Israelis On Suez Advance Clash With Egypt Forces
Israelis on Suez advance clash with Egypt forces as Israeli armor pounds Sinai toward the canal, destroying or capturing about 200 Egyptian tanks per the Israeli command. Jordan reports fighting in Bethlehem and Jerusalem as the war nears day two. UN Security Council unanimously backs immediate cease fire.
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United States
Israel
Bir Gifgafa
Israeli Defense Ministry
Moshe Pearlman
Gaza Strip
U N Security Council okays cease fire call in war
The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a cease fire appeal for the Israeli Arab war after U S Soviet talks. The resolution urged immediate halt to all fighting and asked U Thant to dispatch the appeal, with a later provision on a ban of force near the Gulf of Aqaba. Egyptian, Syrian, and Algerian actions followed, as Israel pressed in Sinai and Jordan.
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Dean Rusk
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LBJ Appeals for Mideast Cease-Fire on TV and Radio
President Johnson urged a United Nations backed cease-fire as a first step toward peace in the Middle East in a six sentence address on both television and radio. He noted emergency U.S. evacuations of 12000 Americans from war zones and called the move a hopeful path away from danger.
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Evacuations under way as Middle East crisis escalates
U S embassies in the Mideast authorize chartering ships for evacuation of about 12 000 Americans from Egypt Jordan Israel and Syria with 26 000 more in 10 other Arab countries. Americans are being moved by bus train and car to Alexandria while Tunis may be a debarkation point.
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Alexandria
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Rockingham Supervisors to Approve Vocational High School Plan
Rockingham County School Board voted unanimously to create a countywide vocational high school subject to Virginia Department of Education approval and to funding shares for building and equipment. Surveys will determine enrollment and needed courses, with potential shared use of Harrisonburg High’s shop for displaced students.
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Virginia Department of Education
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Rockingham Board of Supervisors
Rockingham County
Wilbur S. Pence
Elkton
Montevideo
Turner Ashby
Broadway High School
Supt. Pence
Harrisonburg High
Pence
Harrisonburg
Valley Deaths Highlight Local Obituaries
Mrs Bettie F Jackson 89 of Luray and Charles Melvin Funk 50 of Rt 1 Woodstock are noted in Valley obituaries with details continued on page 2.
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Bettie F. Jackson
Luray
Charles Melvin Funk
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Woodstock
Lesson Of 1956: US and Russia Must Find Common Ground
AP Special Correspondent recalls 1956 when Moscow and Washington set aside brinkmanship to avoid general war amid the Suez crisis and Hungary crackdown. It notes how the Middle East crisis escalated with arms to Egypt and Syria, Nasser’s dam bid, canal nationalization, and looming invasion plans, then shifted toward restraint as Hungary shattered confidence in Europe.
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Red Mortar Blasts U.S. Supply Site
A Communist mortar shell hit English Field a U.S. supply base of the 1st Air Cavalry in Binh Dinh Province near Qui Nhon, killing 2 Americans and wounding 34. The blast damaged ammunition stores valued at about 2.5 million dollars, ruined 440000 gallons of fuel, and damaged several helicopters as a fire burned for hours. Demolition teams planned to survey for unexploded ordnance. Nearby, U.S. Marine posts faced light probing attacks near Khe Sanh with 2 Marines killed and 13 wounded.
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Qui Nhon
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Demilitarized Zone
Khe Sanh
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