Richmond Slaying Case Linked to Colonial Heights Deaths
Richmond police probe potential link between a Colonial Heights murder and three related deaths. Victims include Mrs Jean Patton 22 Raymond Lanham 2 and Tazewell Batkins 43 found in Patton’s bungalow. Miss Myrtle Slagle 25 found dead in Colonial Heights. Autopsy cites suffocation or strangulation. Authorities note possible common background but see no definite tie-in yet.
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Richmond, Va
Richmond
Colonial Heights
Jean Patton
Raymond Wayne Lanham
Tazewell Tyler Batkins
Dogs May Be On Long Flight
Moscow reports speculation that launching two dogs into orbit ties to planned long duration manned flights and possible lunar ambitions. Vetrovk and Ugolyok are used to gather biological data for extended missions and may test radiation belt effects.
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Moscow
Veterok
Ugolyok
Tass
Yuri Gagarin
van Allen
van Allen Belt
U.S
Pavel Ivanovich
Alexei A. Leonov
Leonov
Air Force
Vetbrok
President Johnson proposes costly pollution battle and park plan
President Johnson urged Congress to back a broad federal state partnership to clean river basins and curb air and water pollution. He outlined funding steps, including a $50 million start and a total $91 million for the next fiscal year, plus creation of parks like a 45000 acre Redwood National Park and rapid study for trails near cities.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
America
Interior Department
Potomac
Hudson
Delaware
Department
Yellowstone
Redwood
California
Connecticut River
New England
New Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Apostles Isles Seashore
Casacades
Washington State
School Bus and Car Collision Near Big Rock Va
An automobile and a school bus carrying six elementary students collided on Rt 651 about four miles northeast of Big Rock in Buchanan County Virginia on Wednesday afternoon. Damages were estimated at 200 dollars and no injuries were reported. The bus was driven north on a curve by 19 year old Clarence Hackney. Trooper R E Lawson was on the scene.
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Rt. 651
Big Rock
Buchanan County
Clarence Hackney
R. E. Lawson
Icetinae
Probation Revoked for Child Molester in Philadelphia
Judge Edmund B. Spaeth Jr revoked the probation of 23 year old Vivien convicted of outrages against six children. He sentenced him to 3 to 10 years in prison. About 100 protesting parents from Northeast Philadelphia attended the City Hall hearing.
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Philadelphia
Bility
Vivien
City Hall
Howard Vivan Jr
Nesday
Vivian
McNamara Reassures Congress on Vietnam Readiness
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara tells Congress the United States stands ready to cope with any Communist escalation in Vietnam. He warns a wider Southeast Asia war could trigger a mobilization of reserves and notes growing Viet Cong and North Vietnamese strength in the south.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Congress
United States
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Johnson
McNamara
U.S
Senate Armed Services Committee
Appropriations
South Viet Nam
Wytheville Worker Killed In Augusta County
A Wytheville man, Raymond Umberger, 37, was killed Tuesday in Augusta County when a cable snapped while he worked on a high voltage transmission line. The accident occurred as he was employed by a Roanoke company.
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Staunton
Wytheville
Augusta County
Raymond Umberger
Roanoke
Extended Forecast Temperatures Near Normal Through Weekend
The outlook shows average to slightly below normal highs around 49 for the south and 46 for the north with lows near 29 and 23. Colder weather appears, with Friday warmer than Saturday and precipitation totals of 0.3 to 0.8 inches forecast Thursday or Friday and again over the weekend.
Inside Abby .26 Movies .22 Add Years 26 Princeton
Abbreviated newspaper fragment lists sections such as classifieds society comics sports stocks and editorials with partial headings and interleaved page cues. The readable items indicate a low detail interior page layout.
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Abby
Princeton
Dennissset
Goren Cease de
House Approves Bill to Speed Tax Collections and Excises
The House approved a 5 billion tax boost to curb inflation and fund Viet Nam efforts by 246 to 146. The plan raises auto and telephone excises for two years and shifts to a graduated withholding system, speeding corporate and Social Security tax collections.
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House
Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Third Per Cent Would Take Effect July 1 1968
Governor Godwin's two step three per cent retail sales tax proposal moves through the Virginia Senate after House passage. A one per cent escalation tax on top of the existing two per cent would take effect July 1 1968. Localities could impose their own one per cent tax as well. The measure faces final Senate consideration with a Friday turnout anticipated.
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Richmond
Godwin
Senate
J. D. Hagood
General Assembly
House
House Welfare Committee
Department of Corrections and Parole
Department of Publc Welfare
House Finance
Dulles International
Virginia
Maryland
Friendship
Hagood
Allied Forces Report Heavy Viet Cong Losses Across South Vietnam
Allied air and naval units report killing 451 Viet Cong and 80 in five ground clashes. Week totals show 292 American combat deaths and 1,357 enemy fatalities with 122 captured. B52 raids hit suspected Viet Cong holdings near the North Vietnamese border.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
7Th Fleet
Thua Thien
Holly Enters Guilty Plea In Tazewell County Case
Holly Champeaux, 70, a legless wheelchair patient from North Tazewell Va, pleaded guilty to second degree murder for the Sept 11 1965 pistol slaying of John Henry Mitchell 55 of North Tazewell. Arthur Mitchell was found not guilty of furnishing the gun. Judge Sexton ordered a pre sentence report.
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James Lester
Bunch) Holly
North Tazewell
Holly
Tazewell
Arthur Mitchell
W. L. Sexton Jr
John Henry Mitchell
Apollo Firing Delayed By Weather At Cape Kennedy
The space agency postpones the first unmanned Apollo launch to Friday due to bleak weather with heavy rain and winds at Cape Kennedy. A satellite launch planned for Thursday was scrubbed, and a submarine cable break off Vero Beach worsened the decision.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Agnecy
Atlantic Ocean
Vero Beach
Viet Nam Peace Talks Hint From Hanoi Envoy
MOSCOW experts say Lee Chang head of Hanoi diplomatic mission promised Britain to clarify Hanoi terms for a Viet Nam peace conference. British disarmament minister Chalfont discussed possible dialogue with North Viet Nam officials as Wilson seeks a path to Geneva talks and a nuclear free zone in Europe.
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Viet Nam
Hanoi
Lee Chang
Britain
Lord Chalfont
Ho Chi Minh
Lee
Chalfont
Wilson
Kaosygin
Soviet Union
Mikddie East
U.S. Strategic Air Command
Libya
Mediterranean
Middle
Europe
Kosygin
Gerald Brooke
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Alexei N. Kosygin
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