Tropical Storm Carla Threatens Cuba And Florida
Tropical storm Carla threatens western Cuba with hurricane force winds and torrential rain as it tracks toward the Yucatan channel and potential affects the Florida Keys. Forecasters say Carla could reach hurricane strength overnight and fringe effects may reach extreme southern Florida.
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Miami
Fla
Carla
Cuba
Florida
Florida Keys
Yucatan Peninsula
Yucatan Channel
Yucatan
Caribbean
Gulf of Honduras
Swan Island
Latin America
Gordon Dunn
Miami Weather Bureau
Betsy
Somc Emenen
U.S
Bermuda
Sabine Andlosaueva
Giene
Atlantic
Nkrumah Beats Nehru to Moscow in Sprint
Ghana Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah arrived in Moscow ahead of Indian Prime Minister Nehru by about forty minutes. Khrushchev greeted Nkrumah with a private welcome and the two prepared to discuss a non aligned summit call for peace talks. Nehru followed shortly after with a reception by Brezhnev and Gromyko as Indian girls presented flowers.
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Moscow
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
India
Nehru
Khrushchev
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Ghana Airways
Kenly
Leonid Brezhnev
Andrei A. Gromyko
Nkrumah
Kmen
Sunflower Contest Tops Town Crier Notes
Charles Gore of Summit Point grows a sunflower with 72 blooms the largest 17 inches across Mrs Gore said while Dudley Reynolds's daughters from Friendship Majorettes joined the local notes Meta Frazier of Summit Point brought a large two inch bottle found in her fireplace. A Shawnee siren miscue caused a fireman to ask what the dispatcher had. Cameron Street appeared like a drag strip with a racing gate attached to a car at Boscawen Street intersection.
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Charles Gore
Summit Point
Meta Frazier
Cameron Street
Boscawen St
State Aeronautics Official to Speak At Airport Event
Col Allan C. Perkinson director of the Virginia Division of Aeronautics will be principal speaker at the dedication of first phase improvements at the local airport on Sept 17 at 2 p.m. Donors represented by W C French of Doubleday Co Berryville will dedicate the facilities to the city. Mayor Claude B Smalts Jr will respond. E R Huntsberry chamber president will thank donors. J E McAboy will be master of ceremonies. There will be parachute jumps and antique civilian aircraft on display from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The improvements include the newly paved 3600 foot east west runway and adjacent areas.
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Allan C. Perkinson
Virginia Division of Aeronautics
C. French
Doubleday & Co
Berryville
Chamber
Claude B. Smalts,Jr
Chambers
E. R. Huntsberry
J. E. McAboy
Chamber Aviation and Transportation Committee
City to Force Delinquent Tax Collections
City Treasurer M D Weaver warned residents owing back city and state taxes that steps will be taken to collect. If delinquencies remain unpaid by Oct 1 judgments and wage attachments will be issued.
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M. D. Weaver
UAW Extends GM Strike Deadline
DETROIT AP The United Auto Workers extend the strike deadline after a new offer from General Motors suggested a settlement of key benefit demands. UAW President Walter P. Reuther hailed progress and noted Kennedy urged an all out effort to avoid a shutdown.
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Detroit
United
General Auto
General Motors
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Louis G. Seaton
U.S
Kennedy
Seaton
Seatton
Washington
American Motors Corp
AMC
Civil Jury Called Tomorrow in City Hall Court
A civil jury is ordered to report at 9:50 a.m. in the Corporation Court room at City Hall. Names on the panel include Harry L. Lake Frank J. Golightly W E Adams Earl J Clowser Lucy R Hardesty Jack E Johnson Charles A Dorton George W Jones Charles H Suddith Charles S Hurst Mary Wolfe Woodrow Whitmore and Edwin B Estes. Parking meter collections in Winchester last month totaled 3856.70, down 130.10 from August last year.
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Corporation Court Room
City Hall
Harry L. Lake
Frank J. Golightly
W. E. Adams
Earl J. Clowser
Lucy R. Hardesty
Jack E. Johnson
Charles A. Dorton
George W. Jones
Charles H. Suddith
Charles S. Hurst
Mary Wolfe
Woodrow Whitmore
Edwin B. Estes
Winchester
M. D. Weaver
Court Moves Seek Broader Desegregation in Virginia
Virginia courts see new moves in desegregation as Richmond Negroes file federal court actions to halt race based school admissions. Prince Edward County seeks a mandamus to operate public schools closed in 1959 while private white schools expand.
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Richmond
Virginia
Farmville
State Supreme Court
Prince Edward County
State
Roanoke
King William Counties
City of
Rich
Alls Church
New
Prince William
Prince Edward
School Bus Plunges Off Mountain In Fog Injuring 25
A Pulaski County school bus with 25 children aboard veered from Virginia 100 on Cloyd Mountain in dense fog and plunged 30 to 40 feet. Five pupils were admitted to Bedford Hospital after the crash, and none were ejected. Driver Howard Stephens, 19, of Pep, faced the investigation.
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Dublin
Pulaski County
Here
Cloyd’ Mountain
Giles-Pulaski County
Bedford Okay
R. C. Allison
Pulaski
Virginia
Winchester enrollments rise to 2965 on opening day
School Superintendent Garland R. Quarles reports Winchester opening day enrollment 2,965, up 104 from last year’s first day total of 2,861. Handley High School adds 79 to 1,259. Virginia Avenue, Quarles School, John Kerr each show gains while Douglas School drops six.
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Winchester
Garland R. Quarles
Handley
Quarles
Virginia Avenue
Quarles School
John Kerr
Douglas School
U S Likely to Resume Atmospheric Nuclear Tests
Congressional leaders warned that the United States may conduct atmospheric detonations if the Soviets continue their tests. Senate leaders said underground tests could be followed by air bursts to obtain data on lighter warheads and anti missile defense.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Kennedy
Dirksen
White House
Soviet Union
Central Asia
John Sherman Cooper
The
Energy Committee
Chet Hbclifield
D-Calif
House Atomic Energy Committee
House
Henry M. Jackson
Dash
Mem
Tactical Nuclear Weapons Seen Tested First
Washington reports that smaller battlefield nuclear warheads may be tested underground in Nevada soon. Warheads for Honest John Little John La Crosse Corporal Sergeant Davy Crockett and a nuclear shell for the eight inch howitzer are cited as part of the expanding U S battlefield arsenal.
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Washington
Nevada
Europe
Honest John
U.S
Belgrade Conference Urges halt to war preparations
The Belgrade meeting of 25 nonaligned nations urged the United States and the Soviet Union to halt war preparations and begin negotiations to avert nuclear destruction. The communique criticized colonialism and called for immediate evacuations and freedom in various colonies while Nehru and others prepared to relay the appeal to President Kennedy in Washington.
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Belgrade
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Sahara Desert
France
Portugal
Angola
Eastern
Europe
Tibet
India
Kashmir
Nehru
Moscow
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Kwame Khrumah
Nkrumah
Sukarno
Modibo Keita
Mali
Washington
Gian
Onl Pl
Kennedy says U S to resume underground atomic tests
President Kennedy announced the United States will conduct underground nuclear explosions in the coming weeks to develop more advanced weapons. The tests aim to improve battlefield arms and anti missile know how while avoiding atmospheric fallout.
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Washington
United States
Kennedy
Soviet Union
U. S
Europe
Moscow
John J. McCloy
New York
Valerian Zorin
Congress
Japan
America
Zentaro Kosaka
White House
Pierre Salinger
Nevada
Geneva
City Tax Bills Set to Mail Later This Month
City real estate tax rate rises from 1.50 to 1.65 per 100 and personal property tax from 2.25 per 100. tax bills mailed around Sept 23 or 25 and due by Dec 5 to avoid penalties. City Treasurer M. D. Weaver notes the changes and deadline.
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M. D. Weaver
Federal troops capture Paducah Ky under Grant command
100 years ago today Federal troops commanded by General Grant captured Paducah Kentucky in a swift operation. The action marked a strategic Union advance during the Civil War era.
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Gen. Grant
Paducah, Ky
Garvin Walter's Garage Closes For Family Bereavement
Closing notice states Garvin Walter's Garage will be closed until Monday September 11 due to a death in the family. The item includes a free engraving offer for Hallmark Christmas cards running through September 15 and a Leggett’s notice.
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Garvin Walter
Leggett
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