11 Dec 1965
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1965
Page
1
More than 100 downtown property owners approved a master plan to refurbish Winchester's business district from Loudoun Street to the courthouse area. Shoppers urged more street lights and especially adequate restrooms and parking, with calls for quicker beautification as essential groundwork for progress.
Rabid Baltimore Colts supporters flood Winchester and Frederick County to watch the Colts Packers game at 2 p.m. on Channel 3. In Berryville last night the Johnson Williams and Douglas rivalry reopened with a narrow Winchester win 18 72 in a thriller.
Helicopters dropped two more Marine companies south of the Da Nang front as heavy fighting raged with a Viet Cong regiment. U S and Vietnamese forces probed for decisive targets while Mekong Delta clashes produced multiple Viet Cong gains and a reported hostile fire with 50 caliber and 57 7 mm recoilless rifle casualties. Buddhist leaders accused a U S Marine of desecration at the Khie Bac Pagoda prompting a pledge of repair funds by U S officials amid a growing religious dispute news from Saigon and the delta indicate a hard core Viet Cong battalion pressed by government troops.
President Johnson and Defense Secretary McNamara propose a 1.75 billion program to transform F111 fighters into FB111 strategic bombers aimed at a 210 aircraft fleet by 1971. They claim faster, longer reach and capable of delivering 50 bombs of 750 pounds each, with nuclear capability, while acknowledging changes reduce B52 numbers. The plan also seeks to remove strategic bombers from the force.
Republican candidate Kenneth Robinson criticizes his opponent Massie for a proposed state loan fund using unused Virginia taxes. He argues taxes must fund state services and urges budgeting and appropriation to ease local financial strain and improve education mental health tourism and industrial promotion. He vows to push for proper tax use over two years as state senator.
President Johnson moves to reassure Communist leaders he will curb Great Society programs to finance Vietnam fighting. Officials briefed reporters after Johnson warned of possible hard steps if peace talks fail, signaling emergency curtailments may occur before the new budget goes to Congress.
Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. of Virginia completed his first month in Washington since his Nov. 12 appointment. He has met with delegations and citizens from across the state as he focuses on usefulness rather than ideological labels, according to the Washington Daily News.
Winchester post office brims with the holiday surge as Postmaster Wilbur R. Johnston notes the impact of the new fast parcel post service. He cites mail totals to date and forecasts a higher year end, with 20 additional workers hired next Monday to handle the load.
Joseph A. Massie Jr campaigned for the state senate special election visiting Woodstock shoppers and Loudoun County areas. He praised surplus budgeting, attacked opponent Kenneth Robinson as favoring deficit spending, and outlined his support for higher teachers salaries, tourism, mental health facilities, and vocational education.
The Gemini 7 crew, Frank Borman and James Lovell, report a 20 degree cabin drop overnight as they pursue a world endurance record and an orbital rendezvous. Borman says sleep was fitful, they slept in lighter flight suits, and mission control expect the midpoint around 11:15 a.m. EST.
In the basement of Cole Hall on Bridgewater College campus an museum established by an 82 year old alumnus houses items valued by collectors. The Smithsonian Institution covers one of the Jefferson items and a three volume set of 15th century Bibles is valued at 40000 dollars.
A warm front extending from Maryland to a low in southern Nebraska brought unseasonably warm temperatures to Virginia today. Strong winds followed, with forecasts calling for continued mild conditions across the state.
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