Lin Piao Urges Army Shakeup and Vigilance
Tokyo AP reports Defense Minister Lin Piao calls for leadership changes in the Chinese Communist army and warns veteran commanders to guard revolutionary integrity. The Maoist left wing acknowledges enemies and vows a 1967 push to suppress them, while editors hint at ongoing anti-M Mao struggle without naming Liu Shao-chi or Teng Hsiao-ping.
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Tokyo
Lin Piao
Chinese Communist Army
Chinese Communist Party
Lin
Mao Tse-tung
Liberation Army Daily
Peking People’s Daily
Red Flag
Liu Shaoshi
Liu
Teng Hsiaooping
Weather outlook shifts as rain melts light snowfall
Rain tonight should reduce the thin snow cover that lingered after several light snowfalls. Noon temperature reached 44 degrees aiding the melting process. Correction notes appear in a New Year greeting ad reference.
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Sat
Dec
New Year Quiet Across the Area Authorities Report
Authorities said the New Year weekend was quiet with cold weather and icy roads keeping people home. One serious accident on Route 50 harmed three people, two seriously, including Cheryl Locke hart with a brain injury but improving. Several break-ins and vehicle damages were reported, including a robbery at B and S Grocery.
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Route 50 West
Cheryl Lockehart
Paper Mill Road
George Shimp
Shimp
Spong Owens Senate Office Opens in Old Building
The office of Sen. William B. Spong Jr. in Washington opened this week as staff move into quarters in the old Senate office building. Robert B. McNeil was announced as executive assistant. Spong will take the oath Jan. 10 with the 90th Congress and gained seniority due to Robertson's resignation.
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Washington
William B. Spong Jr
DeVa
Willis Robertson
D-Va
Robert B. MceNeil
Spong
McNeil
Senate
Congress
Robertson
Fairfax
Roanoke Times
Richmond Heys Leeder Price
Manginia Bankers Association
Clearance sale at Modern Age Shoppe
A local retailer announces a clearance sale covering all fall and winter apparel with prices reduced by one third. The event highlights items from Modern Age Shoppe and invites shoppers to take advantage of discounts before stock runs out.
Record Viet Cong defections top 20,000 in 1966 surge
U S officials report 20 242 Viet Cong deserted in 1966 the highest four year total since the Chieu Hoi program began The year’s largest exodus occurred in the final two months The report notes December set a monthly record with 2516 defectors and cites air actions against North Vietnam including B 52 strikes and dogfights near Hanoi Pilot Col Robin Olds describes engaging MIGs and claims several enemy jets were shot down
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Haenoi
Air Force
Robin Olds
Washington, D.C
Ella Rainse
Olds
Maejor
Phuc Yen
Hanoi
William W. Momyer
U.S. 7Th Air Force
Rainfall Totals at Winchester Lab Reach 1966 Highs
Rainfall at the Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory totaled 33.32 inches in 1966, near the 53 year average of 36.56 inches despite a severe summer drought. January and September boosted totals while July was driest at .73 inch. snowfall reached 9.42 inches with 24.11 inch long term average.
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Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Commando Band Caught in Haiti Invasion Plot
A Cuban exile reported a vest pocket Haiti invasion aimed at sparking a war with Fidel Castro was halted by arrests of armed Latin exiles and American adventurers. Rolando Masferrer led the operation and claimed 50 commandos escaped by boat before customs.
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Key West
Fla
Haiti
Fidel Castro
Rolando Masferrer
Fulgencio Batista
Funeral for G. Grover Teets Set in Frederick
The funeral for G. Grover Teets 58 longtime Frederick County supervisor and farmer will be at 2 30 p m at Omps Funeral Home with Rev Robert Hare Jr and Rev Robert Bradford officiating Burial will be in Mount Hebron Cemetery Teets led the county board in a fifth term elected November 1947 for 1948 He farmed 700 acres and held other civic roles He was born January 13 1908 on Welltown Pike and married Lucille Buncutter March 12 1928 in Stephens City
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G. Grover Teets
Frederick County
MA. Teets
Board of Supervisors
Mr. Teets
Welltown Pike
William M
Ollie Dick Teets
Lucille Buncutter
Stephens City
Synder Allamong
Cuba to Get British Fertilizer Plant
London reports confirm UK government readiness to guarantee sale of a 28 million fertilizer plant to Cuba despite US pressure to block the five year credit. The project by Simon Carves of Cheshire could proceed with Export Credit Guarantee backing, as Castro hails European buyers and Cuba plans to install at least three plants in four years.
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London
Cuba
Washington
U. S
Fidel Castro
Britain
Rhosdesia
Foreign Office
United States
Simon Carves
Cheshire
Export Credit Guarantee Department
Castro
Havana
Dicetutor
Fulgencio Batista
British Peace Talks Proposal Rejected by North Vietnam
North Vietnam rejected Britain's proposal for peace talks with the United States and South Vietnam, calling the move an attempt to force terms on the Vietnamese people. Nhan Dan and Pravda criticized Britain while the U S and South Vietnam favored the idea, and Hanoi questioned excluding a Viet Cong representative. The Moscow papers linked Britain’s move to public pressure on Prime Minister Wilson.
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Tokyo
North Vietnam
United States
South Vietnam
U. S
George Brown
Nhan Dan
Britain
Cos
Geneva
Vietnam
Soviet Union
Cochairman
Pravda
Harold Wilson
Brown
Quan Dot Nhan Dan
Hanoi
Recording of Ruby death notes no conspiracy claim
Jack Ruby died of cancer in Dallas after being removed from jail for a cold. A hospital recording he made asserts there was no conspiracy in the Oswald killing, to be released on Capitol Records, as bulletins report his condition and weight loss. In Washington, the House panel ordered Rep. Adam Clayton Powell's wife removed from payroll.
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Dallas
Tex
Jack Ruby
Lee Harevey Oswald
Parkland Hospital
Ruby
Dallas Count Ty
Oswald
Dallas City
KRLD
Earl
Elmer Gertz
Capitol Records
Weather and notices from Richmond area events and business ads
A northeastern freez ing storm brings cold rain across the state. Obituary notice reports the death of G Grover Teets president of Frederick Farm Bureau. Funeral attendance planned by Stonewall District Ruritan Club with gathering at Omps Funeral Home Wednesday at 2 15 PM. Local jewelry ads list brands and free city delivery.
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G. Grover Teets
Frederick Farm Bureau, Ing
Stonewall
Ruritan Club
Grover Teets
Funesal
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