Viet Cong Siege and Skirmishes Across South Vietnam
Viet Cong riflemen besieged Duc Co camp as U.S. forces faced sniper fire and attempted rescue of a downed F100. In aerial and ground operations, Viet Cong suffered and fled, while government troops reported multiple engagements near Ba Gia Quang Ngai Da Nang Chu Lai Chu Lat and Chuong Thien Province with several Viet Cong casualties and captured materials.
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Viet Nam
Duc Co
Route 19
U.S. Mili
South China Sea
U.S
Ba Gia
Quang Neal
Quang Ngai
Quang Ngai City
da Nang
Chuong Thien
Chu Lat
Winchester to register new pupils in public schools
Registration opens tomorrow in all city elementary and secondary buildings for new pupils who moved into Winchester. Grades 1-6 register 9 am to noon and 1 pm to 3 pm tomorrow and Wednesday, while grades 7-12 register August 17 and 18. Existing enrollees and spring first graders are unaffected. In separate note, Martinsburg faces water flow into fields from a reservoir.
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Winchester
New York
Martinsburg
W. Va
Viet Cong exploiting burned homes after Da Nang attacks
Reports from military sources say Viet Cong agents move into burned villages south of Da Nang to undermine American position. Senior leaders claim Americans replaced the French in a new war, while Marines and air forces bombard Viet Cong bases. Civilians killed and homes destroyed, with propaganda efforts continuing.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
Viet Cong
Viet Minh
Ho Chi Minh
Indochina
Peninsula
U.S. Air Force
Federal Registrars to Sign Up Voters Phase Three rollout
The Justice Department designates counties for federal registrars as part of the voting rights law. About 45 of 75 federal examiners will begin registering voters in 10 to 15 counties, with suits filed to challenge poll taxes in Alabama and Virginia. Literacy tests are suspended in several states and counties as training completes for Civil Service Commission staff.
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Justice Department
Civil Service Commission
Alabama
Virginia
Johnson
Alaska
Georgia
Louisiana
South Carolina
North Carolina
Arizona
Idaho
Maine
ABC Radio-Television
Johnson to brief senators on Vietnam war in White House sessions
President Johnson and top aides will brief senators in two White House sessions likely focused on the Vietnam War. Sessions begin at 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., with House members invited later.
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Johnson
White House
Viet Nam
House
Bill Dye-Moyers
Camp David
Maxwell D. Taylor
U.S
Saigon
Taylor
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
United States
NBC
Meet the Press
Ghana
Alex Quai
Dean Rusk
Robert 8. McNamara
Arthur J. Goldberg
United Nations
Euggene Black
Southeast Asia
Amemerest W. Averell Harriman
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Weather Outlook for Virginia Turns Cooler After Front
A south westerly circulation keeps hot humid and showery weather in Virginia until Tuesday afternoon when a cold front arrives bringing cooler air and clearer conditions.
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Richmond
Virginia
Frederick County Faces New Real Estate Reassessment Push
The Frederick County Tax Payers Association urged the Board of Supervisors to start a county real estate reassessment next year after prior calls to nullify it. County Commonwealth's Attorney Joseph A. Massie Jr. read a state Attorney General letter saying there is no statutory authority to nullify the reassessment. Residents spoke, many urging careful study before moving ahead. Frank Fout, the association spokesman, argued the current reassessment is flawed because assessors lacked sufficient time. He added the county could use two.
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Frederick County Tax Payers Association
Board of Supervisors
County Commonwealth
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Frank Fout
The
Association
Fout
Winchester Sees Best Rain in Weeks Amid Sparse Berryville Showers
Winchester logged its best rainfall in nearly a month with 0.38 inch at the Fruit Research Laboratory, boosting August totals to 0.40 inch and the yearly total to 19.18 inches. Berryville posted no measurable rain this month, per observer W. N. Rutherford. The August average stands far above the local totals.
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Winchester
Berryville
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
W. N. Rutherford
Murder on the High Seas Aboard Seven Seas
Investigators await the full story after the Panamanian vessel Seven Seas carried eight aboard from Miami to Key West. Three bodies were found including the captain and first mate. two more crewmen shot, one missing, and a skiff unaccounted for. FBI and Coast Guard tie the case to mutiny jurisdiction.
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Key West
Fla
Miami
Coast Guard
FBI
U.S. Marshal
Cape Shoalwater
Paul R. Lewis
Eteer
Fox Hill captures fourth straight Virginia softball title
What's Inside Fox Hill won the Virginia State Softball Championship 15 0 defeating the Richmond Caps yesterday at Bodie Grim Field. Star Sports Section offers complete three day tourney coverage with pages 8 9 10 reflecting the event staged by a local organizer.
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Fox Hill
Virginia
Bodie Grim Field
Richmond Caps
Star Sports
Six road deaths reported in Northern Virginia over weekend
Six of eight people killed in state traffic crashes over the weekend died in Northern Virginia accidents. A Knoxville man and his sister died in a two vehicle crash on Rt 11 south of Mt Jackson. One Ark man died in a Rt 55 wreck near Wardensville. A truck left Rt 55 killing a Hot Springs man. Fauquier County saw four deaths in a single vehicle crash on Rt 611. Other victims included a Silver Spring woman and a Chesterfield man in separate crashes. Two others were injured in a one car crash on Rt 11 at Kernstown.
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Virginia
Arkansas
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Rt. 55
Wardensville
West Vee
Earl M. Castleberry
Knoxville, Tenn
Opal Jeanette Castleberry
Powell, Tenn
Rt. 11
Mt. Jackson
Frank Lasley
Billy Dee Hilbert
Harrisonburg
Walter Weavil
Winston- Salem
N.C
Fauquier County
Walter Quinn
Rowena E. Quinn
Lindsay Grigsby
John Willie McNair
Quantico
Dorothy Ann Lapham
Silver Spring
Rt. 656
Fairfax County
Wader Raymond Tunstall
Richmond
Chesterfield County
Kernstown
Memorial Hospital
Thomas Clarke
Vienna
William E. Irvin
U.S. Navy
San Diego
Local Drought Aid Approved for Three Virginia Counties
Virginia counties Warren Page and one more receive emergency drought aid enabling grazing and hay harvesting on land diverted from crop production under ASC programs. The local ASC office awaits official notice while ready to proceed, marking the first county approvals this year.
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Warren
Page
Virginia
ASC
Singapore secedes from Malaysia sparks regional tensions
Singapore leader Lee Kuan Yew declares separation from Malaysia while insisting on recognition of Singapore as a sovereign state before any Indonesian relations. Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman warns of action if Singapore allies with Indonesia or Red China as riot fears rise and regional powers express concern.
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Malaysia
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Indonesia
Lee Kuan Yew
Lee
Jakarta
Subandrio
Federasion
Kuala Lumpur
Rahman
Red China
Kuala
Lumpur
London
Britain
Suez
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Sabah
North Borneo
Butler’s Packing House
George Washington Hotel
Washington St
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Pore
Ziee
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