House Passes Compromise Farm Bill
The House approved a 202-197 compromise farm bill after a 165-104 party line vote to send it back to conference. It includes price support tweaks for 1964 and direct payments from government surplus stocks to farmers. Charleston auditor Ralph Henry is promoted to supervisor of District 9 in the State Liquor Control Commission.
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House
Senate House
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Charleston
W. Va
Ralph Henry
Elkins
State Liquor Control Commission
Maynard Delander
Moorefield
Hardy
Morgen
Berkeley
Jefferson
Pendleton
Mineral
Hampshire
Tucker
Grant
Randolph
Festival invitation sent to 1200 delegates at Miami Beach
The Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival received a boost from the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention in Miami Beach where Rev and Mrs C L Beard invited delegates to attend the festival. The convention had 1200 attendees. The Weatherman warned of possible killing frost tonight, potentially tying a record with the earliest since 1921. A 30s low is forecast, with a 47-degree low last night and 62 today. Sheep producers in Frederick and Clarke Counties must postmark ballots by tomorrow to continue deductions for incentive payments. Paul Ausherman of Hagerstown released 50 pigeons from his trailer in Crown Cork and Seal. the birds returned home in one hour and 28 minutes.
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Shenandoah
Florida
C. L. Beard
Winchester
National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Miami Beach
Fla
Frederick
Clarke Counties
ASCS
Paul Ausherman
Hagerstown
Crown Cork
Harrisonburg
Poisonous Beads Uncovered Here
A string of beads made from poisonous rosary beans turned up in Winchester. Mrs. John Steward reported the beads after reading a warning about toxic beads in yesterday’s Star. The beads, bought by her sister in Haiti last February, were given to Steward’s eight year old daughter Gayla and confirmed as poisonous by Dr. Sidney Kaye. The FDA advised burning or disposal by officials and not trashing.
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John Steward
Berryville Ave
Haiti
Winchester
Yeserday
Star
Washington
Gayla
Juanit Wines
Brookville
Food and Drug Administration
Miss Red Feather Contest Opens in Winchester
The Winchester Frederick County Community Chest announces a Miss Red Feather contest open to girls 16 to 23 who are single and residents of the city or county. Entries must be 150 words or less and mailed to Red Feather Editor, 114 W Whitlock Ave, with reasons for candidacy and a short personal history. Deadline Tuesday.
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Red Feather
Winchester
Frederick County
Winchester - Frederick County
W. Whitlock Ave
Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce
Letters
Kennedy Hops Into Political Arena Tonight
President Kennedy heads to Harrisburg by helicopter to headline a fund raising rally for Democratic candidates. He will speak to bolster party finances and support key races in Pennsylvania, with other campaigns planned through the fall.
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Washington
Kennedy
Harrisburg
White House
South Dakota
Colorado
California
Pennsylvania
U.S
David L. Lawrence
Joseph L. Clark
Richardson Dilworth
Philadelphia
James E. van Zandt
Clark
William W. Scranton
Dilworth
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Scranton
Star Adds Another Service To Readers
The Winchester Evening Star announces a new subscription to the North American Newspaper Alliance providing timely current news discussions. Feature pages include Milton Gross interview with Sonny Liston and Jay G Hayden on Khrushchev’s influence on U.S. elections.
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Winchester Evening Star
North American Newspaper Alliance
Milton Gross
Sonny Liston
Barefoot Boy
Cheek
Jay G. Hayden
Premier Khrushchev
U.S
Guido Orders Troops To Crush Army Rebels
President Jose Maria Guido mobilizes civilian troops to crush an army uprising led by Gen. Juan Ongania at Campo de Mayo. Rebels demand a return to democratic rule while accusing the military of moving toward dictatorship.
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Guido
Buenos’ Aires
Argentina
Jose Maria Guido
Juan
Carlos Ongania
Ongania
Campo de Mayo
Buenos Aires
Cayo Antonio Alsina
Navy
Magdalena
Army High Command
Juan Lorio
Bernardino Labayru
11th Hour Battle To Bar Meredith At Ole Miss
Federal marshals accompany James Meredith as he aims to enroll at the all white Ole Miss. Mississippi officials push legal maneuvers after a judge issues a temporary injunction barring Meredith from admission. The state passes a law restricting admissions for those with criminal records as Gov. Barnett vows to stand firm.
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Ole Miss
Oxford
Miss
James Meredith
University of Mississippi
Air Force
Jackson
Meredith
Hinds County
Attala County
Justice of the Peace
Homer Edgeworth
Ross Barnett
Mississippi College Board
Tom
Jackson State College
Barnett
Chancery
L. P. Porter
Man Held in Brother's Fatal Shooting
A Mecklenburg County man, 32, John Calvin Baskerville, was charged with murder in the fatal shotgun shooting of his brother Willie Langston Baskerville at the Baskerville home near Smith's Cross Road six miles south of here. The brothers, both described as Negroes, were involved in a fight that ended in the deadly exchange.
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South Hill
Mecklenburg County
John Calvin Baskerville
Willie Langston Baskerville
Baskerville
Here
Smith's Cross Road
House Group Joins In Warning to Reds
The House Foreign Affairs Committee joined a Senate panel in warning Havana and Moscow that the United States will not tolerate a Cuban military threat endangering U S security. The resolution mirrors Senate language and calls Castro's removal, with all 33 senators signing the report and ready to endorse the measure.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
Havana
Moscow
United States
Cuba
U.S
House
Senate Armed Forces and Foreign Relations Committees
Freedoms Are in Danger Senators Byrd Tells DAR
Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. warned at a Fort Loudoun Chapter DAR luncheon that the American Constitution is in greater danger than in 175 years, citing Cuba as a cautionary example. He faulted interpretative rulings that centralize power in Washington and praised the framers who sought liberty and national destiny.
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Byrd
DAR
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Cuba
Fort Loudoun
the Daughters of the American Revolution
War Memorial Building
Allan Edwards
United States
Washington
Stevenson Policy Speech Provokes UN Debate
At the United Nations Stevenson accused Cuba of subversion while Cuban delegate Mario Garcia Inchaustegui rejected the charges. Stevenson urged funding reform and a stronger, financially sound UN to deter tensions in Berlin Viet Nam Cuba and elsewhere amid growing Cold War fears.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Cuba
Mario Garcia- Inchaustegui
Stevenson
Assembly
U.N
United Nations
Berlin
Viet Nam
Red China
Europe
Middle East
United States
Will Intercept Arms Traffic Rusk Warns
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told Congress that if the Soviets or Cubans try to move arms into other Latin American nations the U S armed forces would be used to intercept such traffic. He said enforcement of surveillance could itself trigger incidents requiring U S military involvement.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Congress
United States
Rusk
Husk
Kennedy
Cuba
Donut Dinette Announces Weekend Closure and Sale
Donut Dinette closes Sundays at 2 p.m. and opens Mondays at 4 a.m. A rummage sale is set for Friday Sept 21 from 3 to 9 p.m. and Saturday Sept 22 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 121 West Boscawen Street.
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W. Boscawen St
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