Humphrey Seeks Unified Hope Amid Neutral Party Lines
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey faces a difficult task winning party leaders to his side as he enters the race against Kennedy and McCarthy. Michigan's Sen. Hart and other swing-state leaders remain neutral, with labor and farm groups weighing endorsements.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Johnson
Michigan
Sen
Phil. Hart
Kennedy
McCarthy
Hart
Organized Labor
AFL Cio
George Meany
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Reuther
South Dakota
George McGovern
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Warren G. Magnuson
Edmund 8. Muskie
Maine
Iowa
Harold Hughes
Arm strongs host tree peonies in Millwood garden displays
E W Armstrong and wife of Millwood invite visitors to view ten peony bushes in varied colors at their home. Largest bush bears 50 to 60 blooms. others have two to three blooms each, with blooms eight to ten inches in diameter.
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E. W. Armstrong
Millwood
Gregory's Inc To Close For Apple Blossom Festival
Gregory's Inc will be closed Friday and Saturday in observance of the Apple Blossom Festival. Local customers are advised to plan ahead for service resumption next week.
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Gregory’s Inc
Ideas We Develop and Sell For You
An advertisement notes free literature from Carl K Associates located at 10 Port Road Harrisonburg Virginia 22801. Contact phone number 703 434 4362 for writing services or development.
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Carl K. Associates
Port Road
Harrisonburg
Cheryl Miller to Attend Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival
Actress Cheryl Miller famed as Paula Tracy on Daktari will be a guest celebrity at Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. She arrives Thursday, rides in the 6 p.m. Firemen parade, attends the Queen's ball, Friday events include Sports breakfast with Fran Tarkenton, Miss Shenandoah contest, Handley Bowl intro, Mayors’ luncheon, and serving as Grand Feature parade marshal. She also appears on a festival float and attends dances.
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Anne Eisenhower
Winchester
George Washington Hotel
Lenoir City
Tenn
East Tennessee
Front Royal
Lenoiret
Loudoun County
Fort Loudoun
Walter H. McDaniel
Cheryl Miller
Paula Tracy
Lee- Jackson
Fran Tarkenton
New York Giants
Quarles School
Handley Bowl
Kilroy
Miss Miller
Donna Reed
Fontaine Chorale
Quick Shot Saves Man From Lion at San Francisco Zoo
Amos Watson, 59, of Milpitas, climbed a fence into the lion grotto at the San Francisco Zoo and fell into a moat. Keeper Don Farrington fired his .30-06 rifle, killing the 5 year old male lion Tommy to save Watson who suffered serious injuries.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Zoo
Amos Watson
Milpitas
Lion Grotto
Watson
Tommy
Don Farrington
Farrington
San Francisco General Hospital
French first heart transplant faces post op complications
Clovis Roblain 66 of central France underwent the world’s seventh heart transplant at La Pitie Hospital but faced circulation failure and nerve complications 30 hours after surgery. Surgeons led by Christian Cabrol and Gerard Guiraudon reported no operative difficulty but warned of anxiety over his recovery and noted the donor heart came from Michel Guppaz, a head injury victim.
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Paris
Clovis Roblain
France
Philip Blaiberg
Cape Town
Maurice Mercadier
la Pitie Hospital
Mercadier
Roblain
Michel Guppaz
Christian Cabrol
Gerard Guiraudon
Indiana Campaign Heats Up For Tight Presidential Primary
The Indiana race intensifies with Kennedy and McCarthy entering their final week, Nixon planning Indiana campaigning, Humphrey staying in Washington, and Rockefeller potential Republican bid discussed. Polls show Kennedy leading Indiana with 45 percent, Branigin at 28, McCarthy at 19, shaping the national convention fight.
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Associated Press
Robert F. Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Indiana
Richard M. Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Kennedy
Washington
Speace
Humphrey
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
California
Ronald Reagan
Boise
Idaho
Reagan
NBC
Meet the Press
McCarthy
John A. Volpe
Massachusetts
Newsweek
Roger D. Branigin
Getty Hughes Billionaires Tops of Wealth in May Issue
The May issue of Form magazine lists oilman J Paul Getty and financier Howard Hughes as the two richest Americans. It estimates Getty's wealth at about 957 million to 1.34 billion and Hughes at about 986 million to 1.373 billion, noting further top half billionaires and numerous fortunes over 100 million.
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New York
J. Paul Getty
Howard Hughes
Getty
Hughes
Fortune
Nelson A. Rockefeller
David
John and
Laurance
Winthrop
Arkansas
No collections during Apple Blossom Festival
No garbage collection Thursday Friday and Saturday during the Apple Blossom Festival. Waste will be picked up on the regular collection days the following week.
Picketing Injunction Dissolved in Norfolk C&P Case
A federal judge dissolved a state court injunction against picketing the Norfolk Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co office by striking Western Electric installers. The ruling allows resumption of peaceful picketing as the CWA prepares for a possible broader strike when the wage reopeners clause of the contract expires.
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Richmond
Norfolk
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
Western Electric
U. S
Robert R. Merhige
C&p
Joseph E. Blackburn
D. Carleton Mayes
Dinwiddie County Circuit Court
Merhige
Communications Workers of America
Virginia
Bell Telephone System
CWA
Virus Halts Classes at Air Force Academy
An unidentified virus prompted suspension of classes at the Air Force Academy in Colorado. About 500 cadets had throat infections and 60 were treated in an emergency hospital in the gymnasium. A spokesman said symptoms included sore throats vomiting and diarrhea. Public schools in the academy district also closed as a precaution.
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AIR Force Academy
Colo
Acadmy Hospital
Academy
Howard Dunning
Tip Top Pizza Shop Closes Thursday and Friday
Short notice from Tip Top Pizza Shop states it will be closed Thursday and Friday. No further details provided.
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TIP Top Pizza Shop
Winchester Democrats Post Delegates State Convention City Hall
Winchester Democrats announce a May 14 1968 meeting at 5 P.M. in the Corporation Court Room City Hall to elect delegates to the State Convention on July 27 1968 and select one member for the City Committee. J Frederick Larrick serves as Chairman.
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Winchester Democrats Corporation
Court Room
City Hall
J. Frederick Larrick
Woltz Sworn In as 2d Circuit Judge in Virginia
Robert K. Woltz of Winchester is sworn in as an additional judge of the 17th Judicial Circuit serving Frederick Warren Clarke and Shenandoah counties in a ceremony at the old Frederick County Courthouse. Judge Elliott D. Marshall presided as Burr P. Harrison and many officials witnessed the oath.
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Frederick County
Robert K. Woltz
Winchester
17Th Judicial Circuit
Frederick
Warren
Clarke
Shenandoah
Elliott D. Marshall
Bermuda Quiet After Curfew Brings Ban on Tourism
Bermuda imposed a 7 pm to dawn curfew as 560 police and troops kept order after three days of violence. A Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers detachment arrived to assist, while the frigate Leopard reinforced patrols. Four explosions occurred Friday night with $250000 in damage. no further incidents on Sunday.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Britain
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Lord Martonmere
Leopard
Coral
Bermuda Regiment
Delaware mission reports paydirt in A Shau Valley
U S forces airlifted into the A Shau Valley in April 19, reporting enemy camps and supplies found after a 10 day offensive called Delaware. Casualties were light in three days, with 50 NVA and 20 Americans killed and 16 helicopter crew wounded. Authorities described the operation as reconnaissance in force to disrupt staging areas and supply lines before withdrawal.
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U.S
A Shau
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
John J. Tolson
Flying Horsemen
Delaware
Som
Jimmy R. Rose
Smithfield
N.C
Hillary Craig
Winter Park
Fla
Hue
Tolson
Weather in Richmond Dims as Low Pressure Brings Showers
A low pressure area caused cloudiness and showers across Virginia as reported in Richmond. The system reduced sunshine today and unsettled the weather persists into the afternoon.
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Richmond
Virginia
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