Family Left Homeless After Fire in Clarke County
Six members of the George Newman family lost their log home near Pranklintown when a fire broke out during a church service. The house, uninsured, burned quickly despite efforts of John H. Enders Fire Company. Red Cross aid was arranged for furnishings and clothing. donations were requested via Col Hugh Everett and Mrs. Glen Sanderling. The Newman daughters are ages eight, 12, 13, and 16.
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Berryville
Clarke County
George Newman
Pranklintown
John H. Enders Fire Company
Franklin
Enders
Bessie Liberty
Bert
Newman
Chapter of
the Red Cross
Hugh Everett
Glen Sanderling
Red Cross
Spooky Cat Causes Car Ride Alarm At Local Hill
Spooky the black orange Persian cat climbed onto a car roof on Joist Hite Place hill causing the driver to pull away unknowingly. Passersby shouted the cat’s name as the vehicle returned with the cat safely inside, prompting hopes the habit is broken. The Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit the Episcopal Parish Hall tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 2 45 p.m. sponsored by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2123. A Santa figure appears at Orville Wine Sheet Metal on North Loudoun Street.
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Joist Hite Place Hill
Rouss Fi Co
W. Boscawen St
RED Cross
Episcopal Parish Hall
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post
Santa Claus
Orville Wine
N. Loudoun St
Santa
Battle Deals Setback to Dominican Peace Efforts
In Santo Domingo and surrounding areas violence disrupted fragile peace efforts as a battle between army troops and former rebels left at least 13 dead. The clashes reached the capital and a hotel explosion rattled the western city while labor leaders urged action by military chief Garcia-Godoy.
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Santo Domingo
Domin
Ican Republic
DoMinican Republic
U.S
Inter-American Peace Force
Santiago Hotel
Peet Bee Garcia-Godoy
Lora F
Army
Ukaiba
Eulaney Sturete
Acme Stores Open Tonight for Dec 24 Hours
Acme stores announce extended hours from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday December 24. The shops stay open until 9 p.m. for holiday shopping.
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Acme
Space Champs Begin 3 Days of Medical Tests
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell begin three days of medical checks to assess the effects of their 14 day mission. Sources say confinement and dehydration were major complaints and that Lovell reportedly dreamed constantly during the flight.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
Moon
Borman
Lovell
Air Force
Col
Navy
Gemini 7
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Gemini
Dezvous
Stafford
Schirra
Wasp
Bermuda
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Tex
Maj
De Gaulle Reelected in France for another seven years
Paris reports Charles de Gaulle won a commanding May 1967 reelection to a seven year term with about 84 percent turnout. Francois Mitterrand called the result mediocre and vows to push the November legislative elections. De Gaulle faces EU market talks and NATO reform as priorities.
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Paris
France
Gaul
Mitterrand
de Gaulle
National Assembly
Brussels
Leesburg Jail Escapee Caught
John Henry Boothe, a 29-year-old Tazewell County man accused of robbing the Hamilton bank of 3339, escaped from Loudoun County jail this morning but was captured about three miles east of Leesburg by Game Warden T. A. Daniel after about 15 minutes of freedom. He was returned to the Loudoun jail with no resistance.
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Leesburg
John Henry
Boothe
Hamilton
Tazewell County
Loudoun County
T. A. Daniel
Sheriff’s Office
Virginia
Maryland
Reid Johnson
Daniel
Farmers’s and Merchants National Bank
Johnson Erhard Begin Nuclear Defense Talks in Washington
President Johnson and West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard open two day discussions in Washington focused on expanding West European control of nuclear weapons. A plan for an Atlantic Nuclear Force using Polaris missiles and jointly owned by nations including the United States Britain West Germany Italy and the Netherlands is under consideration. German officials Schroeder and von Hassel join the talks with Humphrey and Rusk greeting them.
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Washington
Ludwig Erhard
Johnson
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Erhard
United States
Britain
West Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Germany
Erhhard
Gerhard Schroeder
Kai-Uwe von Hassel
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dean Rusk
Cold snap hits season low of 17 degrees at Winchester
The region records a 17 degree low at the Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory marking this season's coldest day. Forecasts call for temperatures three to eight degrees above normal over the next five days with light precipitation and no measurable snowfall yet. Snow flurries are possible tonight as the week progresses toward a warmer middle.
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Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Viet Cong attack near Saigon depot on fifth anniversary
Viet Cong forces attacked near a key Saigon fuel and ammunition depot five miles east of the city, while U S guards tightened security on the anniversary. A grenade attack on a truck carrying U S soldiers injured two Americans and several Vietnamese as authorities warned a wider strike might be avoided.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nha Be
U.S
Woman, 67, Sets Herself Afire at Venice Service Station
In Los Angeles an elderly woman, Charlotte Forrest 67, drenched her clothes with gasoline and burned herself in a Venice service station restroom. She died instantly. a note in her charred purse requested body donation to science. Service station attendant David Watson sold the gasoline.
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Los Angeles
Venice
David Watson
Noose of Terror Tightens Around Saigon
Viet Cong forces range from Saigon saboteurs to battalions in the countryside as fear grows in the capital amid a looming terror campaign. Authorities say no city seizure is planned though saboteur cells and district units extend influence. curfew and security tighten as anniversary tensions rise.
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Sai
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Meecon
Lai
Nguyen Cao Ky
Exment
U.S
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington
Hed
Ted
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Gia Dinh
Capital
Military District
Prices Slashed On Toys and Appliances at Cammer Tire Co
Prices slash on Christmas toys bicycles tricycles wagons and electrical appliances including record players radios and more. Easy terms offered by Cammer Tire Co phone 662-3553 open evenings till 9. Famous Brach's Chocolate Drops 3 lb for 1 Leggetts Candy Dept.
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Cammer Tire Co
Brach’s
Leggetts Candy Dept
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Hing
Texas A&m University
School of Superior Agricultural Studies
Santiago
Francisco Rivera Caminero
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Jesus de la Rosa
Space Champs
Ginia
Winchester
Aed el Er
Ee A Stan
Charlotte Forrest
Jay Lowden
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