US Begins Long Range Artillery Strike Into North Vietnam
American forces shell North Vietnam with 175 mm guns based in South Vietnam for the first time. The operation targets the DMZ and areas north of it in a major push against Viet Cong and North Vietnamese units, with reports of light contact but several U.S. casualties and multiple aircraft and helicopter losses.
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North Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.S
Junction City
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
U.S. 7Th Fleet
North
Army
Train wreck near Pennsboro leaves three dead
Police report three killed and 25 to 30 injured when the Baltimore and Ohio National Limited derailed at Toll Gate West Virginia. The last coach plunged from a 100 foot trestle while other cars lay along the tracks in icy conditions as the train traveled from Washington to St. Louis.
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Pennsboro
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
National Limited
Toll Gate
West Virginia
Washington
St. Louis
Spring blooms and Viet Nam news stir Mt Williams home
Mrs. George Clowser reports crocuses blooming in January at 1703 Valley Ave, with over 50 flowers. In Mt Williams, excitement rose as a Viet Nam news broadcast showed paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne, with a helmetless jumper believed to be Sir Benjamin Ashwood, her neighbor's son.
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George Clowser
Valley Ave
Ernest Ashwood
Mt. Williams
Viet Nam
173Rd Airborne
Downtown plan for Loudoun Street Corridor eyed by council
The Downtown Development Committee proposes a major upgrade for Winchester’s Loudoun Street Corridor from Piccadilly to Cork with traffic shifts, loading bays, tree planters, and coordinated signage. A new John Pinckney Arthur Mall on Rouss Ave would brighten downtown with an overall Stage One estimate of 165000 dollars. A five member council committee was named to study the plan and an engineering study is urged.
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Don Poline
Potomac Edison Co
Hagerstown
Loudoun Street
Loudoun St
Star
Jim Hamilton
Winchester
City Council
Downtown Development Committee
Piccadilly
Cork Sts
John Pinckney Arthur
Rouss Ave
William M. Battaile
Ben Dutton
Stewart Bell
W. W. Baker
Marvin E. Gore
Wayne Whitham
Jack F. Davis
Qoudoun St
J. C. Penney Co
Loudoun
Boscawen
Vna
Cork
Arthur
Frederick County
The
Chamber of Commerce
Boston Strangler escapes Bridgewater State Hospital
Albert DeSalvo known as the Boston Strangler escaped with two companion inmates from Bridgewater State Hospital where he had been detained for more than two years. Guards reported beds occupied by dummies and a wall and shaft exit used in the escape as police, bloodhounds and local officers searched the Bridgewater area.
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Bridgewater
Mass
Albert DeSalvo
Boston
Charles Gaughan
DeSalvo
Powell Censure Backed by McCormack Ford on 40 000 Levy Front
House Speaker McCormack and GOP leaders back a select committee ruling that Adam Clayton Powell be seated but censured and fined 40 000 for gross misconduct. The nine member panel seeks to strip Powell’s 22 years of seniority and dismiss his aide Corrine Huff. Powell, at a Bahamian retreat, plans a Rimini press conference after delays.
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Washington
House
John W. McCormack
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
Corrine A. Huff
Bimini
Rimini
McCormack
Gerald R. Ford
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Claude D. Pepper
D-Fla
Snags in Mao era purge threaten return to power
The AP reports new army upheaval and Red Guard reshaping as Mao Zedong struggles to regain control. Posters in Peking question the Red Guards and Mao’s likely heir Lin Piao, amid discipline breakdowns and purge tensions in the 2.5 million strong forces.
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Tokyo
Red Guards
Mao Tse-tung
Peking
Mao
Defense
Lin Piao
Communist Party
Shanghai
Tientsin
Luta
Dairen-Port Arthur
Peking Wall
Liberation Army
Party Central Committee
Lin
Red Flag
Cold front brings snow and wind to parts of Virginia
Richmond AP reports a cold Atlantic front will sweep Virginia with cold windy conditions and some snow in portions of the state today.
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Richmond
Atlantic Coast
Virginia
Weekend sale ads at Lovett's Shoe and A N Store
Local shoppers see continued low prices through Saturday with offerings at Lovett's Shoe Corp and A N Store on 12 N Loudoun St. House paint oil base priced at 1.98 per gallon. Additional promos include 5 S H Green Stamps per ride and a 24 hour taxi wake up service from Ward's Pastry Shop with phone number 662-1355.
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Lovett’s Shoe Corp
A&n
Loudoun St
New Orleans businessmen back JFK conspiracy probe
In New Orleans a private fund to back District Attorney Jim Garrison’s JFK assassination inquiry has been pledged by prominent local businessmen led by Joseph M. Rault Jr. The fund aims to finance the investigation for months or years, potentially avoiding public accounting.
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New Orleans
Dist. Atty
Jim Garrison
John F. Kennedy
Garrison
Spaghetti Feast Tonight at Echo Village Restaurant
Spaghetti feast from 5 PM to midnight all you can eat for 99 cents at Echo Village Restaurant The Steak House of Winchester located four miles south on U S 11 Macy Washington's Birthday sale features car coats $11 sweaters $5 to $7 nylon slips $1 88 scarves 22 cents all half size dresses 4 price many more sale items at Macy 181 North Loudoun Street
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Echo Village
the Steak House of
Winchester
U.S
Macy Washington
Macy
N. Loudoun &T
Worths Washington Birthday Specials In Loudoun Street
Washington's Birthday sale at Worths 27 N Loudoun St features coats at half price and parkas gloves scarves and more discounts. Prices include $5 parkas 3 gloves 96 cents scarves 22 cents and other items. Weeklong sale promotes bargains and limited quantities.
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Washington
Worth
N. Loudoun St
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W. Piccadilly St
Royal Cab CO
JFK
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