Marsh Gets 15 Years For Bank Robbery
John Edward Marsh of Paper Mill Road was found guilty of robbing the Loudoun Street branch of the Commercial and Savings Bank and sentenced to 15 years in prison. A Roanoke federal jury deliberated over seven hours before convicting him after the Sept. 22 robbery. The bank employees identified Marsh, with $14,220 stolen and none recovered.
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Loudoun St
Commercial & Savings Bank
Associated Press
U.S. District Court
Roanoke
Marsh
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Rica Marsh
wWudge Dalton
Oklahoma
Roxy Hockman
Caroline Hickerson
Cost of living may level off as index due
The Labor Department will release the March Consumer Price Index midafternoon signaling a possible slowing rise in living costs. If confirmed, the softening could reduce pressure on President Johnson to push an anti inflationary tax cut to Congress after February’s 0.5 percent price increase.
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Labor Department
Johnson
Congress
Sammy Baugh to speak at Apple Blossom Sports Breakfast
Sammy Baugh will headline the Apple Blossom Festival Sports Breakfast at the Lee Jackson Restaurant on Friday April 29. He arrives at National Airport Thursday night April 28 at 9 59 p m from Detroit. The item notes a historical link with Virginia governors serving as Crown ministers at the Queen Shenandoah ceremony and mentions a public plea for a bulldog statue for Douglas High School’s junior senior prom.
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Sammy Baugh
Lee-Jackson
National Airport
Detroit
Godwin
Jane Henderson
Winchester
England
Shenandoah
Virginia
Commonwealth
Harry F. Byrd
James Price
William Tuck
Douglas High School
Douglas
Helen Williams
Dirksen Won't Concede Demise of Amendment
Washington AP Senator Everett Dirksen refuses to concede the reapportionment amendment fight is over after a second defeat. The roll showed 55 voting for and against, seven short of two thirds, with Mansfield calling the effort likely finished.
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Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate
Congress
Dirksen
Supreme Court
Mike Mansfield
Iro
Csasco
Medal of Honor awarded posthumously to Milton Olive III
President Johnson honors 19 year old Pfc. Milton L. Olive III of Chicago with the Medal of Honor for leaping on a Communist grenade in Viet Nam Oct. 22 1965 to save four fellow soldiers. Olive is the third and first Black recipient for Vietnam service.
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Washington
Johnson
South Viet Nam
White House
Pfc
Milton L. Olive III
Chicago
Milton L, Olive
Viet Nam
Young Olive
Chafee
Pvtlive
United States Army
Olive
Slim
Supreme Court Reexamines Power to Investigate Subversion
The Supreme Court weighs Congress authority to compel testimony in subversion probes with House Committee on Un American Activities at center. John T. Gojack faces contempt charges. past rulings and balance between individual rights and government interests frame the arguments. He previously refused to answer about Communist party membership.
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Supreme Court
Congress
House Committee On
American Civil Liberties Union
Justice Department
John T. Gojack
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
High Court
Pris Ion
Gojack
Communist Party
Racial Agency Reassigns to Justice Department
The Community Relations Service CRS moves from Commerce to the Justice Department under Attorney General Katzenbach after House approval 220 to 163 and Senate prior action. CRS has worked in 294 communities in 36 states to mediate racial tensions and seek voluntary compliance.
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Washington
Roger Wilkins
Department of Justice
Community Relations Service
Commerce Department
House
Senate
Justice Department
Atty
Nicholas Katzen
Bach
Wilkins
Johnson
Congress
Katzenbach
Orp
Commerce Departe
CRS
U S Plans to Reacquire Ammo and Bombs from Germany
The Defense Department weighs returning about 500000 bombs and artillery shells from Germany to U S stocks for potential use in Vietnam. It also considers reclaiming 5 million rounds of small arms ammo 35000 small weapons and 1500 radios for redistribution to allies.
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Washington
Defense Department
West Germany
Pentagon
South Viet Nam
Artificial Heart Placed In Patient In Houston
A Houston medical team led by Dr. Michael E DeBakey placed a plastic artificial heart in a patient at the Texas Medical Center. The $4.5 million project aims to support or replace heart function until recovery. The operation was expected to take two to three hours as equipment was readied last week.
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Texas Medical Center
Methodist Hospital
Michael E. DeBakey
Baylor _Medis
Schoolheart
Dee Bakey
Bagelor
Methodist
Rice
Labor Government Outlines Program in Parliament Speech
The Labour government in Britain outlines a sweeping reform agenda led by nationalizing the steel industry. Queen Elizabeth II read the program on her 40th birthday, confirming plans to restore public ownership of the major steel firms and keep foreign policy steady with NATO and Vietnam peace efforts.
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Elizabeth II
Prince Philip
London
Britain
Labor
Wilson
House of Commons
Rhodesia
Viet Nam
Ket
European Free Trade Association
European Economic Community
Pacifists expelled from Saigon seek visits to Peking or Hanoi
Six American pacifists led by Rev. A. J. Muste were expelled from South Vietnam and arrived in Hong Kong. They plan to try to reach Peking or Hanoi for peace talks, while Karl Meyer may seek a visa to Cambodia. Police disrupted their Saigon embassy protest and detained several photographers. The group faced Vietnamese government orders to depart and had entered Vietnam a day earlier without visas.
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Hong Kong
South Viet Nam
Red Chiena
North Viet Nam
A. J. Muste
New York
Peking
Hanoi
United States
Karl Meyer
Chicago
Cambodia
Saigon
U.S
Tan Son Nhut
Muste, Lyttle
William Dasvidon
Haverford (Pa.) College
Barbara Deming
Wellfleet
Mass
Charelotte Thurber
Greenwich
Karb Meyer
Catholic Worker
Viet Nam
Bombers Sent Back To Pass Bombers Struck Near Quang Ngai
U S Marines and South Vietnamese troops fought a mixed Viet Cong and North Vietnamese heavy weapons battalion ten miles west of Quang Ngai, killing at least 173 Communists. American losses were light as forces pressed the action and halted a lull in the ground war.
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Saigon
South
U.S
Quang Ngai
North
Viet Nam
Mu Gia Pass
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Hanoi
Strategic To Command
Lewis J. Fields
Salisbury
1St Marine Division
Bat Tle
Fields
Nguyen Dinh Ky
Associated Press
George Esper
Russell urges broader bombing of North Vietnam
Sen. Richard B. Russell asks for expanded air strikes to tighten the military squeeze on North Vietnam. The Georgia Democrat and Armed Services Chair backs drastic measures and supports naval interdiction of supplies to Haiphong, while acknowledging no comment on sealing the harbor.
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Washington
Richard B. Russell
United States
North Viet Nam
Russell
Georgia
Senate Armed Services Committee
Johnson
Viet Nam
Haiphong
Robert S. McNamara
Saigon
Hanoi
Rummage Sale at Old Northern Virginia Power Building
Boy Scout Troop No 40 hosts a rummage sale in the Old Northern Virginia Power Building with hours Friday 3 30 to 9 00 and Saturday 9 to 6 for the community to browse and buy items.
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Old Northern Va
Boy Scout Troop No
Weather Warmth Continues In Virginia Ahead Of Front
The AP reports a slow moving cold front drifts east from the Midwest while Virginia remains warm today. Forecasters expect mild temperatures with light winds as the front approaches the region.
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Mid-West
Virginia
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