Vietnam Denies Laos Operations Amid Border Reports
South Vietnam denies cross border combat in Laos though sources report reconnaissance patrols landed by U.S. helicopters along the Ho Chi Minh trail. Pathet Lao accuses U S aided forces of widening the war and endangering peace talks with Laos' government. Saigon and Washington offer denials.
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Saigon
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Lower Panhandle
Pathet Lao
United States
Saravane
Lao Patriotic Front
Bangkok
Cambodia
Souphanouvong
U.S
Vientiane
Associated Press
Horst Faas
da Nang
US urges restraint as peace talks move forward
The United States refuses full support for Israel’s cease-fire violation charges against Egypt citing inconclusive evidence. Washington aims to begin Middle East peace talks under UN mediation while warning against letting accusations derail negotiations.
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Washington
United States
Middle East
Israel
Egypt
U.S
Tel Aviv
Walworth Barbour
Yitzhak Rabin
Rabin
Melvin R. Laird
Russia
State Department
Ashraf Ghorbal
Asst
Joseph J. Sisco
Abdul Hamid Sharaf
Jordan
United Nations
Gunnar Jarring
U.N
Suez Canal
Senate Overrides Nixon Veto To Approve Education Aid Bill
The Senate voted 67 to 33 to override Nixon's veto and enact a $4.4 billion federal education aid appropriation. House passage followed earlier, with 289 to 114, despite Republican defections. Administration officials foresee campaign gains for Republicans on spending issues as the veto battle shapes politics.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Aenin Amin
House
Congress
Winchester School Opening Sets Aug 27 Start
Winchester public schools plan to reopen on August 27 for the 1970-71 year. Superintendent Jacob L. Johnson expects about 2,900 students in September, with 2,947 enrolled last year at this time. Thirty-six new faculty members join the system, including additions at Handley High School and several elementary schools, plus part time and rotating teachers.
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Winchester
Jacob L. Johnson
Johnson
Handley High School
Quarles
John Kerr
Winchester Intermediate
Virginia Avenue
Winchester Police Speeding Crackdown Report
Winchester police used radar on city streets between August 10 and yesterday and charged 79 motorists with speeding. They are summoned to appear in Winchester Municipal Court.
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Winchester
70 Unit Parade Travers Middletown In Firemen’s Carnival
The Middletown Volunteer Fire Company hosts a 70 unit parade tomorrow at 7 PM lasting about 90 minutes. Main and Church streets will be closed from 6 PM. Participants include Del Largent Jr, Sen Robinson, Murot Williams, and George Rawlings Jr. Proceeds aid the volunteer fire fighting organization.
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Middletown
The
Middletown Volunteer Fire Company
Main St
Church St
del. F.L. Largent, Jr
Winchester
J. Kenneth Robinson
Murot Williams
Charlottesville
del. George C. Rawlings, Jr
Fredericksburg
U.S. Senate
Middletown Fire Company
Trains Collide in Giles County Two Die in Crash
Two crew members were killed when two freight trains collided near Pearisburg Virginia in Giles County. Several trainmen were injured and transported to hospitals as a pile of rail cars derailed in a hollow across the New River from Pembroke. Names of the dead were not released.
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Pearisburg
Giles County
New River
Pembroke
Safeguard System Vote Hangs on Final Senate Call
Washington AP The Safeguard antiballistic missile plan faces a last minute Senate decision with one or two votes likely to decide. Senator Brooke seeks to drop sites at Whiteman Mo and Warren Wyo while preserving 322 million for Grand Forks and Malmstrom. Critics warn the plan raises costs and reduces defense unless expanded.
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Washington
Senate
Edward Brooke
Rmass
Brooke
Whiteman Air Force Base
Warren Air Force Base
Wyo
Grand Forks
Malmstrom
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
John Sherman Cooper
R-ey
John Stennis
D-Miss
Armed Services Committee
Nixon
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Helsinki
Gordon Allott
R-Cole
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Three Year Old Dies After Mishap in Winchester
A three year old girl from Winchester died after an accident at Nichols Garden Shop yesterday evening. Susan Gunn of 512 Dunalp Ave underwent emergency head injury surgery but died at 12:05 a.m. at Winchester Memorial Hospital. The child was with her grandmother Mrs F L Hunt, a local school nurse, at the time of the incident. Details remain unavailable.
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Winchester
Susan Gunn
Dunalp Ave
Winchester Memorial Hospital
F.L. Hunt
Nichols Garden
Plane Wreckage Found in Virginia
In Harrisonburg Virginia five people died when a single engine plane wreckage was found in the Shenandoah Mountains near the Virginia West Virginia line. Pilot identified as Gerald W Wilchek of El Paso Texas. Passengers named Ruth Stacy Lynn Marshall Wayne Mary Ann Wilchek. Plane took off July 23 from Detroit bound for Richmond.
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Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Mountains
Virginia- West Virginia
Here
Gerald W. Wilchek
el Paso
Tex
Federal Aviation Administration
Thomas R. Yates
Varina
Richmond
Wilchek
Ruth
Federal Aviation Agency
Charlottesville
Detroit
Mich
West Virginia
Virginia
Israel Warplanes Strike Guerrilla Bases in Lebanon
Israeli warplanes attacked guerrilla bases on the Mt Hermon slopes in Lebanon for 30 minutes as part of a series of incursions. Ground raids also destroyed six houses in two border villages amid ongoing ceasefire disputes.
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Tel Aviv
Lebanon
Mt. Hermon
Hasbani River
Israel
Suez Canal
Egypt
Jordan
Moscow
Pravda
Middle East
U.S
Walworth Barbour
Abba Eban
Dorothy Tropical Storm Forms In Atlantic Threatens Leeward Islands
Tropical Storm Dorothy formed in the Atlantic and posed a risk to the Leeward Islands about 1,200 miles southeast of Miami. Warnings and a hurricane watch were issued for Dominica northward as Dorothy moved west northwest at 17 mph with peak winds near 55 mph.
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Miami
Dorothy
Atlantic
Leeward Islands
Dominica
Guadeloupe
Gas Warfare Ban Sent To Senate
President Nixon sent the 1925 Geneva protocol to the Senate for ratification asserting it bans gas warfare but allows defoliants and tear gas. Senator Aiken predicted easy committee and Senate approval depending on Nixon’s tear gas interpretation. Defoliants used in Vietnam are exempt as not known when the treaty was written.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Foreign Relations Committee
Aiken
Largent to Speak At Clarke Jaycee Viet Awards Event
Del Largent Jr. will keynote the Berryville Clarke County Jaycees Vietnam era program to be held Friday at 8 p.m. in Clarke County High School auditorium. Lt. Col. Edward McDonald will present the awards to 34 veterans honored for service in the past year.
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Largent
Clarke Jaycee Viet Awards
del. F.L. Largent, Jr
Berryville
Clarke County Jaycees
Clarke County
Edward McDonald
Berryville National Guard
Floyd W. Owens, Jr
James T. Skyles
Patrick L. Regan
Dwight L. Allison
Christopher Birch
Steve L. Campbell
Thomas Shepherd
John J. Ramsburg
Tyson Gilpin
Jack L. Ashwood
John E. Morgan, Jr
James N. Larrick
William L. Pearson
Edgar L. Liegg
Otis O. Harper
Roger W. Unger
Robert C. Mason
Mary Carter Paints Closes in August Burials
A brief page item notes Mary Carter Paints closed August 22 to 24. It also mentions a change of phone number to 667 0700 effective August 25 and references an All you can eat Fish Fry at Howard Johnson's for 1.49. Other lines announce a family picnic and a lodge event at F O P Park.
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Howard Johnson
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