Defector Liao Ho Shu May Be En Route to U S
The Dutch report the Red Chinese envoy Liao Ho shu who defected in the Hague may be flown to the United States after CIA interrogation in Bonn. Dutch and U.S. officials gave uncertain updates on his location as details emerged about his defection and the 1966 death of a Chinese scientist.
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Hague
Netherlands
United States
Liao Hoshu
Bonn
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Europe
Liao
U.S
China
Hong Kong
C.H.F. Polak
Parliamentary Committee For Justice and Foreign Affairs
Peking
Hsu Tsutsai
Cold snap forecast with light snow flurries possible
Foundun COLD WEATHER moves in tonight with a low near 24. Tuesday stays chilly with highs in the 30s and an unseasonably cold five day outlook. A Game Commission official notes a misprint in the fish law digest correcting dipping season to Feb 15.
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Blake Denny
The
Game Commission
Clarke
Frederick
Warren
Fish Law Digest
Merchants Launch Flag Tribute Saturday in Winchester
The Winchester Jaycees and downtown merchants kick off a weekly flag tribute this Saturday to honor local youths who have served in the armed forces. Flags will fly at stores on Saturdays and national holidays, with flags sold at cost and holes drilled in sidewalks for flagpoles.
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Ralph Mulvey
Loudoun St
Mr. Mulvey
Armed Forces
Mary Helen Massie
Winchester Jaycees
Jaycees
H. K. Benham III
Benham
Box 41
Winchester
Mulvey
Nixon and Council Focus on City Problems Again
President Nixon convened the Urban Affairs Council at the White House to discuss urban issues after an initial meeting on January 23. Cabinet members, aides, and officials like George Romney and Daniel Moynihan outlined housing, welfare, and unemployment priorities amid foreign affairs activity.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Housing and Urban Development
Agriculture Department
Middle East
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
Eisenhower
National Security Council
Urban Affairs Counci
George Romney
Romney
United States
Council
Mem
Ber
Daniel P. Moynihan
Moynihan
NBC
Famous underwear sale halves price at Worth's store
The Worth's shop at 27 North Loudoun Street advertises half price on famed name brand underwear. The sale emphasizes significant discounts and highlights a limited time offer.
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Loudoun St
Nixon opens talks with Soviet on Middle East crisis
President Nixon seeks parallel action with the Soviet Union and Britain and France to break the U N deadlock in Middle East peace efforts. He plans to visit Western capitals and hold diplomatic soundings while pursuing a nuclear weapons spread pact and technical talks with the Soviets.
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Nixon
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
United States
Middle East
Vietnam
White House
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
London
Bonn
Rome
Moscow
Senate
U.S
Czechoslovakia
Strange clouds heard by hundreds in Jacksonville Beach
Police Chief James Alford reported hundreds of residents hearing unusual sounds from two clouds near Jacksonville Beach. Captain Harold Bryan traced the first cloud to the Atlantic where it vanished. a second cloud repeated the sounds and dissipated over the sea. Mayport Naval Air Station and others offered no explanation.
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Jacksonville Beach
Fla
James Alford
Alford
Harold Bryan
Bryan
Atlantic
Mayport Naval Air Station
Boris Karloff Dies at 81 in London Hospital
English born actor William Henry Pratt, known as Boris Karloff, died aged 81 in a London area hospital after a 58 year film career. He starred as Frankenstein’s monster in 1931 and appeared in many horror classics including The Mask of Fu Manchu and The Body Snatcher. He became a Hollywood staple of the genre and is survived by Evelyn Karloff and a daughter from his first marriage.
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London
Boris Karloff
Frankenstein
British Columbia
Britain
Karloff
Chelsea
Hollywood
Jean Anouilh
Joan of Arc
Fu Manchu
Dorothy Stine
Evelyn Helmar
Sara Jane
Sirhan to Testify With Mother in Kennedy Slaying Trial
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan and his mother Mary 55 are expected to take the stand Tuesday as the murder trial of the 24 year old Jordanian resumes after a four day recess. Defense argues grand jury selection was biased and seeks to rule on the indictment. The panel of 12 jurors had been chosen with no alternates.
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Los Angeles
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Superior Court
Herbert V. Walker
Sir. Han
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
Grant B. Cooper
Sirhan
Mary
Gore Youth Dies In Early Morning Crash In Winchester
A 17 year old Gore youth, Joe Dan Staub, died when his car struck a tree at the circle atop Handley Boulevard in Winchester. Police tracked the vehicle from Loudoun Street after a chase ended with the youth running red lights and driving the wrong way, narrowly avoiding other cars before the fatal impact. The car was traced to James V. Brennan of Arlington, who had denied giving permission for Staub to use it. The victim’s death marked Winchester’s first traffic fatality of the year.
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Gore
Handley Blvd
Winchester
Joe Dan Staub
F.M. Funk
Loudoun St
Cork
Cameron
Boscawen
Rouss Ave
Loudoun
James V. Brennan
Arlington
Brennan
Staub
Joe Staub
Planes clash with ground fire amid Middle East skirmish
The Associated Press reports Iraq and Jordan accusing Israel of air attacks on Jordanian soil and losses to groundfire. Iraqi claims include 14 Israeli jets and two planes shot down near the Golan Heights, while Jordan cites three Israeli jets over Irbid and two planes down near Tiberias. Additional reports note napalm on a Jordanian village and an explosive charge damaging a railway bridge near Rafah in Gaza.
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Associated Press
Iraq
Jordan
Golan Heights
Tel Aviv
Amman
Irbed
Tiberias
Israel
Baghdad
Sea of Galilee
Gaza Strip
Rafiah
Jet Hijacked From Newark to Miami Diverts to Cuba
An Eastern Air Lines Boeing 727 carrying 88 passengers and six crew on a Newark to Miami flight was hijacked today and diverted to Cuba. The incident occurred about 111 miles east southeast of Charleston, with the Azalea Intersection offshore from Charleston cited by the FAA. No further details were available.
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Miami
Eastern Air Lines
Newark
Cuba
Charleston
S. C
Federal Aviation Administration
Azalea
Richmond Weather Update Airmass Dims as Front Passes
A cold front advancing eastward into Virginia early today will cross the state by tonight, bringing clearing skies in its wake. The front’s leading edge moves through as cooler air settles in across the region.
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Richmond
Virginia
Don’t Forget Tonight Howard Johnsons Chicken Fry
Local diner ad urges readers to attend a chicken fry night at Howard Johnsons with all you can eat for $1.49. The same page promotes a yarn sale at The Spinning Wheel and Needlepoint items at a shop nearby.
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Howard Johnson
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