Winchester and Frederick County merger top local story of 1969
The Star’s top local news item recounts the failed 1969 consolidation effort after city and county voters split 1 799 to 1 023 in Winchester and 1 564 to 6 152 in Frederick. It notes annexation plans, debate, and the ongoing merger discussion across the year.
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Virginia State Bar
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Conrad
N. Cameron St
Winchester Parking Authority
City Council
WPA
Soldier Court Martialed Over My Lai Assault Charge
Ft Hood Texas AP reports S Sgt David Mitchell faces court martial on assault with intent to commit murder for firing at a group of about 30 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai March 1968. The order came from Maj Gen John K Boles Jr as Lt Col Calley faces separate murder charges.
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David Mitchell
My Lai
Vietnam
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Pentagon
William L. Calley Jr
John K. Boles Jr
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Texas
St. Francisville
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6Th Infantry
1St Armored Division
My Lay
Son My Village
Quang Ngai Province
Republic of Vietnam
South Vietnam
Calley
Ft. Benning
Flood waters force evacuations across four states
Torrents melt snow sending streams over banks and forcing hundreds to flee in Virginia West Virginia Tennessee and Kentucky. National Guardsmen evacuated about 200 in Kentucky while Lee and Wise counties Virginia faced isolation as rivers rose and roads vanished. Rescue crews worked through night rain to reach refugees atop cars and bridges as towns like Fort Blackmore Roanoke and Pennington Gap faced rising flood levels with dozens of communities placed on evacuation alert.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Lee
Wise
Cumberland River
Lee County
Pennington Gap
Roanoke
Fort Blackmore
West
Clarksburg
Weston
Philippi
Icy New Year’s Eve Due No Floods Here
Weather and road report for Frederick and Shenandoah counties notes no current floods, plenty of cold, with icy driving possible New Year’s Eve. Rt. 664 at Jordan Springs blocked. multiple Shenandoah River low water bridges underwater. City and county crews ready with abrasives. police patrols increase. New Year’s Day forecast cloudy with possible snow.
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Audrey Coleman
Frederick
Shenandoah
R. C. King
Shenandoah River
Highway Department
L. L. Branner
Winchester Street Department
Virginia Governor rallies youths on pollution with new council
Gov Linwood Holton addressed the Great Grey Ice Gathering, a youth group formed by the Student Council on Pollution in the Environment. He urged a strong state strategy to combat pollution and heard from Holton and Federal official David D. Dominick about water pollution risks.
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Virginia
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Linwood Holton
Holton
Student Council On
David D. Dominick
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
Allies Suspend Combat Operations for 24 Hour New Year Truce
American and South Vietnamese forces halted combat for 24 hours during a New Year truce after reports of heavy Viet Cong losses. The 72 hour Viet Cong ceasefire began Tuesday, with allied air and artillery strikes paused though reconnaissance patrols continued. North Vietnamese supply routes faced ongoing U S air raids in Laos.
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Bam
U.S
South Vietnam
Laos
Saigon Prepares To Receive Agnew
Saigon readies for Vice President Agnew as it did for Nixon, with a 10 nation Asia tour on his schedule. He is expected to arrive from the Philippines late tonight or Thursday, stay about 10 hours, and visit U.S. troops outside Saigon, amid a brief radio blackout now adjusted.
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Spiro T. Agnew
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Philippines
U.S
Radio Corporation of America
New York
Agnew
Manila
French gunboats near Israel arrive to aid offshore drilling
Five mystery 147-foot gunboats from France near Haifa are said to supply and defend an Israeli American offshore oil operation. The boats left Cherbourg Christmas morning, were slowed by gale winds, and arrived late in the afternoon for questions at a news conference.
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Oil Company
Metiver Mexi Co
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Cherbourg
Jerusalem
Abba Eban
Francois Hure
Maariv
Maritime Fruit Carriers Ltd
Paper Corporation
Maritime Fruit
Typhoon
Ashdod
Weather Notes and Local Notices in Richmond
Low pressure brings light rain and cold air to Virginia as residents note store hours and a holiday garbage pickup plan. Howard Johnsons Fish Fry and Montgomery Ward announce hours, while Qwik Shop Market and city crews urge curbside tree disposal during a designated week.
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