Arab leaders near Cairo summit as air strikes persist
Israeli and Egyptian jets trade strikes around the northern Suez Canal as Arab leaders meeting in Cairo near finalizing recommendations. Israel reports downing two MIGs. Egypt claims one Phantom destroyed and another shot down. Egyptian and Israeli claims conflict amid mounting hostilities.
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Egypt
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Sudan
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Merie Ellyn Fong Named Queen Shenandoah 43rd for 1970 Apple Blossom
Merie Ellyn Fong daughter of U S Senator Hiram Fong of Hawaii is named Queen Shenandoah 43rd for the 1970 Apple Blossom Festival Ben B Dutton festival president and Mrs Robert Burkholder announced She is a Goucher College senior majoring in fine arts and will graduate in June She has held campus roles and was nominated to Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities Fong formerly served at Towson High as parents weekend chair and sophomore class social chair The 21 year old plans to officiate ceremonies and says the festival honors springtime in the Valley Her family includes three brothers and she expects to be 22 on April 17
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Merie Ellyn Fong
U.S
Hiram Fong
Hawaii
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Robert Burkholder
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Towson
Merie Ellyn
Muffy
Winchester
Washington, D.C
Martin Luther King
Senator Fong
United States
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Hiram, Jr
Rodney
Marvin
Bombs damaging GE facilities in New York and Washington protest
An anonymous caller claimed credit for vandalism at GE offices in Washington DC and warned of action against the company as a protest of its war production. In New York City two facilities sustained slight damage and a third bomb was defused. No injuries were reported. The FBI investigated and police offered no link between incidents. The caller described GE as a major armaments producer and noted ties to prior vandalism at Philadelphia Selective Service centers.
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General Electric Co
New York City
Washington, D.C
New York
Manhattan
FBI
United States
Philadelphia
Washington
Navy Ferries Trucks Across Bay Entrance
The Navy launches a dawn to dusk cross bay ferry for tractor-trailers and trucks carrying food and supplies to Virginia's Eastern Shore after the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel was damaged on January 21. Four landing craft will carry freight to restore the Shore's lifeline to southeastern Virginia, following a prior passenger service using C131 aircraft.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Chesapeake Bay
Navy
Reeves tops Shenandoah festival role on TV show
Del Reeves newly named Firemen's Marshal for the Shenandoah Apple Blossoms Festival appeared on ABC's Porter Wagoner Show Saturday night on WMAL TV.
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del. Reeves
ABC
WMAL
County Supervisors Approve New County Dog Pound Plan
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved building a county dog pound on county land likely in the landfill area. They authorized $75 monthly plus utilities for a temporary pound near Whitacre and ordered Dog Warden Joseph A. Palmer to report daily to the sheriff.
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Joseph A. Palmer
J. Robert Russell
Gainesboro
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty For Animals
Rosenberger
Humane Agency
Blue Laws on Legislative Calendar
The Virginia General Assembly returns to Richmond for a public hearing on repealing the Sunday sales ban or leaving blue laws to localities. Law exemptions vary and retail merchants have long backed the measures.
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Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
House
Senate
General Laws
Democrats Discuss Viet Nam Withdrawal Policy
The Democratic Policy Council debated a plan to withdraw all U S troops from Vietnam within 18 months and rejected linking withdrawal to Paris talks. Rep Jack Brooks urged keeping the goal but removing a time limit from Harriman led subcommittee language. The Washington Los Angeles Houston and Detroit telecast followed a Democrats state of the nation program.
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U.S
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D-Tex
Nixon
Averell Harriman
Harriman
Los Angeles
Houston
Detroit
T. Coleman ‘Andrews
Richmond
American Party
Hubert H. Humphrey
Paris
United States
Valley Snow Watch Forecaster Warns of Four Inch Total
The Shenandoah Valley faces a heavy snow watch with up to four inches possible tonight as cold rain changes to snow. Temperatures drop to 28 to 32 degrees, climbing to the 40s tomorrow, with 80 percent precipitation tonight and 40 percent tomorrow. An inch totals included a half inch yesterday morning and a trace today.
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Shenandoah Valley
Weather systems bring rain and snow to Virginia
A low pressure area moving toward Virginia is expected to bring heavy precipitation through tonight. Rain is forecast in coastal areas with snow inland, creating mixed travel impacts for drivers and residents.
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Richmond
Virginia
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