Maris Seeks Break Amid Baltimore Slump
Yankee slugger Roger Maris failed to connect in Memorial Stadium as Hurricane Esther hushed the crowd. A day off, requested beforehand, offered relief from a rough night against Steve Barber and Hoyt Wilhelm. Mickey Mantle, sidelined by an eye infection, pinch hit once. Fans voiced harsh letters, but Maris defended his need for rest and acknowledged the psychological strain of Memorial Stadium.
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Charlie Tait
Star Sports
Baltimore
Roger Maris
Esther
Bltimore
Memorial Stadium
Memorial
Maris
Hoyt Wilhelm
Skinny Brown
Ronnie Hanson
Steve Barber
Mickey Mantle
Homer
Barber
Mantle
Jetter
Morning Mail
Babe Ruth
Ruth
America
Lions Net 2000 From Broom Sale By Local Lions Club
The Lions Club netted about 2000 from its annual broom sale held last night. Chair Lester Elliott led a 140 member group that sold 3200 brooms in four hours with aid from Shenandoah Amateur Radio Club. Proceeds support sight conservation work in Winchester and Frederick County at the Workshop for the Blind in Charlottesville. Readily tallied items included 49 dozen commercial brooms 198 dozen household brooms 13 dozen whisk brooms and ten dozen toy brooms. A Frederick c sale is planned for Sept 29 featuring household toy and whisk brooms.
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Lions Club
Lester Elliott
Cain
Cochairman
Shenandoah Amateur Radio Club
Charlottesville
Winchester
Frederick County
Frederick c
Mushroom sized find shocks Capon business
BRANSON Himelright was found at his Capon West Virginia home with a mushroom 97 inches around and weighing roughly three to four pounds. Bonnie Jones of Macedonia Church Road Stephens City reported watching a red star in the sky on Wednesday night followed by a red circle that grew smaller then the sky reddened and darkened about nine times.
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Branson Himelright
Capon W. Va
Bonnie Jones
Macedonia Church Road
Stephens City
Hurricane Esther shifts course threatening Virginia coast eased
Irene reports Esther moved away from the North Carolina outer banks and toward the north reducing the Virginia coastal threat. The 9 a.m. advisory said hurricane winds to Virginia were very slight while gale warnings remained from Hatteras to the Virginia capes.
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Norfolk
Esther
North Carolina
Virginia
U.S
Seaboard
Hatteras
N.C
Virginia Capes
Virginia Coast
Washington
Cape Hatteras
Glenn Sachse
Storm Threat To Apple Crop Believed Eased
A hurricane near the U.S. coast prompted delays in apple picking as heavy rain hit the Shenandoah Valley. Officials projected winds 20 to 30 mph this evening with no hurricane force gusts expected.
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Esther
U.S
Shenandoah Valley
Hazel
Washington
Marked Area Growth Seen Between 1960 70
At a Shenandoah Valley National Bank forum in Winchester last night speakers forecast rapid regional growth through 1970 telephony numbers could reach 20000 up from 13000 a 54 percent rise school enrollments would climb 17 percent in Winchester to 3700 and 16 percent in Frederick County to 5800 with new schools dormitories and facilities planned including Handley and Douglas schools Shenandoah College projects and expanded curricula and education television slated for county schools.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
George’ Washington
Lout Heltzel
Chesapeake - Potomac Telephone Company
Wright
Douglas School
Handley School
Shenandoah College
Shenandoah
W. R. V. Peruck
William J. Day
Southern Isles Cooperative
Milion Gretinuod Ae Page & Ta
Tshombe Demands U.N. Withdraw Its Troops
Katanga President Moise Tshombe demanded immediate UN troop withdrawal from Katanga halting truce talks with the UN delegation led by Mahmoud Khiari. He warned he would return to Elisakehville after a morning session and criticized Conor Cruise O Neill.
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Tshombe
U.N
Ndola
Northern Rhodesia
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
United Nations
Elisakehville
Congo
Dag Hammarskjold
New York
Mahmoud Khiari
Hammarskjold
Conor Cruise O’brien
Khiari
Tunisian Delegate Elected UN President After Hammarskjold Death
The United Nations General Assembly elected Tunisian delegate Sonus bs pesahaw ve day to its presidency after the death of Dag Hammarskjold. The assembly, opening its sessions, pledged to honor Hammarskjold while debating a temporary three-man secretariat as an interim leadership option.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Sonus Bs Pesahaw
Dag Hammarskjold
Ali Sastroamidjojo
Frederick H. Boland
Ireland
Slim
Hammarskjold
Boland
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
World Organization
Mayhew Sentenced to Two Years for Abduction Attempt
Charles William Mayhew received a two year penitentiary term from a Frederick County Circuit Court jury for attempted abduction of Forest Nicholson his wife and son on July 16. The case stemmed from a drive to Gainesboro area where Mayhew directed Nicholson to halt at several spots before calling for help. Deputy Boyd McDonald arrested Mayhew at Lakeside Tavern.
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Frederick County
Charles William Mayhew
Forest Nicholson
Mayhew
Nicholsons
Paul Miller
Harrison Clowser
Braddock Grill
Nicholson
Gainesboro
Gaainesboro
Parlette
Sheriff's Office
Boyd McDonald
Lakeside
Peter
Soviet Move Signals Cautious Push at U N
William L. Ryan reports the Soviet Union tests the United Nations with a proposed three man secretariat and veto power to succeed Hammarskjold but links any charter change to admitting Red China, signaling a cautious, watchful stance as the UN opens its 16th session amid tension and cautious U N leadership.
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William L. Ryan
Associated Press
United Nations
N.Y
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Dag Hammarskjold
Andrei Gromyko
Hammarskjold
Gromyko
Red China
U.N
U.S
Rusk and Gromyko Set Talks in Berlin Crisis Fight
Secretary of State Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko will meet in New York to discuss the Berlin crisis. The talks mark an initial round with no expectation of immediate results as the two powers seek a path between war and peace.
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John M. Hightower
United. Nations
Dean Rusk
Andrei Gromyko
Berlin
United Nations
Rusk
United States
Khrushchev
Apc
U.S
New York
Confederate forces capture Lexington under General Sterling Price
One hundred years ago today Confederate troops led by General Sterling Price seized Lexington Missouri in a bold raid marking a significant Confederate advance. Local reports described swift maneuvers and the occupation of key streets as Union defenses reeled.
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Sterling Price
Lexington, Mo
New York Area Braces as Hurricane Esther Closes In
Northeastern metropolitan areas from New York to Rhode Island fortify against Esther’s winds and floods. Officials urge prep as 66 million people face possible emergency, shelters opened, evacuations under way, and coast guard moves lightships to safety.
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New York
Esther
North Carolina
Virginia
New Jersey
Connecticut
New York City
Robert F. Wagner
Texas
New England
Air’ Force
Coclee
Leed
Wright-Patterson
Lockbourne Air Force
Ohio
Delaware
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Long Island
Fire Island
Coast Guard
Cape, May
Cape
Barnegat
N.J
Hudson River
Byrd and Robertson Sum to Meet at White House
Senators Byrd and Robertson of Virginia were summoned to the White House by President Kennedy for discussions on national welfare. A spokesman gave no further details, saying the talks covered very important matters.
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Byrd
Robertson
White House
Washington
Virginia
Kennedy
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Miller
Winchester Evening Star
Denny's
Friends Meeting House
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Washington & Piccadilly Sts
Winchester Seed
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