Marine Private Foiled Plane Hijack in Vietnam
A Marine private, William Lee Clark, attempted to hijack a U S Airlines DC 6 in Da Nang with a loaded pistol after 83 servicemen boarded for a Hong Kong flight. Tear gas was used, the plane was nulled for takeoff, and Clark was captured by Air Force police after a struggle in the cockpit. No charges yet, full investigation pending.
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Air Force
William Lee Clark
1St Division
1St Field Artillery Group
Hong Kong
John P. Jones
New York City
E. L. Archer
Beeville
Tex
Robert H. Clack
Midland, Mich
DA Nang
Archer
Pan
American Airlines
U.S
Vietnam
Jones
Paul Watson
Washington, D.C
366Th Tactical Fighter Wing
Watson
Hanoi
Clark
Godwin signs seven bills to provide new revenue
In Richmond AP Mills E Godwin Jr signs seven major bills to raise 140.5 million in new revenue to fund a 3.06 billion budget. The package includes two bond referendum bills shifting from pay as you go to up to 81 million for college and mental health hospital buildings. The remaining five are windfall measures.
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Godwin
Richmond
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Information Station Set At State Line on Rt. 81
A planned State Line Information Station on I-81 in Frederick County aims to open for the 1969 tourist season. Willis H. Fisk disclosed the project notes from the state Department of Conservation and Economic Development detailing three stations and the need to inform travelers with impartial guidance.
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Frederick County
Willis H. Fisk
Shenandoah Valeley Motel Assn
Winchester-Frederick County
State Department of Conservation and Economic Development
A. S. Rachal, Jr
Prince William County
Covington
Shenandoah Valley
Frederick
Alleghany Counties
Informa
Tion
State Line
Winchester
Sunday Racing Bill Dies in West Virginia Legislature
West Virginia teachers will receive a $320 yearly pay raise after a deadlock over a Sunday horse racing bill blocked a larger increase. The Senate and House split on permitting Sunday racing and extending the parimutuel tax, ending at midnight Thursday. Gov. Hulett C. Smith was set to receive the bill. Carl Glatt was confirmed as executive director of the Human Rights Commission.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Senate House
Senate
Hulett C. Smith
House
State Senate
Carl Glatt
West Virginia Human Rights Commission
Violence at South Carolina colleges leaves three dead
Three Negro students were killed and thirty seven injured as police and National Guardsmen fought with students on two campuses in Orangeburg South Carolina. The clashes began with fires and a gasoline bomb near South Carolina State College and Clafflin College, as authorities moved in to quell unrest.
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Orangeburg
S.C
South Carolina State College
Clafflin College
Harry K. Floyd
J. P. Strom
State Law Enforcement
Cleveland Sellers
South Carotina
Associated Press
Dozier Mobley
Mamie Brunson
College
Mobley
Washington Studies North Viet Nam Peace Bid Amid Offense
North Viet Nam offered the United States a peace bid through Foreign Minister Nguyen Duy Trinh while Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap warned of continued fighting. Trinh said talks could begin once the U S halts bombings and war actions, referencing the 1954 Geneva accords. State Department officials in Washington began studying the statement.
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Tokyo
North Vietnam
United States
Nguyen Duy Trinh
Hanoi
Vo Nguyen Giap
Dien Bien Phu
Giap
Trinh
State Department
Washington
Snowy Monday Into Tuesday Forecast For Town Crier
The Weather Man reports a cold wave moving in with five day temperatures well below normal and a likely cold weekend. Tonight’s low is forecast at 20 to 26 degrees. Live music at Peanut Cellar Inn tonight from 8 to 12. Adkins Triumph expands bike sales to near capacity on Berryville Avenue. The Italian Villa gains license 2907 and will begin lunch service at 11 30 starting tomorrow with off and on beer and wine sales and Monday closes.
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Adkins Triumph
Adkins Triumph Sales & Service
Berryville Ave
Hahn Commission Proposals Reach Rural Virginia Areas
The Hahn Commission report outlines area wide governments and service districts affecting rural Virginia. It calls for Planning Districts by 1969 and eventual state takeover of welfare costs within districts, while local planning continues under existing municipalities.
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Hahn Commission
Virginia
Winchester-Frederick County
Metropolitan Areas Study Commission
Commission
Commission On
Winchester
Frederick County
Division of
State Planning and
State Division of Planning
General Assembly
Commission On Local Government
Planning Commission
Diehard Reds In Control Of 20 Blocks
U S helicopters landed in Saigon to bolster defenses as Viet Cong force challenged the racetrack area. Heavy fighting across northern South Vietnam left 321 Communists and 67 U S troops dead, with 170 Americans wounded.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
Khe Sahn
South Vietnam
Khe Sanh
Hue
199Th Light Infantry
Cholon
101St Airborne
25Th Infantry Division
Racetrack
U.S. Com
Creighton D. Abrams
Vietnam
Abrams
Phu Bai
Winter Weather to Bring Snow Flurries Across Virginia
A low pressure system from Canada and a cold front from the Midwest will pass through Virginia bringing cloudy skies snow flurries and colder temperatures today.
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Richmond
Canada
Middle West
Virginia
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Marr
An Quang
Ithe
William C. Westmoreland
Air
Clarke
Radial
Fisk
Strasburg
Clearbrook
Garland Gray
Sussex Land
Lyman Harrell
Emporia
Senate Education Committee
Hunter B. Andrews
Hampton
Bill
Carolina
Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
South Carolina
Columbia
Cong
Peanut Cellar Inn
Hahn
Pat Robinson
Planning District Commission
Ralph Hardy
Loudoun
Russel Stover Valentine
Candy Wrapped Free Lager’s Pharmacy
Howard Johnson
Rhodes Jewelry Co
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