Pope John Calls World Leaders to Avert War in Prayerful Plea
Pope John XXIII urged rulers to negotiate to prevent a third global disaster. He warned against provocation and emphasized peace through dialogue, recalling earlier papal pleas and urging worldwide prayers to curb nationalism and destructive rivalry.
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Inspection of automobiles at Sarah Zane Fire Hall
The official class for area auto state inspection meets this evening at 8 o clock daylight saving time at the Sarah Zane Fire Hall. All inspectors must attend.
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Soviet Union triggers two new atmospheric nuclear blasts
The Atomic Energy Commission reported two Sunday detonations by the Soviet Union near Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic. The first blast was described as several megatons, far larger than earlier tests, while the second was in the low to intermediate kiloton range.
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Khrushchev Predicts Berlin Crisis Negotiations
Khrushchev in Stalingrad declares hopeful signs of a peaceful Berlin settlement and predicts negotiations with all concerned. He warns nuclear war would devastate the Soviet Union and cites a joint communique with India’s Nehru urging a peaceful solution. He notes talks with de Gaulle and Adenauer as key holds, while pushing for a treaty with East Germany by year’s end.
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Lincoln orders Freemont to modify Missouri proclamation
One hundred years ago today the president directed Gen Freemont to amend his Missouri slave and property confiscation proclamation. Skirmishes occurred between opposing forces at Lewinsville in Fairfax County Virginia and Lee’s raid on Cheat Mountain failed.
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Four Injured In Car Plunge On Rt 7 Near Winchester
Four people, all Negro, were injured when a car plunged off an embankment on Rt 7 about 20 miles east of Winchester at 12 10 a.m. The 1957 Buick convertible suffered severe facial lacerations to William Jackson and car damage estimated at 1100. The driver, 22 year old William Franklin Jackson of Boyce, was to be discharged from Memorial Hospital. Others injured were Carlene Jackson 20 James H Jackson 38 and Olla Jackson 25. State Trooper Malbon said the eastbound car left the road struck a telephone pole and spun. The Winchester Rescue Squad transported the injured. Ernest Clem 27 of Maurertown was also hospitalized after the mishap on Bufflick Road. Further details unavailable.
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Satellite Replica On Display At Winchester Armory Fair
A replica of Explorer 1 and exhibits on bombs and rockets opened as the 14th Frederick County Agricultural Fair began at Winchester Armory. The fair runs daily through Friday with rides starting at 6 p.m. EST. Exhibits will be judged Wednesday and viewed through Friday night, followed by an auction at 9:30 p.m. Arthur Rowe Jr. serves as youth superintendent, Fred Brumback as general chairman, and Godfrey Zirkle as co chairman.
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Refugees Flee Hurricane Carla Northward Surge
Refugees from Carla flooded inland by the hundreds of thousands, clogging roads from Texas to as far as Dallas. Red Cross cites about 250000 displaced. Many fled in cars with pets and belongings, some under mandatory orders, seeking safety in cities and shelters along the way.
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Auto Workers Begin Strike at GM
United Auto Workers members began striking General Motors plants at 10 a.m. and signs pointed to a possible shutdown by nightfall. The UAW represents about 325 000 GM hourly workers at 129 plants nationwide with talks suspended at the national level. The International Union of Electrical Workers and GM extended their contract deadline to midnight Thursday as the strike began.
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Winchester businessman E T Snider Sr dies in hospital
Edwin T. Snider Sr 64 a Winchester auctioneer and merchant died Sunday morning at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a short illness He was born in Winchester son of the late William B and Susan Dorsey Snider husband of Olga Beck Snider He held longtime ties to Winchester business including Shenandoah Valley National Bank and W B Snider and Sons later ran a coal business and led the License Bureau of the DMV for 13 years He was a Braddock Street Methodist Church member Elk 867 past Exalted Ruler and long-time Fraternal Order of Eagles official
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Local CAP Teams First to Find Test Wreckage
Winchester CAP teams led an annual Virginia Civil Air Patrol effectiveness test at Shen-Val Airport Weyers Cave finding both simulated crashes first. Capt Wade H Guard Jr piloted with Getra Sirbaugh observing Saturday and with Randolph C Ritter Sunday as observer. Guard had previously located the wreckage last year. The two day exercise involved 15 aircraft and 100 personnel from across Virginia covering air search ground rescue communications aircraft clearance mobile dispatch and flight line operations.
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Carla devastates Gulf Coast as 173 mph hurricane makes landfall
The hurricane Carla lashed Louisiana and Texas with 173 mph winds and 11-foot tides as the center remained offshore. More than 400,000 people fled coastal areas in Texas and Louisiana, with Port Aransas reporting 173 mph gusts and Port Lavaca evacuations reaching 9,200 of 10,000 residents. Power, telephone services were cut inland as flooding intensified along the coast.
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John Deere Dealers Meet Here
About 150 John Deere dealers and salesmen gathered in Winchester for a six state meeting at the Francis Lages farm a mile east of town. The event was organized by H W Simpson of Baltimore and McSherry Lupton with Lupton Orchard Service Inc. More dealers from Maryland Delaware and New Jersey were to join on Wednesday for the farm equipment gathering and related displays.
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