Four-Year-Old California Boy Rescued From His Kidnapper
FBI agents rescued four-year-old Stanley Stafford Jr. in Beverly Hills after a high speed chase during which kidnapper Robert L. Dacy was wounded and later cornered. The boy escaped injury, ransom of 250000 was recovered, and Dacy was captured after attempting to use the child as a shield.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
FBI
Stanley Stafford Jr
Stanley
Robert L. Dacy
Lakewood
Morningside Hospital
Washington
Dacy
Town Crier Postmaster Announces Labor Day Mail Service
Postmaster Joseph C. Haines reminds the public of Labor Day service: no window service or mail delivery by city or rural carriers, regular lock box service remains, special delivery will be provided, and holiday schedules govern collection receipt and dispatch of mail.
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Joseph C. Haines
Equipment Sale Act referenced on page 14 ad
Classified line item notes an Equipment Sale Act reference on page 14. Includes a rental notice for a newly decorated three room apartment in Stephens City and a real estate offer: 3 acre wooded tracts with free wells to first three buyers. Terms show $400 down and $49 monthly. Contact 667-1151.
Local Option Liquor Vote Set for Winchester Ballot
Winchester voters will decide on liquor by the drink at the November 5 election. Judge Elliott Marshall signed the order after Benjamin Butler reported 702 valid signatures, surpassing the 666 needed locally. County signatures totaled 821 with Dabney Watts noting a county filing soon.
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Winchester
Elliott Marshall
Winchester Corporation Court
Benjamin M. Butler
Fighting Intensifies Across Vietnam As Death Toll Rises
From Saigon reports, heavy fighting worsens in northern and central Vietnam. About 200 enemy troops were killed as the 13th day of fighting continued. A government outpost was overrun with 18 civilians killed and 65 abducted in two hamlets. Marine and ranger units suffered 15 dead and 75 wounded overall.
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Saigon
South Vieteam
da Nang
Central Highlands
Due Lap
Quang Ngai City
Ha Thanh
Muskie rises to VP race after defying Johnson
Edmund S Muskie the Maine Democrat who defied Lyndon Johnson nine years ago is now the Democratic vice presidential nominee. Once sidelined he grew into a Senate power with leadership on pollution control Model Cities and campaign duties. Muskie 54 a Polish American former Maine governor Navy veteran Bates College graduate and father of five has earned praise as a liberal who can push tough domestic bills.
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Chicago
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate
White House
Muskie
Capitol Hill
Johnson
Mike Mansfield
Washington
Maine
Foreign Relations
Senate Democrats
Ed Muskie
Stephen Marcieszrewski
Margaret Chase Smith
Bates College
Jane Gray Muskie
Waterville
Vietnam
America
Humphrey
National Party
John M. Bailey
Connecticut
John N. Dempsey
Emotional Tribute To Kennedy At 1968 Democratic Convention
At the Chicago convention the final session opened with a 20 minute film tribute to slain Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. Edward Kennedy appeared via videotape from Hyannisport to urge love over hate and justice over violence. Delegates wept and sang The Battle Hymn as signs honored Bobby and memories of John F. Kennedy.
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Chicago
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Carl Albert
Edward M. Kennedy
Hyannisport
Mass
Atlantic City
Robert Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Ralph Metcalf
Martin Luther King Jr
Edward Kennedy
Cape Cod
Prson
Massachusetts
Humphrey Nominates Muskie and Seeks Unity at Dem Convention
At Chicago, Hubert Humphrey wins the vice presidential nomination for Edmund S. Muskie amid a week of discord and police riot control. Humphrey calls for national unity while pressing for peace in Vietnam and signals a party overhaul including a new national chair.
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Chicago
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Edmund S&s. Muskie
Maine
National Guard
Muskie
Johnson
Nixon Plans Chicago Visit on Campaign Tour
Nixon will begin his presidential bid with a motorcade through Chicago's Loop and a television program across Illinois. He will spend Wednesday night in Chicago, then head to San Francisco, with stops in Oklahoma and Texas on the tour after a working vacation at Key Biscayne. He plans to focus on issues rather than personalizing the race.
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Miami
Fla
Richard M. Nixon
Chicago
Illinois
Nixon
San Francisco
Oklahoma
Texas
Key Biscayne
New York
Two Children Die After Va School Bus Crash
A bus returning from the first day of school was rear ended by a furniture van on US 301 in King George County Virginia. Ricky Humphreys and Done Jenkins died within hours, with more than 30 injured, including the bus driver and the van driver. Police issued a manslaughter warrant for the truck driver as investigators continued.
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Owens
Reginald
Ricky’’ Humphreys I
Dahlgren
King George County
Donena Jenkins
Mary Washington Hospital
Fredericksburg
Physicians Memorial Hospital
la Plata
Bethesda
Naval Hospital
John Thomas
Towery
Maiden
William A. Jenkins
King George High School
J. I. Kent
Crestline Furniture Co
Richmond Weather and Local Classifieds Snapshot
A cool high pressure system over the Great Lakes will keep Virginia’s weather steady through Saturday. Auction tonight at 4330 PM at Jimmy’s Auction on Airport Road. Hard Shell Crabs Adams Grocery at 1303 South. Loudoun dog training classes starting soon. Call Boyce at 144 after 6.
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Richmond
Great Lakes
Virginia
Adams Grocery
Loudoun
Call Boyce
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Jake the Barber
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Apt
Stephens City
Pauline H
Sen. Muskie
Apervention
Bobby
Albert
Dorothy W. Bush
Democratic National Committee
Vane
Boyd’s DrugStore Inc
Winchester Insurance Agency
Winchester Youngman
Boyd’s Drug Store Inc
Ward’s
Jimmy
Airport Rd
Pine Motor Co
The
String Dusters
Little Mac’s
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