Indonesia Malaysia sign peace pact to end undeclared war
Indonesia and Malaysia signed a mutual peace agreement to end three years of undeclared hostilities. Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak arrived in Jakarta for the ceremony and stated the document mirrored an earlier Bangkok signing by Razak and Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Malaysia
Tun Abdul Razak
Adam Malik
Bangkok
Malaysian Borneo
Sabah
Sarawak
Malik
Suharto
Sukarno
Southeast Asia
Razak
Singapore
Malayan Peninsula
Ice Sukarno
Middletown Looks to FHA Grant for Sewage System
Middletown moves to obtain a federal grant and loan to fund a community sewer system. David Headley of the Farmers Home Administration and Col. Charlton Wallace of John McNair & Associates prepared a Project Report for FHA review and a voter referendum. If approved, construction could begin within a year.
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David Headley
Farmers Home Administration
Col
Charlton Wallace
John McNair & Associates
Waynesboro
Archie Manuel
Middletown
FHA
Manuel
Richmond
Washington
Negotiators Blast Plan as Airlines Strike Talks Collapse
Washington reports the five week 35 thousand mechanics strike against five airlines worsened as arbitration hopes failed and lawmakers weighed a back to work bill. Union and management traded sharp accusations over the breakdown as Meany warned lawmakers against regrettable action.
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Washington
Congress
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Harley O. Staggers
House Commerce Committee
House
West Virginia
William J. Curtin
P.L. (Roy) Siemiller
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
Ban Lifted In Seven Panhandle Counties
West Virginia natural resources director Robert P. McDonough lifted the two week outdoor fire ban across Hardy Jefferson Berkeley Morgan Mineral Grant and Hampshire counties in the Eastern Panhandle citing recent rainfall lowering fire danger.
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Charleston
W. Va
Robert P. McDonough
West Virginia
Panhandle
McDonough
Hardy
Jefferson
Berkeley, Morgan, Mineral, Grant
Hampshire Counties
Virginia faces $30 million drought loss to crops
Virginia officials report drought last month cost farmers at least 30 million dollars across 14 key crops. Corn output slumped about half from July, tobacco and fruit crops fell, while rains in late July lifted some grain and legume prospects, dairies and cattle farms cut herds due to pasture shortages.
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Richmond
Virginia Department of Agriculture
Virginia
Detroit bricked fire bomb clash leads to 39 arrests
Police in a racially mixed East Side neighborhood arrested 39 youths on Wednesday night as a second day of violence followed a white man’s shooting. Tyrone Powers, 26, was hit in the shoulder. three white assailants were said to have fired from a passing car. Bricks shattered storefronts, a car and injuries were reported, while authorities extended 12 hour shifts and canceled leaves to restore calm.
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Detroit
Tyrone Powers
Grosse Pointe
Ray Girardin
Girardin
Winchester writer lauds European tour with People to People
James R. Wilkins of Winchester wrote The Star from Europe, noting Greece Spain and Rome as highlights and that Bulgaria and Russia were not as expected. A Shenandoah Avenue mother thanks passersby who brought her injured son home after a bike accident, as George Teets recovers after hospital release.
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James R. Wilkins
Winchester
The
Star
Virginia
Clifton Teets
Shenandoah Ave
George Teets
Registration for 7th and 8th graders at Frederick Junior High
Registration for students in Grades 7 and 8 who will attend Frederick County Junior High School and who did not attend Frederick County Schools last year will be held at the Junior High School August 15 through 19.
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Frederick County
Marines Thwart Encirclement Near Da Nang
U S Marines fought off a Vietnamese encirclement near Da Nang while about 6 000 North Vietnamese troops pressed the area. The clash left at least 121 enemy dead with moderate Marine losses as air support hit Pleiku and coastal targets. reports describe fierce close quarters fighting in a small village 35 miles south of Da Nang.
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Saigon
da Nang
Pleitku
U.S
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Panhandle
U.S. Air Force
Pleiku
Harold I. Coffman
Huntingdon
5Th Marine Regiment
Chu Lai
Associated Press
Bob Gassaway
West Virginia Hit by Severe Drought Says Douglass
Agriculture Commissioner Gus R Douglass called the drought in West Virginia the most serious in this century. Pastures and hay crops are 75 percent below normal and farmers face feed shortages. He sent a representative to Washington to seek drought relief from the congressional delegation.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Gus R. Douglass
Douglass
Washington
Congress
Lunar Orbiter mission aims to photograph moon limb
A camera-toting scout Lunar Orbiter sped toward the Moon to locate a potential camping site for astronauts in the 1960s. The 850 pound spacecraft launched from Cape Kennedy on a path to lunar orbit after midcourse maneuvers and retrorocket firings.
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Pasadena
Calif
Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
Moon
Lunar
Russia
Second error attack hits U.S. cutter Point Welcome near Hue
Three U.S. Air Force planes strafed and fired on the 82-foot Coast Guard patrol boat Point Welcome early today near the Cua Viet River mouth, killing two Coast Guardmen and wounding five others including British photographer Tim Page. The incident followed a prior mistaken-identity attack and an official investigation was ordered.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Air Force
Coast Guard
Coast
U.S
Point Welcome
Tim Page
Orpington
Kent
England
Viet Nam
Virginia Winds Bring Scattered Showers Today
Richmond AP reports southwesterly winds with moist tropical air will bring widely scattered showers or thundershowers to western and northern Virginia today.
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Richmond
Virginia
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