50 000 Red Chinese Aid Hanoi
The AP reports that about 50 000 Chinese laborers operate North Viet Nam supply lines across the border, with thousands more Viet Namese workers on the Ho Chi Minh Trail through Laos. Authorities say numbers could grow as bombing continues, reflecting strategic needs and regional tensions.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U. S
Viet Nam
China
Hanoi
Laos
Mu Gia Pass
17Th Parallel
North Korea
U. S. Air Force
Parades Cast a Colorful August to September Path
Area residents must catch three parades in the coming month starting with Middletown Volunteer Firemen's parade Thursday at 7 p.m. Next, Page County Agricultural Fair parade in Luray on August 24 at 6 p.m., and the West Virginia Volunteer Firemen's parade on September 15 at 7 p.m. The Bloodmobile will stay until 3:45 p.m. for appointments. quota is 170 pints with 18 pints A Rh positive needed for children's hospital open heart surgery in Washington. Free Lot 7 Braddock Street parking.
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Middletown
Page County
Luray
W Va
Children’s Hospital
Washington
Blood St
Braddock St
Peanut Cellar Expands Hours to Monday Evening
Peanut Cellar announces new Monday hours from 4 p.m. to midnight, expanding weekly operations to serve customers later in the week.
Two More Friendly Villages Attacked in Viet Nam
AP reports two more apparently mistaken attacks in South Vietnam. In the Mekong Delta five villagers were killed and 15 wounded. in the zone near the Cambodian border four civilians died and 35 were wounded. U.S. officials cite unclear causes and possible aircraft or artillery involvement.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Mekong Delta
North
South
Viet Nam
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Riots Erupt as Whites Clash With Police in Chicago
Police clashed with rioting whites after civil rights marches into all white Chicago neighborhoods. At least 16 injured including five officers and 21 arrested as Marquette Park confrontation escalated with rocks bottles and club attacks. Contained by officers as leaders prepared to meet to discuss next steps.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Marquette Park
American Nazi Party
Gage Park
Bogan
Jefferson Park
Reine
Roman C. Pucinski
D-Ill
Congress
Johnson says Red takeover impossible after Viet Nam talks
President Johnson and Westmoreland at the LBJ Ranch say a Communist takeover in Viet Nam is impossible. Westmoreland hints more troops may be needed this year, with details to come.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
William C. Westmoreland
Viet Nam
Westmoreland
U.S
LBJ
Texas
Norodom Sihanouk
W. Averell
Thruston B. Morton
Rky
Jacob K. Javits
New York
Wnbc-Tv
United States
Orbiter Reaches Moon Orbit For Close Up Photos
NASA and JPL report the 850 pound Lunar Orbiter achieved lunar orbit at 11 34 a m Sunday. It will photograph a 3000 mile strip along the lunar equator and identify nine potential Apollo landing zones.
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Pasadena
Calif
America
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Moon
Navy
Lunar
Clifford H. Nelson
William Boyer
Three Killed in Route 50 Crashes in West Virginia
Two fatal crashes near Romney and Arlington left three dead and several injured. Victims include Denver Shields Jr 18 of Romney and Mary Alice Scott 46 of Arlington. Survivors Warren Driver Jr 35 and Irma Poland 32 were treated with head injuries. Police continue investigation into the head on collision and subsequent hospital outcomes.
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West Virginia
Denver
Shields, Jr
Romney
W. Va
William Sloan Timbrook
Mary Alice Scott
Arlington
Timbrook
Shields
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Warren Lee Driver, Jr
Winchester
Irma Lee Poland
Route 5
Driver
Miss Poland
C. E, Dorsey
J. F. Strader
Bunker Hill Native Nominated as Ambassador to Nepal
A Bunker Hill West Virginia native, Carol Ce Laise, is nominated by President Johnson as ambassador to Nepal. Laise has long served in the State Department including 15 months as the top official for Pakistan and India and as director of the South Asian Affairs office.
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Bunker Hill
W. Va
Nepal
Johnson
Carol Ce. Laise
U.S
Laise
State Department
Pakistan
India
Miss Laise
J. Fred Laise
Washington, D.C
Frederick Laise
National Red Cross
New TV Season Preview by NEA’s Joan Crosby
The Winchester Evening Star previews the 1967 television season with a 24 hour pilots review by Joan Crosby. Readers get her best bets and program guidance on page 13. The paper also notes Mort Reed’s coin collecting features with ten articles on US coin history.
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NEA Entertainment
Joan Crosby
Winchester Evening Star
Star
Mort Reed
United States
Wanted Girl in Pressing Dept Apply in Person
A help wanted notice seeks a female worker for the pressing department at Pingley and Carper. Applicants are instructed to apply in person at the shop.
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Pingley & Carper
Police report weekend spate of knifing assaults B&Es vandalism
Police logged a knifing on Chase Street with Eddie White cut by a man and a felonious assault charge against Hinton Copeland. A pop bottle assault on Murphy Noland. home break ins at Hazel Hepler and a tool shed and concession stand break in at the ball park. Prowler expelled near Ross Michaels property.
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Eddie White
Chase St
Holliday
White
Hinton Copeland
Alice Catlett
E. Kern St
Murphy Noland
Noland
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Hazel Hepler
Southwerk St
McKilwee
Armstrong
Ball Park
Jim Barnett
Tommy Lockhart
N. Kent St
Cooper and Bailey
Kenneth Morphew
Ray Oil Co
N. Loudoun St
Richards and
Hite
Machinists Vote Possible On Airlines Settlement
A tentative three year contract ending the 39 day strike could be approved by 35,400 machinists across United Eastern National Northwest and Trans World. The agreement may raise wages to about 4.00 per hour with cost of living protections while the strike cost airlines hundreds of millions in revenue losses. A final OK depends on strikers voting tomorrow after meetings called by union president Roy Siemiller and Labor official James Reynolds.
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Washington
James J. Reynolds
AFL- Cio International Association of Machinists
P. L. (Roy) Siemiller
Labor Department
Siemiller
Reynolds
White House
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Columbus
Neb
CIPC
1St Cavalry
Ft. Devens
Mass
John Patter
Raleigh
N.C
Detroit
John A. Ricca
Defense Roberts
McNamara
Oregon
Johnson-Westmoreland
Lee R. Scherer
NASA
Boyer
Soviet Union
Luna
América
Capon Bridge
Bill D. Moyers
Carol C, Laise
Cork St
Barnett
United
Eastern
National
Northwest
Trans World - Plus
Richmond
Virginia
Braddock & Boscawen St
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