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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1972
Page
1
Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird declared it would be irratio nal to seek peace talks while North Vietnam invades South Vietnam. He accused Hanoi of flagrant violations of the 1968 DMZ accord and said negotiations require respect for accords and a withdrawal of invading forces.
Call to strike and march expands after hundreds of college students protest U.S. involvement in Indochina. Ivy League editors urge a one day moratorium with nationwide demonstrations in New York Los Angeles and San Francisco. Columbia 2000 students protest on Broadway. Authorities report scattered clashes and arrests in San Francisco. Senate panels weigh halting funds and seek peace terms as diplomacy resumes.
U S sources say President Nixon halted air strikes above the 20th parallel to pressure North Vietnam to halt its South Vietnam offensive while continuing limited raids south of that line. South Vietnamese forces claim heavy casualties for North Vietnam on three fronts as two U S ships suffer damage in the Gulf of Tonkin with fatalities and injuries among crew.
Frederick County School Board appointed Gary V. Tisinger as Elementary Supervisor effective 1972-73, succeeding retiree Mary Baughman. Tisinger, a James Wood High School and Lynchburg College alumnus with a planned Madison College master's, and his wife Colleen have two daughters. Board also approved final bus shop drawings for a six bay facility serving more than 100 vehicles, including 55 regular buses and county and sheriff’s department vehicles.
Moscow says the Soviet Union will continue supplying "necessary assistance and support" to North Vietnam despite U S claims that nations arming Hanoi share responsibility for retaliatory raids. Krasnaya Zvezda cites Washington's actions as dangerous and escalating the crisis.
Delegates chairman Del Phillips 69 from Leesburg is in guarded condition at Winchester Memorial Hospital ICU after being struck by a car on King Street. Police say the light was red and Phillips had right of way on the crosswalk. driver not charged as investigation continues. Phillips has long service in the House of Delegates and regional legal background.
Apollo 16 faced a guidance and navigation issue when the command module locked briefly in one position. Mission Control issued commands to realign the inertial platform. Mattingly verified by star sightings as John W. Young and Charles M. Duke Jr monitored systems. The crew remained on course for a midweek moon rendezvous with no danger reported.
North Vietnam announced full war footing and urged citizens to intensify efforts to defeat the United States. The Nhan Dan editorial called the move an urgent combat order and said the nation is militarizing with every citizen a staunch fighter.
Boston Patriots quarterback Jim Plunkett will join Howard Cosell and Dr. Delano Meriwether at the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival sports breakfast at 8:30 a.m. at the Lee Jackson Restaurant. Festival VP James R. Wilkins Jr. announced Plunkett, the 1971 top NFL draft pick and AFC Rookie of the Year, who led the Patriots to six wins and the upset wins over the Raiders Dolphins and Colts. He will also ride in the Grand Feature Parade on May 6 and appear at other festival events May 5-7.
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