Guam Invasion Largest Since WWII Sparks Airlift Surge
Guam experiences a massive influx as the Vietnam airlift brings 18,000 refugees in 60 hours. Airlines include DC-8s and 747s with 200 plus passengers each. Officials plan to admit up to 132,000 South Vietnamese, while local volunteers and Air Force personnel scramble to provide shelter, food, and processing in makeshift camps and hangars.
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Andrews H. Malcolm
N.Y. Times
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Pearl Harbor
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Saigon
New York City
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Vietnam
Tan Son Nhut
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Northwest Orient Airlines
American Airlines
Trans International
Anderson Air Force Base
Ferdinand Magellan
Ricardo Bordallo
NTSB urges air traffic control over Tidewater air space
The NTSB asks the FAA to direct all planes in the Tidewater Virginia air area by air traffic controllers amid rising midair collision worries following a January 9 Newport News crash that killed nine.
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NTSB
Washington
Tidewater
Virginia
The
National Transportation Safety Board
Federal Aviation Administration
Newport News
Richmond
Robert P. Gifford
Lynchburg
State Board of Education
Social Studies
Six Suspects Questioned Over 7 Million London Bank Heist
Detectives questioned six suspects in the Mayfair Bank of America holdup where up to 7 million may have been stolen. valuables from safe deposit boxes were damaged or recovered. one woman reported jewelry missing worth 480 000. Thieves fled after bypassing alarms. three staff were bound and gagged. a guard alerted police. James Monroe supported Liberia settlement plans. Monrovia named after him.
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Mayfair
James Monroe
Africa
Liberia
Monrovia
Front Royal Town Council Sets Public Hearings Monday
Four public hearings are set for 7 30 p m during Front Royal Town Council meeting. Hearings cover HUD Community Development Funds comment period and rules banning new floor or areaway drains into the sewer system. Also considered are removing two parking meters on W Main Street, purchasing Proctor Lane property, bids for fencing and clearing Chimney Field, and an ordinance restricting dogs running at large. A $5000 General Fund warding is proposed to widen Stonewall Drive.
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Front Royal
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Bank Robbery by Guerrilla Band Guns Down 11 in Mexico City
In Mexico City a group of eight men and four women, led by a dark and pretty woman, carried out a bank holdup at Banco de Comercio killing 11 people including a teller and a policeman. Police chased the bandits across the city in 36 cars and two helicopters. two suspects were captured while the rest were killed. The group claimed ties to the Red Brigade of the 23rd of September Communist League.
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Mexico City
Daniel Gutierrez Santos
Red Brigade
Communist League
Banco de Comercio
Maria de Los Angeles Perez
Rodolfo Martinez
Masked Bandits Rob Shell Station Attendant
Two masked men pistol whipped Fred J. Baker at the College Drive Shell station on Millwood Ave around 2 22 am. They tied him, ransacked the office and bathroom, taking several hundred dollars as Winchester police investigate with Officers Hill Shelton and Sirbaugh. Baker was treated and released from Winchester Memorial Hospital.
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Fred J. Baker
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Winchester
College Drive
Millwood Ave
Baker
Weather forecast for Northern Valley and state
Sunny today and tomorrow then fair cool nights with lows in the 30s to 40s and highs in the 60s to 70s. Sunday will be sunny with mid 60s to low 70s. Extended outlook shows mostly cloudy cool days with possible rain Tuesday and Wednesday and highs around 60s.
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Associated Press
Texas
Midwestern States
Plains
Rocky Mountains
Arizona
New Mexico
Pacific Northwest
Gulf Coast
Rainfall figures and coach Frank McArdle obituary
Rain totals for 24 hours end 8:30 a.m. show year to date and monthly averages for 62 years. Frank McArdle, 35, athletic director and head basketball coach at Stonehill College, died Friday at Worcester City Hospital, after coaching at Iona College and Holy Cross.
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Worcester
Mass
Stonehill College
North Easton
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Iona College
Holy Cross
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