Attorney Appointed For Youth In Clarke County Murder Case
A Clarke County Juvenile Court judge named Harold Hawkins of Berryville to represent a 16 year old charged with murdering James Russell Jr. Bond set at 5000 dollars. Preliminary hearing tentatively scheduled for January 23 after a mental physical and social evaluation ordered by the court. The youth, a Mt. Pleasant West Virginia resident, was arrested December 20 near his home and returned to Clarke County after extradition waivers.
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Clarke County
Harold G. Potts
James Russell, Jr
Brucetown
Potts
Harold Hawkins
Berryville
Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court
Edward McC. Williams
Mt. Pleasant
W. Va
Mr.Russell
Opequon Creek
Charles Town
Bruce
Town Crier notes snowy start to winter
The piece reports more than two feet of snow since November 30, about average for the season, with winter snow typically heavier in January to March. It also mentions a community invitation to use drive-in windows at the rear of the New Farmers and Merchants Building.
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Farmers & Merchants
Frozen Weather Shuts Schools and Slows Roads
Cold waves grip Frederick and Clarke counties as freezing rain closes schools and slows travel. Winchester implements Snow Plan C with crews removing snow while forecasts call for much colder conditions and possible reopening delays into Monday.
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Winchester
Clarke County
Loneliness Returns as Towns Men Leave in San Giovanni
In San Giovanni in Fiore Italy the 20000 population townsfolk face months of loneliness as eight thousand men depart for year long jobs in Germany France Switzerland and North Italian factories. Women children and elders wait for Christmas and New Year return while 100 marriages and 400 babies marked the homecoming.
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San Giovanni
Fiore
Italy
St. John In
Germany
France
Switzerland
St. John
Johnson to Send Bowles to Cambodia for Talks
President Johnson sends Ambassador Chester Bowles to Phnom Penh to discuss Cambodia as a sanctuary for North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces. Bowles, 66, previously sought to repair U S Cambodian relations and met Cambodian officials in New Delhi in 1965.
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San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
Chester Bowles
Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
United States
Mr. Bowles
Phnom Penh
U.S
Vietnam
Bowles
New Delhi
Sihanouk
Central Intelligence Agency
State Board backs consolidation plan for rural districts
The Virginia State Board of Education resolved to pursue consolidation of small rural school divisions as a prerequisite for improved public education. It urged Gov. Mills E Godwin Jr to devise a sound consolidation plan with adequate financing while leaving the method to the governor. The board also discussed optional sex education in schools and favored keeping local control with state approval, stressing home responsibility in sex education.
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Richmond
State Board of Education
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Godwin
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
Colgate W. Darden Jr
Euch
Virginia Council of Parents
W. Hamilton Crockford III
Lelse
Lewis F. Powell Jr
North Vietnam asks capitals for possible peace talks site
A Laotian source says Hanoi asked Laos Cambodia and Burma if their capitals could host preliminary peace talks. U S officials declined comment while Laotian leaders adopt a wait and see stance. Nguyen Chan reportedly raised the idea at Souvanna Phouma's New Year reception.
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Vientiane
Laos
North Vietnam
Cambodia
Burma
Vietnam
Hanoi
Blaiberg Heart Transplant Patient In Satisfactory Condition
Dr Philip Blaiberg remains conscious and in good spirits two days after receiving a heart from Clive Haupt. NBC disclosed a $50 000 exclusive rights contract to televise the operation with proceeds to Groote Schuur Hospital and heart research funds.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
National Broadcasting Co
New York
Blaibergs
Groote Schuur Hospital
Chris Barbard
Blaiberg
U S War Deaths Up During Christmas Week
The U S Command reports 185 Americans killed in action last week in Vietnam up from 166 the prior week while 437 were wounded, 130 of whom did not require hospitalization. Total U S fatalities reach 15 997 with 99 742 wounded and 878 missing or captured.
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Saigon
U.S
South
Vietnam
Winchester Snow Plan A details salt and chemical treatment
Emergency note outlines Plan A for snow and ice in Winchester. Police alert drivers to hazards and the street superintendent coordinates chemical salt applications on designated streets to speed melt and aid plowing. Bulk salt chosen for cost and efficiency, with a four ton spreader and staffing updates.
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Loudoun St
Winchester
Branner
Vietnam War hits near Da Nang as bases attacked
U S infantry pursued North Vietnamese forces that tried to overrun three American bases near Da Nang while the Communist toll in five northern provinces rose to at least 400 since the New Year truce. The Que Son Valley saw heavy fighting with multiple helicopter losses and large artillery barrages.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
South Vietnam
Que Son
Charles Ryder
Americal Division
Ross
Leslie
Ryder
1St Corps
Quang Tin Province
Que Son Valley
U.8
Weather brings fog rain and freezing drizzle across Virginia
A low pressure system covered southern and eastern Virginia with fog and rain while the northernmost tip faced freezing rain. The report notes widespread drizzle and damp conditions across the state.
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Richmond
Virginia
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