Snatching Payroll Medal Earned by Vietnam Vet
Platoon Sgt. Lawrence Nine of Columbia, SC, killed a Viet Cong paymaster in the Mekong Delta and helped capture the carrier of the payroll of the 514th Viet Cong battalion. The attack yielded bundles of notes totaling more than 3000 dollars and prompted a psychological warfare response. The story notes Virginia aplite production in Hanover and Nelson counties.
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Dong Tam
Vietnam
Lawrence Nine
Mekong Delta
Columbia
8.C
Nine
Wiliam T. Leggett
Rocky Mount
N.C
39Th Infantry
Henry Emerson
Milford
Emerson
Virginia
Hanover
Nelson Counties
Jefferson Award to Dr Whyburn at University of Virginia
Dr Gordon Thomas Whyburn of the University of Virginia was named the 1968 Jefferson Award recipient during Founder's Day exercises. A mathematician and topology expert, Whyburn chaired UVA's mathematics department until 1966 and helped found the Center for Advanced Studies in the Sciences.
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Jefferson Award
Whyburn
Charlottesville
Gordon Thomas Whyburn
University of Virginia
University
Edgar F. Shannon Jr
Wryburn
Center For Advanced Studies In the Sciences
Workmen’s Compensation Inspection Rating Bureau of Virginia
State Corporation Commission
The
Blanton Building
Richmond
Virginia
Department of Highways
Staunton
Frederick County
Highway Department
Virginia Department of Highways
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Thunderbird
ETA
Continental
Chev. H’top, P.S
V-8
G W Motors. Inc
N. J Oudoun St
Ari
Northy
DIAL
Safeway
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Lonnie C. Lebo
David C. Lebo
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Pennsylvania
Lynn M. Poole
Fox Drive
Tree Service
W. R. Colley
John M. Copley, Jr
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W. Va
H & R Block, Co
Loudoun St
Boyce
Clayton
Mike) Martin
Shenandoah Valley Bee Co
Arden
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Call
Ire Motor Co
Dodge & Chrysler
Rt. 11
Jackson Woods
North River
James Omps
Pall Mall
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Haun’s Furniture
Paper Mill Road
James R. Wilkins
Clarke County
Berryville
R. B. Whiting
Misc
Shenandoah
Shenandoah Memorial Park
Christy Sales
Dept. H. Box
Alexandria
Loudoun
Miller’s Hardware Store
Brick & Tile
Smithfield Ave
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Middle Road
Valley Pike
Reliance
Alton W. Mathews, Inc
Bentonville
Shenandoah River
S. Loudoun St
Bath and Furnace
Ruth Crum
Apts
Bluemont Area
Cavalier Apartments
E. E. Bayliss, Jr
Dicks Hollow Road
P.T.O
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Lovely
Green Acres
James R. Wilkins, Inc
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Winchester Rt. 50
West
Perry, Inc
Berryville Rt
Mr. Triplett
Quality Court
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U.S. 11 South
Sherwin Williams Co
Perry Engineering Co., Inc
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Chuck Wolfe
Shawnee Land
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Frederick
Maryland
Snapp Foundry Products Co
Cameron
Winchester, Va
Bureau of Insurance
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Rt. 7
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