Nixon to Announce Cabinet Wednesday
President elect Richard Nixon will fly to Washington on Wednesday to unveil his full cabinet slate at 10 p.m. EST in the Pavilion Room at the Shoreham Hotel. A national TV and radio audience is invited as Nixon finalizes choices for all 12 departments and hints at other major appointments.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
Washington
Ron L. Ziegler
Nixon
Palladium
Shoreham Hotel
Ziegler
Melvin Laird
Wisconsin
Washington, D.C
Shoreham
Robert B. Anderson
Defense
R. Sargent Shriver
France
Shriver
Klein
NBC
Coast Guard Seeks 17 Missing From White Alder Sinking
A Coast Guard helicopter and boat search the Mississippi River near White Castle Louisiana for 17 missing crewmen after the buoy tender White Alder sank Saturday night following a collision with a freighter. Three crewmen were rescued from icy waters. The freighter sustained only minor damage.
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Coast Guard
Mississippi River
White Castle
Meade River coastal cordon ends with heavy losses
Marines wrap up Meade River operation near Da Nang after a 20 day siege. U S and allied forces claim at least 862 North Vietnamese soldiers killed with as many as 1 000 possible, 95 Marines killed and 504 wounded. Final mop up involved five Marine companies and Vietnamese troops in armored carriers.
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38Th
Dien Ban
da Nang
Vietnam
U.S
Snow and Salt Keep Roads Slick Overnight
A thin snow cover left streets slick as crews spread salt to combat slipperiness. The forecast calls for another cold night with lows near 12 to 22 degrees and temperatures rising by midweek. The Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory logged a 23 degree low this morning.
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Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Balloon clues spark search for source in Whitacre home
Six and seven year old Jouma Allen and Gordon Whitacre found two gas balloons near their home near Whitacre. The balloons read Explorer Gobeat Ill and were about the size of Apple Blossom balloons. Mrs. Whitacre seeks the balloon source while James Wood Hampshire County Basketball hosts a game tonight at 8 p.m. on TV Cable Channel 6. The Nichols Special Section in today’s Star corrects a sale date error. sale ends Saturday December 14.
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Gordon
Chippie) Whitacre, Jr
Whitacre
Gobeat
Gordon Whitacre
James Wood
Hampshire County
Nichols
Star
Nichols Discount City
North Viet Spokesman Attacks Ky as Puppet
A Hanoi spokesman called South Vietnamese Vice President Ky a puppet and Hitler devotee as peace talks prepare for an enlarged session. US and Saigon teams plan strategy talks with Hariman, Vance, Lam, and Bui Diem as date for expanded talks remains uncertain.
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Paris
North Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
United States
Hitler
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Cyrus R. Vance
Three Die in Weekend Auto Crashes in Shenandoah and Warren
Three people died in two separate weekend crashes in Shenandoah and Warren counties. Larry Fadeley 20 and Martha Miller 18 of Woodstock were struck after leaving their overturned car on Interstate 81 near Toms Brook. Paul Haley 46 of Markham was killed crossing Route 55 in Linden, Warren County, when hit by an eastbound car. Four others were injured in additional crashes along Interstate 81 near Middletown.
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Shenandoah County
Warren County
Larry Gene Fadeley
Rt. 1
Woodstock
Martha Dolly Miller
Paul Haley
Markham
Charles B. Snyder, Jr
Fadeley
Snyder
Nelson Elwood Showalter
Broadway
Turner
Kenneth Elmer Albright
Falls Church
U S Destroyers Sail Through Bosporus in Five Day Black Sea Cruise
Two U S 6th Fleet destroyers the Dyess and Turner passed the Bosporus for a five day visit along Turkey's Black Sea coast drawing Soviet charges of provocation. Ankara and Washington called it a routine Montreux compliant visit while Izvestia claimed it violated the convention citing missile capable ships. Turkish press framed it as a show of U S naval strength amid Soviet Mediterranean buildup.
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Turkey
APY
U.S
Bosporus
Black Sea
Dyess
Sea of Marmara
Turner
Izvestia
Sea of
Marmara
Montreux
Strait
Mediterranean
Next Week in Richmond Merger Talks Slated
Winchester and Frederick County officials plan a formal merger exploratory meeting next Tuesday at 10 a.m. in Richmond. The gathering will include county supervisors, city officials, and legal and engineering advisers to discuss name, representation, taxing districts, and related topics amid an ongoing annexation dispute.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Richmond
John H. Thornton, Jr
Tthe
David J. Mays
Thornton
Mays
Mr. Mays
William M. Battaile
J. Randolph Larrick
Wendell Seldon
William M. Zollman, Jr
Glynn D. Barranger
Divers search for 17 crewmen after ship collision
Divers comb the Mississippi near White Castle for the 17 missing crewmen from the 133 foot White Alder after a collision with the freighter Helena. Three crew members were rescued, but the others remain unaccounted as the sunken vessel is located and marked for recovery.
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White Castle
Coast Guard
Mississippi River
Helena
Sheriff and jailer shot by escapee in Salisbury
Sheriff Samuel Graham and deputy Albert L. Kelly were fatally shot by Joseph J. Bartholomew a Baltimore man who escaped from Woomico County jail as inmates returned to cells. State police issued an alert to seal the Delmarvan peninsula and local police were alerted.
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Salisbury, Md
Woomico
Alfred T. Truit Jr
Joseph J. Bartholomew
Baltimore
Samuel Graham
Albert L. Kelly
Delmarvan
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Trust
Bartholomew
Graham
Kelly
Egypt open to new UN force for Israel peace plan
Diplomatic sources at the United Nations report that Egypt would accept a new UN force to supervise Israel's withdrawal from the Sinai and guard Gulf of Aqaba access. The proposal follows a seven point outline linked to US diplomacy and amid Jarring’s Middle East talks. Jordan and Egypt demand Israel’s withdrawal per UN Security Council resolution before deeper cooperation.
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Egypt
U.N
Israel
United Nations
Mo Hamed Awad el Kony
U.S
J.R. Wegins
Gulf of Aqaba
Sinai Desert
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Gulf
Sinai
el Kony
Dean Rusk
E Tian
Mahmoud Riad
State Department
Middle East
Gunnar V. Jarring
Sweden
Cyprus
Amman
Jordan
Bahjat Talhouni
Cold air keeps Virginia clear and cold tonight
A slowly moving mass of cold air flowing across the Mid-Atlantic states is expected to keep Virginia's weather generally clear and cold through tonight. The notice also includes an unrelated shopping promo for Diskay Discount Mart and Sears Catalog with a December deadline.
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Mid-Atlantic States
Virginia
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