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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1968
Page
12
In Indianapolis Kennedy told a crowd of Black protesters to pursue unity not revenge after being told a family member was killed by a white man. He spoke as a plane arrived from Muncie and a motorcade carried him to a playground where the crowd listened in cold silence.
Proclamation appeals to Frederick County residents to back the American Cancer Society fundraising drive. Signed by Thomas Rosenberger, chairman of the Frederick County Board of Supervisors, the document lists Mrs. Joseph McDaniel of Fairway Estates and Mrs Frank Davis of C P Telephone Co as residential chairmen coordinating the county campaign.
Virginia leaders and citizens expressed shock and sorrow after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Governors and U S senators condemned the act, urged nonviolence, and offered prayers and support to King’s family and the nation.
An iron mine roughly 28,000 years old with about 23,000 stone tools was discovered in Swaziland. University of Witwatersrand professors report the find in Nature magazine, with carbon dating confirming the age.
Washington AP reports one of two Air Force F111A fighter bombers crashed due to terrain hugging radar guidance. The system, costing $6 million, auto adjusts altitude. pilots manually controlled after radar failure. The second crash occurred three days later near Southeast Asia. An investigation continues as groundings and inquiries expand.
A damaged OCR read presents scattered fragments from a crossword style page. Entries include language hints, numeric labels, mythological names, and domestic terms, with no clear single event or story.
AP reports Dr. Martin Luther King Jr made several Virginia trips and in 1965 publicly called for ending the Vietnam War. At a Petersburg SCLC convention he urged a negotiated settlement and said civil rights workers should join the effort to end the war. He previously stirred debate in Farmville and Danville during tense years.
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