Peace Feelers From Vietnam Stir World Interest
The Associated Press reports a North Vietnamese peace feeler drawing global attention as capitals weigh the implications. U.S. officials seek clarification on Foreign Minister Nguyen Duy Trinh’s statement that Hanoi would discuss relevant questions if Washington halts bombing and other actions.
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Associated Press
North Vietnam
Vietnam
U.S
Nguyen Duy Trinh
United States
Rusk
Johnson steps to judge Hanoi push for talks on bombing halt
President Johnson seeks a real North Vietnamese approach to talks on ending the war if bombing ends. Secretary Rusk notes Trinh's statement may signal movement toward peace but cautions over whether Hanoi has shifted policy. World reaction spans Vientiane Paris New Delhi Ottawa and U Thant in New York.
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Johnson
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United States
North
Dean Rusk
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Rusk
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Vietnam
Sihanouk
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India
U.S
New Delhi
Ottawa
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Vientiane
Laos
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Phnom Penh
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Maurice Couve de Murville
Charles de Gaulle
Foreign Ministry
Canada
Britain
Control Commission
Poland
New York
U.N
U Thant
Tinh
Town Crier Christmas Diminishes as Decorations Come Down
In Winchester the holiday season shows signs of ending as Christmas decorations are taken down in downtown areas indicating the start of post holiday calm and the approach of winter routines returning.
$40 Million Windfall Likely With Bond Sale Plan
Richmond AP The 1968 General Assembly may be asked to back an $85 million general obligation bond issue to accelerate Virginia income tax collections and create a $40 million one time windfall for 1968 70 toward an $125 million capital outlay program. The plan also envisions broad tax law changes to align with federal code.
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Richmond
General Assembly
Virginia
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Godwin
Virginia Income Tax Study Commission
General Fund
Income Tax Study Commissions
Annexation clash hurls at Rotary Club over ordinance
Frederick County supervisor Donald L. Baughman attacked the annexation ordinance at a Rotary Club meeting. He vowed to defend the county position with a projected cost surpassing 50 000 and urged end to city county animosity while criticizing long legal text as four simple sentences. Sale now in progress at The Oxford Shop.
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Frederick County
Winchester Fire Companies Elect Officers for New Year
Three Winchester fire companies elected officers last night. Sarah Zane company re elected Albert Robinson as president with a slate of first to third vice presidents and officers including Harold Bageant as secretary and Scott Wingfield as general treasurer. Friendship company named a new slate with Fred er Peacock and others as vice presidents plus Paul Stuart Carper Jr as secretary and James as treasurer. Grover Cooper named honorary member and Linden Clevenger as fire warden with Scott Wingfield as assistant. (Continued on Page 5)
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Winchester Fire Companies
Albert Robinson
Sarah Zane
Woodrow Keller
Reuss Fire Co
A. Ryland Conner
Friendship
Jack Johnson
Linden Clevenger
Hobart M. Offutt
Harold Bageant
Scott Wingfield
Mr. Bageant
W. Erle Edwards
Paul J. Slonaker
Paul Stuart Carper,’ Jr
James
Soviet Claim Ship Damaged in Haiphong Air Raid
Moscow radio reported a Soviet merchant ship the Pereslav Zalessky was seriously damaged by an American air raid on Haiphong. No casualties were reported. Tass described hull damage and engine-room flooding as U.S. planes bombed the port for two hours.
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Haiphong
Moscow Radio
U.S
Pereslav Zalessky
Anatoly F.dobrynin
Washington
Dean Rusk
U.S. State Department
North Vietnam
United States
Tass
Pereslav-Zalessky
Boris Tsevetskov
Pereslav- Zalessky
Argus
Air Offensive Enters 3rd Day With Strikes Near Hanoi
U S pilots pushed into the third day of the new year air offensive striking within nine miles of the Chinese border and hitting bridges near Hanoi and Haiphong. Soviet claims of damage to the freighter Pereslav Zalessky were unconfirmed by the U S Command in Saigon. Ground fighting intensified along the Cambodian border as U S losses rose to three aircraft, with total U S combat planes lost in North Vietnam reaching 779.
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U.S
Red China
Hanoi
Haiphong
Pereslav Zalessky
Pentagon
Moscow
Washington
North Vietnam
Friddell to Speak at 50th Winchester Chamber Dinner
Virginia author Guy Friddell will headline the Winchester-Frederick County Chamber of Commerce 50th annual dinner on February 7 at the George Washington Hotel. His book What Is It About Virginia has reached a fourth printing and was serialized in The Star. The event marks a change of command as Ren B. Dutton succeeds Hubert T. Stratton as chamber president.
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Guy Friddell
Virginia
Norfolk Virginian Pilot
Winchester-Frederick County
Friddell
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Sen
Harry F. Byrd
Sensator
Ren .B. Dutton
Chamber
Hubert T. Stratton
Presi
Cold Wave Drops Mercury to Five Degrees
A cold snap lowers temperatures to five degrees above zero with a forecast of 15 to 20 tonight. The wintry pattern continues with cloudy skies and subfreezing highs in coming days. Record lows were set at the Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory and at Walter Hough's Fairmont Avenue home.
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Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Winchester
Walter 8. Hough
Fairmont Ave
Weather Update for Richmond Virginia Clears Skies
A frontal system moved through Virginia bringing clearing skies and falling temperatures in the Richmond area. Special sale advertising notes 50 percent off truck chains at Pine Motor Co a Dodge-Chrysler dealer.
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Virginia
Old Dominion
Pine Motor Co
Dodge-Chrysler
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