Saboteurs Fail to Disrupt East Pakistan Bridge
Pakistani army reports foiling an Indian infiltration attempt to blow the Bhairab bridge near Dacca. Sacrificed explosives found bearing Indian factory marks. large arms and supplies captured. Authorities say Eastern towns remain under army control and pockets of resistance are being cleared.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Dacca
Chittagong
Sylhet
East Pakistan
Jessore
Khulna
Comilla
Pabna
Lalmunirhat
Saidpur
Rangpur
Rajshahi
Dinajpur
Thakurgaon
U S Table Tennis Team Tours Shanghai Industry Exhibit
The 15 member U S delegation toured Shanghai industry exhibits including a 22 ton diesel dump truck named Shanghai with 400 horsepower. Executives praised the display while chemists noted uneven progress across sectors amid a misty weather day.
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Shanghai
Bufford Harrison
Wilmington
Del
du Pont
China
Tricia Nixon Chooses White House Rose Garden for June Wedding
Washington AP Tricia Nixon selects the White House rose garden for her June 12 ceremony with Harvard law student Edward Finch Cox. About 400 guests expected. rain plan moves ceremony to the East Room. Julie Nixon Eisenhower likely maid of honor. Howard Cox Jr. likely best man. Televised coverage being considered.
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Washington
Tricia Nixon
White House
Rose Garden
Harvard Law
Edward Finch Cox
Executive Mansion
Connie Stuart
Suit Seeks Halt to 618 Percent Postage Rise
Magazines and newspapers file suit in U.S. District Court to block temporary postal rate increases. The proposal would raise second class mail about 20 percent in mid May and lift first class rates from 6 to 8 cents and air mail from 10 to 11 cents.
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Washington
Magazine Publishers Association
MPA
American Newspaper Publishers Association
ANPA
Stanford Smith
U.S
Board of Governors of
The
U.S. Postal Service
Virginia Ranks Second in South for Out-of-State Visitors
Virginia, second among 11 southern states in 1970 for attracting out-of-state visitors, drew an estimated 44 million tourists who spent $860 million and added $66.1 million to state and local taxes. Georgia had 47 million visitors, while Florida spent $5.7 billion.
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Atlanta
Virginia
Old Dominion
Southern Travel Directors Council
Georgia
Florida
New Strike Against Red Supply Bases Near Laos Frontier
South Vietnamese and US forces launched a new operation against enemy supply bases and filtration routes in the A Shau Valley near the Laotian frontier. The 101st Airborne and artillery were flown into Fire Base Fury to prepare for South Vietnamese troops. Casualties included three South Vietnamese soldiers and one American adviser killed, nine Saigon troops wounded, with North Vietnamese forces reportedly withdrawing westward after heavy losses.
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Saigon
A Shau
U.S
101St Airborne Division
Fury
Hue
101St Airborne
Central Highlands
Dzu
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
National Liberation Front
Transit union defies calls to end city strike
In Philadelphia AP report, Transit Workers Union Local 234 leaders refuse to end a walkout that has disrupted service for over a million daily riders since Monday. Dominic DiClerico spent 5% hours jailed for defying a federal injunction, later released on condition of pressuring members back to work.
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Philadelphia
The
Transportation Authority
Dominic DiClerico
Transport Workers Union Local 234
DiClerico
Joseph Donato
Common Pleas
D. Donald Jamieson
Proposed Phone Rate Hike Varies in Area
C and P Telephone requests higher rates across the region with Berryville hardest hit. The plan, awaiting State Corporation Commission approval, would add about 42 million dollars in annual state income. Individual Berryville lines would rise to 6.90 monthly. Winchester and nearby exchanges to 6.35.
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C&p Telephone Company
Berryville
State Corporation Commission
Winchester Launches First Recycling Day This Saturday
Tomorrow marks the first recycling day in Winchester with four reception centers at Ward Plaza Nichol’s Department Store the A P at Drug Fair and Zuckerman Company Rt 11 north. Residents urged to drop off glass in green clear and amber bundles paper as stacks of newspapers magazines litter and caris with tops and butts cut out pressed flat and sorted into aluminum and other types.
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Winchester
Boy Scouts
Garden Council
Ward Plaza
Nichol’s Department Store
A&p
Zuckerman Company
Rt. 11 North
Road growth shapes Frederick County future in annexation series
The eleventh installment outlines how highways drive development and land use in Frederick County and Winchester. Key priorities include Rt. 7, Rt. 50 east, and Rt. 37 with plans for widening and dual laning, plus a Berryville by-pass and extended arterial system toward 1985.
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Frederick County
Frederick
Star
U.S
Winchester
Rt. 7
Rt. 50
Rt. 37
Rt. 11
Clarke County
Blue Ridge Mountain
Berryville
Berryville By-Pass
Rts. 7
Pleasant Valley Road
National Ave
Millwood Ave
Pleasant Valley
Papermill Road
Weather Forecast Shows Clear Skies Through Saturday
Richmond area remains under a large high pressure system bringing clear skies through the weekend. Weekend specials include carat cake at Ward's Pastry Shop and promotions from multiple local stores. Note: plant closure due to Richard Anderson's death on Saturday April 17.
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Richmond
Virginia
Richard Anderson
H.N. Funkhouser Texaco
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John
Hong Kong
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Tricia
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David
Barbara Ann Eisenhower
Fernando Echeverria-Uribe
Edward Gardiner Latch
House of Representatives
Stuart
Winchester, Boyce and
Stephens City
Boyce
Modernage
Kresges
Frederick Co
By Doug O’connell
Gore
State Highway Department
Shenandoah River
Front Royal
Marshall By-Pass
Fauquier County
Ward
Harwood Dudiey
Adidas
Snag’s
Jimmy Miller
Velvetones
Peanut Cellar
Lovett Bros. Shoe
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