menon
Menon
Krishna Menon
United States
Britain
Winchester Concert Assn Offers Eight Performances This Season
Valley residents who subscribe this week to the Winchester Inter Community Concert Assn may see up to eight programs this season. A reciprocal agreement with Shenandoah Concert Assn of Martinsburg allows subscribers to attend four Martinsburg shows. Martinsburg plans include Tichman Trio November 18, Westminster Choir February 3, Marlowe and Turvis, and Bruce Yarnell with dates to be announced.
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Tichman
Westminster Choir
Marlowe and
Turvis
Bruce Yarnell
Bari
Thant and Castro Hold Second Havana Meeting
U Thant and Fidel Castro held a second Havana meeting to push for U.N. verification of Moscow’s missiles removal from Cuba. The talks followed a two hour session in which Castro pressed U S demands including the Guantanamo base and economic sanctions ending.
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Havana
U Thant
Fidel Castro
U.N
Moscow
Cuba
Thant
Castro
United States
Guantanamo
Osvaldo Corticos
U.S
Washington
United State
Chinese Wait For More Men And Equipment
The State Department said the U S will airlift light infantry weapons ammunition and other arms to India this week. Indian forces pause in the Himalayan advance appear to be awaiting reinforcements as laborers rush to build mountain roads for more troops and heavy gear.
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Washington
State Department
United States
India
New Delhi
U.S
Nehru
Britain
Canada
Officials Urge Vandalism Free Halloween Night
City Police and the Sheriff urge a safe Halloween with no property damage. Chief Major J Thomas Boyd asks youths to enjoy themselves while refraining from destroying property or removing signs. Sheriff Robert L DeHaven says all county officers will patrol and asks parents to monitor children.
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Sheriff's Dept
J. Thomas Boyd
Robert L. DeHaven
Boyd
Navy Tightens Cuban Blockade Patrol Area
The U S Navy moved its Cuban blockade fleet into a smaller patrol zone well inside the original line, with boundaries not disclosed. The quarantine remained in effect and ships including a Soviet tanker and a Soviet chartered Lebanese vessel were inspected before clearance or boarding.
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Washington
Cuba
Bermuda
Virgin Islands
U Thant
U.N
U.S
Havana
Fidel Castro
White House
Thant
Defense Department
The
Defense de
Kennedy says pledge not to invade Cuba may allow force if needed
U S officials say Kennedy pledge against invasion does not bar force if Cuba threatens the hemisphere with major new danger. Policy toward Castro remains to isolate Havana and prevent communism as missiles were withdrawn. Committee for the Monroe Doctrine formed in New York to challenge terms.
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Washington
Kennedy
Cuba
Hemisphere
U.S
Fidel Castro
Caribbean
Havana
Americas
United States
Khrushchev
New York
Eddie Rickenbacker
Eastern Air Lines
Virginia leaders dedicate five new industries in southwest region
Gov Albertis S. Harrison and Sen Harry F. Byrd Jr. spent two days visiting six counties and dedicating five new plants. American Screw Co moved to Wytheville, Eastern Isles Inc built in Richlands, Jefferson Mills in Pulaski expands, and Inland Motor Corp in Radford doubles plant size. Byrd predicts 15 percent population growth this decade as job creation remains key.
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Roanoke
Albertis S. Harrison
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Virginia
Winchester
Advisory Board On Economic Development
American Screw Co
Wytheville
Connecticut
Eastern Isles, Inc
Richlands
Tazewell County
Pulaski
Jefferson Mills
Radford
Inland Motor Corp
Byrd
Gov
Harrison
Senator Byrd
Montgomery
Giles
Bland
Tazewell
Wyth
Winchester City Council to interview acting Civil Defense chief candidates
A city council committee scheduled a 10 a.m. interview tomorrow to select an acting Civil Defense coordinator for Winchester. Members discussed creating a city Civil Defense structure with sub chiefs and ward precinct divisions and debated whether to appoint a paid coordinator or a volunteer from the area.
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Winchester
Stewart Bell, Jr
Claude B. Smalls, Jr
Charles M. Zuckerman
Eugene
F. Dearing
H. W. Butler, Jr
Zuckerman
Council
Smalts
William M. Battaile
Mr. Battile
Handle High School
Bell
Dearing
Smalls
Army Calls For 6000 In December Draft Quota
The army has issued a draft call for 6000 men in December. This total is 2000 above October and November quotas and the highest callup since June's 6500. Regular Rouss Meeting set for November 1 at 7 30 p.m.
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Washington
Army
Rowdy Students Warned At Ole Miss Halloween Trouble
Justice Department official Nicholas Katzenbach flew to Oxford to warn students to stop harassing James H. Meredith or face federal contempt charges. Rioting and threats followed Meredith's return from dinner as Ole Miss canceled a pep rally amid fears of further unrest surrounding desegregation orders.
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Oxford
Miss
Justice Department
University of Mississippi
James
H. Meredith
Nicholas Katzenbach
Washington
Meredith
L. L. Love
Katzenbach
Tom &. Hines
Edwin 0. Guthman
Robert F. Kennedy
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Ole Miss
Love
Ole’ Miss
Louisiana State
Beavers Drug Store Special Sale and Auctions Notice
Tomorrow Find Beavers Drug Store offering a special sale on cast iron fruit cake molds with limited stock at Miller Howe Denny's Com Auction Tonight at 7 o'clock featuring furniture and web tools. National Symphony performs tomorrow night at 8:30 p.m. in Handley Auditorium. Revival services tonight at First Assembly of 455 North Cameron.
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Beavers Drug Store
Millers Howe
Denny’s
National Symphony
Handley Auditorium
Tonigne
North Cameron
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