U S Military Leaders Leave For S Viet Nam
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and General Maxwell Taylor flew to South Vietnam on a fact finding mission for President Kennedy. They aim to assess military progress amid recent Vietnamese unrest and plan a week of inspections with Vietnamese and U S officials en route to Saigon.
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Washington (Ap
Robert S. McNamara
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
South Viet Nam
Kennedy
Andrews Air Force Base
White House
George Ball
McGeorge Bundy
McNamara
U.S
Taylor
Ngo Dinh Diem
United States
Saigon
Viet Nam
MacNamara-Taylor
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Alaska
Federal Jury Indicts 3 In Birmingham
A federal grand jury indicted Edward R. Fields and two other men in Birmingham on charges of interfering with school integration court orders. The trio, tied to militant segregation, faced a U.S. commissioner later, as Judge Clarence W. Allgood noted concerns about juror intimidation and possible related violence.
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Birmingham
Ala
Edward R. Fields
Fields
National 1 . 19
Chica
U.S
Arra
Clarence W.d
Abe
Allgood
FBI
Stonewall Jackson Headquarters Sees Record Attendance
The Stonewall Jackson Memorial in Winchester reports 4,080 visitors at its N Braddock Street headquarters during August. Jay W. Johns says attendance is the largest increase among Virginia shrines, as two fund drives for Salvation Army and Winchester Rescue Squad run behind expectations. Free engraving on Hallmark cards offer ends October 5 at Leggett's Dept Store.
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Salvation Arm
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
Salvation Army
Stonewall Jackson
N. Braddock St
Jay W. Johns
Stonewall Jackson Memorial, Inc
Virginia
Leggett’s Dept. Store
10 Aboard Plane Down in Atlantic
Air Force Navy and Coast Guard planes searched the Atlantic for an Azores bound Air Force cargo plane with 10 crew aboard. The last radio from Capt Dudley J Connolly Jr indicated climb from 13000 to 14000 feet near Cape May. The flight aimed for Lajes Air Station with supplies for Europe. Crew members listed include 1st Lt Walter Steward and T Sgt Elwood Griffith with kin details.
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Dover
Del
Air Force
Navy
Coast Guard
Atlantic Ocean
Lajes Air
Terceira
U.S
Europe
Cape May
Azores
Walter J. Steward
Annandale
Ann
Elwood M. Griffith
Luray
Doris J. Griffith
Lester V. Griffith
Page County Board of Supervisors
Charles
Griffith
Doris Kibler
Carolyn
Children Weep For Pets Killed By Poison Food
In Merthyr Tydfil Wales AP reports a wave of pet deaths and illnesses after pets ate meat from a local shop. Officials say the meat came from a mountain pony likely contaminated by poisonous dipping or insecticide.
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Merthyr
Tydfil
Wales
Frost Expected Tonight In Winchester Area
Weather alert warns of possible frost for Winchester and surrounding areas with temperatures dipping into the low 30s and patch frost. Front Royal saw a low of 28 degrees while Winchester reported 42 with a 66 high in the last 24 hours. The AP five day forecast predicts a cool night then gradual warming with showers Saturday.
British-Indonesian Dispute Flared Over Embassy Guard
In Jakarta a renewed clash over safeguarding Britain's burned embassy fueled a diplomatic crisis. Governor Sosroatmodjo backed a joint British Indonesian guard to protect documents in the vault as Ambassador Gilchrist faced entry denial and a tense standoff with Indonesian police. Delegations from several nations signaled concern.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Britain
Sumarno Sosroatmodjo
A. G. Gilchrist
Gilchrist
U.S. Am
West Motion To Be Heard On Oct 25
A Corporation Court hearing to set aside the verdict in the case of Robert Allen West, convicted Friday of grand larceny through embezzlement, was scheduled for Oct 25 by Judge Elliott D. Marshall. West received a one year penitentiary sentence.
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Corporation
Robert Allen West
Elliott D. Marshall
West
Shenandoah Ford
Charles H. Schutte, Jr
Charles Robert Jackson
Carl Edward Smith
Marshall
Jackson
Public Welfare Dept
Cecil O. Hill
John Harvey
William O. Harris
Harris
Three Men Arrested After Grottoes Bank Robbery
Three young men described as construction workers were rounded up in woods near Montevideo High School eight miles east of Harrisonburg after allegedly robbing the Rockingham National Bank in Grottoes at 10 40 a m taking about 3000 dollars. A .22 rifle was carried by one bandit and Miklos dropped a rifle when captured. The trio fled after forcing three tellers into a vault grille and wrecked Sheriff Strawderman’s car earlier. Police from Harrisonburg Elkton and Rockingham were involved.
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Grottoes
Rockingham County
Rockingham National Bank
Roger M. Lowe, Jr
Harrisonburg
James Miklos
Lacey Springs
Robert B. Harrington
Montevideo High School
Miklos
Rockingham
A. L. Strawderman
U. S. 33
Strawderman
Elkton
Jean Trobaugh
Mrs. Trobaugh
Miss Eaton
Thelma Grove
Handley Library Marks Its 50th Anniversary in Winchester
More than 125 residents attended the Handley Library anniversary program as the Harry K. Benham Memorial Room opened. Councilman Stewart Bell Jr and former Rep Burr Harrison spoke while librarian David Rowland was introduced by Dr M C Teague. Bell recalled the library’s 50 year wait for use of Judge Handley’s 25000 dollar bequest. cornerstone laid in 1908 and library opened in 1913. The event highlighted renovations, new lighting, paint, floors, and a renewed service pattern by the Library Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burr P. Harrison
Handley Library
M. C. Teague
David Rowland
Stewart Bell, Jr
Home Improvement Council
Library Board
Bell
Winchester
Handley Trustees
C. Vernon Eddy
Benham
Black student Cleve McDowell detained on Mississippi campus
Oxford Mississippi, Lafay ette County Sheriff Joe Ford detained Cleve McDowell the only Black student at the University of Mississippi after a pistol fell from his coat pocket on the campus prompting custody action today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford, Miss
Cleve McDowell
University of Mississippi
Lafayette County
Joe Ford
McDowell
Boy, 10 Rescued From 1000-Foot Cliff in Montana
Bruce Krummel, 10, was trapped on a cliff ledge for over 20 hours near Sun River, Montana, before carpenters A. R. Bender and Charles Welsh built a ladder and hoisted him to safety. The rescue involved multiple failed attempts and harsh mountain conditions.
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Augusta
Mont
A. R. Bender
Charles Welsh
Augusta Carpenters
Bruce Krummel
Sun River
Rock Mountains
Robert Gill
Great Falls
Gill
Bruce
Rocky Mountains
Montana
Bender
Bay
Air Force
Welsh
Meet The Candidate Meeting Planned By Farm Bureau
The Frederick County Farm Bureau will hold a Meet The Candidate Meeting on October 16 at Shawnee Fire Hall for all county candidates in the November 5 general election. The event starts at 8 p.m. and includes two minute opening statements, questions from a policy committee, and equal time for all candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm. Bureau
Frederick County
Shawnee Fire Hall
William J. Rickard
Farm Bureau
J. J. Pickeral
Commonwealth
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Tion
Virginia
Pickeral
Robert Russell
Ira Campbell
Paul Halderman
Henry Brumback
James I. Brumback
Joe Butler
Goldwater Fails to Make Cuba an Issue in Treaty Vote
The Senate rejected Sen Barry Goldwater’s bid to bar ratification of the nuclear test ban treaty unless the Soviet Union removes all nuclear weapons and personnel from Cuba. The 17 to 75 vote left the pact moving toward approval with many senators backing ratification.
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Sen. Goldwater
Cuba
Washington
Senate
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
U.S
Goldwater
Ene J. Fightly
Dodd
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Everett M. Dirksen
Mike Mensfield
Associated Press
Howard W. Cannon
D-Nev
John J. McClellan
D-Ark
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Soviet Union
Weather Rundown: High Pressure Central North of Lake Huron
A large cold high pressure area covers the eastern states from central Florida to the Great Lakes. The system will persist into tomorrow as fall begins at 1 24 p m. Expect sunny cool conditions today with a clear cold night and frost possible in mountains. Virginia readings at 6 a m range from 32 degrees at Front Royal to 56 at Norfolk and Oceana.
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Lake Huron
Florida
Virginia
Front Royal
Norfolk
Oceana
Chesterfield Coats Tweed and Camel at $60
Modern Age Shoppe offers a large stock of hardware with picture and door molding added. Miller's Hardware Ho Smalt's Garden advertises a broad assortment including Chesterfield coats in tweed and camel at sixty dollars.
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Chesterfield Coats
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JFK
Atlantic
Frost
Bassador
Howard P. Jones
Federation of
Malaysia
Malaya
Singapore
Harry K. Benham
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