Confederates Retreat Down Pike Winchester Falls
The article recalls the final Confederate retreat from Winchester after the Third Battle of Winchester. Sheridan’s victory chased Lee’s force from the Valley as Union hospitals filled and Grant praised Sheridan. Lincoln’s political stock rose ahead of his 1864 reelection bid. Winchester’s Civil War record totaled 76 incidents and 34 flag changes, marking the end of the war for the town.
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Winchester
Valley Pike
Philip Sheridan
Crook
Sheridan
York
Fairfax Hotel
Union
Glaize
Gen. Sheridan
Gen Crook
Rebecca Wright
U. 5S
Grant
Fisher’s Hill
Strasburg
Stonewall Jackson
Gen. Early
Abraham Lincoln
West Virginia Air National Guard to expand 167th group
The West Virginia Air National Guard plans to increase flying personnel at the 167th Air Transport Group in Martinsburg. They seek pilots with transport experience and navigators, with opportunities for prior service personnel to transfer and join at current ranks. Trainees attend a 44 week program to earn navigator wings.
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West Virginia Air National Guard
167Th Air Transport Group
Martinburg
W. Va
Robert H. Weller
Military Air Transport Service
Col. Weller
Guard Bureau
Marine Corps
Navy Reserve
Air Guard
Guard
Gaines Timberlake
Martinsburg
Virginia Traffic Toll Rises to 736 for 1964
The Associated Press reports Virginia's 1964 traffic toll climbed to 736 with one new highway death and belatedly one more. A prior toll stood at 677 a year earlier. Read of the Wise fatality and a Fredericksburg fatality from injuries in August and September respectively.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Wise
Roger Gale Jessee
Kingsport
Tenn
Fredericksburg
Richard Turner Pratt Jr
Port Royal
U.S. 301
Caroline County
Poisonous geyser erupts near Naples evacuates hamlet
In Carminielle near Naples Italy a poisonous geyser spewed scalding water and carbon monoxide into the air. Police evacuated about 150 residents as the geyser continued to erupt with no casualties reported.
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Carminiella
Italy
Naples
Judge Rules On Union Membership
U S District Judge Oren R. Lewis was to rule on a bid to permanently reinstate Rambert L. Simmons of Fredericksburg to Local 713 of the Textile Workers Union of America. Simmons, a former local president and Fredericksburg plant pipefitter, sues for 50 000 damages after a suspension from an election probe.
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Richmond
U.S
Oren R. Lewis
Rambert L. Simmons
Fredericksburg
Textile Workers Union of America
Simmons
American Vis
Cose Co
Federal District Court
Yorktown Camp Possibility Still Under Study
Washington AP Sar gent Shriver director of the Office of Economic Opportunity says a site near Yorktown Virginia remains under consideration for a Job Corps camp. Earlier reports claimed Yorktown was shelved due to local opposition but Shriver noted the Yorktown site and others stay under study as demand outstrips supply. He said Virginia governor will be informed in writing if Yorktown is chosen.
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Yorktown
Shriver
York County Board of Supervisors
Board of Supervisors
O&o
Virginia
Red China's Communist Party Faces Strain of Soviet Clash
Tokyo AP reports rising doubts within China's Communist leadership as Mao Zedong orders nationwide purges to root out dissent sparked by Yang Hsien-chen. The debate over whether capitalism and communism can merge deepens, fueling fractures in Mao's faction amid tensions with Khrushchev.
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Tokyo
China
Yang Hsien-chen
Central Committee
Soviet Union
Yang
Mao
The
Peking People’s Daily
Whrushchev
Peking Review
Khrushchev
Citizens For Goldwater Hold Meeting at Local HQ
The Citizens for Goldwater Committee met at 173 N Loudoun St to review phone canvassing that urges voter registration and informs electors of their registrars and registration sites. Marion Forum radio programs air Tuesdays at 6 15 p m on WINC weekly until the election. A Berryville branch office on Church St has opened with campaign literature buttons and pins.
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Citizens For Goldwater Committee
N, Loudoun St
Marion Forum
WINC
Goldwater
WV Counties Declared Drought Disaster Areas
The U S Department of Agriculture declared three West Virginia counties Pocahontas Berkeley and Jefferson drought disaster areas eligible for emergency livestock feeds. Farmers can buy Sure Plus feed at reduced prices through state channels.
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Charleston, W.va
U.S. Department of Agriculture
West Virginia
Pocahontas
Berkley
Jefferson Counties
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Doug O’connell
Washington
North
Stenandoah
Poisonius
Lewis
Anti Wakrh
P.O. Box
Studebaker
Ren
Unico
Aluminum
Manning-Bowman
Ana
Southern States Winchester Cooperative, Inc. Store and Petroleum Services
Westinghouse
Stephens City
Amherst St
Red Party
Citizens For Goldwater Meeting
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