Citizens Seek Safety Council in Winchester Meeting
Fifty concerned citizens gathered in the City Hall courtroom to discuss promoting driver education and forming a Citizens Safety Council. Co chairs James Keller and Floyd Crim announced a steering committee to meet September 27 to elect officers and establish the council with support from Sam Dunn of the Governor's Highway Safety Committee.
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Citizens’ Safety Council
James Keller
Floyd G. Crim
Mr. Keller
MR. Crim
Citizens’ Safety Organization
Community leaders urge compulsory driver training in schools
At a meeting William Battaile urged compulsory driver training for all students, backed by the Governor's Committee. Mitchell Heironimus of the Hoppers auto club proposed establishing a public hall event at the armory with refreshments to foster safe driving discussions.
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William Battaile
Mitchell Heironimus
The
Hoppers
U S denounces new Soviet note over Berlin clashes
The United States denounces a new Soviet note as a distorted view of Berlin tensions. State Department officials say they will consult with Western Allies and study the note, which accuses the West of hypocrisy and calls for a German peace treaty to end occupation in West Berlin.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Berlin
Moscow
Britain
France
State Department
West Germany
U.S
Khrushchev
West Berlin
East Germany
Wall
Hitler
Safety Committee member recounts first meeting incident
The Gown Crier reports a Safety Committee member waited at a stop light near the police station when a driver suggested a chase. Mrs. Harry Bowman seeks return of a lost half bushel basket found near Safeway and Willow Lawn Market. Hoye Baker found a GMC hubcap and identified its owner as Mr Whitacre who claimed it.
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Safety Committee
Mac
Harry Bowman
Green Ferry
Safeway
Willow Lawn Market
Hoye Baker
Rt. 11
Winchester
Town Crier
Baker
Whitacre
Moore chosen as chairman of Virginia State Water Control Board
Richmond AP House Speaker E Blackburn Moore is named chairman of the State Water Control Board succeeding Ross H Walker after a resignation. The board ordered RF&P Railroad to file a poll issue plea, approved sewer projects in Chesterfield and Hanover counties, and directed Barnhart Farms Inc to curb pollution into the Rappahannock River.
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Richmond
E. Blackburn
Moore
State Water Control Board
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
House
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
T. Brady Saunders
Ross H. Walker
Rf&p Railroad
Bryan Park
Chesterfield County
Oak Hill Estates
Ashland
Hanover County
Christchurch School
Urbanna
$5.8 Million Paid for Estes Assets
Morris D. Jaffe, president of Fed Mart Stores, bought all Billie Sol Estes business assets for 5.8 million with total payments reaching 8.7 million including interest and grain credits. Harry Moore, trustee of Estes holdings, confirmed the sale of all assets.
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EL Paso
Tex
Morris D. Jaffe
Fed-Mart Stores
San Antonio
Billie Sol Estes
Jaffe
el Paso Times
Harry Moore
The
Estes Holdings
Times
Soblen Takes Poison Delay to U S Prison Flight
Dr Robert A Soblen 61 poisoned himself minutes before a planned departure to the United States on a Pan American jet. He was rushed to Hillingdon Hospital near London Airport in a serious, unconscious state with barbiturate overdose detected in his blood.
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Soblen
London
Robert A. Soblen
United States
Home Office
Hillingdon Hospital
New York
Brixton
Britain
Donal Joseph Curran
Pan American
Sobien
U S Employment Nearing 70 Million
The Labor Department reported August employment rose to 69,762,000, the highest on record, with unemployment falling less than expected and a surge in the labor force. Officials see 70 million likely before year end and stress retraining for workers displaced by automation.
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Washington
Henry Wallace
U.S
Labor Department
Wallace
Seymour Wolfbein
Senate Passes Kennedy's Badly Mauled Tax Bill
The Senate approved President Kennedy's revised tax bill preserving the investment tax credit for machinery. The chamber rejected dividend and interest withholding, will send to a House Senate conference to resolve differences, with projected Treasury losses and future across the board tax-cut plans hinted. The measure aims to modernize firms and cut costs amid global competition.
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Senate
Kennedy
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Treasury
Senate House Conference
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Desegregation Begins in Winchester Schools Without Incident
Desegregation started in Winchester as John Kerr Elementary and Handley High opened the term. School Supt. Garland R. Quarles reported full attendance and an expected enrollment rise, with a small number of Negro students admitted amid no incidents under a court approved gradual plan.
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Winchester
John Kerr
Handley High School
Garland R. Quarles
Handley
State
U.S. District Court
Harrisonburg
Douglas School
Chilly Weather Sweeps Across Eastern Half of Nation
The Associated Press reports a broad chill in the eastern United States with record low dates in northern areas. Readings reach freezing in parts of Michigan and near freezing in Marquette, while the north central region stays cold and a slow warming trend moves into the Mississippi Valley and Upper Great Lakes.
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Associated Press
North Central
Ohio Valley
Gulf
Atlantic Coast
Michigan
Pellston
Marquette
Plains
Rocky Mountain
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Mariner 2 Enters Sun's Gravitational Field
Pasadena AP reports Mariner 2, Venus bound, is captured by the sun’s gravity at 1.6 million miles out. The 447 pound craft will orbit the sun for years, with science ends December 14 when it passes Venus and all instruments are shut down.
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Pasadena
Calif
Venus
Mariner 2
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Space
Earth
Cape Canaveral
Fla
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Governor's Highway Safety Committee
C. G. & Allansbee Strong Organization
Armory
W.erle Edwards
By John M. Hightower
Barnhart Farms Inc
Rappahannock River
Estes
Patricia Jean Gaulding
Virginia
Atlantic City
Miss Gaulding
Congress
New Ma
Margaret L. Hodgson
Sarah Zane Fre Co
Eagles Lodge Family Picnic
Shade’s Park
Federal Savings & Insurance Corporation
Kernstown Meth
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