Thieu Plans To Run In October Election
President Nguyen Van Thieu told about 100 provincial officials and campaign aides he will seek re election on October 3 even if unopposed. He rejected Ky's bid for a contested race and emphasized rural turnout while U S pressure and banners for Ky surfaced to hint at a contest. The vote proceeds despite Minh's withdrawal and talks of a one man race potentially reshaping Vietnam policy.
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Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.S
Giet
Duong van
Minh
Tran van Huong
Tran Thien Khiem
Thien
Julie Nixon Eisenhower Injured in School Cart Incident
Julie Nixon Eisenhower, wife of David Eisenhower, is fitted with a walking cast after a steel book cart toppled onto her left foot at Atlantic Beach Elementary School. She was taken to Mayport Naval Station Dispensary for treatment. the couple lives in Atlantic Beach while he serves aboard the USS Albany.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
White House
Julie
Atlantic Beach
Constance Stuart
Richard Nixon
Secret Service
Mayport Naval Station Dispensary
Ens
David Eisenhower
Albany
Fall air chills Clarke County town services
Town reports first cool spell as furnaces click on after morning drop to 46 degrees the lowest since 43 on May 28. Residents urged to call Concern at 667-0145 and note year end sales at Clarke County Motors Berryville with new Chrysler Plymouth and International trucks on display plus Pine Bark Mulch sale at Smalls Garden Center.
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Clarke County Motors
Berryville, Va
Labor Leaders Plan Campaign Against Wage Price Freeze
Labor leaders press to challenge Nixon’s wage price freeze in court Congress and on picket lines. AFL-CIO calls for broader freezes on interest rates profits and incomes. Railway and Airline Clerks threaten possible strikes if wage hikes aren’t secured before the freeze. Treasury and commerce officials outline exemptions and potential postfreeze controls. Dollar weakness sparks European concerns at GATT meeting.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Afl-Cio
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Railway and
Treasury
John B. Connally
Cost of Living Council
Commerce
Maurice Stans
U.S
Europe
Geneva
First Degree Murder Requested in Fatal Shooting
The Commonwealth asks the jury for a first degree murder verdict and life imprisonment if Patricia Elizabeth Anderson is found guilty of the fatal shooting. The report notes the trial proceedings and prosecution seeks the maximum sentence upon conviction.
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Audrey Coleman
The
Commonwealth Today
Patricia Elizabeth Anderson
Lawrence Ambrogi
Commonwealth
Virginia
Miss White Seeks Clarke County Greenway District Seat
Miss Barbara White of Millwood announces as an Independent candidate for the Greenway District on the Clarke County Board of Supervisors. She is challenging long-time incumbent Edward B. Lee who will not seek reelection after 36 years. Filing deadlines and party conventions set the Sept. 14 filing date.
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Barbara White
Millwood
Greenway
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Miss White
Edward B. Lee
Lee
GOP
New York
Europe
Clarke County
Communists Step Up Attacks in South Vietnam at Cam Ranh Bay
Communist forces struck across South Vietnam with a major blow destroying an ammunition dump at Cam Ranh Bay and shelling five other U.S. units. The attack followed 26 enemy actions in 24 hours as Saigon prepared for legislative elections.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Cam Ranh Bay
Vietnam
Air Force
Robert O‘brien
Army
Navy
Cam Ranh
Lyndon B. Johnson
Camp Faulkner
196Th Brigade
da Nang
Lai Khe
Norfolk Transit Refuses School Bus Service Over Fare Freeze
W G Womack of Virginia Transit Co testifies that the Norfolk operation cannot provide bus service for about 18 000 public school pupils without a fare hike blocked by the Nixon wage price freeze. The Norfolk School Board seeks to nullify a July court order aimed at racial balance.
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W. G. Womack
Virginia Transit Co
Norfolk
Nixon
Norfolk School Board
U.S
John A. MacKenzie
MacKenzie
Citizens Womack
WTC
NAACP
Henry Marsh
Aftershock Jostles Dishes in San Fernando Valley
An aftershock rattled dishes in the San Fernando Valley on Tuesday, marking the fourth noticeable tremor of the week following the February 9 earthquake.
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Los Angeles
San Fernando Valley
International conference looms as dollar sags in Europe
London reports IMF plans a meeting on September 15 to discuss changes in currency values as the dollar slides in European markets. IMF chief Schweitzer notes Japan and the United States dropped objections to an early Group of 10 meeting.
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London
International Monetary Fund
Washington
European Common Market
Brussels
Pierre-Paul Schweitzer
IMF
Japan
United States
U.S
Nixon
Ottawa
Edgar Benson
Group of 10
Rinaldo Ossola
Bank of Italy
Karl Schiller
Britain
Waller Wins Mississippi Democratic Governor Runoff
William Waller defeated Lt. Gov. Charles Sullivan in Mississippi's Democratic runoff, seizing 388 399 votes to 327 461 with 2 501 of 2 505 units reporting. Waller swept 62 counties and will face Charles Evers in November. He previously prosecuted the killer of Medgar Evers' brother in 1963.
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Jackson, Miss
William Waller
Charles Sullivan
Mississippi
Jackson
Charles Evers
Waller
Sullivan
Clarksdale
Evers
Medgar
Sunshine and mild weather hats Virginia day
A high pressure system moving east over the mid Atlantic brought sunny weather and moderate temperatures to Virginia. Hale Harrison Brilliant Peaches appear at Paul Rhodes Orchard. A Fall Fashion Show and Seminar is planned for Thursday August 26 at 7 p.m. in the Amphitheatre at Win Rec Park, sponsored by Bell Clothes. See Ad on page 36.
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Richmond
Mid- Atlantic States
Virginia
Hale Harrison
Paul Rhodes
Rec. Park
Bell Clothes
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Smalls Garden
Mai Loc
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Union
Spiro T. Agnew
Miami
Meany
Woodcock
Agnew
Clarke Post
John C. Anderson, Jr
Anderson
Armel
1St Air Cavalry Division
Demilitarized Zone
Frontier
Firm
Norfolk School
Associated Press
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