Grim Search in Gulf Mountains of Virginia Gls Take Hill
U S troops captured Hill 102 south of Da Nang after four days of heavy fighting. About 250 Americal Division soldiers moved onto the knoll at dusk, seeking the crash site of a downed helicopter 1,000 yards away, with Marine units hoping to trap retreating enemy forces. Casualties were reported as 22 enemy and one American killed, 14 Americans wounded, plus multiple other clashes nearby and widespread air and artillery bombardments.
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Vietnam
U.S
da Nang
U.S. Americal Division
Associated Press
Oliver Noonan
196Th Brigade
Tam Ky
1800 Flee from Unchecked Fires in Southern California
AP report describes over 1800 residents fleeing unchecked wildfires across southern California including San Diego and San Bernardino counties. Fires scorched tens of thousands of acres near Camp Pendleton and Faible Brook with evacuations, heat to 118 degrees, low humidity, and Red Cross aid underway. Three boys reportedly started one San Bernardino fire.
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Yos Angeles
California
San Diego County
Camp Pendleton
White House
Nixon
Failebrook
Los Angeles
el Cajon
San Diego
San Bernardino County
Cleveland National Forest
Los Angeles County
Red Cross
Double cucumbers surprise gardener on Front Royal Road
Founrer Hugh T. Netherton of Armel property reports two abnormally shaped cucumbers from his garden. He notes the two doubles are 5 1/2 and 4 1/2 inches, appearing unintended while other fruits from the same package are normal.
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Hugh T. Netherton
Armel
Front Royal Road
Farmville Woman Traffic Victim Identified in Winchester
Mrs. Virgilina Boggs 78 of Farmville died at 10 25 a m at Winchester Memorial Hospital after being struck by a car on Amherst Street in front of Drug Fair She had been visiting her nephew Dr Herman I Pifer of Winchester The driver Amos Robert Wilkerson 76 of Rt 2 Winchester said he could not stop and suffered no injuries Police said no charges filed at this time Several other accidents in the areainjuries to five people in two car collision on Shawnee Drive and a pair of wrecks on Interstate 81 and Hollingsworth Drive were reported with varying injuries and vehicle damage The Corner Market 95 Kent Open Sundays 9 a m to 8 p m
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Virgilina Boggs
Farmville
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Amherst St
May
Francis M. Funk
Basil Cooper
Boggs
Amos Robert Wilkerson
Rt. 2
Winchester
Wilkerson
Maj. Funk
Detrick
Harry Kenneth Jones
Zane Kermit Webster, Jr
Rt. 55
Jones
Memorial Hospital
Webster
Hollingsworth
Ralph Hite
Robert Wolford
Cuts to Hit Norfolk Hard
The Defense Department plans mothballing 100 Navy ships with 5,110 sailors at Norfolk among the East Coast ports. Seventy ships are slated for deactivation in the Atlantic Fleet, with 29 ships in that fleet affected. A Navy spokesman said the fate of officers and enlisted personnel is undecided.
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Norfolk
Defense Department
Defense
Melvin Laird
Laird
Atlantic Fleet
Atlantic
Thieu Asks New South Vietnamese Government Leader
President Thieu asked General Tran Thien Khiem to form a new government. Khiem, deputy premier and interior minister, was seen as the strongest figure in the old cabinet and a likely candidate to succeed Tran Van Huong, who was asked to remain.
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Saigon
Neuyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Tran Thien Khiem
Khiem
Tran van Huong
Huong
Dr William McCoy Named President of Region 15 Community College
Dr William H McCoy 41 of Jacksonville Florida will head Region 15 Community College in Winchester Ree gk area. He comes from University of Florida where he is assistant professor of education and special assistant to the president and has degrees from Florida. He will relocate with his wife to reside in the area within two weeks and notes a family homecoming connection to Winchester.
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William McCoy
Community College
William H. McCoy
Jacksonville
Fla
Middletown
Kenneth N. Gilpin, Jr
McCoy
University of Florida
Gainesville
The
Virginia
Ree Gk
McCoys
Winchester
Florida
Toll from Camille Nearing 400 Dead
The death toll from Hurricane Camille neared 400 with hundreds missing across Mississippi and Virginia, plus 10 deaths in Louisiana and three in Cuba. Gov. Mills Godwin Jr and Civil Defense officials described widespread flooding, mudslides, and loss of homes in Nelson County and other Blue Ridge foothill communities. The storm lingered as Hurricane Debbie moved northeast off Bermuda.
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Associated Press
Camille
Mississippi
Virginia
Nelson County
Blue Ridge
Davis Creek
Lovington
Richmond
James River
Louisiana
West Virginia
Cuba
Atlantic
Newfoundland
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Debbie
Bermuda
James River Recedes After Floods in Virginia
Floodwaters from Hurricane Camille receded in Richmond and the James River area, with western Virginia reporting about 60 confirmed dead and over 110 missing. Gov. Mills E. Godwin Jr. toured the hardest hit counties, including Nelson County where 44 deaths were counted and more than 100 people were missing.
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Nat Cassidry
Mississippi
Cassidry
Virginia
Camille
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Richmond
James River
Flood Strikes Nelson County Families Amid Losses
Mrs Richard P Harvey of Lovingston reports her family survived the Nelson County storm but lost farms cattle apple and peach orchards. She says tenant families on their farms were swept away and drowned while they and their house survived. The family expressed gratitude for their lives.
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Richard P. Harvey
Lovingston
Apple Blossom
Gwynn Harvey
Jean J. Demorest
Festival
Harveys
Gwynn
Palm Beach
Nelson County
Country Ham 99 Cents Wa Ham House Ad
Mary Carter Paints advertises country ham at 99 cents per pound from Wa. Ham House phone 662-0669. Sale runs Monday and Tuesday August 25 and 26.
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Mary Carter Paints
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