Enemy Downed in Vietnam Amid Helicopter Losses
In South Vietnam, a UH1H Huey was shot down during landing near the demilitarized zone as 101st Airborne recon troops were evacuated. Eight Americans were killed and two wounded, with a second helicopter shot down northwest of Saigon. total U.S. losses reach 6,230 since 1961.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
101St Airborne Division
Laos
Khe Sanh
Vietnam
Quan Loi
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Nixon
National Assembly
Thieu
Fire damages Royal Crown Bottling building in Winchester
A late Saturday blaze at 447 Millwood Ave in Winchester heavily damages the old Royal Crown Bottling plant owned by W. W. Bridgeforth and housing Bottlers International. Fire crews fought the five hour fire, starting likely from crates, with no surrounding property damaged and no injuries reported.
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Royal Crown
Millwood Ave
S. R. Dyke
W. W. Bridgeforth
Bottlers International
Winchester
Unusual City Parade In Round Hill Ends At Dump Fire
A city police car a smoking garbage truck and a Round Hill fire truck formed a mid afternoon parade as the vehicles sped from Allison Ave to the dump. Firemen dumped the ashes load to access the fire then quickly put it out with police escort.
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Smoking Valley
Round Hill
Allison Ave
Gift subscription offer noted by Winchester Star
A fragment announces a year round gift subscription option with contact details for the Winchester Evening Star business office including a phone number. The brief lacks complete context or full sentences.
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Ion
Winchester Evening Star
Compromise tax reform inches toward final congressional test
Washington AP reports the compromise tax bill narrows loopholes and trims some income tax cuts while raising others. It limits a Social Security boost and raises the exemption gradually, with Nixon signaling cautious support as Congress negotiates a 1973 effective date and extended surcharges. No trash pickup dates noted by Kwick Klean Refuge Co.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Nixon
Kennedy
Recess Push on as Nixon Veto Threats Reinforced
Senate leaders press toward Christmas recess amid battles over a large education and health spending boost and a major tax reform bill. A 267 million catchall appropriation bills funds unfinanced agencies until lawmakers return, with HEW Labor and AID’s finances in question. The scene is rounded by a wintry Winchester backdrop.
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Washington
Senate
Hugh Scott
Nixon
Congress
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Tennessee
Gore
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Department of Labor
Agency For International Development
Nixon to Outline Space Goals in National Address
President Nixon plans a Tuesday address detailing American space goals for the coming decade. A VP panel led by Spiro Agnew has proposed three options, including two that would land Americans on Mars in the 1980s.
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Washington
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Mars
U S and Soviet to Start Strategic Arms Talks in Vienna
The United States and the Soviet Union agreed to begin full scale strategic arms limitation talks in Vienna on April 16 and continue them in Helsinki later. The compromise ends a deadlock and lets both sides push ahead to halt the nuclear missiles arms race.
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Helsinki
United States
Soviet Union
Vienna
Castro Warns Cane Workers in Cuba Harvest Threats
Fidel Castro visited a cane field and warned workers that joking about the harvest would not be tolerated. He threatened sabotage takedowns as Cuba aims for a 10 million ton sugar crop, citing a pre revolution record of 7.2 million. The report notes volunteers from abroad, including 200 American youths.
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Miami
Fidel Castro
Castro
Cuba
Rofuo Havana
Glass Barn Ad Highlights 12 Glasses for 99 Cents
An advertisement from Glass Barn promotes a 12 for 99 cent glasses offer at Rt. 11 South. It also mentions a free 26 piece punch service with a $20 purchase.
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Glass Barn
White Christmas A Possibility Snow affects city roads and city plans
Snow fell overnight turning to rain and back to snow by morning, leaving icy patches and a 1.5 inch accumulation cleared by plows on main highways. State police reported no crashes by midmorning as forecasts vary about a white Christmas with temperatures rising to the upper 30s to mid 40s and a potential three quarters of an inch of precipitation midweek and again at the weekend.
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State Highway Department
S. Cameron St
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Explosion and Fire Hit Richmond East End. woman and children missing
An early Monday blast in Fulton, Richmond’s East End shattered three buildings. A woman and three children are missing among the rubble, four others injured including a three month-old infant. Firefighters cleared debris by daylight as search efforts continued in mist and rain.
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Richmond
Fulton
East End
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Will Sager
RC Plant
MR. Duke
Plantation Drive
Charles Anderson
Highland Ave
Ervin Cleveland
S.P.C
N. Cameron St
Omps
Peter’s Watch Center
Kwick Klean Refuge Co
Loudoun St
Roy E. Potts
Snow Graces
Virginia
Wards Pastry Shop
Patton's
Pattons Transfer & Storage
Truck Service Center, Inc
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