Ground Broken For 105-Unit Motel by Duff
Melvin Duff breaks ground for a 105 unit four acre motel complex linked to Rebel Restaurant on Millwood Pike. The project, costing $750 000 to 800 000, includes an Olympic pool and greens, under Quality Court specs and is due for completion by February 1.
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Duff
Melvin Duff
Con
Millwood Pike
Quality Court
William M. Battaile
Ralph and
James Shockey
Howard Shockey & Sons, Inc
Mrs. Duff
Paving Contracts Awarded For Area Rt 81 Segment
State Highway Department awarded two contracts totaling 2 216 728 to Sam Finley Inc Roanoke for paving more than 17 miles of Interstate 81 in Frederick County from the West Virginia line to Stephens City. The work covers 6 35 miles of bituminous paving from Rt 11 north of Winchester to the WV line and 4 17 miles plus 6 9 miles of adjacent sections near Winchester and Stephens City.
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Frederick County
West Virginia Line
Stephens City
Sam Finley, Inc
Roanoke
State
Finley
Rt. 11
Winchester
Rt. 50
Rt. 277
Resignations Do Not Resolve Viet Nam Power Split
Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh says he has accepted resignations of all army minister and state secretary posts but will keep them for now. The three general steering committee continues to run affairs under a new name. He notes Lt. Gen. Tran Thien Khiem remains on the committee though he has resigned from his government post. Khiem and Khanh lead a mixed Buddhist Catholic leadership amid ongoing political confusion.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
South Viet Nam
Khanh
Tran Thien Khiem
Khiem
City Council Reschedules September Meeting to Wednesday
The September City Council meeting moves from Tuesday to next Wednesday at 7 30 p m due to Labor Day. Mrs R W Mickel of Clarksville Arkansas seeks a living relative of Col J H S Funk of Winchester to help with a diary he wrote. Write her at the Clarksville address.
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R.W. Mickel
Clarksville, Ark
Col.j.h.s. Funk
Winchester
Cal
Funk
Bill Signed Aids Nursing Training Nationwide
President Johnson signed a bill providing a five year federal aid program totaling 287.6 million dollars for nurses training. The measure aims to bolster nursing education and meet national health care needs.
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Washington
Presint* Johnson
United States
U S Army Helicopter Crewman Killed in Viet War
An American helicopter crew member was killed by enemy fire during operations in South Vietnam. In the same clashes, five other Americans were injured. In Quang Ngai Province a major engagement reported 79 Viet Cong killed, with eight government soldiers dead and 26 wounded.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Wartorn
South Viet Nam
U.S. Army
Lion's Club Weekend Annual Broom Sale Ad
Savings insured by federal savings and loan insurance. 4 1/4 percent dividend. Ward's Pastry Shop promotes a fresh orange coconut cake. Sale dates September 2 3 and 9. Advertising notice for a local shop event.
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Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation
Lion’s Club
Ward’s
Driest Summer Since 1953 Bets Winchester Area
Summer rainfall across June July and August totals 6.52 inches at Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory, the driest since 1953 and well below the 51 year average of 11.57 inches. The three month period is part of a second straight year of crop-damaging drought with streams in the Shenandoah Valley and Opequon Creek running low north of Winchester.
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Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Shenandoah Valley
Winchester
Opequon
Rt-7
Odds Against Health Plan This Year
Washington lawmakers face tough odds to enact a Social Security health care plan this year despite Senate passage of a related bill. The House already rejected a health plan, and a Senate House conference will draft the final version with key conferees named. Democratic leaders vow to press for some form of benefits as talks begin on the broad measure that includes higher Social Security cash payments.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate House Conference Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Congress
Man Admits Entry Shooting Wife Ex-Husband Murder Case
In a preliminary hearing Middletown man Courtney Loring Ashwood is accused of fatally shooting a 55 year old man and seriously wounding his former wife Peggy Jane Shifflett after entering the Gray Ave home with a 410 gauge shotgun. Mrs. Robert H. Miller described the incident and said Shifflett appeared intoxicated though not drunk, while Eyewitness accounts place the other victims in a front room as the violence unfolded. The case was bound over for action by the corporation court grand jury, with defense attorneys Peter K. McKee and James Tate appointed to represent Shifflett.
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Robert H. Miller
Gray Ave
Middletown
Courtney Loring Ashwood
N. Kent St
Ashwood
Peggy Jane Miller
Shifflett
Emory Lee Shifflett
Municipal Court
John W. Rice
Corporation Court
Peter K. McKee
James Tate
Opening Day Enrollment Drops in Winchester Schools
Winchester schools opened with 2970 students, down 33 from last year. Virginia Avenue School rose to 532, Handley Building 1425, John Kerr 303, Quarles 430, Douglas 280. all but Virginia Avenue declined or remained lower than 1963 openings.
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Winchester
Virginia Avenue
Handley Building
John Kerr
Quarles School
Douglas School
Winchester Evening Star Plans Second Annual Football Section
The Winchester Evening Star will publish a second annual Special Football Section next Tuesday. It will span 12 pages with articles and photos on area high schools Little League state and area college teams and pro leagues. It also includes a full page of collegiate schedules and will be limited in extra copies at local dealers.
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Winchester Evening Star
Uniform Time Bills Face Low Prospects in Congress
Washington AP The Senate and House show little likelihood of action this year on uniform time bills. The Senate measure would modernize the 1918 standard time act and create daylight saving subzones under ICC authority while preserving state flexibility.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate Committee
Democratic Policy Committee
House Interstate Committee
Virginians to Turn Clocks Back for Daylight Saving Time
Daylight saving time ends in most of Virginia at midnight Sunday with clocks set back one hour at 12:01 a.m. Monday Labor Day week. Northern Virginia suburbs stay on standard time with DC and northeastern states under state law.
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Richmond
Virginia
Harrisonburg native Sullivan named The Star staff photographer
Laurence E. Sullivan of Harrisonburg is appointed staff photographer for The Star after three years in the U S Army where he handled motion picture and still photography with the Combhat Development and Experimentation branch as an SP4 He served as an army photographer in France covering D Day plus 20 ceremonies and later held a Paris fashion photo exhibit He is a Harrisonburg High School alumnus and a former photojournalist for Harrisonburg Daily News Record and The Star His career included play in the Football Little League World Series and later positions on the Harrisonburg Blue Streaks team.
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U. S
Army
Mr. Sullivan
France
Dday
Normandy
Sullivan
Paris
Robert J. Sullivan
Harrisonburg
Laurence O. Sullivan
Front Royal Road
Harrisonburg High School
California
Blue Streaks
Senate Meets for 2 Seconds on Labor Day Weekend
Senate leaders held a two second session before adjourning for the Labor Day weekend. Sen. Lee Metcalf of Montana tied the chamber speed record set December 27, 1963, as he declared the Senate adjourned under the previous order.
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Washington
Senate
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
House of Congress
Metcalf
Singapore Riots Fan Emergency Blazes Across Southeast Asia
Malaysia declares a state of emergency amid threats of war with Indonesia and fresh race riots in Singapore. Allied British and New Zealand troops move to battle Indonesian guerrillas in Malaysia while Jakarta pledges full strength against possible attacks.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Indonesia
Singapore
Jakarta
Sukarno
Borneo
Sarawak
Sabah
Howe
Rottern
Gurkha Rifles
Labis
Bat Tle
Royal New Zealand Infantry
Malaya
Pontian
Geyland
Jaycees Plan Labor Day Rest Stop at Winchester Armory
The Jaycees announce a Labor Day Rest Stop to aid drivers. They will give coffee and doughnuts from 6 p.m. today until traffic eases and again Monday from noon until traffic subsides at the Winchester Armory.
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Jaycees
Winchester Armory
Weather Outlook for Virginia as High Pressure Persists
A large high pressure area brought fair weather across Virginia today. The passage of a cold front from the Great Lakes is expected to trigger scattered showers by late Saturday or early Sunday.
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Richmond
Virginia
Great Lakes
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U.N. Security Council
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