Virginia Court Decrees Death For Illinois Man
William G. Jacobsen of Heights Illinois was sentenced in Princess Anne Circuit Court to death for two counts of attempted rape and given two 20 year terms for assault. A 60 day stay of execution was granted for appeals. The attacks occurred on August 19 1960 and January 30 the day before trial.
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Princess Anne Oi
Heights
Ill
Virginia
William G. Jacobsen
Princess Anne Circuit Court
Richard B. Kellam
Jacobsen
Lynchburg
Virginia Beach
Chicago
Commonwealth
Robert L
Simpson seeks death penalty in vulgar and brutal attacks
Simpson asked the court for the death penalty, describing revolting circumstances of the assaults. He said the two women might have been killed if the attacks had not been interrupted. Kellam called it the most vulgar attack he had heard by one person against another.
Five Are Killed In Bomber Crash Near Jacksonville
A twin engine Navy Neptune bomber on a two week training mission crashed in Lake 85 miles south of Jacksonville killing five of the eleven crew members. Two survivors were treated at Palatka and Jacksonville hospitals. pilot Lt Cmdr Thomas C Thompson of Napoleon Ohio was not seriously hurt. The aircraft belonged to Patrol Squadron 931 from Willow Grove Pennsylvania and was on duty at Jacksonville Naval Air Station.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Lake
Dean
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Palatka
Thomas C. Thompson
Napoleon
Ohio
DeLand
Patrol
Willow Grove
Jacksonville Naval Air Station
White pupil enrolls at Negro high school in Dover
A 15 year old white pupil enrolled at the William W. M. Comprehensive High School, the first white student in the school’s history, with about 600 Negro peers. Superintendent James C. Hardcastle said there was no tension and called the move a healthy sign for future white enrollment.
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Del
James C. Hardcastle
William W. M. Comprehensive
Hardcastle
Arin
Khrushchev Says Powers Could Be Freed Early
Soviet Premier Khrushchev told The New York Times that Francis Gary Powers may be released before completing his ten year sentence but current international tension prevents freeing the U2 pilot now. Powers was shot down over Sverdlovsk on May 1, 1960 and convicted as a spy, a case linked to the Paris summit breakdown and Eisenhower's apology demand.
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NEW York
Khruschev
Francis Gary Powers
Khrushchev
C. L. Sulzberger
The
New York Times
Paris
Eisenhower
Markets dip as Kennedy steel wage talks weigh on stocks
New York stocks moved lower in moderate afternoon trading. The Associated Press average fell 0.9 to 255.50 as industrials, rails, and utilities declined. Major issues slipped while some names posted small gains amid news Kennedy urged steelmakers to absorb a wage rise without higher prices.
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Associated Press
Kennedy
Motors
Republic Steel
Jones & Laughlin
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
Litton Industries
Raytheon
Xerox
du Pont
Eastman Kodak
IBM
American Stock Exchange
U.S
Radioactive cloud tracks across continents and nations
A Weather Bureau scientist described a radioactive cloud from Asian detonation tests moving east across Asia, over Alaska and Canada, then into the United States and toward Europe. He noted tropospheric fallout, faster with rain, and that much debris would lose radioactivity before Earth contact.
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Atlantic
Europe
Weather Bureau
Asia
Wagner and DeSapio Face Tammany Leadership Bid
The article notes Wagner aiming for the Manhattan Tammany Hall leadership as insurgents gain authority in the executive committee. DeSapio accepts defeat philosophically after evaluations of votes and possible switches before balloting.
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DeSapio
Manhattan
Stevenson
Lanigan
White House
Tammany Hall
Wagner
Walker Listed As Member of Birch Society
Washington AP Maj. A. Walker, former commander of the 24th Infantry Division, is listed in an Army report as a member of the John Birch Society. The report reprimands him for attributing Communist leanings to President Truman and other Democrats, noting his anti-Communist zeal and long study of the subject.
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Washington
Prays Pe A. Walker
Army
John Birch Society
Walker
24Th Infantry Division
West Germany
Harry S. Truman
U.S
Tele“Ty
Amesel
Mic
Aan Jovana
Frederic J. Brown
Robert S. McNamara
Senate Armed Service Committee
Brown
Robert Welch
Belmont
Mass
Walsh
Khrushchev Defends Nuclear Testing as Security Need
Khrushchev says the USSR must resume nuclear tests to safeguard security and the socialist camp. He accuses Kennedy of acting without Soviet reply and labels the West’s call to end atmospheric tests as propaganda. He notes the US tests in laboratories while atmospheric tests would cause fallout. He also argues France’s independent testing makes a ban unrealistic.
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Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Kennedy
United States
Moscow
France
Storm damages and flooding hit Strasburg area
A severe electrical storm caused 3% tonnage losses in hay lumber and fertilizer. Strasburg firemen fought floods at Glenn Garber’s 101 Virginia Ave. where water reached the basement ceiling and caused over 1000 dollars damage to recreation and utility rooms. The Home Theater also flooded with slight damage.
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Middletown
Strasburg
Glenn Garber
Virginia Ave
Garber
James Mowery
Final analysis frames leaders as real bosses with no alternative
The statement asserts that ultimate authority rests with the leaders and that there is no option but to accept their ruling. It frames the decision as final and binding, emphasizing hierarchical control and obedience.
Weather Forecast Virginia Cooler Tonight With Showers Likely
The forecast calls for cloudiness and a cooler night in Virginia with low 65 to 70. Saturday will be partly cloudy and mild. The five day outlook for September 13 shows temperatures about four degrees above normal with little day to day change and showers late Sunday or Monday with substantial rain possible on Tuesday.
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Virginia
Rainfall Totals and Averages for Shine and Area
Rainfall data for Shine shows 1.12 inches in the last 24 hours ending 8:30 a.m. and September total 2.50 inches. The 1961 year-to-date reaches 30.81 inches. Over 48 years the average annual rainfall is 36.9 inches and monthly averages range from 2.05 to 3.95 inches with September at 2.66 and August 3.95.
Four Are Killed In Plane Crash Near Grants New Mexico
A Santa Barbara couple A C Menzies 34 and Phyllis 36 and their two children were killed when their single engine plane ran out of fuel and crashed 50 miles southwest of Grants New Mexico. The Menzies left Phoenix at 11 a.m. bound for Albuquerque and were due at 1 p.m. A search plane found the wreckage at 5 15 p.m.
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N.M
Santa Barbara
Calif
Here
A. C. Menzies
Phyllis
Menzies
Phoenix
Ariz
Albuquerque
Regional Sales Directory Auction Notices
A compiled list of upcoming estate and farm sales across Virginia Maryland and West Virginia with dates September 9 through September 30. Listings include buyers such as Charles J. Carver Dennis T. Cole John L Swartz Thelma Holcomb and estates like Virginia Smith Grim Sarah Warner and others with locations near Winchester Bunker Hill Leesburg and Berryville plus auctioneers W D Orndorff Charles R Duvall Headleys and Merryman Co.
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Charles J. Carver
Winchester
Dennis T. Cole
John L. Swartz
Bunker Hill
W. Va
W. D Orndorff
Thelma Holcomb
Mary Ann
Leesburg
William
English, Jr
Virginia Smith Grim
Long Green
Headleys
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Frederick County Court House
Frederick County
Gainebsoro
Charles R. Duvall
William A. Smith
Woodstock
Shenandoah County
Edward J. Wojciechowski
Rt. 45
York Road
Sparks Station
Carroll Road
Monkton
Maryland
Merryman Co
R. R. Hottel
T. T. Smallwood
Purcellville
N. Va
Belle F. Stokes
Leicester St
Clarence Kerns
McCormick Farm
Berryville
W. D. Orndorff
Sarah Warner
Edgar Warner
Caribbean Storm Flattened Buildings Across Regions
A Thursday weather disaster flattened 70 buildings and injured 10 people as flood waters and winds spread inland. The storm caused extensive crop damage before moving out of the Caribbean Sea and sweeping into Mexico.
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Caribbean Sea
Mexico
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