Thieves Hit Royal Crown and Farm Co op Burglars Strike City
Police report weekend break ins at Royal Crown Cola Bottling Co. 447 Millwood Ave with about 200 dollars stolen from a safe. A second break in at Frederick Farm Bureau 329 West Boscawen Street included a hole cut through a wall. Evidence shows safes pried and damaged tow motors. police suspect possible juvenile involvement at Winchester Apple Growers Association.
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Royal Crown Cola Bottling Co
Millwood Ave
Royal Crown
Frederick Farm Bureau, Inc
W. Boscawen St
Warren Rudolph
Farm Bureau
Hortenstine elected head of Virginia Society of Internal Medicine
Dr. John Oortenstine was elected president of the Virginia Society of Internal Medicine at the Roanoke annual meeting. Walter P. Adams became president-elect, with Frank A. Wade as vice president and Thomas L. Gorsuch secretary treasurer.
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John Oortenstine
Virginia Society of Internal Medicine
Roanoke
Hortenstine
John B. McKee
Pierce Maccubbin
Walter P. Adams
Norfolk
Frank A. Wade
Thomas L. Gorsuch
Waynesboro
Beaver Falls
University of Virginia
Seattle
Wash
U.S. Army
Northern Virginia Medical Society
The
Medical Society of Virginia
American Medical Association
Southern Medical Association
American Diabetic Association
New York Academy of Science
Georgie Stringfellow
Culpeper
Hawthorne Drive
Hendley High Hosts District 10 Tourney Tonight
Town brief notes Hendley High School hosts the District 10 basketball tournament in its new gym. Three pages of sports coverage and photos appear in today’s section. Firewise notice warns brush burning allowed 4 PM to midnight March 1 through May 15 with enforcement. Bloodmobile fundraiser tomorrow at Christ Episcopal Parish Hall 10 AM to 2 45 PM sponsored by Winchester Lions Club.
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Hendley High
Christ Episcopal Church Parish Hall
W. Boscawen St
The
Winchester Lions Club
Rio hillside collapse leaves dozens dead after weekend rain
After 24 hours of heavy rain in Rio de Janeiro a house and two apartment blocks collapsed in a hillside suburb. By midmorning 22 bodies were recovered, with estimates of up to 100 missing and more than 675 left homeless in Guanabara state.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Rio
Eider Lettieri
Guanabara
Sao Paulo
Francisco Negrao de Lima
Two Coastal Battles Leave 864 Viet Cong Dead
South Vietnamese paratroopers and U.S. Marines report 864 enemy soldiers killed Sunday in two battles 50 miles apart along South Vietnam's central coast near Quang Ngai City and Da Nang. A government spokesman cites 746 killed in one battle and 118 in another, with air strikes and artillery supporting the ground assault.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Quang Ngai City
da Nang
U.S
Dan Nang
U.S. Air Force
Navy
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Hanoi
Duncan
Gulf of Tonkin
Dong Hoi
Lonce
Byrd to appeal to retain 167th Airlift Group at Martinsburg
Senator Byrd said he will urge Air Force Secretary Brown to keep the 167th Airlift Group in Martinsburg W V as long as U S forces are in South Vietnam The unit flown 108 missions in 1966 including airlifting personnel and supplies and could be reassigned to new missions such as air medical tactical fighter or reconnaissance while awaiting July 1968 deactivation.
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U.S
Robert C. Byrd
D. Va
Air Force
Harold Brown
Air National Yard
Martinsburg
W. Va
South Vietnam
The
Air Force Times
Reserve Officers Association
Air Reserve
Air National Guard
Winchester
Senator Byrd
Senate Armed Services Committee
Washington
Winston P. Wilson
National Guard
167Th
Wilson
Byrd
Brown
Sen. Byrd
Sen
Government Won't Prosecute CIA Relationship Students
Washington AP reports the government is unlikely to prosecute students who disclosed their ties to the CIA. Lawrence R. Houston says intent to breach national security must be shown, and the students lack carte blanche to reveal all CIA dealings. The Nation also alleges CIA-backed grants to USIS subsidiary and foundations.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Lawrence R. Houston
CIA
National Student Association
Houston
the Nation Magazine
Operations and Policy Research, Inc
The
U.S. Information Dervice
USIS
Maoists Shift Focus to Foreign Policy Urging Tough Peace Terms
Tokyo AP reports Maoist supporters turn to foreign policy urging Hanoi to stiffen terms for talks. People’s Daily blames U.S. and Soviet pressure while China asserts no change to policy amid cultural revolution and internal power struggles. Reports note unrest on strategic borders and worker exodus affecting frontier projects.
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Hanoi
Tokyo
Red China
Mao Tse-tung
Vietnam
Peking
Peking People’s Daily
United States
North Vietnam
U.S
Kosygin
London
Harold Wilson
China
People’s Daily
Chen Yi
Mao
Liu Saho-chi
Sinkiang
Pek+ ing
Speck Trial Opens Amid Coverage Dispute in Peoria
The Richard Speck murder trial begins with ongoing controversy over court media restrictions. Judge Herbert Paschen plans a pre trial news conference as armed police prepare for transfers and security along a circuitous courthouse route.
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Peoria
Til
Richard Speck
Chicago
Herbert Paschen
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Radio Television News Directors Association
Speck
Paschen
Criminal Division
Gerald W. Getty
Cook County Public Defender
John Stamos
Cook County
William Martin
PO Machine Recovered From River
A postal money order machine stolen from Charleston West Virginia last December 5 was recovered from the Shenandoah River at Clarke County Virginia. Route 7 bridge sighting led to recovery by Game Warden Blake Denny. Postmaster Jack L. Russell verified the serial number with the Postal Inspector's office in Washington DC. Two men, one found in Virginia in December and another in North Carolina in January, had confessed they threw the machine from a bridge. Identity of the men was not known locally.
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Berryville
Jack L. Russell
Cyrus C. Pine
Shenandoah River
Charleston
W. Va
Clarke Coun
Route 7
Blake Denny
Washington, D.C
Virginia
North Carolina
Virginia Weather Sends Clouds Over Mainland, Clears Tidewater
A weather report notes high and low pressure zones along with frontal systems producing cloudy skies across Virginia. Tidewater areas stay clear with sunshine.
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Richmond
Virginia
Tidewater
Robinson Announces Candidacy for Reelection in 21st District
Republican state senator Kenneth Robinson announced Saturday night he will seek another term representing the 21st Senatorial District. He noted his previous election to the Virginia Senate and emphasized continuing his legislative agenda through the upcoming campaign.
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Jenneth Robinson
Saurday
McNamara says bombing fails to curb North Vietnam infiltration
Secretary McNamara told a joint Senate committee that bombing has not significantly reduced infiltrations of men and materiel into the South. He argued the North Vietnamese may control infiltration rates, and noted the campaign achieved stated goals like bolstering South Vietnamese morale and raising North’s political costs, despite reservations.
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Washington
North Vietnam
South
Robert S. McNamara
Congress
McNamara
Senate Armed Service and Appropriations Committees
U.S
Ain
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate
Johnson
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Dr. Hortenstine
Frederick County
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World Assembly of Youth
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Belgium
American Newspaper Guild
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Richard F. Speck
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