Voting Bill Is Signed to End Voter Barriers
President Johnson signed the landmark voting rights bill in the President's Room, vowing to strike away the last major bonds of racial discrimination. The bill suspends literacy tests and allows federal voter registration in southern states, with further poll tax suits planned in Texas Alabama and Virginia.
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Washington
Johnson
Capito
Nicholas Katzenbach
Mississippi
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Texas
Alabama
Virginia
Justice Department
Senate
Lincoln
White House
South
Nesing
Selma
Capitol Rotunda
Capitol
John W.mccormack
Rotunda
Fire companies host parades amid hot weekend forecast
A hot humid weekend with possible showers tomorrow. The high today reached 87 degrees. John Enders Volunteer Fire Co. of Ryville holds its annual firemen's parade tonight. Edinburg Volunteer Fire Co. sponsors another parade starting at 7 p.m. in Edinburg.
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John Enders Volunteer Fire Co
Ryville
Edinburg
Methodist Men Ice Cream Social and Auction Near Ridgeway
The Methodist Men of North Frederick Charge host an ice cream social and auction at Ridgeway Church Hall in Round Hill with a yard party and auction tomorrow evening. James Wood School area features country ham and fried chicken dinners for $1. Proceeds benefit church activities and the Mrr. Softee will be held.
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Methodist Men of
North Frederick
Ridgeway Church Hall
Round Hill
Ruritan Club
P.m. James Wood
Softee
Hefel
Two Men Detained After Ohio Shooting and Armed Robbery
Two suspects Archie Miracle and Davi Delph were captured after a shooting and armed robbery linked to a Navy man wounded in Frederick County. The incident began with a crash in Athens County Ohio at 5 15 am and an earlier attack on Frank Cameron at Back Creek Road Gore. Cameron, stationed at Quonset Point Rhode Island, was shot in the neck and robbed. he remains hospitalized. Detainers will be filed in Parkersburg West Virginia for Miracle and Delph on charges of armed robbery and attempted murder.
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Frederick County
Archie Lee Miracle
Davi Lee Delph
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
W. Va
D. al Sheetz
Athens County
Frank Cameron
Mancelona
Mich
Back Creek
Gore
Cameron
Quonset Point Naval Station
Rhode Island
Rt. 40
Baltimore
Sheetz
Dameron
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Associated Press
Memphis
Miracle
Delph
White House plans for meeting with Ford denied
The White House says no meeting is planned with Gerald R. Ford after his letter to President Johnson requesting a private conference about Johnson's charge of a leak. Moyers reaffirmed the President's position while Ford pressed for direct reply before commenting further.
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Ford
Washington
House
Gerald R. Ford
Johnson
Michigan
Congress
White ‘House
Bill D. “Moyers
Moyers
Texas
Congressman Fox
Frederick County Board Opens Bids for Senseny Road Elementary
The Frederick County School Board will hold a special meeting Tuesday at 10 a.m. to open bids on the planned Sensseny Road Elementary School a brick one story 20 classroom building east of the Winchester Golf Club on Senseny Road. The board bought a 10 acre tract years ago. Also on Tuesday G Winston Gilbert of the Station Department of Education transport division will inspect the county school buses.
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Frederick County
Sensseny Road
Winchester Golf Club
Senseny Road
G. Winston Gilbert
Pupil Transportation Division
Station Department of Education
Hiroshima marks 20th anniversary of atomic bombing
Hiroshima observes the 20th anniversary with a minute of silence at 8 15 a.m. and a memorial service attended by residents and visitors. Mayor Shinzo Hamai adds 469 names to the victim roll, bringing total identified victims to 61 449, while typhoon Jean spares the city significant damage.
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Hiroshima
Japan
U.S. Air Force
Peace Memorial Park
Jean
Shinzo Hamai
Japan Sea
Mint Chiffon Cake at Ward's Pastry Shop Weekend Special
Ward's Pastry Shop unveils a mint chiffon cake for the weekend special. The item features light texture and delicate mint flavor, offered alongside other pastries and beverages.
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Mint Chiffon
Ghanaian Message to Johnson on Viet Nam Seeks Talks
President Kwame Nkrumah sent a special message to President Johnson via Foreign Minister Alex Quaison-Sackey after meeting North Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi. U.S. officials doubt it will jumpstart talks, as Hanoi’s four point plan remains a precondition in dispute over Vietnam negotiations.
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Washington
Viet Nam
Johnson
Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
Accra
Ho Cat Minh
Hanoi
Nkrumah
Alex Quaison-Sackey
Quaison-Sackey
U.N. General Assembly
New York
U.S
South
Southeast Asia
National Security Council
Maxwell D. Taylor
Saigon
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Taylor
National Republican Congressional Committee
Mass killings in Sudan reported by Roman Catholic weekly
A Rome Catholic weekly says more than 1400 people were killed last month in clashes between Arab troops and Negro residents in the south Sudan and in a general massacre on July 8.
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London
South Sudan
Bomber Crashes in Nha Trang Killing Dozens
An AP report says a U S Air Force B57 Canberra bomber crashed on a main street in Nha Trang killing at least 12 civilians and injuring 4 Americans and 63 Vietnamese as four bombs exploded and debris burned. The crew bailed out safely over water. officials term the crash an accident linked to combat action.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Nha Trang
U.S
South China Sea
2Nd U.S. Air Division
Gilbert L. ‘Meyers
War Will Require a Lot More Bombs Says Analyst
In Saigon a source says six months of air strikes on North Vietnam have not met aims. About 60 U.S. aircraft lost and 10 000 tons of bombs dropped. Strikes began Feb 7 to cut Viet Cong supply lines and force talks, but officials doubt major impact on supplies.
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Peter Arnett
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Navy
Viet Nam
Laos
U.8
Weather warms Virginia with daily highs in 60s to 90s
Virginia continues a warm spell as daytime highs rise about two degrees daily into the upper 60s to low 90s. Scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers will affect only a small portion of the state through the weekend.
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Richmond
Virginia
Break Hinted In Slayings Break Hinted In Slayings
Police hinted a break may come in the Dallas coeds slayings. Detectives noted progress but no arrest. Swgan Rigsby and Shirley Ann Stark, both 21, disappeared July 18 and were found dead near Austin.
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Austin
Tex
Dallas
Heavy Viet Cong losses reported in July actions
An AP military briefing cites Viet Cong casualties of 3 050 killed and 500 prisoners in July, with total losses possibly as high as 14 000 including air strike counts. Government forces killed 109 guerrillas in scattered clashes and 67 at Duc Co, Pleiku, as heat and action rose across the region 60 miles south of Da Nang.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
da Nang
Thunsday
Duc Co
Pleiku
Limited memberships offered to outsiders at Richards Ave
To outsiders, limited. amount of memberships Call 662 1654 at Richards Ave, Winchester, Va.
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Richards Ave
Winchester
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