Winchester Parking Plan Heads Into Landscaping Stage
The Winchester Parking Authority and Garden Clubs announce the Winchester portion of the City-County Parking Lot at Boscawen and Kent Streets will begin numbered space lining and planting plans proceed as weather permits. Robert J. Pullen chairs the project and notes landscaping is nearly finished with first stage complete pending temperatures.
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Winchester Parking Authority
Winchester
Boscawen and
Kent Sts
Robert J. Pullen
Garden Clubs
WPA
Frederick County
Cameron St
Pullen
Reuss City Hall
City Treasurer’s
Star
Chamber of Commerce
S. Cameron St
Conrad
Perot Aims for Moscow Flight to Deliver Prisoner Gifts
Texas industrialist H. Ross Perot said the Soviet Union may approve a Moscow trip to forward Christmas gifts for U.S. prisoners of war in North Vietnam. He planned a Bangkok stop to seek approval after Hanoi rejected his earlier plan, and he met Pathet Lao officials in Laos while noting many missing U.S. servicemen.
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Vientiane
Laos
Texas
H. Ross Perot
Soviet Union
Moscow
U.S
North Vietnam
Perot
Hanoi
Bangkok
Pathet Lao
North Vietnamese
Seth Petrasi
International Red Cross
U.S. State Department
America
United States
Nixon
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Snow plan in effect as Virginia endures heavy snows
City says Snow Plan C activated at 6 p.m. and crews worked through the night clearing primary streets with a new loader and snow blower first used in 1967. Officials warn of more snow or rain as weather bureau predicts increasing clouds and possible Sunday precipitation.
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United States
Virginia
U.S. Weather Bureau
Wendell L. Seldon
Braddock
Fairfax Lane
Cork
Loudoun
Boscawen
Washington
Cameron
Kent
Gibbons
Israeli raid on Egyptian post in Suez Gulf yields four captives
Tel Aviv reports a night assault by gunboats and air support hitting Ras Ghareb on the Suez Gulf. Four Egyptian soldiers were captured, with Israelis claiming several Egyptian casualties and one lightly wounded. A second land strike followed five days earlier at Safaga.
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Tel Aviv
Suez Gulf
Ras Ghareb
Suez City
Gulf
Egypt
Israel
Safaga
Red Sea
Suez Canal
Syria
Ammo Laden Ship Burns in Pacific Strait Fire Rages On
The SS Badger State carrying 4900 rockets and bombs up to 2000 pounds exploded after breaking up in 25 foot swells 580 miles northeast of Midway Island. Forty crew members began a life raft search as the Greek freighter Khian Star rescued 14 including Captain Charles Wilson with no confirmed casualties.
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Honolulu
Pacific Ocean
Charles Wilson
Wilson
Midway Island
Badger State
Navy
Hickam Air Force Base
Americans Fight Biggest Battle Since Nov. 12 in Vietnam
U S forces engaged up to 200 North Vietnamese troops near the Cambodian border north of Saigon using jets, helicopters, tanks and APCs. Commanders reported at least 72 enemy dead and 40 bunkers destroyed with light American casualties.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Loc Ninh
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Dong Ha
My Tho
da Nang
196Th Brigade
Capon Bridge Fire Claims One Life In Family House
Capon Bridge man Statton Harrison Jr died in a blaze that trapped him in a two story apartment above the Capon Bridge Service Station. His sister and brother in law escaped with their infant daughter Linda who was thrown to the snow and treated at Winchester Memorial Hospital for a head injury. The Davis family sought safety as heavy smoke filled the room and the fire drew responders from Capon Bridge Gore Augusta and Slanesville fire companies. The body is at Giffin Funeral Home Capon Bridge with arrangements incomplete.
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Berkeley Township
N.J
Alfreda Small
Community Memorial Hospital
Toms River
North Carolina
Charles Griffin
Manitou Park Fire Company
Capon Bridge
W. VA
Linda
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Statton Harrison, Jr
Raymond Davis
Statton Harrison
Davis
Harrison
Hampshire County
Gore
Augusta
Slanesville
W. C. Muse
Giffin Funeral Home
Toll Reaches 328 Over Holiday Weekend Traffic Deaths
The Associated Press reports 328 people died in traffic accidents during the Christmas holiday weekend. Hazardous driving conditions spread from heavy East snow to Northwest rain as precipitation affected travel nationwide. The toll counted from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sunday.
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United States
Weather outlook and a simple real estate ad
A high pressure system moves across Virginia bringing fair and partly cloudy weather with little temperature change. A southern plains low pressure system tracks eastward increasing chances of snow or rain Monday. For sale a wooded 3 acre lot near a hospital. Sunday Special Baked Pork Chops for 1.75 dollars. Eco Village Restaurant contact 869 9886.
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Richmond
Virginia
Eco Village
Call
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