Kenya Gains Independence Amid Jubilation and Challenges
At Nairobi's Freedom Stadium crowds cheered as Kenya shed colonial rule and raised its flag with the red, black, and green, while Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta, now aged 73, accepted independence instruments from Prince Philip. He pledged no bloc alignment and no aid with strings, as Zanzibar also gained independence.
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Oginga Odinga
Kenya
Nairobi
Malcolm MacDonald
MacDonald
Jomo Kenyatta
Freedom
Freedom Stadium
Britain
East Africa
Light
Jomo “Kenyatta
Mau
Kenyatta
Prince Philip
Second Gunshop Burglary Leaves Pistols Stolen
City police investigate the second gun shop break in within a week. Richard West owner of Dick's Bicycle and Gun Shop at 38 E Piccadilly St reports at least seven revolvers and unspecified ammunition stolen. Intruder broke a rear window entered storage and removed a door to reach the sales area. Inventory to be completed this afternoon. Earlier Monday the M. M. Adams Service Station office was entered with eight rifles and a pistol taken.
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Richard West
E. Piccadilly St
Poice
Francis Funks
Final Chamber meeting to set budget and new year goals
The 1968 Chamber of Commerce board final meeting is Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Directors elected for 1964 terms will confer with outgoing officers to approve the budget confirm committee appointments and set objectives for the new year. Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad has answered 1 419 calls this year, well ahead of last year.
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Chamber of Te
Winchester
Snow Gives Way To Icy Sleet In Wintry Mix
Residents woke to rain and sleet as a forecasted snowstorm fell short. The Winchester lab logged 0.23 inch in 24 hours. roads remain slick but open. Parades and tree lighting proceed with preparations for the Christmas event Downtown.
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Winchester Fruit Research Lab
FBI Move Spurs Kidnap Speculation in Sinatra Case
The FBI sent a dozen agents to the San Fernando Valley near Hollywood at night amid rumors they are tracing or investigating the Sinatra Jr kidnapping. LAPD officials confirmed FBI presence but refused to disclose actions, prompting criticism from Chief Parker about being kept in the dark while the case remains unresolved.
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Hollywood
FBI
San Fernando Valley
Frank Sinatra, Jr
West Valley
Gene Radomski
West Valley Division
Los Angeles Police Department
Sinatra
Sinatra, Jr
Los Angeles
Wiliam H. Parker
Parker
Nixon and the Talk Politics At Gettysburg
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon visited Pennsylvania to discuss politics with Dwight D. Eisenhower in Gettysburg. He said his meeting did not alter his plan not to seek the GOP nomination and noted Gov. William Scranton as a prominent potential candidate. Eisenhower, in a CBS interview, mentioned Henry Cabot Lodge’s political rise.
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Harrisburg
Richard M. Nixon
Pennsylvania
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nixon
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Harrisburg State
GOP
San Francisco
William W. Scranton
John F. Kennedy
CBS
Henry Cabot Lodge
Johnson orders budget review by all departments and agencies
President Johnson directs every federal department and agency to reexamine budgets for the new fiscal year, seeking further cuts and tighter spending. Reports due to Budget Director by Friday at 6 p.m., with aims to keep total between 98 and 103 billion.
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Washington
Johnson
Pierre Salinger
Salinger
Kermit Gordon
Diplomat Nes Named South Vietnam No 2 Under Lodge
President Johnson appoints career diplomat David G. Nes to Saigon as deputy to Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge. Nes, 46, a World War II combat veteran and Foreign Service officer since 1936, replaces William C. Trueheart. Nes has served in Glasgow Paris Tripoli and Rabat and holds a Harvard masters after Princeton studies.
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Washington
Johnson
David G. Nes
South Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nes
William C. Trueheart
Lodge
GOP
Richard M. Nixon
Saigon
John F. Kennedy
York
Princeton
Harvard
Merrill's Marauders
Burma
Foreign Service
Glasgow
Paris
Tripoli
Rabat
Morocco
Teen Gang Terrorizes Be Lo Market in Plaza Center
Be Lo Supermarket confronted a four month shoplifting and assault campaign by teenage gangs at Plaza Shopping Center in Norfolk. A private detective was beaten trying to arrest a youth. car windows were smashed and tires slashed. a store employee was cut and beaten. multiple employees resigned including manager E D Hedge who was transferred. Police suspect youths aged 14 to 18, both black and white workers threatened, with police noting no racial overtones. Detective J H Newton reports incidents largely confined to Be Lo though Woolworth also reports shoplifting.
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Norfolk
Be-Lo
Plaza
E. D. Hedge
Portsmouth
Ed Bateman
M. Mercer
Joseph McPhatter
J. H. Newton
Police Division
Youth Bureau
Woolworth
Snow Storm Hits Northern Nation with Blizzard Warnings
A vast snow storm spread from the Rockies to the Northeast as blizzard conditions were reported in the Dakotas Minnesota and eastern Montana. Heavy snow and subzero cold brought dangerous driving and at least 11 traffic deaths across Oklahoma Illinois and Iowa.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Midwest
North Central
Dakotas
Minnesota
Montana
Midlands
New York
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New England
Oklahoma
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Sioux Falls
S.C
Great Lakes
South Central
McNamara Targets 33 Bases for Closure or Cutback
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara announced that 26 US bases and 7 overseas bases will be closed or reduced over up to 3 1 2 years to save about 106 million annually. The plan will cost about 8 600 civilian jobs and 7 800 military positions, with a hiring freeze and attrition to offset losses. More bases will be announced later as studies proceed and overseas actions are coordinated with foreign governments.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
United States
McNamara
Defense
Air Force
Navy
New York
California
Texas
Johnson
Louisiana
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Georgia
Illinois
Mississippi
Nevada
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Boston
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Ohio
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Massachusetts
Boston Navy Yard
No Virginia Installations To Be Closed
Senator A Willis Robertson a Democrat from Virginia says no military installations in Virginia will be closed under Defense Department economy moves. He cautions civilian staffing could shrink but no major curtailment is planned in Virginia. He expects reductions mainly by attrition as vacancies arise.
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Richmond
A. Willis Robertson
Virginia
Defense Department
Washington
Robertson
Weather moves northeast. Virginia sees rain from Ohio low
Warmer air over Ohio drifts into the mid Atlantic as a low pressure system shifts northeast. The resulting rain spans most of Virginia as a weather front advances.
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Richmond
Ohio
Virginia
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Rouss Ave
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Bland
Grayson
West Virginia
Northern Virginia Power Co
Winchester Retail Merchants Assn
Samuel W. Yorty
Lyndon B. Johnson
DC General Hospital
The
Soviet Union
Secretary of Defense
Pentagon
David Nes
Be-Jay
Valley Avenue
Howard Johnson
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