Rift May Send Park To U.S Talks On Korea Security
South Korean President Park Chung Hee may travel to Washington after talks with U.S. envoy Cyrus Vance fail to resolve the Korea security rift. Vance met Park as Washington weighs Pueblo incident repercussions and North Korean infiltrations. South Koreans seek more control over their armed forces and faster modernization.
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Chung Hee Park
Johnson
U.S
Cyrus Vance
Vance
Park
United States
Pueblo
South
Washington
U.N
Korea
North Korea
Demilitarized Zone
South Korea
Charles H. Bonesteel II
Cold Wave Grips Town With Below Normal Temperatures
A cold wave moved in early Saturday and remained through the week with temperatures plunging to eight degrees at the Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory and highs around 21. The pattern stayed below normal for five days, with a possible warmup next weekend. Sniders Electrical Service notes a February 8 closure and February 26 reopening.
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Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Soviet Urges Vietnam Reds to New Victories
Moscow presses Hanoi and the Viet Cong for fresh success while U Thant negotiates peace prospects with Soviet leaders. Thant meets in Moscow with Kosygin Brezhnev and Podgorny before London talks with Wilson and Brown.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Kremlin
U.N
U Thant
Thant
London
Harold Wilson
India
Indira Gandhi
U.S
Chester Bowles
Britain
International Control Commission
Hanoi
United States
Alexei N. Kosygin
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
George Brown
Wilson
New York
Johnson
San Antonio
Kosygin
Lan
Cut Your Own Taxes: New Medical Deduction Explained
A newspaper series outlines 1967 income tax changes, noting a new medical deduction allowing one half of medical care insurance costs up to $150 for all taxpayers. It explains itemizing, potential tax reductions, and cautions on rate increases while previewing next articles and a book offer.
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Tax Receipts Compare Current Versus Proposed Rates
Estimated figures show current 3 percent sales tax plus 2 percent motor vehicle tax totaling 183 132 000 for 1968 69. Proposed 1 percent sales tax would yield 200 331 955 including retail services insurance premiums motor fuels vehicle sales utilities alcohol and related items.
Broad sales tax reform proposal heads to House
Winchester official F L Largent Jr introduces a bill in the Virginia House of Delegates to cut the state sales tax from two to one percent while broadening its reach to more items and services. The plan would also repeal the July 1 increase and set a one percent tax on motor vehicles, including autos trailers and mobile homes.
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Del
F. L. Largent, Jr
Winchester
House of Delegates
Largent
Virginia
The
Commonwealth
Sargent
Mills E. Godwin
Frederick
Clarke
West Virginia
Navy Jet Crashes In Fog Over San Francisco Bay Bridge
A Navy T33 trainer crashed in thick fog into the cantilever of the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge. Two pilots Lt Anthony V. Miller and Lt Bruce C. Turnbull were recovered from 50 feet of water. search resumed at dawn. A trucker reported jet fuel rain as girders burned, but no bridge injuries.
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San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge
Alameda Naval Air Station
Coast Guard
Navy
Anthony V. Miller
Palm Desert
Calif
Bruce C. Turnbull
Los Angeles
Los Alamitos Naval Air Station
California
Ronald Terry
Elebrante
Terry
Oakland
Planes Hit Reds in Hue Planes Hit Reds in Hue
Vietnamese warplanes bombed Communist forces in Hue Citadel as U S Marines entered the fortress for the first time in the two week battle. Fighting with Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops continued around Saigon and Hue as civilians suffered mass killings reported by local authorities.
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Hue
Rntit
Citadel
Perfume
Imperial
U.S
George McArthur
Phan van Khoa
Virginia Education Committee approves compulsory school attendance bill
The Senate Education Committee in Richmond advanced a bill by Sen. Hunter B. Andrews to reinstate statewide compulsory schooling for ages 6 through 17. Chairman Lloyd C. Bird cited a 9 7 voice vote though exact breakdown was not released, amid debates tied to Virginia's massive resistance era.
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Senate Education Committee
Virginia
Lloyd C. Bird
Chesterfield
Hunter B. Andrews
Hampton
Andrews
Education Committee
Bearded vagabond refuses $19219 from vanished gas station sale
Clint Wescott, 51, living on the street near Los Angeles, rejects a $19,219 windfall from a 1961 foreclosure of a Burnt Hills gas station. The money sits in two bank accounts after a New York court appointed a law firm to handle the case. He says he wants no money and prefers life at the bottom of the barrel.
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Clint Wescott
Wescott
One-eyed Jack
Burnt Hills
N.Y
Schenectady
New York Supreme Court
John P. Brown
Brown
Los Angeles Times
Clinton
Virginia Sees Warming Trend From Ridge of High Pressure
A large high pressure ridge from central Canada to Florida drives cold temps in Virginia with a warming trend expected by Wednesday as the system shifts eastward.
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Virginia
Canada
Florida
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