Four American yachtsmen feared held by China near Macao
A Hong Kong yacht cruise to Macao is disrupted as China is believed to have captured three yachts and 15 holidaymakers, including four Americans. The Morasum, Reverie, and Unt-Na-Mara failed to arrive after fog and alleged boarding by Communist forces, with crewmates from the United States Sweden Britain Australia France and China aboard.
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Hong Kong
Macao
Royal Yacht Club
Hong Kong Marine Department
Yacht Club
Peking
Pearl River Estuary
China
Morasum
Marine Department
Simeon Baldwin
Los Angeles
U.S
Laguna Beach
Calif
Bessie Hope Donald
Bristol
C.F. von Sydow
Aston
Joan Hopkins
Spokane
Wash
Christine
Sarah
H.H. Ross
Carol Pauline Zinky
UVa Board Approves Gradual Coed Admission by 1970
University of Virginia votes to admit women as undergraduates by 1970 amid campus protests from SDS and SSOC. Board endorses gradualism, allowing wives and staff daughters to apply for the College of Arts and Sciences in fall 1969, with prior two year college work required.
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Charlottesville
Board of Visitors
University of Virginia
College of Arts and Sciences
Bhat
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
Southern Students Organizing Committee
SSOC
Boy Critical After Rattler Strikes Twice
In Fort Myers Florida 13 year old Larry Bellanger was bitten on both ankles by a diamondback in a trackless swamp. Doctors could not give standard antivenom due to allergy but began small doses to build resistance. Eagle scout Lee Bochette led first aid and a rapid 14 mile rescue to Lee Memorial Hospital.
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Fort Meyers
Fla
Cypress
Jim Bradley
Larry Bellanger
Fort Myers
Lee Bochette
Sheriff’s Office
Lee
Larry
Lee Memorial Hospital
Red Cross Bloodmobile Scheduled Change for February
The February Bloodmobile visit will be held next Tuesday February 25 at Christ Episcopal Church Parish House. It is sponsored by the Winchester Lions Club. A six month old female collie was struck by a car on Amherst Street before 8 a.m. today. The driver fled. SPCA Agent Ervin Cleveland asks the owner to contact him at the animal shelter or the Linden Heights Animal Hospital. The tan collie has white markings under the neck and four white feet and was wearing a choke chain without a license.
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RED Cross
Christ Episcopal Church Parish House
Winchester Lions Club
Amsherst St
SPCA
Ervin Cleveland
Linden Heights Animal Hospital
H A Holland Dies Former Broker Hero
Howard Arthur Holland 66 of 110 S. Stewart St. died yesterday after a long illness. He moved to Winchester in 1948 as trust officer for Shenandoah Valley National Bank later becoming vice president and trust officer. He joined Abbott Proctor and Paine in 1962 and retired last July. A University of Virginia Law School graduate, he led the Alumni Association and served in WWII Navy as commander. He was noted as a Virginia athlete in college football under Greasy Neale.
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Howard Arthur Holland
S. Stewart St
Holland
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Abbott, Proctor and Paine
University of Virginia Law School
U.S. Navy
South Pacific
University of Virginia
Greasy
Neale
Elab orate Sealab Project Begins
Nine aquanauts start the Navy's Sealab program living 12 days in a pressurized 57 by 12 foot cylinder on the Pacific seabed near San Clemente Island. A helium leak on Sealab 3 prompted a brief repair hold.
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Long Beach
Calif.a
Navy
Pacific Ocean
Pentagon Considers Continuing Involvement in City Problems
Pentagon involvement in domestic urban aid is under review as Melvin Laird weighs whether to continue Johnson era programs. The Urban Affairs Council plans to assess inherited projects aimed at aiding the poor and addressing ghettos, while critics urge a nonmilitary focus. Programs include expanded work awards for ghettos, defense contractor training credits, Project Referral, home construction tech help, and Project Transition aiding 250,000 servicemen returning to civilian life.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
Pentagon
Johnson
Laird
Clare M. Clifford
Defense Department
Urban Affairs Council
Com
Defense
Robert S McNamara
U S Warships Return After Istanbul Visit
Four U S sixth fleet ships sailed back into the Mediterranean after a week in Istanbul marked by anti American demonstrations that turned violent. Riot police dispersed clashes between rightists and leftist students protesting the carrier Forrestal and three destroyers leaving two dead and hundreds injured.
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Istanbul
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Forrestal
Concert Week Proclaimed by Winchester Mayor
Mayor William M. Battaile declared this week Concert Association Week in Winchester. The Winchester Inter Community Concert Association launches a membership drive to fund a season of concerts by world famous artists with a kickoff banquet at Braddock Street United Methodist Church hosted by Harold M. Welch. Capt. James C. Roberson presides. headquarters are at the George Washington Hotel lobby. concerts require membership.
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William M. Battaile
Concert Association
Winchester Inter= Community Concert Association
Braddock Street United Methodist Church
Harold M. Welch
New York City
James C. Roberson
George Washington
Winchester
Echo Village Restaurant Closed All Day February 18
Winchester Frederick County Conservation Club meets February 19 at 7 30 p m at Round Hill Fire Dept for installation of officers and refreshments.
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Echo Village
Winchester
Frederick County Conservation Club
Round Hill Fire Dept
Weather outlook for Richmond clouds into Monday night
A low pressure system that dropped snow across North Carolina Sunday night will keep Virginia mostly cloudy through Monday night. Forecasters warn of lingering gray skies and unsettled conditions across the region with chilly temperatures following the weekend snow.
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Richmond
North Carolina
Virginia
B52s Resume Strikes After Tet Truce Ends Near Saigon
Allied forces renewed heavy air and ground operations as a 24 hour Tet truce expired. B52 bombers attacked near Saigon while Armerican fighters hit a Viet Cong bunker complex. Casualties and claims of enemy actions were reported by U.S. and South Vietnamese headquarters.
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Saigon
U.S
Armerican
Highlands
Kontum City
Five Hurt as Crashes Clutter Route 7 Police Busy
State Police investigated four crashes on Route 7 over the weekend. Four people were hurt, none seriously, with more than $3,000 in damages in three accidents. In Winchester, two crashes caused about $1,300 damage. Ella Mae Short, 52, of Moorefield, sprained ankle. Rickey Edward Fultz, 6, of Baltimore, fractured collarbone. Both taken to hospital, released. Driver Dallas Wayne Fultz of Baltimore and a 16 year old from Route 1 caused the incidents. 50 feet of fence at H V Stone property was knocked down. Two others suffered minor injuries in a three vehicle collision on Route 7.
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Navy
Spang Gen
la Jolla
Calif
Bermuda
Winchester
Ella Mae Short
Moorefield
W.va
Berryville
Rickey Edward Fultz
Baltimore
John H. Enders
F.G. Greene
Dallas Wayne Fultz
Greene
H.V. Stone
Snowstorm Batter Southwest Virginia With Heavy Snowfall
A severe winter storm blasted southwestern Virginia with 4 to 16 inches of snow in Wetzel to Wise counties and Tri Cities Airport reporting 10 inches. The State Highway Department urged snow tires on major roads and chains on secondary routes in 12 counties and high elevation areas.
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Gia
Virginia
Wethe County
Grayson County
Tri-Cities
Bristol
Lee, Scott, Wise
Dickenson
State Highway Department
Floyd
Carroll Counties
Patrick County
Israeli Jets Strike Guerrilla Positions Across Jordan and Palm Desert
Israeli jets attacked guerrilla positions in Jordan after a patrol was fired on in the Beisan Valley. In Jericho police dispersed 300 protesters against occupation. Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Riad began a six nation tour to align on the Ble Four talks at the UN. King Hussein met Yasser Arafat in Amman. No Israeli casualties reported. 16 injured from incidents across occupied territory.
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Associated Press
Jordan
Banakas
Beisan
Negev
Jericho
Mahmoud Riad
Syria
Lebanon
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
United States
United Nations
Hussein
Amman
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Forces
Israel
Nablus
Howard Johnson
Israe Army
Winchester Escapes Another Severe Weekend Storm
The Winchester area dodged a severe weekend storm that dumped snow sleet and freezing rain on areas south of here including Virginia's southwestern tip. No more snow is forecast but temperatures are expected to average below normal over the next five days.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Kentucky
North Geor
Here
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