U S Marines Repel Night Offensive Near Saigon
Saigon reports a night battle 25 miles northeast of the city as about 100 U S infantry repelled a Cu Chi Regiment assault aided by helicopter gunships and fighter bombers. US forces claim 49 enemy dead with no American casualties and multiple enemy weapons recovered.
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Saigon
U.S
Toy Smith
Houston
Tex
25Th Division
Smith
Cu Chi
Central Highlands
Pleiku
Town Crief Winchester Postmaster Addresses Mail Tampering
Postmaster Joseph C. Haines reports an unusual rise in complaints about children tampering with mail boxes. He urges parents to educate youths that mail tampering is a serious offense and to involve Postal Inspectors and local police for investigation. Weather outlook calls for a warming trend with above normal temperatures and showers tonight.
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Winchester
Joseph C. Haines
Haines
Denneys' Commercial Auction Tonight at 7 PM
Sempeles Art Mart announces a commercial and fine art auction at 7:00 p.m. Tonight featuring furniture appliances and tools. Phone contact 662 0434 for details and eligibility. Denneys' venue hosts this sale.
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Call Sempeles Art Mart
Dennys
Bus crosses five ton limit bridge on Rt 600 near Gainesboro
Frederick County school bus weighs 10 650 pounds empty and carries 54 passengers plus students bound for Gainesboro School and James Wood High School. Children are unloaded and escorted across by older students before re boarding. Bridge to be rebuilt with bids opened April 16 in Richmond.
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Frederick County
Rt. 600
Gainesboro
James Wood High
State Highway Department
Richmond
Larry Sullivan
Chamber Opposes Changes in Tax Reform Hearings
Washington AP The WS Chamber of Commerce urged Congress to keep oil depletion capital gains stock options and other tax provisions unchanged. Walker Winter of Chicago a vice president urged study of a value added tax as partial substitute for income tax before the House Ways and Means Committee during tax reform hearings.
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Washington
WS Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Walker Winter
Chicago
National Business Organization
House
Ways and Means Committee
Winchester schools seek 1.896 million budget for 1969-70
The proposed Winchester school budget for the 1969-70 year totals 1,896,073 dollars, up from 1,731,477. The city appropriation eyed is 1,089,073, with instruction taking about 70 percent of the budget. The plan adds salary scales for teachers with bachelor's and master's degrees and notes 1967-68 standing in Virginia for teacher pay.
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Winchester
Winchester Education Assotation
Virginia
Winchester Education Association
State Department of Education
Yorty Forced Into Runoff Election
Los Angeles Mayor race narrows as Councilman Thomas Bradley leads with 42 percent, forcing incumbent Samuel W. Yorty into a runoff. In nearby San Fernando Valley Barry Goldwater Jr. wins GOP nomination for Congress and will face Democrat John Van De Kamp in a runoff April 29.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Thomas Bradley
Samuel W. Yorty
Barry Goldwater Jr
Arizona
San Fernando Valley
GOP
Congress
Goldwater
John van de Kamp
Justice Department
Ed Reinecke
California
Wisconsin
Barr Pierce Watts Will Seek Reelection In Winchester
Three more Winchester officials announce reelection bids. Barr Pierce and Watts are Democrats seeking to retain offices as commonwealth's attorney city sergeant and commissioner of revenue. Peyton Marshall and Harry Carpenter also plan to run for clerk and city treasurer respectively. Watts has long served as commonwealth's attorney since 1949 and held office through World War II service and local civic roles.
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Winchester
Taylor L. Barr
Noble C. Pierce, Jr
Dabney W. Watts
Commonwealth
Peyton Marshall
Corporation Court
Harry Carpenter
Marvin Weaver
Watts
James P. Bearder
U.S. Navy
Pacific
New Guinea
Philippines
Japan
Mr. Watts
Washington and Lee University
Barr
Charles P. McVicar
McVicar
C. Lee Barr
Signal Corps
Air
Greek Bake Sale April 3 and 10 at Winchester Savings
Community bake sale announced for April 3 and April 10 at Winchester Savings. Donors can earn 5 1/4 percent on insured savings through April 10, with branches on Lean Boscawen and Washington Streets.
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West
Winchester Savings
Lean
Eisenhower Buried in Abilene Heart of His Homeland
Dwight D. Eisenhower was laid to rest in Abilene Kansas beside his son in a quiet chapel near the Eisenhower Center. The public saw a 21-gun salute and taps as military units and dignitaries honored the 34th president. Maime Eisenhower spoke briefly in St. Louis during a maintenance stop as the funeral concluded.
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Abilene
Kan
Dwight David Eisenhower
United States
Eisenhower
West Point
Eisenhower Center
Nazi Germany
Washington
Nixon
Eisenhower Library
Nance
St. Louis
David
Mamie Eisenhower
Pope says revolt threatens church during Holy Week
Pope Paul VI warned that the church faces a dangerous rebellion by priests and laypeople against canon law and tradition. He denounced defectors as causing scandal and urged the faithful to understand and support the church amid ongoing suffering. The remarks came at St. Peter's during Easter Week with about 8,000 in attendance.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Rome
St. Peter’s Basilica
Paul
Vatican Ecumenical Council
Rescue workers dig deep into Mexican coal mine disaster
Barroteran, Mexico AP rescue teams battled 100 degree heat and poison gas as they probe a soft coal mine where officials say 151 to 155 miners were buried by an explosion two days earlier. Authorities report 23 bodies recovered and 128 to 132 still trapped underground.
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Barroteran
Mexico
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Washington
Juan Heitz
Altos Hornos de Mexico S.A
Heitz
Gomez Sada
Fortunato Salinas
Prague press crackdown signals end of free media era
Communist leaders of Czechoslovakia announced a war like crackdown on newspapers radio and television and vow no tolerance for any deviation from the Moscow line. The resolution says organizers of lawless acts will be punished and media blamed for stirring anti socialist sentiment.
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Vienna
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Aeroflot
Stockholm
Sweden
Presidium
Weather front cools Virginia with eastward advance
A cold front moving east from the Midwest is expected to reach Virginia today and tonight, bringing colder air across the state. The forecast notes a brisk start to the Easter period with the front crossing the area and cooler temperatures following.
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Richmond
Midwest
Virginia
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Winchester-Frederick County
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Heart of Land
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