Fire damages apartment and warehouse in 26 E Piccadilly St blaze
Fire at four unit building starts in apartment of occupant Danny Griffith at 6:45 am. No injuries reported. Damage about 5000 dollars with living room and kitchen gutted. Western Auto warehouse next door sustains slight water damage. Cause under investigation, aided by statements from occupants Bobby Graham and Griffith.
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E. Piccadilly St
Danny Griffith
John Hawse
Hawse
Western Auto Warehouse
Bobby Graham
Griffith
Robert Jenkins
Earl Funk
Aurora storm to disrupt radio as solar flare lights sky
A large geomagnetic storm from a Friday solar flare was expected to strike Earth today, NOAA said. Auroras may be visible over northern and southern hemispheres for several nights with radio disruptions in polar regions likely to continue.
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Boulder
Colo
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Muskie Refuses McGovern Offer for VP Nomination
Senator Edmund S Muskie announced at a Kennebunk Maine news conference that he refused Democratic presidential nominee George McGoverns offer to be his running mate He called the decision family driven saying his duties and strain of national campaigning weighed heavily The McGovern campaign had offered the post to Muskie after earlier declines from Kennedy Humphrey and Ribicoff and Eagleton contended with past psychiatric issues.
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Kennebunk
Maine
Edmund S. Muskie
George McGovern
Muskie
McGovern
Sen. McGovern
Steve
Hubert H. Humphrey
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Humphrey
Minnesota
Abraham Ribicoff
Connecticut
Sen
Thomas F. Eagleton
Bremer Found Guilty Of Wounding Wallace
Arthur H. Bremer found guilty of wounding Governor Wallace and three others at a Laurel Maryland rally. He receives 63 years in prison with sentences for assault and gun charges run consecutively, parole possible February 1988. Bremer proclaimed mentally ill but not insane. case ends after a five day trial.
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Upper Marlboro, Md
Arthur H. Bremer
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Laurel
Bremer
Maryland
Vincent M. Telli
Ralph W. Powers
Arthur
Powers
American Party Nominee Schmitz Calls for a Renaissance
John Schmitz accepted the American party nomination in Louisville declaring an American renaissance to fight real trouble in the country. He switched from Republican to American, accused Nixon of engineering his California renomination defeat, and urged followers to unite under Wallace's marching orders and fight socialism.
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Louisville
John Schmitz
California
Schmitz
Nixon
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Tom Anderson
Nashville, Tenn
Farm and Ranch Magazine
Anderson
John Birch Society
Wallace
Coleman Andrews Jr
United Nations
Council On Foreign Relations
Federal Reserve
Slick Roads Spark Ten Local Traffic Crashes
City police reported ten accidents on slick streets yesterday with mostly minor damage. A two car crash at Millwood Ave and Springcrest Sr around 6 p.m. caused about 1150 dollars in damage when John F. Hunt Jr of Winchester was hit from the rear as he turned left. Steven R. Martin of Winchester drove the other car. No injuries were reported.
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Millwood Ave
Springcrest Sr
Frank L. Kalafat
John F. Hunt, Jr
Winchester
Springcrest
Steven R. Martin
Kaiafat
Hunt
Sappers Attack U S Radio Relay Station In Vietnam
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong sappers attacked a strategic Nui Ba Den radio relay site near Saigon with explosives and a rocket mortar barrage. The base withstood the assault. four South Vietnamese guards were killed and 11 wounded, while U S casualties were denied. Other clashes and shelling earlier this week hit Bien Hoa and Da Nang air bases, causing American and Vietnamese casualties. Battles continued near the Quang Tri Citadel as Marines press house to house amid heavy shelling and sniper fire.
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Saigon
U.S
Nui Ba den
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Bien Hoa
da Nang
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
Quang Tri
Thach Han River
Jensen
Hamfest Weekend Opens in Winchester with Banquet and Talks
The Shenandoah Valley Amateur Radio Club hosts the 22nd annual Hamfest in Winchester. Tonight features a banquet at Carper's Valley Golf Club with a 6:30 social, 7:30 dinner, and speeches by Forrest E. Jones and SVARC president Richard E. Bush. Tomorrow the Armory hosts all day sessions with anticipated large crowds.
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Eastern Seaboard
Shenandoah Valley
Bruce van Keuren
Thelectronic Organ
Winchester Prrmory
Armory
David Maul
Maul
The
Pleasant yet cloudy Virginia weather dominates regions
A high pressure area over the Great Lakes brings pleasant conditions to western and northern Virginia while a nearly stationary front yields cloudy skies and occasional showers in southeastern Virginia. No further details beyond weather and contact numbers are provided.
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Richmond
Great Lakes
Virginia
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