Twins headline first day at Winchester Virginia Avenue School
On the 1960 61 opening day Win chester Schools welcomed hundreds of children including seven sets of twins at Virginia Avenue School. Louise and Robert Baker become the first graders along with the Ric hard twins as new pupils join existing twins Bonnie Meadows Karen Ireland Jerry Allen Denny Allen Phyllis Mc Kee Phillip Mc Kee Scott Simpson Sam Simpson Ronnie Ward and Donnie Ward. School Superintendent Garland R Quarles noted enrollment figures near 2785 on opening day last year.
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Winchester
Louise
Robert Baker
Ildren
Robert
Dorothy Harry Hall
Virginia Avenue
Mary
Martha Richard
Garland R. Quarles
Virginia Avenue School
Bonnie
Betty Meadows
Karen
Kyle Ireland
Jerry
Denny Allen
Phyllis
Phillip McKee
Scott
Sam Simpson
Ronnie
Donnie Ward
U.N. Seizes Radio in Congo Crisis as Lumumba Weighs Vote
Gunfire echoed in Leopoldville as Patrice Lumumba sought a parliamentary vote of confidence after President Kasavubu ousted him. The United Nations took over Radio Leopoldville and tightened airport controls while troops guarded Kasavubu’s residence. Military factions backed Lumumba, and Dag Hammarskjold monitored the rapidly evolving power struggle.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Patrice Lumumba
The
United Nations
Radio
Leopoldville
U.N
U.N. Congo Command
Joseph Kasavubu
Lumumba
Kasavubu
Ghana
Jason Senwe
Dag Hammarskjold
New York
Catfish Attacks Garden Cries From Gainesboro Pond
Ray Russell of Brucetown worshiped a terrapin culprit, but caught a six pound twenty five inch catfish instead. Charles Bean Adams, age fifteen, used a grasshopper baited rod to reel in the big fish from the narrow pond. The tale ends with a birth notice for Little Anne Tucker Hyde and a Woodstock woman’s cradle-wearing ride to Shenandoah County Fair.
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Ray Russell
Brucetown
Mr. Russell
Gainesboro
Charles Bean Adams
Woodstock
Labor Day traffic toll tops 400 nationwide
Traffic deaths over the 78 hour Labor Day weekend reached 414, with boating 28, drowning 80, and 90 in other mishaps, totaling 612 including non traffic fatalities. The toll was below 1951 record but above last year’s overall count.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Defectors Called Self-Confessed Traitors by Eisenhower
President Eisenhower labeled National Security Agency employees Bernon F. Mitchell and William H. Martin as self-confessed traitors after reports they defected to the Soviet Union. The White House, via press secretary James C. Hagerty, said the two defectors were smuggled into the USSR aboard a Soviet trawler that picked them up in a Cuban port.
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Washington
Eisenhower
National Security Agency
Soviet Union
United States
White House
James C. Hagerty
Cuban
Hagerty
U.S
Bernon F. Mitchell
William H. Martin
Moscow
Pentagon
Stop Department
Bernon
F. Mitchell
Russia
Cuba
Congressional
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Capitol Hill
House
Pennsylvania Railroad Seeks Arbitration in Driver Strike
The Pennsylvania Railroad awaits unions replies to an offer to arbitrate three issues and sign a tentative 23 item agreement as a six day strike shuts the system. PRR would submit three disputes to arbitration if the strike ends. Union leaders challenge the telegrams and plan ongoing action as Philadelphia Mayor Dilworth and TWU leader Quill discuss options.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR
Transport Workers and System Federation
Michael J. J
Transport Workers
Richardson Dilworth
Quill
TWU
District of Columbia
Two Migratory Workers Killed In Frederick Crash
A truck carrying 11 migratory workers and 5 tons of corn ran off a steep Maryland hill, overturned, and crossed three railroad tracks. Two workers, Daniel Fleetcher and Sondra Jefferson, died. eight others were injured. Police cited brake failure and identified the victims.
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Frederick
Daniel Fleetcher
Sondra Jefferson
Baltimore
Kenneth C. McAllister
Maryland 67
U.S. 340
Baltimore & Ohio
Rothmoor Coats & Suits
Margaret L. Hodgson Hat & Dress Shop
Two Firms Entered as Worker Shot in Labor Camp
A labor camp shooting left Lonnie Gaines 32, of Eus tis Florida, hospitalized. Gaines admitted the gunfire with a .22 pistol but claimed it was not intentional. He is held on $2,000 bond on felonious assault charges after arrest near N Kent Street. Police also investigated a Winchester Drive-In stand break in worth about 25 dollars and mailbox tampering in Welltown Pike.
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John H. An Grant
Winchester
Memorial Hospital
Lonnie Gaines
Eustis
Fla
Gaines
N. Kent St
Frederick County
Winchester Drive-In
Robert L. DeHaven
Sheriff's Office
Welltown Pike
Mt. Airy
Blue Ridge Mountain
Rt. 7
P. F. Click
Kennedy Presses Ike Policy Critique in Midwest Campaign
Senator Kennedy blasted President Eisenhower on foreign policy, accusing the administration of allowing Soviet planes bound for the Congo to refuel at a NATO base in Athens. He urged full disclosure from the State Department, warned NATO bases could aid Communist aims, and urged leadership at home as he campaigned across Michigan and the Pacific Northwest.
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Lumumba
Kasavubu
The
Congo
Pocatello
Idaho
John F. Kennedy
Eisenhower
Athens
Kennedy
Mountain
Pacific Northwest
Christian A. Herter
Michigan
Senate Force Subcommittee
NATO
United Nations
Russia
Africa
Muskegon
Mich
United States
Om Kennedy
Detroit
Pontiac
Ion
Labor Day crashes injure 1 and total losses reported
Eleven highway accidents were tallied by State and City Police by noon with damage totaling 5790 across the weekend. Two cars were declared total losses and two hospitalized victims, including Madeline T Bruce and Malcolm Wilt, remained in Memorial Hospital in Winchester after a crash on Rt 7 near Berryville.
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Memorial Hospital
Madeline T. Bruce
Malcolm Wilt
Rt. 7
Berryville
P. F. Click
Two NSA clerks defect to Soviet Union in Moscow
Bernon F. Mitchell and William H. Martin, two young NSA code clerks, announced they have defected to the Soviet Union claiming U.S. spying extends to allies. They described American code breaking of friendly nations and a spy in a friendly embassy, and warned U.S. policy could trigger a world war.
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Moscow
U.S
National Security A
United States
Journalists Club
NSA
Mitchell
Martin
U. S. Navy
Ft. Meade
Mexico City
Red China
Smuggling Case Involving Soviet Trawler Defectors
Washington reports a Soviet trawler allegedly smuggled two American code clerks into the USSR after a Cuban port pickup. The move prompted congressional probes, with the House Un American Activities Committee seeking NSA employment records and other groups considering inquiries.
55 Killed In Canada Labor Day Toll
The Labor Day weekend holiday toll in Canada reached fifty five deaths on roadways marking one of the highest totals on record. NOTICE Shirley Carter known as Red is named manager of Shop W. Piccadilly St.
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Toronto
Canada
Shirley Carter
Red
Keg Elmer Laing
W. Piccadilly St
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Crier
Little Anne Tucker Hyde
Lewis Hyde, Jr
S. Washington
Telebi
NSC
Pennsy
Clarke County
Onlke
By Jack Bell
Beverly Jean Watkiss
Ruffsdale
H. K. Malbon
Malbon
J. W. Detrick
Donald Franklin Fletcher
Rt. 3
Rt. 652
D. A. Sheetz
James F. Wilson, Jr
S. Braddock St
Rt. 745
Wilson
Grove Furniture CO
Drug Fair
A&p
Eureka Calif
Ellensburg
Wash
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