U S Bombers Strike Viet Cong Installations Near Saigon
Guam based B52s of the Strategic Air Command carried out their first raid of the war against a suspected Viet Cong installation northeast of Saigon in the Dezone jungle. The strike was within the D Zone, a 600 square mile Communist area. Two South Vietnamese planes dropped 88,000 newspapers in three North Vietnamese cities, reproducing Nhan Dan.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Strategic Air Command
D-Zone
South China Sea
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Racial unrest escalates as Elizabethport youths toss fire bombs
Police rushed reinforcements to Elizabethport's Negro section after carloads of youths hurled gasoline bombs stones and bottles. Fire bombs damaged four store windows and two officers suffered minor burns. By about 2 am the crowd of 200 dispersed without further injuries.
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Elizabe
Winchester Lions Host Annual Broom Sale Boom
The Winchester Lions Club opened their yearly broom sale selling more than one thousand dollars worth of brooms at 1.50 each. They canvassed west of Route 11 from 5 to 9 p.m. and will cover east of Route 11 tonight to raise funds for sight conservation. The Charles Lillis family found bears can appear near home while camping at Big Meadows.
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Winchester Lions Club
Rt. 11
Charles Lillis
Yellowstone National Park
Big Meadows
Lillises
Public Works Bill Signed in White House Ceremony
President Johnson signed a $3.8 billion Public Works and Atomic Development Act in the White House East Room. He warned that delays in action could spark violence in the District of Columbia and big cities as 80 percent of Americans live there by 2000. The bill aims to create jobs, raise earnings, and aid small towns through grants and loans, combining features from earlier legislation including the Areas, Accelerated Public Works, and Appalachian bills.
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Washington
Johnson
Los Angeles
District Columbia
White House East Room
Congress
Los
Six-Year-Old Fatally Shot in Frederick County
A six year old girl living in the High er School area was fatally shot this morning, trooper Paige Foster said. No further details on the victim’s identity or circumstances were released pending investigation completion.
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Frederick County
Paige W. Foster
Combat Division Moves Into Seoul Amid Student Riots
Seoul saw a front line combat division deployed as student demonstrations against the treaty with Japan escalated. Police and troops clashed with about 8,000 students at Yonsei and Korea University campuses. several were beaten and two students reportedly bayoneted. Army patrols and arrests followed, with a helicopter overhead during the crackdown.
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Seoul
Kores
Janet
Chung Hee Park
6Th Army
West Central
Korea
Yonsei
Yonsei University
Heavy Rain Fills Streets Downtown
Almost an inch and a quarter of rain fell last night easing drought in the area. Most rain fell between 9 and midnight despite no flooding complaints from the city manager’s office. The 1.23 inches brings August to 2.49 inches while the 52 year average stands at 3.78 inches.
Boy Killed On Amusement Car
A Windsor Ontario amusement ride car left its track hitting the ground injuring eight riders and killing 17 year old Thomas C Minidis of Detroit. Park manager W B Browning said he could not explain the accident.
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Windsor
Ont
Thomas C. Minidis
Detroit
Rive
W. B. Browning
Center Site Change Considered for Winchester Civic Center
The Planning and Zoning Commission discussed moving the Winchester Civic Center from Rouss Park to midway between the War Memorial Building and the Armory. Stakeholders urged flexibility to secure funding as more than 175000 had been raised toward a 350000 goal. Council members weighed accessibility, park impact, and visitor appeal as votes linger toward a site compromise.
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Planning and Zoning Commission
Winchester Civic Center
Rouss Park
War Memorial Building
Arms Ory
Park and Recreation
Preston
Ralph Benner On Trial In 2nd Death
A witness testified that John Robert Garrett 17 had a cast on his leg when shot early April 3. Ralph J Benner Jr 18 stands trial for murder in Garretts death. He was previously convicted July 28 of voluntary manslaughter in Betty Birkett Boyd 16s death and sentenced to five years.
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John Robert Garrett
Ralph J Benner, Jr
Garrett
Betty Birkett Boyd
Loudoun St
Missing in Du Pont blasts at Louisville plant
Fire raged at the Du Pont Neoprene plant in Louisville as 10 workers were reported missing after 26 blasts. Firefighters paused efforts overnight. a rescue bid was halted by new explosions. At least 35 people were treated in hospitals. damage estimated at 5 to 10 million dollars.
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Louisville
du Pont
Red Cross
Ohio River
Robertson Urges 2500 Foreign Apple Pickers for Virginia
Sen. Robertson of Virginia asks Labor Secretary Wirtz to permit 2500 foreign workers to aid Virginia apple harvests. He cites testimony that 500 could be brought, but estimates 5000 are needed for current crop, arguing the labor movement experiment has failed elsewhere and risks millions.
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Washington
Willis’ ‘Robertson
D-Va
Secretary of Labor
Virginia
Willard Wirtz
Robert C. Goodwin
Labor Department
Senate Appropriations ‘Committee
Goods
Charles 8
Toan
Etary
Frederick” County
Robertson
West Virginia
Atlantic Seaboard
Gemini 5 Extends Orbit Record Two-Thirds Home
Gemini 5 astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad push toward a new eight day limit in space as they surpass the Soviet single flight record and clock over 124 hours by mid morning. The craft passes two million miles from Earth en route to home.
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John Barbour
Space Center
Houston
Tex
Gordon Cooper
Charles Conrad
World Space
Soviet Union
United States
Valery Bykovsky
U.S
Astronaut Corps
Cooper
Conrad
Gemini
Gemini Control
Gordon
Warm front to bring showers across Virginia today
A warm front moving across Virginia from the south today will bring variable clouds and a few showers. Most of the state should see largely sunny weather tomorrow according to the Richmond AP report.
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Richmond
Virginia
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