Airfields Shelled As Tet Cease-Fire Nears
Viet Cong shelled four airfields in South Vietnam ahead of the Tet truce while U S and South Vietnamese forces reported 143 Communist soldiers killed in ground fighting. Air raids continued on the eve of the cease-fire and a U S Air Force observation plane was shot down in North Vietnam with others missing. allied forces began withdrawing to defensive positions for a four day pause.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
U.S. Air Force
Mekong
Derelictions Charged In Guarding Airfields
Senate Armed Services Chairman Richard B. Russell says the military bears great derelictions in guarding U S airfields and ammunition dumps in Vietnam. He cites gaps in security and cites Pentagon losses including 622 attack planes and 550 planes lost on air strips with a total value around 500 million dollars. He notes Vietnamese guards at airfields and U S troops guarding depots and warns that safety must improve.
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Washington
Richard B. Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
U.S
Vietnam
Russell
Pentagon
U. S
Southeast Asia
Georgia Democrat
Laos
Thailand
North
Mobs Demonstrate Outside Soviet Embassy in Peking
Mobs outside the Soviet Embassy in Peking for the twelfth day trapped staff inside. The Chinese Foreign Ministry warned that Soviet citizens' safety could not be ensured. Polish and Czechoslovak diplomats helped by delivering food through the gates.
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Moscow
Peking
C.T.K
James Wood Leesburg game postponed to tomorrow night
The James Wood Loudoun County basketball game in Leesburg has been postponed to tomorrow night. Acting Postmaster Joseph Haines urged patrons to clear snow from in front of mailboxes to aid foot and rural deliveries, with efforts to reach as many deliveries as possible.
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Loudoun County
Leesburg
Joseph Haines
Now Open All Day Final Sale At Elms Dining Room
A local ad promotes Elms Dining Room serving breakfast lunch and dinners all day. It also highlights a final sale on winter wear from Vy Ott Margaret L Hodgson Hat and Dress Shop and Rhodes Jewelry Co offering fine jewelry, diamonds, silver with brands like Stieff Kirk Gorham Towle Reed Barton and others and free city delivery from 21 E Boscawen with phone 662-7141.
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Elms Dining Room
SALE
Margaret L. Hodgson
Rhodes Jewelry Co
Stieff, Kirk, Gorham, Towle
Reed & Barton
International
Lunt, Wallace
Free City
Boscawen
Cassius Clay Defeats Terrell in Houston Heavyweight Title Bout
Cassius Clay won a dominant decision over Ernie Terrell in Houston last night to claim the Heavyweight Championship of the World. Details appear on page eight with scoring and key moments from the bout.
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Cassius Clay
Ernie Terrell
Houston
President Urges Prompt Ratification of Outer Space Peace Treaty
President Johnson asked the Senate to ratify a treaty banning non peaceful use of outer space. He noted signatories include the United States the Soviet Union Great Britain and others and called the climate of accord an omen for future peaceful exploration. He warned space power will grow and urged exploration of space for peace as a first step toward lasting security.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
United States
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Johson
Earth
Blizzard Strikes Atlantic Coast Disrupts Cities and Airports
A blizzard swept the Atlantic coast from Kentucky to Massachusetts, closing many roads and seven states' schools as snow and wind disrupted travel. New York City logged over two inches with gusts to 40 mph, while Washington and Baltimore prepared emergency plans and expected eight inches or more by afternoon. The storm formed off the Carolina coast and moved northeast, with widespread travel delay and school closures including the University of Maryland.
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Springfield
Mass
New York City
Weather Bureau
Carolina
Seaboard
Washington, D.C
Maryland
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New England
Historic Frederick County log house rattles its timbers
A late 1700s house owned by Clinton Ritter in southeastern Frederick County toppled while workers raised the foundation. Linwood Ritter, pinned under the logs for about 30 minutes, was treated at Winchester Memorial Hospital and released. The site recalls Mosby raids and a Civil War tale of a rifle shot at a Yankee.
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Frederick County
Linwood Ritter
Clinton Ritter
Clarke
Frederick
Fanny Ritter
Wright
John Ritter
Maryland
Opequon
Bartonsville
Young Ritter
Winchester Memorial Hospital
John
Deborah Ritter
Mercury Tumbles to 9 Degrees
Winter storm snarled daily life as gusty winds and heavy snowfall stopped schools and slowed business. By 8 30 a m at least eight inches lay on the ground and the cold dropped the mercury to nine degrees at the Winchester Fruit Laboratory, a season low tied from January 19 with drifts forming and depths up to 12 inches outside The Star building.
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Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Star Building
Hope To Open Schools As Snow Plan B Activated
Frederick County officials announce plans to open schools tomorrow if possible with a final decision around 6 a.m. Snow and wind warnings persist as emergency plowing expands to critical routes and city yards. Winchester and area schools observe a holiday. private schools closed. highway crews remain on duty amid freezing temps and widespread snow.
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Frederick County
Robert E. Ayler
Winchester
Berryville
Frederick
Clarke County
Highway Department
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Tadashi Nogami
Asahi Shimbun
China
Poland
Nogami
Loudoun
Star
Jim Hamilton
Atlantic Coast
Associated Press
Kentucky
National
Dulles International Airport
New York State
Pottsburg
Watertown
Theniversity of Maryland
Collage Park
Nancy Pennypacker
Mosby
Ritter
Doug O’connell
Willow Lawn
Edna
Ponn
Cor. Braddock & Boscawen
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