Two Major U S Sweep Operations Launched in Vietnam
In Saigon the U S Command announces two large sweeps in the northern South Vietnam area. About 3 000 Marines operate near Khe Sanh while 7 000 Leathernecks scour foothills southwest of Da Nang. Casualties rise in Purple Martin with 26 Marines and 59 NVA killed so far and 80 Marines wounded.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
da Nang
Young Men's Business Club
Lake Charles
Demilitarized Zone
4Th Regiment
Laos
Bud development lags behind normal year says entomologist
Dr Clarence Hill of the Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory reports Apple buds are generally somewhat behind normal development. They are in the silver tip to early green bud stage, with bloom typically 30 days from green bud, influenced by temperature and rainfall.
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Clarence Hill
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Downtown shopfront tulips vandalized as thief strikes
Merchants report front boxes at Margaret L Hodgson Shop filled with red tulips and white hyacinths, then removed overnight. A rug outside the entrance vanished days earlier. A ten year old girl bitten on the right hand by a dog on Wednesday. the dog was found and vaccinated. Easter weather bref forecast calls for clearing and mild conditions with possible rain tonight and tomorrow and above normal temperatures for five days.
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Margaret L. Hodgson
Tina Steehuisen
Millwood Ave
SPCA
Ervin Cleveland
Nixon nominates veteran diplomats to Hungary and Turkey
President Nixon announced ambassadors to Hungary and Turkey Alfred Puhan 56 and William J Handley 50 with Robert W Komer resigning Turkish post. He also signed an executive order easing the interest equalization tax and instructed Commerce to relax foreign investment restrictions. Stans to lead a Far East trade mission in April and Europe in May.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
Hungary
Turkey
Alfred Puhan
Budapest
Martin J. Hillenbrand
Robert W. Komer
Lyndon B. Johnson
Vietnam
William J. Handley
Foreign Service
Florida
White House
Commerce Department
Secretary of Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Far East
Stans
Europe
Japan
South Korea
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Good Friday Procession Trudges Through Jerusalem’s Via Dolorosa
A thousand Christian pilgrims walk the Via Dolorosa in drizzle en route to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for the Easter rite. Monks nuns and families witness the Stations of the Cross as renovations at the church continue and security measures blend with a peaceful observance.
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Jerusalem
Holy City
Christ
Via Dolorosa
Church of the Holy Sepulchure
Jesus
Daughters of
Deep Job Corps Budget Cuts Reported By White House
The White House reportedly ordered a much larger funding cut for the Job Corps, totaling about 190 million dollars. The move would shutter 60 percent of conservation centers and 40 percent of urban centers, affecting 109 centers nationwide and provoking congressional pushback.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Kkey
Nixon
Office of Economic Opportunity
Labor Department
Spring Coats Reduced at Jay's Boy's and Girl's Shop
Local shop on Loudoun Street offers 1/3 off spring coats and hats. Large group of ladies items featured as the season sale continues.
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Jay’s
Loudoun St
Leggett
Two Navy Fliers Die in Skyline Drive Crash
Aboard an A6A Intruder from Oceana Naval Air Station, Lt. Cmdr. E J Ehlers and Lt. Cmdr. John S. Platt, both 33 and fathers, died when the aircraft crashed into the Blue Ridge near Skyline Drive. Visibility was zero in fog over Shenandoah National Forest as the plane descended from about 3100 feet. wreckage spread over 10 acres. This followed another Intruder crash in 27 days, making four Navy fliers lost in the type in less than a month.
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Luray AP
Oceana Naval Air Station
Here
E. J. Ehlers
John S. Platt
Virginia Beach
Shenandoah National Forest Rangers
Thornton Gap
Blue Ridge
Oceana Mnas
Ehlegs
Platt
Navy
Mecklenburg County
Easter Corsage Special at Berryville Florists
Special Easter offer for corsages featuring two Cymbidium Orchids at Berryville Florists for 3.50. Also mentions Kathy's Tortuga Restaurant Easter specials and Winchester Savings and Loan insured savings promotion through April 10.
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Berryville Florists
Kathy’s Tortuga
Route 50
West
Winchester Savings and Loan
Boscawen and
Washington Sts
Chicago Faces Tense Weekend After Violence
Chicago braces for a tense weekend as 6000 National Guardsmen patrol West and Near North Side neighborhoods after Thursday violence touching schools, looting, and student exodus. Sixty plus injured and about 250 arrested as riots echo last year’s action linked to King’s death anniversary.
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Chicago
West Manson Street
King
Madison Street
North Side
Old Town District
West Side
Richard J. Daley
National Guard
Anniversary Observances Mark King Memorial Across U.S.
Thousands march in Memphis to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr on the first anniversary of his assassination. Observances spread nationwide with violence in Chicago and unrest in Flint Kalamazoo and Detroit as authorities deploy National Guard and police.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Martin Luther King Jr
Vietnam
Chicago
King
Lorraine
City Hall
National Guard
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Ralph D. Abernathy
SCLC
City
Hall
Coretta
Atlanta
Michigan
Flint
Kalamazoo
Detroit
Jerome Cavanagh
Eisenhower S widow returns to capital from Abilene
Mamie Eisenhower arrives in Washington after visiting Dr Milton Eisenhower at Walter Reed. Officials say she plans indefinite stay with no public timetable. Milton Eisenhower remains under observation in the hospital's coronary unit following a dizzy spell before his brother Dwight D. Eisenhower's funeral.
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Washington
Mamie Eisenhower
Abilene, Kan
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Milton S. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisen Vhower
Kansas Plains
Maurice Shahrabani
Military District of
Union Station
Tysburg
Pennsylvania
Shahrabani
Opequon Saddle Club Auction Notice
Antique and miscellaneous sale planned by the Opequon Saddle Club for April 12 with a full sale bill to be issued later. Local event details forthcoming.
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Opequon Saddle Club
Warren Man Named Scout Executive for Shenandoah Council
William Wolfersberger of Warren Pennsylvania will replace Vernon LaBarre as Scout Executive of the Shenandoah Area Council, Boy Scouts of America. The transfer takes effect April 16 as LaBarre moves to Deputy Regional Scout Executive with the National Council.
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William Wolfersberger
Warren
Vernon G. LaBarre
Shenandoah
Boy Scouts of America
Mr. LaBarre
National Council
BSA
LaBarre
Shenandoah Area Council
Wolfersberger
Robert Sanders
Penn State University
U.S. Army Signal Corps
Oil City
Washington, Pa
Lois
Winchester
Richmond Weather Tied to Converging Fronts
Cloudy skies in Virginia arise from a cold front advancing east and a nearly stationary warm front lifting north from South Carolina. This interaction brings persistent overcast conditions across the region today.
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Richmond
Virginia
South Carolina
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