Tanks Are Deployed In Gdansk
Rioting and arson flare in Szczecin as tanks are positioned along Gdansk streets. Government warns demonstrators will be shot. 10 to 20 killed, hundreds wounded. Protests began over 20 percent price rises in essentials across Poland.
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Warsaw
Szczecin
Gdansk
Poland
Communist Party
Baltic
Warsaw Radio
Stettin
Anders Tunberg
Swedish Broadcasting Corp
Gdynia
Sopot
Bay of Danzig
Radio
Jozef Cyrankiewicz
Byrd and Dole laud retiring Rep Marsh on Senate floor
Senator Byrd of Virginia praised Representative John O. Marsh Jr. for eight years of service in his Seventh District on the Senate floor. Senator Dole added that Marsh is highly respected across parties.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
D-Va
John O. Marsh, Jr
Senate
Byrd
House
Marsh
Seventh
Seventh Congressional District
Virginia
Robert J. Dole
R-Kags
Jack Marsh
House of Representatives
Dole
Siena flag wavers entertain Pope Paul VI in palace
Costumed flag wavers from Siena in central Italy performed for Pope Paul VI from the Apostolic Palace. The drama occurred after a private studio window event, with the second window from the right and top-floor background visible.
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Siena
Italy
Pope Paul VI
Apostolic Palace
Sanctions Set on Detergent Chemical NTA Use
Federal officials will announce joint restrictions by the HEW and EPA on nitrilotriacetic acid NTA used in household detergents. New lab data links NTA to birth defects in animals prompting action to curb its widespread use as a detergent substitute.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Environmental Protection Agency
NTA
Public Health Service
Medina's Lawyer Blames Faulty Intel for My Lai Killings
Army Captain Ernest Medina's attorney F Lee Bailey said a faulty intelligence briefing led Medina to expect no civilians in My Lai, contributing to the killings of men women and children. Bailey stressed he did not blame Capt Eugene Kotouc who provided the briefing.
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FT. Mcpherson
Ernest Medina
Medina
My Lai
F. Lee Bailey
Eugene M. Kotouc
Bailey
Kotouc
Charley Company
South China Sea
William Calley Jr
Miami
Bids Sought for Dual Lanes on Route 50 East
Virginia Department of Highways will invite bids to dual lane the first 2.7 miles of Route 50 East from I-81. Work starts near Holiday Inn East with bids opened in Richmond January 13 at 10 a.m. Construction to follow.
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Virginia Department of Highways
Rt. 50
Holiday Inn East
Richmond
R. C. King
Highway Department
King
Rt. 11
Ward Plaza
Allegheny Freight Lines
Cedar Creek
Weems Lane
Allies Set 24 Hour Cease-Fires in Vietnam for Christmas
Allied commands announced 24 hour cease-fires for Christmas and New Year in Vietnam from 6 p.m. Dec 24 to 6 p.m. Dec 25 and 6 p.m. Dec 31 to 6 p.m. Jan 1. U.S. bombers would continue raids on Laos and Cambodia. Viet Cong also slated three day and four day truces over Christmas New Year and Tet. Cambodian involvement noted with 12,500 South Vietnamese troops in the region. Losses included four U.S. crew killed, three wounded, two missing, totaling 7,392 aircraft and helicopters lost. Viet Cong prisoner camp freed 44 Vietnamese, 39 civilians, nine guards killed.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Viet Cong
Phnom Penh
Creighton W Abrams
U.S
Abrams
Mekong
Delta
U S and Soviet End Round of Arms Talks in Helsinki
The United States and the Soviet Union closed the third SALT session in Helsinki after seven weeks. A joint communique said talks would resume in Vienna on March 15 and stressed continued efforts to limit strategic weapons.
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Helsinki
Vienna
U.S
Smith
Vietnama
Washington
United States
School Christmas Holidays Start for Winchester Frederick Clarke Students
Winchester pupils start Christmas vacation at 2 p m today while Frederick County pupils end at regular closing time. Clarke County students resume after the holidays at the end of their day Tuesday with all districts returning January 4 at regular times.
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Winchester
Frederick
Clarke County
Frederick County
Frederick and Clarke
Apollo program okays Jan. 31 moon launch
Apollo program director approves proceeding toward a January 31 launch. Dr. Rocco A. Petrone and key Apollo officials review Saturn V readiness, launch operations, tracking and recovery. Astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., Stuart A. Roosa and Edgar D. Mitchell participate, with Fra Mauro lunar landing planned.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Apollo Program
Rocco
A. Petrone
Apollo
Petrone
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Stuart A. Roosa
Edgar D. Mitchell
Shepard
Mitchell
Lunar
Fra Mauro
Smntele
Moon
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Neb
Albert O. Connor
3Rd Army
Samuel S. Epstein
Harvard Medical School
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Kernstown School
Kernstown
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Middle Road
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Men & Boys
Plaza Barber Shop
Alger Bros
Gulf
Valley Ave
U.S., Russia
Amy Ferrell
Santa
Cameron Village
Ee Center
Raleigh
N.C
SAP Wirephoto
Winchester Retell Merchants Association
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