Near record air strikes continue in North Vietnam
U S command reports near record air strikes on North Vietnam with B52 raids into the DMZ area amid persistent shelling. A derailed freight train near Saigon is linked to Viet Cong mines, while sniper fire targets a guard post in Saigon. 181 Communist fighters reported killed and a U S pilot rescued after a downed F105.
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Saigon
U. S&s
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
U. S
Dmz
DuPont
Hanoi-Haiphong
Thanh Hoa
Skyhawk
Constellation
Bien Hoa
World Jamboree Highlights To Air On Channel 7
Area Boy Scouts to view a TV program tonight at 9 o clock featuring highlights from the World Jamboree held at Farragut State Park Idaho. Weather outlook shows warm temps tomorrow then cooler by Sunday and Monday with a chance of showers and highs in the 80s. overall temps to run below normal for five days before a warming trend resumes Tuesday per the weatherman.
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Channel 7
Farragut State Park
Idaho
House Passes Massive Social Security Overhaul
The House approved a sweeping Social Security overhaul 415 to 3 to raise benefits and taxes and curb welfare abuse. It includes a minimum 12 percent boost for beneficiaries, phased payroll tax increases, and state welfare limits to push recipients into work or training. The bill faces Senate delays and potential conflicts over Medicaid provisions.
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Washington
House
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
Farmer Lashed to Pole In Fire Kills Family
A wounded farmer was found bound to a clothesline post as flames consumed the Hoskins farm near St. Cloud Minnesota. Mrs Loretta Hoskins 29 and three children Julie 7 Darl 5 Linda 1 and baby David Eli 6 weeks perished. David Hoskins 32 is hospitalized in critical condition with bullet wounds. Relatives and passersby alerted authorities around 1 am and freed the man before ambulance arrival. Sheriff deputies investigate with youths aiding the response and father Leo Hoskins suffered burns attempting rescue.
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David Hoskins
St. Cloud
Sheriff’s Office
Minneapolis
Hoskins
Leo
80-Unit Middletown Firemen Parade Draws Crowd
Actress Nancy Barrett led Middletown's 80 unit Firemen Parade as grand marshal. The event supported by Firemen Carnival ran all week with awards for best fire company and other divisions. Proceeds fund a new fire truck and restoration work at St Thomas Church.
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Middletown
Miss Barrett
Wayside Theatre
Luray Fire Brigade
Monroe College
Virginia Lancers
John S. Mosby
J. Kenneth Robinson
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Alan Richardson
New York
Wayside
Belle Grove
Hospital to raise Winchester room rates by 2.50 daily
Winchester Memorial Hospital will increase daily room charges by 2.50 on Sept 1 to cover higher salaries due to the minimum wage law. Private rooms rise to 23 33.50, semi private 21 24.50, ward beds 18 20, with possible adjustments to other services.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Carl S. Napps
Napps
Harrisonburg
Waynesboro
Luray
Staunton
Woodstock
Napp
Shotguns Blaze in Louisiana as Civil Rights March Plans Hit Snags
In Walker Louisiana shotgun blasts struck the home of a Black resident and the deputy sheriff while a white mob gathered near Denham Springs as Negro marchers resume from Bogalusa toward Baton Rouge. National Guards and state police mobilized to guard the marchers. Governor McKeithen vowed no other choice and prepared a television appeal for peace.
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Walker
Livingston Parish
Denham Springs
Bogalusa
Baton Rouge
John J. McKeithen
McKeithen
Bad News For Road Program
Richmond reports the state's road program must be reassessed as the auto titling tax on car sales underperforms. After ten months the 2 percent tax yields shorter revenue and an $8 million year end deficit is recorded. The forecast for the year ending next June is $20 million, $6 million less than expected.
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Richmond
State Highway Commission
Douglas F. Fugate
General Assembly
Fugate
State Highway Department
Air pollution alert issued in Washington DC area
Washington officials warned of a potential air pollution alert with guidance to halt open burning. The alert notes ozone levels at a irritant threshold and suggests emergency curtailment of auto use if needed. Montgomery County Maryland halted outdoor burning and urged residents to limit car use to essentials.
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Washington
District of Columbia Health Department
Great Lakes
Seaboard
John V. Brink
Bureau of Public Health Engineering
Brink
Montgomery County
A. Mason Butcher
Funkhouser Named to School Post in Frederick County
Eugene D. Funkhouser, longtime James Wood High School counselor, is named Supervisor of Secondary Education for Frederick County. He began teaching in 1947 at Stonewall School, later led the History Department, joined the Guidance Department, and has mentored the Key Club. He holds degrees from Shepherd College and the University of Virginia and lives with his wife Betty Coffman Funkhouser in Green Acres. their son Terry plans to enter VPI.
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Eugene D. Funkhouser
James Wood High School
Frederick County
Robert E. Ayler
Mr. Funkhouser
Stonewall School
Miller
White Hall
Hardy County
W. Va
Ray D. Funkhouser
Winchester
Eugene Funkhouser
Shepherd College
University of Virginia
Key Club
Kiwanis
Burnt Presbyterian Church
Albin
Funkhouser
Betty Coffman
Middletown
Green Acres Subdivision
Terry
VPI
Johnson to Hold News Conference Amid Vietnam Debates
President Johnson schedules a 3 p.m. EDT news conference the first announced since March 9 as public support slips to 39 percent amid riots and policy disputes. Defense officials say improved radar and comms reduce risk of accidental Red China border strikes while planners consider a new Army division to bolster U S forces at home.
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Washington
Presint
Johnson
Harris
Gallup
Vietnam
Senate
U.S
House
Red China
Pentagon
United States
Two Workers Die As Beams Collapse At Weymouth Hangar
At South Weymouth Naval Air Station a hangar construction accident killed two civilian workers and injured five when three 60 ton concrete beams crashed 70 feet to the ground. Navy personnel and police freed others trapped by rubble as two 30 ton cranes were demolished.
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Weymouth
Mass
South Weymouth Naval Air Station
Navy
South Weymouth
Weather outlook for Richmond brings warm, fair spell
A flow of warm moist air from the South brings generally fair, warm weather to Virginia today. Showers are expected to rise gradually toward the weekend as the pattern shifts slightly.
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Richmond
Virginia
Gore Fire Company Yard Party Highlights Local Charity
The Gore Fire Company hosts a yard party on August 19 at 5 p.m. featuring a real country cured ham dish and community fundraising. Local volunteers invite residents to enjoy food, music, and fellowship while supporting the fire department.
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Gore Fire Company
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