88 U.S. deaths in Indochina top weekly toll in nine months
The U S Command reported 88 Americans killed in Indochina last week the highest weekly toll in nine months. Battles raged as U S air strikes hit North Vietnamese forces besieging a South Vietnamese artillery site near the Laotian border and Communist ambushed Cambodian paratroopers on the Phnom Penh coast highway. An Australian woman UPI correspondent a Japanese journalist and a Cambodian photographer were missing in the ambush.
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Saigon
U.S
Indochina
Highlands
Phnom Penh
United Press International
Nixon
Mary Ann
da Nang
U.S. Command
Central Highlands
Larrick Seeks Demo Nod for Delegate Seat
Winchester attorney J Fred Larrick announced his bid for the Democratic nomination to one of two seats in the new 17th District House of Delegates. The district includes Clarke Fauquier Frederick Warren and Winchester and was created under a 1971 reapportionment law. Larrick is a 1917 born Middletown native, VMI and UVA law graduate, Army veteran, senior partner at Larrick and White, former Frederick County Commissioner of Accounts, and longtime Winchester Planning Commission chair.
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J. Fred Larrick
Winchester
17Th
General Assembly
Clarke
Fauquier
Frederick
Warren
MR. Larrick
Middletown
Middletown Agricultural High School
Virginia Military Institute
Law School
The
University of Virginia
Larrick and White
Frederick County
Harry K. Benham
Winches Planning Commission
Explosion strikes Saigon discotheque killing soldiers
An explosion at a Saigon waterfront discotheque near the naval headquarters killed at least two people and wounded about 40, most of them Americans. The dead included one American soldier and a Vietnamese woman, with victims treated at two U.S. military hospitals.
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Ned Vehes Brome
Vieanmiape
Lonely
Highlands
Saigon
U.S
College Building Wrecked by Fire
Fire swept through the administration building at the University of California at Santa Cruz destroying about two thirds of the $3 million structure. Authorities suspect arson and the FBI in San Francisco joined Santa Cruz investigators after fire officials labeled the blaze incendiary.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
University of California At Santa Cruz
FBI
San Francisco
Easter Weather and Holiday Closures Across Winchester Area
A favorable Easter weekend forecast includes mostly sunny, warm days with possible Saturday showers. All schools in Winchester Frederick and Clarke counties will be closed tomorrow with other districts on differing schedules. Easter egg hunts planned by the Jaycees occur Saturday at Clarke County High School and Handley School campus. Holy Week services and sunrise events are slated across area churches and recreation sites.
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Winchester
Frederick
Clarke County
Frederick and Clarke
Berryville
Clarke County High School
Handley School
The
Jaycees
Winchester - Frederick County
Winchester Recreation Park
What Happens Now Establishment of Goals for Frederick County
Frederick's future after annexation hinges on goals and priorities led by water and sewer. A proposed goals commission and citizen involvement would guide five focus areas: public facilities, community services, law enforcement, land development planning, and economic development to rebuild tax base and attract industry.
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Star
Frederick County
Annexation
Roger Alderman
Board of Supervisors
Frederick
Alderman
Shendow Elected Winchester Democratic Chairman at City Hall
William Shendow, 30, elected chairman of the Winchester Democratic Committee at a mass meeting in City Hall, succeeding resigning J. Fred Larrick. Lucille Dick named vice chair and Doris Snarr reelected secretary. Shendow is a Bell Clothes executive and active in local groups, named Outstanding Young Citizen for 1969 by the Jaycees.
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William
Bill) Shendow
Winchester
Democratic Committee
City Hall
J. Fred Larrick
Lucille Dick
Doris Snarr
Front Royal
Shendon
Bell Clothes, Inc
The
Jaycees
Nixon Accepts Pullout Pace With No End Date Set
President Nixon ordered 100000 more U S troops withdrawn from Vietnam by December 1 raising the monthly pace to about 14300. He rejected calls for a final end date while signaling a potential residual force below 50000 by the 1972 election and stressing the war is nearing an end.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Nixon Accused of Cynicism at Vietnam Talks
North Vietnam denounces President Nixon for not naming a withdrawal date, calling his policy a continuation of the war. Vy and Binh comment on Nixon's speech as they enter the 108th peace talks session, claiming aims to prolong the occupation. The passage also includes scattered unrelated ads and notices.
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Paris
North Vietnam
Nixon
Vietnam
Nguyen Minh Vy
Laos
Cambodia
Nguyen Thi Binh
U.S
South Vietnam
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Larrick
Saigon Discotheque
Ward
Roy DeCrane
Winchester Evening Star
Baltimore and Ohio
Papermill Road
David Smith
Richmond
Virginia
By Doug O'Connell
Shendow
City Democrats
Winchester Retail Merchants Assn
Judges Athletic Assn
Winchester Jaycees
Winchester Lions Club
Troop 40
Boy Scouts of America
First Baptist Church
F.L. Largent, Jr
John O. Marsh, Jr
William Shendow
Ram Jewelers
Berryville Florist
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