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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 27, 1961

Page

8

Size Failure Cuts Apple Crop Across Appalachia and Midwest

The Apple Service reports a 15 to 25 percent crop shrinkage across the East and Midwest due to fruits failing to size. Deliveries to processors in Martinsburg are 25 percent below estimates, with several growers reporting similar reductions, while exports to Northern Europe may rise as licenses increase for processing apples. Time favors growers amid a cautious marketing outlook.

East Midwest Appalachian Apple Service Apple Service Adams Franklin Pennsylvania Mrtinsburg USDA Martinsburg Maryland mid-Virginia New York Ohio Europe United Kingdom United States Canada

Newlin Wins Portable Mixer at Frederick County Fair

Leonard Newlin of Val Vista Heights wins the portable mixer prize offered by Schewel Furniture Co. during the Frederick County Fair.

Leonard Newlin Val Vista Heights Schewel Furniture Co Frederick County

Kennedy pushes for moon mission and defense build up

Congress debates Kennedy’s push for a lunar mission by 1970 and reserve call up, while domestic programs stall. Major gains include higher minimum wage, expanded Social Security benefits, housing and urban renewal funding, Latin American aid, airport aid, and interstate expansion.

Kennedy Moon Bles Berlin Civil Rights Commission Peace Corps Senate House House Ways and Means Committee Secretary of Agriculture Congress Cabinet Department of Urban Affairs

Soviet proposals seed UN role in Berlin status debate

Gromyko outlined a plan to use neutral states or UN troops as guarantors of Berlin's status, signaling a possible push to bring the Berlin issue to the United Nations. He defended resumption of nuclear tests and pressed a Security Council approach with a three person veto system and a figurehead top UN official.

Nolena Uke West Berlin Berlin G 0 United Nations Free City Gromyko West Kennedy Soviet Union NATO Hammarskjold Security Council Khrushchev Troika U. N. Secretariat

Tanker Fire Ravages Pier After Explosion Near Shore

Witnesses describe flames as a wall engulfing the vessel as the pier threatened to ignite fuel tanks. Crew members leaped into the water and swam ashore, with nine injured sent to Cherry Point Marine Hospital. Names and addresses of the injured are listed, including four in serious condition.

Wade Stanley Four Oaks N. C Point Marine Air Station Seymour Johnson Air Force Base Goldsboro State Walter Friederichs Potomac Radio Island George Dil Clyde V. Leonard Norfolk P.C. Newton Marine Hospital Cherry Point John C. Smith Largo Fla Eadis Page Houston Tex James H. Minter Adeline Mattamala Henry Pickens Greensboro N.C William H. Massengill William G. Massengill Wade H. Stanley Henry Crawford Boston Mass R. W. Hunter Montauk Point N.Y

Kennedy names McCone head of CIA

President Kennedy announced the 59-year-old McCone would accept leadership of the agency with satisfaction from himself and Mrs Kennedy. Kennedy noted McCone’s broad government experience and said entering the intelligence field would be a real sacrifice. The couple arrived at Hammersmith Farm for a week of rest.

Kennedy Dulles McCone Hammersmith Farm Newport Neck Veterans of Government Service

Powers Father Plans Visa Visit to Son in Soviet Union

Roanoke AP The father of imprisoned Francis Gary Powers says he will seek a Soviet visa in the spring to visit his son who is serving a three year prison term near Moscow. Oliver W Powers of Norton repeats the forecast that Powers will be released to a penal colony after about a year. The pilot was shot down inside the Soviet frontier on May 1 1960 and given a three year term plus seven in a colony. The son recently wrote that Soviet authorities told him the father will obtain a visa when he applies.

Roanoke Francis Gary Powers Soviet Union Oliver W. Powers Norton Moscow

Rees trial details emerge in Virginia kidnapping case

Prosecution rests after 72 minutes of witness testimony tying defendant to the abduction of two boys. FBI expert Berley linked a gun grip to Rees by matching markings, while Shackelford testified Rees followed him in Gordonsville a few weeks earlier.

Rees Commonwealth Atty T. Stokeley Coleman George A. Berley Berley FBI Virginia Thornton M. Shackelford Gordonsville Louisa County U.S

Daily Crossword Across Clues Fragment

Puzzle word list includes misspelled names and incomplete entries. Across clues show gaps such as 1 Girls name fragment 10 Ancient Greek coir 11 Trail 12 Moisture covered 13 Long hall rug 15 Malt beverage 16 Boys nickname 17 George W containers 30 Impair 31 Germanium symbol 32 Native.

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