U S Planes Clash With Red Missiles Over North Vietnam
U S Navy planes tangled with enemy missiles north of the DMZ for the second time in six days and attacked antiaircraft batteries 85 to 115 miles northwest. The mission aimed to photograph air defenses and supply routes as North Vietnam fired four SAM2 missiles and 37 mm shells at the AFS recon plane and escorts.
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Saigon
U.S. Navy
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
U.S. Command
Navy
AFS
U.S
Hanoi
Vietnam
Ha Tinh
Nee
Hancock
Gulf of Tonkin
Laos
South Vietnam
da Nang
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Highway 4
Shenandoah College to Honor 100 at 96th Commencement
The Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music marks its 96th commencement with about 100 graduates receiving diplomas at Armstrong Hall led by Dr. Luther W. White Ill of Randolph-Macon College. Alumni events start Saturday with Alumni Day and a Friday banquet closes weekend activities.
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Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music
Luther W. White Ill
Randolph-Macon College
Robert P. Parker
Shenandoah
Armstrong Hall
Ndoad
Alumni Association
Parker
Shenandoah Alumni Association Board of Directors
Shingleton Hall
Jefferson St
Notley alleges civilian killings after My Lai in 1969
Former Sgt. Danny Notley testified to an unofficial antiwar panel that soldiers from Lt. Calley's unit shot about 90 unresisting Vietnamese civilians in Truong Khanh II, Quang Ngai Province, around April 18 1969. He linked the incident to a unit death in action and cited helicopter losses and separate combat that day.
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Washington
My Lai
William Calley
Danny S. Notley
Notley
St. Paul, Minn
Calley
Americal Division
11Th Brigade
Truong Khanh II
Quang Ngai Province
Saigon
Duc Pho
Quang Ngai
U.S
Charles M. “Gettys
Americas
Gettys
Vietnam
Owner seeks dog vaccination update after incident
Town Crier reports Game Warden Ervin Cleveland requests Mrs. Carolyn Jenkins of 333 Shawnee Ave call 667-0980 about a gray brown dog with red collar that ran into her yard yesterday at 3 15 p m and bit her while entangled in her dog’s chain. The owner unknown, vaccination status unclear, possible anti rabies shots required.
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Carolyn Jenkins
Shawnee Ave
Ervin Cleveland
Mrs. Jenkins
Viet Cong Hints At Cease-Fire In Paris Talks
Mrs. Nguyen Thi Binh hints at a possible cease-fire with American forces during the Paris peace talks as the 111th weekly session convenes in Paris. An aide, Dinh Ba Thi, stands with her as photographers record the moment.
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Paris
Nguyen Thi Binh
Binh
Dinh Ba Thi
North Vietnam Offers Immediate Talks on Withdrawal Date
Paris AP reports Hanoi proposes opening negotiations with the United States on a date for unconditional withdrawal of all American forces from South Vietnam. Xuan Thuy stated the offer during the Vietnam peace talks, while Mrs. Nguyen Thuy Binh floated an apparent ceasefire idea. Bruce and Lam pressed for a neutral protecting power and a neutral transfer of prisoners, but were rejected. withdrawal remains the precondition.
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Paris
North Vietnam
United States
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
Vietnam
Thuy
Mrs. Binh
U.S
David K. E. Bruce
Bruce
Pham Dang Lam
Lam
Saigon
Break Is Reported In Capitol Bombing
The arrest of 19 year old Leslie Bacon is described as a key break in the FBI’s 60 day manhunt for Capitol bombing suspects. She is held on $100000 bond as a material witness before a Seattle grand jury and questions focus on her possible participation.
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Washington
U.S
FBI
Seattle
Wash
Leslie Bacon
Atherton
Calif
Miss Bacon
U.S. District Court
Daniel C. Mahan
Capitol
District Court
John J. Sirica
San Francisco
Mahan
Philip Hirschkop
Sirica
Hirschkop
Rogers assures Schumann on Middle East trip in Paris
Secretary of State William P. Rogers told French Foreign Minister Maurice Schumann in Paris that he does not aim to bypass the four powers in Jarring’s mediation. He expects to travel to Turkey after a three hour stopover and favors reopening the Suez Canal as a potential step toward broader peace talks. Israel and Egypt remain far apart on how to handle troop withdrawals and guarantees against crossovers.
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Paris
William P. Rogers
Maurice Schumann
Turkey
Rogers
Schumann
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
Israel
Middle East
Suez Canal
Egypt
United States
Soviet Union
Washington
East
London
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Drought Persists Across Virginia Keeping Fires Under Alert
The drought continues statewide with meager rain chances through Saturday. Wise County reports 1.6 inches and Washington and Smyth 1.4 inches. all state parks and forests stay closed with hunting and fishing suspended. Gov Holton orders open burning bans on private and state lands. Spring turkey hunting is canceled. bank fishing restricted while boat fishing remains allowed from established landings. A 2,500 acre Eagle Rock wildfire in Botetourt remains out but smoldering with no new outbreaks.
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Associated Press
Virginia
National Weather Service
Wise County
Washington
Smyth
Linwood Holton
R.J. Bartholomew
Forest Fire Control
Floyd Pulaski
Bartholomew
Holton
State Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Eagle Rock
Botetourt County
Shepard to Attend Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival
The first American in space and Apollo 14 commander Alan B. Shepard will visit Winchester for the 44th Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival May 7 and 8. His daughter Juliana will reign as Queen, with a coronation May 7 at Handley Bowl at 2 30 p.m. Also attending are Mrs. Shepard and other relatives.
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Winchester
Shenandoah
Alan B. Shepard
Navy
Ben B. Dutton
Adm
Shepard
Juliana
Handley Bowl
Final Arguments in Kotouc Court Martial
Final arguments from both sides are due in the Kotouc court martial with a seven officer jury to be instructed on acquittal or conviction for maiming or lesser offenses. The defense rested after 15 witnesses and the judge outlined possible verdicts and corresponding maximum penalties.
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FT. Mcpherson, Ga
Eugene Kotouc
My Lai
Madison Wright
Kotouc
Humboldt
Neb
Wright
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