Freight Cars Derail Near City Yards
A 7:25 p.m. derailment yesterday involved six B and O freight cars near the City Yards between Cork and Pall Mall Streets. No injuries reported. The cars were en route to Winchester from Strasburg carrying stone. Cause and extent of damage undetermined. tracks slightly damaged and debris clearance ongoing.
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Cork
Pall Mall Sts
Donald Jennings
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Winchester
Strasburg
Jen
Jennings
Small Nations Force Disarmament Step At UN Session
The General Assembly backed two disarmament measures and an immediate end to seabed exploitation despite U S and Soviet objections. Nonaligned nations urged a moratorium on new nuclear weapons and ban on tear gas and defoliants, while pushing for an international regime before seabed exploitation.
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U.N. General Assembly
United States
Soviet Union
Small Nations
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Geneva Disarmament Committee
White House
U.S
Conferees Narrow Tax Reform Gaps Amid Sticky Issues
On the third day of talks to resolve about 400 differences between House and Senate tax plans, conferees say progress has been made on roughly half the provisions though disputes remain over the oil depletion allowance and raising the personal income tax exemption.
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Washington
House
Senate
Missing clothes from Route 2 resident and Boy Scout shirt
Betty Travers reported a missing load from her laundry at Valley Pike Laundromat near Tastee Freeze. She fears the Boy Scout shirt with emblems from last summer’s Jamobree cannot be replaced and asks the manager to locate and return the items. Live entertainment at the Peanut Cellar tonight. Trapshooting with the Remington Pros film at Winchester Gun Club Stephenson Va Wednesday night. public invited.
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Route 2
Valley Pike
Tastee Freeze
Winchester
Stephenson, Va
Nixon lights 65 foot Christmas tree for peace symbol
President Nixon dedicated the nation's Christmas tree in a Pageant of Peace ceremony. A small group of antiwar demonstrators chanted as Nixon pressed a button to illuminate 5 000 red and white lights on the 65 foot spruce.
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Washington
Nixon
America
Casualties Show Saigon War Effort Rises
In Saigon, government dead for the past seven months exceed American losses by more than two to one, signaling Saigon’s growing role. From May 10 to Dec 6, 11,450 government soldiers and 4,907 Americans were killed in action. The Me Kong Delta battles and Viet Cong shelling add to mounting casualties and helicopter losses.
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Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Mekong
5Th Regiment
da Nang
Mekong Delta
Vietnam
Defeat to Power for A King in Christmas Series
An editors note introduces a six part series on Herod the Great, starting with The Pawn of Rome. The narrative places Herod amid Roman power struggles, the Olympiad era, and the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, with references to Octavius Augustus and Mark Antony.
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Jesus
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Ares
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Divi Filius
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Mars
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Juno
Diana
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Dionysus
Hera
Artemis
Aphrodite
Bethlehem
the Great
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Octavius
Bay of
Actium
B.C
Antony
Egypt
Cleopatra
Masses Condemn My Lai Massacre in Vietnam
South Vietnam's National Salvation Front condemned the My Lai killings as a grisly civilian massacre. It announced a two week probe found mass killing of mostly women and children in the village on March 16 1968 while criticizing Saigon for not taking responsibility and for downplaying the incident.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
My Lai
Tran van Don
National Salvation Front
Bat An
Weather drift over Virginia brings clear cold spell
High pressure west of the Appalachians yields clear skies and cold temperatures across Virginia. A calm meteorological pattern persists with light winds and night frost possible in rural areas.
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Richmond
The
Appalachians
Virginia
Local sales and dining deals compiled for readers
The notice lists a December 20 closing and January 2 reopening for The Treasure Box, Sears Catalog merchandise through December 22, all you can eat fish fry nights at Howard Johnson's and Amherst Diner with prices, an auction at Denny's Community Center, and multiple sales at Wilkins Shoe Center and Nags Sport Shop offering large shoe and sweater discounts plus stocked cardigan and wool items.
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Amherst
Denny's
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