State Inaugurates Private Line Centerix System in Virginia
Virginia unveils its State Controlled Administrative Telephone System II phase, Centrex plus a private line long distance network. Over 250 agency locations and 10 000+ phones across about 100 cities gain voice and data private lines for state business. Main switching center in Richmond with system broadening agency use and training.
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Virginia
Commonwealth
Centrex
Richmond
Statewide private long distance network planned for Virginia
Authorized state personnel may use the network lines to discuss business and place orders without individual long distance charges. C P Telephone Company of Virginia and other providers have spent three years planning and installing this intrastate private net. H Douglas Hamner Jr says the system aims for efficiency and cost savings for the Commonwealth.
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C & P Telephone Company
Virginia
Landau, World Renowned Physicist, Dies at 60
Soviet government announced the death of Lev D. Landau in Moscow. Nobel Prize laureate for physics in 1962, he suffered a brain injury in a 1962 car crash near Dubno and spent years recovering while contributing to liquid helium research and superconductivity theory.
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Lev D. Landau
Landau
Dubno
Owings Won't Seek Reelection in Middletown
Middletown town councilman Will L. Owings announced at last night’s meeting he will not seek reelection. The mayor noted all other councilmen will run, with filing for candidates due April 11 and elections 60 days later.
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L. Owings
O Owings
Archie Manuel
Owings
Filter C. Gunn
Alma Groff
W.E., Edmondson
John H. Lewis, Jr
Ruth L. Link
Virginia Draft Johnson Committee Organized
A Virginia Draft Johnson for President Committee formed in Williamsburg with over 50 residents attending the meeting. The telegram to President Johnson urged reconsideration of his re nomination decision and pledged strong Virginia Democratic support and leadership. committee plans to contact other Virginia Democrats by phone to rally backing.
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Wlliamsburg
Virginia
Johnson
Melnotte
Peace overtures meet stiff British response in Vietnam talks
London AP reports the Soviet ambassador ignored a British bid for Vietnam peace talks tied to Johnson’s bombing cutback. Moscow and Hanoi remained silent as Stewart offered to fly to Moscow to meet Gromyko. Officials expect Hanoi to reject talks while Kyiv and Paris communications hint at continued fighting.
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Britain
Vietnam
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Soviet Union
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Andrei Gromyko
Smirnovsky
Stewart
North Vietnam
Washington
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Johnsson
Paris
Cairo
Pham van Quang
Peking
Winchester Residents Recall City in Early 1900s
Three Winchester residents spoke to the Winchester Frederick County Historical Society about life in the early 1900s. Earl Evans recalled 13 saloons and local businesses while Mrs. Claude Grim described schools and Lewis N. Barton recalled amusements and the Old Winchester Inn. Five directors were elected to three year terms. The meeting was at the Handley Library auditorium.
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Winchester - Frederickounty
Claude Grim
Lewis N. Barton
Winchester Inn
Lee St
Society
L. M. Allen
Thomas G. Scully
Carlton F. Staples
Edgar M. Whiting
Douglas B. O’connell
Handley Library
Riots in Rio Prompt Army Patrols After Night of Violence
Tanks and armored units patrolled Rio and four other Brazilian cities after student protests turned violent. At least one death in Rio, another in Goiania, with about 3 000 demonstrators clashing with 600 police. Police used tear gas and batons. a Molotov was thrown at a U S aid mission.
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Goiania
Belo Horizonte
Fortaleza
Brasilia
U.S
U.S. Information Service
Porto Alegre
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