Eight-Mile Parade Set For Tobacco Festival In Richmond
The 14th National Tobacco Festival in Richmond will feature an eight mile illuminated parade at Parker Field with 20 plus floats 28 princesses two visiting queens and the Queen of Tobaccoland. Grand marshal Raymond Burr will lead the show which attracts about 200000 spectators.
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Richmond
Seomane
Beever
Nelson Park
Fes
Parker
Raymond Burr
Perry Mason
Philip Morris, Inc
Johnny
Phil Morris
Parker Field
Ferko
Wonder Bread
Egypt
Nile
Sandra Leigh Baker
Danville
Transportation Industries
Miss Richmond Bright Leaf
Liggett
Myers
Explorer Post
Virginia Division of Forestry
U. S, Navy
U. S. Air Force
Hemingway
Bob
Nolde Brothers
Richmond Food Stores
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve
Tappahan
Western Riders of Virginia
U. S
Interstate Commerce Commissioners
I.C.C
Marine Corps Color Guard
Acca Temple Shrine
Sainis Grotto
Marching Bands and Drill Teams Parade Through Broad Street
Marching bands from Bedford Firemen Loris Marching Lions Hargrave Military Academy and several area high schools join a festive procession. Drum and baton corps include Lee's Lieutenants the Rebels Post 55 Winchesterettes and Rebel units. Majorettes lead the march toward Parker Field featuring Golden Eagles Roxalettes and many local dance groups.
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Bedford Firemen
Loris Marching Lions
Hargrave Military Academy
Thomas Dale
Patrick
Broad Street
Parker Field
Golden Eagles
Roxalettes
Boys Village
Marion Mease
Evelyn Chapman
Y. M. C. A. Rangerettes
Waynesboro
Florettes
Top Teens
Teen Twirlers
Portsmouth Darlin
The
Starlights
Icksburg
House Debates Callup Authority Amid Cuba and Khrushchev Warnings
The House debates President Kennedy's request for standby authority to call up up to 150,000 reservists as issues on Cuba and Soviet policy spark a broader foreign affairs discussion. A Senate-passed warning to Moscow and Havana faces House scrutiny while amendments are limited by Rules Committee ground rules.
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Washington
House
Kennedy
Senate
United States
Moscow
Havana
Cuba
U.S
Congress
Soviet Red Star Attacks U S Cuba Resolution
The Soviet military paper Red Star denounces the U S Senate Cuba resolution and says Soviet nuclear submarines are prepared to go to sea if needed, vowing to strike with rocket blows and torpedoes.
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Moscow
Red Star
Cuba
Close Shave Missed Haircut as Bike Slams Window
Eddie Jones rode his motorcycle to Russell's Barber Shop in Athens Tenn and rolled through a plate glass window. He was hospitalized with severe cuts and bruises from the crash.
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Athens
Tenn
Eddie Jones
Russell
Jones
Unmanned Moon Spaceship On Display
A full scale model of the Surveyor unmanned spacecraft, designed to precede astronauts to the moon, was shown publicly at the Houston International Trade and Travel Fair drawing over 20 000 viewers. NASA plans seven Surveyors on the moon with television cameras and drills to probe 18 to 60 inches into the lunar crust.
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Houston, Tex
Moon
Earth
Houston International
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
20 Year Old Orphan Crowned Maid of the Mist
Gretchen House a 20 year old orphan from Niagara Falls was chosen Maid of the Mist in a beauty contest closing the three day festival at the American Falls. She stands 5 feet 4 inches 115 pounds with measurements 35 22 35 and works at Bell Aerosystems while supporting a sister and brother. She studies industrial relations in evening classes at the University of Buffalo.
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Maid of Mist
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Gretchen House
Goat Island
Miss House
Bell Aerosystems Co
University of Buffalo
Frame of 14000 Renoir Landscape Found in London Gutter
Police recovered a battered frame fragment in a London gutter and linked it to a missing Renoir landscape valued at 14000 dollars. The painting disappeared Sunday from an art auctioneer's car luggage compartment.
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London
Train Hits Stalled Bus Kills Six in Mexico
A Pacific Railroad passenger train collided with a stalled bus 22 miles north of Guadalajara causing six deaths and 12 critical injuries, according to police. The bus stalled on the tracks prior to impact.
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Guadalajara
Mex
Pacific Railroad
Ben-Gurion Returns From Scandinavian Tour
Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and his wife flew back to Jerusalem Sunday night after a monthlong, five-nation Scandinavian tour.
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Jerusalem
David Ben-Gurion
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Amerca Tobacco Co
Philip Morris, Inc. Brown and Williamson, Aero Industries
Reynolds Metals Co
United States Tobacco Co
Banks ‘of Richmond
Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Savings and Loan Associations
Larus and Brother
Hennis
Romney Pioneer
Bermuda & Caribbean
Washington, D. C
S.S. Ariadne
Bermuda
Election Day
St. Thomas
V. 1
St. Kitts
B.W
Nevis
B.W.L
Barbados
Martinique
F.W.I
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Sae
Caribbean
Cruise Lines
Southern Building
Sterling
Perry Engineering Co., Inc
Winchester, VA
Renoir
Billy
Henry Is
George
New York
N. Y
Sonnel
Blue Cross
Virginia
Blue Shield
West Broad Street
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