Reuther Poised to Pull UAW from AFL-CIO
Washington AP reports Walter Reuther showing intent to withdraw the United Auto Workers from the AFL-CIO with an April break possible. He resigned as AFL-CIO vice president amid ongoing criticism of Meany leadership, threatening the 13.5 million member federation.
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Washington
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Afl-Cio
Labor Federation
Reuther
George Meany
AFL-, Cio
Auto Workers
House of Labor
Meany
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
UAW
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
AFL - Cio
Industrial Union Department
Federation
Miami Beach
AFL
CIO
International Labor Organization
United Nations
Geneva
Four Americans Freed by East Germany Band Together in West Berlin
Four U S citizens Mary Battle William Lovett Moses Herrin and Frederick Matthews walked into West Berlin after more than a year in East German jails, saying Freiheit as they crossed the border. They faced prison terms for aiding escapes and a traffic crash case but were released without a swap. Battle spoke of relief and fatigue after a German sentence, while Lovett described enjoying pizza after a long separation.
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Berlin
West Berlin
East Germany
Mary Hellen- Battle
Oak Ridge
Tenn
William W. Lovett
San Francisco
Calif
Moses Reese Herrin
Akron
Ohio
Frederick Matthews
Ellwood City
Lovett
Leipzig
Washington
Miss Battle
Ash Blonde
West Berlins Free University
Good Samaritans Help Star Photographer Out of Ditch
The Town Crier reports photographer Jim Hamilton was stuck when his front wheels sank into a ditch last night. Two motorists in separate cars pushed him free, then left heading east. Jordan lies to the east, doesn't it.
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Jim Hamilton
Jim
Jordan
Cold dry air moves through the state today
A cold air mass over the state brings dry cool air to the Richmond area today. This weather pattern lowers temperatures across the region with continued clear skies and light winds, signaling a cooler spell ahead.
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Richmond
Soviet Warn Patience Not Boundless Over China Ties
The Soviet government warned Communist China that Soviet patience is not limitless and reserved the right to take steps to protect its citizens in China. It blamed the Chinese leadership for deteriorating relations and condemned the beating of embassy staff as evidence of escalating tensions.
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Moscow
Communist China
Soviet Union
China
People’s Republic of China
U.S.S.R
Sevi Tement
Peking
Humiliation of Liu Shao-chi Reported in Beijing Crowd
AP dispatch describes a chaotic public scene in Peking where Liu Shao-chi and his wife Wang Kuang-mei were paraded before a curbside "kangaroo court" in Chung Nan Hai Park. Posters claim Liu faltered reciting Mao Zedong's quoted passages from a red book, signaling frail Maoist control amid internal faction tensions.
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Tokyo
China
Liu Shao-chi
Mao Tse-tung
Liu
Wang Kuang-mei
Chung Nan Hai Park
Pekingtan
Mao
Chinese Communist Party
Red Guards
Czech Exile of Convicted American Travel Agent
The Czech government expelled Vladimir Kazan-Komarek an American travel agent sentenced to eight years for espionage in Prague. He departed on a commercial flight to New York with his wife and five children awaiting his return. The case strained East West ties with U S officials accusing the Soviet Union of involvement and pausing Czech travel permissions.
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Washington
Vladimir Kazan-Komarek
State Department
Prague
Kazan-Komarek
New York
United States
Wellesley
Mass
Kazan- Komarek
Dorothy
Cambridge
Moscow
Paris
U.S
Soviet Union
Dorothy Kazan-Komarek
Vladimir
McDonalds Named Outstanding Virginia Young Farmer Family
Roy and Mrs. McDonald of Middle Road were named Virginia’s Outstanding Family by the Young Farmers and Homemakers at the Virginia Beach convention banquet. Roy, president of James Wood Young Farmer Association, operates 410 acres with his brother Kenneth including a large semi dwarf apple orchard, hedgerow trees and a nursery propagated on site.
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Roy McDonald
Middle Road
Virginia
Young Farmers and Young Homemakers of
Young Farmers Association
Virginia Beach
McDonald
James Wood Young Farmer Association
James Wood High School
Kenneth
Roy
Henry M. Davis
James Wood
Indignation Cited Over LBJ Peace Efforts Claim
Tass reported in Hanoi that President Johnson’s remark on lacking genuine peace efforts drew indignation from the North Vietnamese side. The agency said North Vietnam had previously urged talks after an unconditional halt to bombing and highlighted four points as the just basis for solving the Vietnamese problem.
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Moscow
Johnson
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Tass
Nguyen Dui Trinh
The Steak House of Winchester Special Dinner
A dated notice promotes a special steak dinner at The Steak House of Winchester featuring all U S Choice steaks for 99 cents at Echo Village Restaurant.
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the Steak House of Winchester
U.S
Echo Village Restaurant
Apollo crew reported fire three times in nine seconds
Investigators say the Apollo astronauts reported smoke and fire in their capsule three times within nine seconds and began prescribed escape steps before dying. The cause is listed as asphyxia due to smoke inhalation, with no direct clue yet on what sparked the blaze during a test countdown.
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Washington
Cape Kennedy
Robert C.’ Seamans Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
James E. Webb
Seamans
Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White II
Navy
Roger B. Chaffee
George E. Mueller
Webb
Ashronanta Notte
B52s Stage 4 Raids Over South Vietnam
Communist forces inflicted heavy casualties on a U S Marines patrol near Quang Ngai as bunkers and depot sections at Long Binh suffered damage. U S B52 bombers conducted four raids across North and South Vietnam, with 57 missions totaling about 200 strikes.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S. 1St Marine Division
Quang Ngai
Long Binh
David E. Verdyn
Lenox Dale
Mass
Red
U.S
Tonkin Gulf
South Vietnamese
da Nang
Spanish Students Stay Home Amid Campus Unrest
About 30,000 students skipped classes in Spanish universities today as authorities called the unrest better than earlier in the week. Violent clashes in Madrid and Barcelona last week sparked closures. protests support workers demanding higher wages and lower living costs.
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Madrid
Spain
Barcelona
Handley nips James Wood for top NL lead at Frederick
James Wood hosted Handley in a Western Maryland Northwestern League showdown. The Colonels edged the Judges 52 to 51 to seize first place. See pages eight and nine for photos of the big game.
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Frederick County Junior High School
James Wood
Handley
Colonels
Otos
Swimley's Furniture Store to Close for Sale Prep
We will be closed all day Monday February 6 for preparation of a store wide sale. Sunday special includes $1.99 baked honey glazed ham Waldorf salad rolls butter beverage cherry fluff dessert. Fern's Fine Foods at 41 miles north of Winchester on 522.
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Swimley’s
Fern’s Fine Foods
Winchester
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