Vietnamese hold on Hill 31 falters as Laos battle rages
North Vietnamese forces overran a South Vietnamese paratrooper base in Laos and pressed a siege on Hill 31 amid heavy fighting. U.S. air power and helicopter gunships attacked the attacker as Saigon reports hundreds of enemy dead and new assaults on nearby Hill 30 and Hotel 2.
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Saigon
Laos
Hill 31
U.S
Hoang Xuan Lam
Jae R. Hedditch
Hamilton
Thomas M.esey
Melrose
Mass
Hedditch
Associated Press
Khe Sanh
Republic of Vietnam
Iss
Hill
Hotel 2
Lam
Virginia General Assembly approves money bill and school fund enforcement
The 1971 Virginia General Assembly advanced a $21.5 million appropriations bill and a local school fund enforcement measure. Senate amendments passed unanimously, and the election law dispute remained the main obstacle to the planned recess.
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Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
House
Senate
Commonwealth
Statessupreme Court
Contempt fine levied on attorney in Frederick case
In a rare move, attorney Marshall G. Jenkins was fined $15 for contempt of court after failing to appear in a DUI appeal proceeding for Orless Earl Funk. Judge Robert K. Woltz noted tardiness but accepted Jenkins’s later explanation. The session also saw guilty verdicts and fines for Funk, James Gardner, and Robert Walker.
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Frederick County
Robert K. Woltz
Marshall G. Jenkins
Herndon
Orless Earl Funk
Orchard Ave
Jenkins
Woltz
Commonwealth
James Gardner
Whitacre
Robert Walker
South
Boston
King George County
Snow
Naomi W. Hoover
Nhile
Kuykendall
Chapman
U.S
Court Hears Durham Petition Arguments
Luther Durham Jr seeks release from a life sentence for the 1963 knife slaying of 85 year old Annie Snow. The U.S. District Court in Harrisonburg heard arguments but issued no ruling.
Winter Daze with the Porter Girls by the Fire
Diane and Donna Porter enjoy winter days with marshmallows by the fire. Diane age 11 writes and sings with the First Presbyterian Youth Choir while Donna age 7 or 8 draws cartoons inspired by TV cartoons and participates in Brownie Troop 393.
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Diane
Donna Porter
Edward M. Porter
W. Clifford St
Allan Richardson
Wim
First Presbyterian
Donna
Javits Warns War Could Doom Nixon Next Year
Sen. Jacob Javits warned the Vietnam War could doom President Nixon in 1972, likening it to Johnson’s fall in 1968. He urged total withdrawal by mid-1972 at a Chicago conference. Fellow Republicans Mathias and McCloskey echoed concerns about political fallout and war-ending progress before the New Hampshire primary.
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Washington
Jacob K. Javits
Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Javits
New York
Chicago
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Maryland
Congress
Paul N. McCloskey
Calif
Laos
Cambodia
New Hampshire
Toll Climbs to 102 After Delta Tornadoes
In Inverness Mississippi officials report tolls rising to 102 following tornadoes that swept Louisiana and Mississippi late Sunday. Federal agents run one stop assistance offices to speed aid and cut red tape for hundreds left homeless by the twisters.
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Inverness
Miss
Mississippi
Louisiana
Northwestern Mental Health Association hears praise for CONCERN hot line
At the association meeting Dr. William S. Allerton outlines state plans for decentralizing care and expanding services while noting CONCERN logged 123 calls last month in four main areas teenage problems family issues death by suicide and drugs with alcohol as a key factor. He cites community care as a preferred alternative to large state hospitals.
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Star
Northwestern Mental Health Association
William S. Allerton
State Department of ‘Mental Hygiene and Hospitals
First Presbyterian Church
Allerton
Western State Hospital
Staunton
Winchester
Frederick and
Clarke
Western State
Another Big Wholesale Price Jump
Washington AP reports a sharp February rise in wholesale prices, signaling higher consumer costs ahead. The 0.8 percent advance in February, atop January, marks the largest two month jump in 14 years and raises pressure on inflation and Fed policy amid Nixon administration efforts to expand the economy and cut unemployment.
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Washington
Jmp
Nixon
Treasury
John B. Connally
House Appropriations Committee
Federal Reserve Board
Fed
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Labor
James B. Hodgson
Hodgson
Weather brings clouds and rain to Virginia
A trough of low pressure brings cloudiness to Virginia with rain expected tonight and Saturday and unseasonably mild temperatures. The notice also lists local ads for a glass mixing bowl set at 59c from Glass Barn Stephens City and a Father-Son event Saturday 8:30 to 10 a.m. plus a Health & Fitness Spa promotion in Winchester.
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Richmond
Virginia
Glass
Stephens City
Winchester Health & Fitness Spa
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Highway 9
USS
Winchester-Shawnee Lions Club
Doormat
Sale-Mon
Tues
Roy DeCrane
Winchester Evening Star
Durham
By Audrey Coleman
E. William Chapman
Kuykendall, Hall and Whiting
Dinosaur Land
Ward's Pastry Shop
Hoover
Lulu Williams
Roanoke State Hospital
Eastern State Hospital
Central State Hospital
Petersburg
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