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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 23, 1961

Page

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Money Bills Stall Congressional Adjournment

Congress presses toward adjournment with key bills pending. Foreign aid totals 4.1969 billion in the Senate and 539 million less in the House. A 3.94 billion public works bill and a 1 billion final money bill loom as decisive factors for finishing before an expected weeklong extension.

Washington Congress Senate Mike Mansfield Montana Mansfield House Senate Appropriations Committee

Mexican Farm Labor Bill Extended by Two Years

The Senate sent to President Kennedy a compromise bill extending the Mexican farm labor program for two years with added restrictions. The 41 to 31 vote concluded a lengthy Senate debate that preceded a steady push toward final adjournment. The measure renews a 1951 act under which about 315,000 Mexicans entered the United States for seasonal farm work.

Washington Senate Kennedy Senate House Congress United States

Clarke School Wins $60 000 Literary Fund Loan

Clarke County School Board receives approval for a $60,000 Literary Fund loan to add four rooms to County High School. Work to be finished by September 1962 includes expanding the youth wing and second story extension over the vocational agriculture area. Seventh grade moves from Berryville Elementary to the new rooms next year.

Berryville Clarke County School Board County High School Vocational Agriculture Department County Board of Supervisors Richmond State Board of Eduction

Locust Found in Garden Reported by Children at Highland Ave

The OTown Crier notes children at 510 Highland Ave found a locust in the garden. A horse van rear door flew open on Boscawen St near Indian Alley and Loudoun St. The door tore away and a street light was broken during the impact. The Rescue Squad moves today from Gerrard St. temporary HQ to Millwood Pike near the Armory. Notice: barley cleaning service now offered. Apple pickers wanted via Punkhouser Co. in White Post, Va.

Debra Shoemaker Highland Ave Boscawen St Indian Alley Loudoun St Gerrard St N. B. Shingleton Millwood Pike Winchester Seed CO C. Punkhouser White Post

Kennedy Nominates Marshall to Circuit Bench

President Kennedy sent to the Senate the nomination of Thurgood Marshall for the United States Circuit Court seat in New York. Marshall would become the latest of ten circuit appointments filled under Kennedy.

Hyannis Port Mass Kennedy Senate Thurgood Marshall Marshall New York

B and C Head Seeks Takeover of B O Rail Line

Baltimore and Ohio chief Jervis Langdon Jr says he wants the line taken over by Chesapeake and Ohio not New York Central. The testimony ends six weeks of hearings in the B O dispute.

Washington Baltimore & Ohio Railroads Chesapeake & Ohio New York Central Jervis Langdon Jr B&o

Brothers die in one vehicle crash at Lehew Route 259

Two brothers Charles A. Smith 29 of Hanging Rock West Virginia and David A. Smith 24 of Hanging Rock Florida were killed when their 1957 Chevrolet left Route 259 near Lehew West Virginia. A re-cap allegedly loosened and entangled with the steering mechanism while speed was a factor according to state police. The car traveled about 200 yards before crashing. They were transported to Winchester Memorial Hospital where both were pronounced dead. Charles worked for the International company Winter Haven and had previous service as a manager at Herbert Bryant Feed Co. He was married to the former Miss Wenonah Swisher.

Lehew W. Va Charles A. Smith Hanging Rock Winter Haven Fla David A. Smith Charles Burke West Virginia Wenonah Swisher Capon Bridge High School Ior Marines

Pounding Too Hard Soviet Troika Plan Boomerangs

Editor notes how the Soviet push to replace Dag Hammarskjold with a three member troika at the United Nations backfired after his death. The piece traces shifts among neutrals and Asian and African states toward backing a single interim or permanent secretary-general and the move to name an acting head.

U.N United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Tom Hoge U.N. News United, Nations N.Y Khrushchev Dag Hamimarskjold Hammarskjold Scenacs Moscow Tly U.S General Assembly

Soviets test atmospheric nuke sparks propa ganda setback

The Soviet Union resumed atmospheric nuclear testing with a one megaton blast near Novaya Zemlya, drawing world condemnation while U S officials acknowledge no clear shift in international sentiment. US carried out underground tests. radiation safeguards advised by the Federal Radiation Council are issued.

Washington Soviet Union Red Tanks Kremlin USIR United States Arctic Novaya Zemlya U.S Atomic Energy Commission Defense Department White House Federal Radiation Council

Cattle Bring Higher Prices At Yearling Sale

Cattle brought higher prices per head and per hundredweight in yesterday's seventh annual year ling sale. In all 1,212 animals brought $216,060 with steers averaging $25.14 per hundredweight and heifers $22.94 per hundredweight. Consignors from Virginia West Virginia and Maryland counties total 38. The sale featured Herefords Angus and crossbreds with one Shorthorn. Totals show 1,158 steers weighing 827,515 pounds averaging 715 pounds and 54 heifers weighing 34,940 pounds averaging 647 pounds. Read continuation on page 2.

Fred Stine Virginia West Virginia Maryland TES Pe

ICC Orders Halt to Bus Discrimination

The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered an end to racial segregation on interstate buses and terminals. Starting Nov 1 signs must affirm travel without regard to race, color, or creed, with fines up to 500 dollars for violations. The ruling follows Kennedy proposed regs amid Freedom Riders actions and protests in Jackson Mississippi.

Interstate Commerce Commission Commission ICC Robert F. Kennedy Freedom Riders Jackson Miss Kennedy FBI Justice Department Roy Wilkins National Association For the Advancement of Colored People New York CORE Ross Barnett Mississippi Joe Patterson M. B. Pierce John Garrett Joint Legislative Committee On Louisiana Garrett Jimmie H. Davis Jack Gremillion

Fire destroys Southern Scrap Co. office and storage

A two alarm blaze at the Southern Scrap Co. in a one story frame building at the Pennsylvania Railroad yards north of Amherst Street. four Winchester fire companies responded after Mrs. Werner Nordheim closed the business at 12:30 p.m. First alarm at 1 p.m. second alarm 15 minutes later.

Southern Scrap Co Winchester Pennsylvania Railroad Amherst St Werner Nordheim

Survivor of Hammarskjold crash dies in Ndola hospital

Harold M. Julien U N security guard and sole survivor of the Hammarskjold plane crash died at Ndola Hospital. His death raises the toll to 16 from Monday's disaster. Julien, an American, died after burns and injuries. his Cuban born wife Maria was at the hospital.

Ndola Northern Rhodesia Harold M. Julien U.N Dag Hammarskjold Julien Maria United States Hammarskjold

East Berlin Children Learn Concrete Curtain Lesson At Station

In Stadtmitte station East Berlin, a teacher explains the concrete curtain to 6 and 7 year olds as West Berlin trains pass unstopped. Sentries with submachine guns listen as the lesson frames the barrier as protecting against spies and saboteurs.

Friedrichstrasse West Berlin Stadmitte Berlin Stadtmitte East Berlin

No Official Announcement On East Germany Policy

US officials deny any change in policy toward East Germany insisting no recognition or control over air corridors or Allied access in Berlin has been announced. Western leaders and West German critics react to persistent rumors of a de facto shift amid reports tied to Gen. Clay briefing newsmen.

Berlin East Germany der Tagesspiegel Ius D. Clay Kennedy New York Columbia Broadcr System Clay Germany West Germany U.S West Berlin

Autumn Warmth Lingers as Clocks Fall Back

Autumn arrived in the Northern Hemisphere at 1 43 am with a 90 degree high in Winchester area. Last night’s low reached 60 degrees as residents prepare to end daylight saving and set clocks back one hour tonight. Forecasts continue fair and warm to near 60s across the region with no rain expected.

Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory Associated Press

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Clarke the ‘Otown Crier B. & C. Head Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad Smith Brothers Memorial Hospital Dave Keen Troika By Tom Hoge Hungary Reds Harry Kelly THE Bulletin West
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