Seaman Admits Murders On Stricken Vessel
The coast guard reports a seaman admitted killing crew aboard the Seven Seas before the ship’s sinking near Key West. Two bodies were found in bunks below and the captain’s wife identified Aldrick Hinds among the dead. The motive remains unclear and fuel issues hindered rescuers.
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Key West Coast Guard
Gerald Davidson
Wahi
Coast Guard
Raul Carola
Aldrick Hinds
Nominations Approved and Viet Cong Action Reported
President Johnson nominates Abe Fortas for the Supreme Court and Thurgood Marshall as solicitor general. In Vietnam, U S casualties are described as moderate as air strikes continue near Duc Co and Quang Ngai with a downed F100 and a rescued F108 pilot. government forces clash with Viet Cong along the Pleiku to Duc Co corridor as tanks and armor face heavy fire.
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South Viet Nam
Duc Co
Washington
Johnson
Abe Fortas
Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshal
U.S
North
Viet Nam
Duc Ca
South China Sea
Quang Ngai
Pleiku
du Co
Rain totals rise in Winchester area with heavy August showers
The second rain in as many days fell yesterday after 6 p.m. at the Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory where 1.9 inches were recorded. August rainfall stands at about 5.9 inches with most precipitation occurring yesterday and Sunday.
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Winchester
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Three Bids Submitted for Sen Seny Road Elementary School
Frederick County School Board opened three bids for the Sen Seny Road Elementary School on a 10 acre site near the Lancaster Golf Club. Bids were not yet announced pending a study, with officials saying the offers were higher than anticipated. Central Valley Construction Co New Market and English Construction Co Ale Road submitted bids.
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Frederick County
Senseny Road
Central Valley Construction Co
New Market
English Construction Co
Ale Road
Winchester Golf Club
Theatene Galve East
Registrars Begin Placing Negroes on Voting Rolls
Federal registrars start adding Black citizens to voting rolls in nine Southern counties with no literacy questions. The Justice Department prepares to challenge poll taxes in Texas Virginia and Alabama courts. Katzenbach designates counties and Civil Service examiners prepare to open offices in post offices and a federal building.
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Washington
Justice Department
Texas
Virginia
Alabama
Mondas Katzenbach
Civil Service Commission
Federal
New Frederick County Junior High School Orientation
Students and parents inspect the new Frederick County Junior High School with orientation sessions for seventh and eighth graders. Dr Melton Wright and Principal James Givens address families. tours determine classroom locations. Open houses for the public planned later. school opens August 30 with 975 students registered.
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Frederick County Junior High School
Melton Wright
Fredom County
James Givens
Givens
Frederick County
Frederick County Board approves new Assessment Map System
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 to adopt a new real estate map system to aid assessments. The plan aims to map county properties not yet on maps and to complement the current card system before a new assessment.
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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Byrono
Brum ‘Pack
Grover Teets
Donald Baughman
Hurl Himelright
Paul Luttrell
Frederick County
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Massie
Robert Y. Button
Cents
Meneves Ree Himelright
Luttrell
Himelright
County Planning Commission
Allison Ave
Grace St
Parking Authority Reelects Officers
The Winchester Parking Authority re elected officers with Greenwalt named recording secretary. The authority plans to report to City Council at the meeting tonight at 7 30 p m in City Hall.
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Parking Authority
Winchester Parking
Greenwalt
City Hall
Two Cold Fronts Pace Across Virginia
Two cold fronts are set to sweep through Virginia tonight ending four days of hot humid conditions. The system's passage will bring cooler air and a drop in humidity across the state, with lingering warmth in coastal regions and potential for a brief thunderstorm.
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Richmond
Virginia
Titan II Missile Complexes Fact Sheet Highlights
SEARCY Ark AP The Air Force calls Titan II sites an underground city with a 24 megaton warhead. Each complex costs about 8 million dollars with a 150 ton loaded missile.54 sites exist in US 18 near Little Rock Tucson and Wichita completed in 1963. Silo walls four to eight feet thick with a 490 ton door and nine level launch tube. Crew of four man control center. Titan II is America’s intercontinental ballistic missile launcher and Gemini booster.
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United States
Little Rock
Tucson
Wichita
Air Force
Milwaukee
America
Titan II silo blast kills civilians. death toll rises to 53
Rescue teams recovered six more bodies in the Titan II missile silo as the death toll climbed to 53. Air Force officials said the exact number of workers in the complex remained uncertain and planned to pump water from the silo bottom while continuing the grim recovery through the night.
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Air Force
Douglas Wood
Comeplex
Johnson Bill Drives Voting Rights Debate on Page Four
The Star reports on President Johnson's voting rights bill and Attorney General Katzenbach's assertion that illiterate Negroes will be registered to vote in the South, framing a national controversy over expansion of suffrage.
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the Star Today
Johnson
Katzenbach
South
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