National Honor Society Beauty Contest Crowned
Debbie Price, a James Wood student, won the NHS Beauty Contest with Diane Rogers as last year’s winner beside her. Sylvia Washington and Carol Wade were runners up. Bodil Anderson won the dress division with Vicki Giannini and Lou Ann Judy second and third. Elsie Hovermale directed 91 contestants for the NHS scholarship fund.
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Debbie Price
James Wood
Miss Price
Diane Rogers
Sylvia Washington
Carol Wade
Bodil Anderson
Vicki Giannini
Lou Ann Judy
Elsie Hovermale
National Honor Society
John Boyd
Cindy Hilbrinck
Israel Egypt Syria three way prisoner swap in Middle East
Israel exchanged 58 Egyptians for two Israeli pilots held in Egypt. The three way deal also involved Syria and followed weeks of behind the scenes international activity.
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Tel Aviv
Middle East
Israel
Egypt
Syria
Internation Red Cross
MI6
Damascus
TWA
el- Qantara
Suez Canal
Nabil Said
Sinai
Cairo
Nissim Ashkenazi
Giora Rom
Rom
Jordan
Upper
Maj. Said
Soviet Union
Eleven Die as Reds Down Helicopter Near Dak To
North Vietnamese forces shot down a U S helicopter near Dak To in the central highlands killing all 11 aboard including a South Vietnamese colonel and his American adviser. The crash occurred about 15 miles northeast of Dak To amidst ongoing ground battles along the Cambodian border.
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Saigon
U.S
Dak To
Central Highlands
Hill 875
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Cambodiarm
Demilitarized Zone
Vietnam War Withdrawals Continue Amid Infiltration Rise
Deputy Defense Secretary David Packard says improving South Vietnam combat ability allows ongoing U.S. troop withdrawals even as enemy infiltration climbs. He notes concern over possible North Vietnamese thrusts but says commanders are prepared. Current U.S. forces in Vietnam are under 480,000 with Nixon having pulled 65,000 since last summer.
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Washington
South Vietnam
U.S
Defense
David Packard
Pentagon
South
Nixon
United States
Vietnam
Packard
Town Crier TAC MEMBERS December meeting to stuff seals
Town Crier TAC members will meet tomorrow from 2 to 4 p.m. at the War Memorial Building to address and stuff Christmas seal envelopes. The note highlights teen support for local projects. The day also reports a December temperature drop, with 16 degrees at the Winchester Research Laboratory and colder in outlying areas.
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TAC
War Memorial
Winchester Research Laboratory
Greece Faces NATO Freeze Amid Council of Europe Tension
NATO allies quietly tighten stance on Greece over alleged undemocratic practices and torturing opponents. Diplomats say no move to suspend Greece from NATO. ministers to decide on Council of Europe action in Paris next Friday. Greek leadership signals possible martial law lift to counter suspension, while Athens cites ill health of its foreign minister for inquiries.
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Brussels
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Greece
Athens
Council of Europe
Paris
NATO
Turkey
Nato—Council
William P. Rogers
George Tsistopoulos
Ethnos
George Papadopoulos
Panayiotis Pipinelis
Calley Quiet Under My Lai Probe at Pentagon
First Lt. William L. Calley Jr. faced a special Army panel at the Pentagon and spoke little about the charges he killed 109 Vietnamese civilians during the March 1968 My Lai operation. Capt. Ernest Medina testified he neither ordered nor witnessed a massacre, while Deputy Defense Chief Packard and Gen Westmoreland urged not to view My Lai as a general army indictment.
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Washington
William L. Calley Jr
Special Army
Pentagon
Calley
U.S
My Lai
Ft. Benning
Ernest Medina
Medina
David Packard
Army
William C. Westmoreland
Westmoreland
Ft. Campbell
Packard
Annexation vs Consolidation in Virginia Growth Debate
George H. Garber argues annexation serves sound governance amid urban growth. He discusses historical legal forms, legislative shifts since 1902, and recent 1950 reforms that overhauled annexation statutes to balance county and city boundaries and services.
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George H. Garber
Virginia Colony
Virginia
General Assembly
Senate Debates Tax Bill as Social Security Minimum Hits 100
Senate leaders clash over tax reform and a new $100 minimum Social Security payment set to take effect next year. Democrats push the higher minimum funded by raising the wage base to 12 000 in 1973 while Republicans warn of a veto and seek conference review.
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Washington
Senate
Hugh Scott
Mike Mansfield
Senate House
Scott
Robert P. Griffin
Mansfield
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
House
Russell B. Long
D-La
Long
Byrd
Ex‑soldier seeks to testify for Calley at court martial
Michael S. Myers a former 1st lieutenant who served with Army 1st Lt William L Calley Jr plans to take the stand for Calley at his court martial Myers says they worked together in the Tactical Operations Center of the 6th Infantry Battalion 1st Division near My Lai during the time of the alleged massacre Also noted are local business notices for Christmas sales and decorations.
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Virginia Beach
Army
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
Calley
Michael S. Myers
6Th Infantry
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