Thieu Signals Partial U.S. Troop Withdrawal in 1969
President Thieu announced that some American combat troops will be withdrawn from South Vietnam this year. Initial cuts may reach 20,000 with as many as 100,000 phased out by year’s end, as staffs draft a timetable with U.S. Command.
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Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
U.S
Thieu
Cao van Vien
Vien
Vietnam
Creighton W. Abrams
Abrams
Paris
Ellsworth Bunker
Republic of Vietnam
Rain Touts Winchester Area First Rainfall Of Year
The Winchester area recorded its first rainfall of the year with .15 inches by 11 a.m. according to the Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory. For 1968 total precipitation reached 32.56 inches, 3.94 inches below the 55 year average of 36.50.
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Winchester
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Blood Mobile Visit At Episcopal Parish Hall
Winchester Elks 867 sponsors a blood drive at the Episcopal Parish Hall Tuesday 21st from 10 to 3. Honor Charles Zucker for reaching his 100th donation by encouraging others to give.
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Blood Mobile
Episcopal Parish Hall
Winchester Elks
Charles Zucker
Czech Leaders Fear New Wave of Demonstrations
AP Prague report says youth Jan Palach set himself afire to awaken people under Kremlin rule and may trigger fresh protests against Soviet occupation. His burns cover 85 percent, and leaders from students to the Central Committee react with warnings of intensified unrest in Prague.
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Prague
Jan Palach
Kremlin
Wenceslas Square
Communist Party Central Committee
Prague Castle
Palach
Philosophical Faculty
Charles University
Soviet Union
tAgain
Central Committee
Czechoslovakia
Zpravy
Johnson bids farewell to Washington in reflective Press Club talk
President Johnson, after 38 years in Washington, says no one in the capital is mean enough to dislike him. He leaves office grateful, recalls press clashes, and hopes Congress aids Nixon, while noting a regret over Vietnam and saying he would not change his major choices with five more years’ experience.
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Washington
Johnson
National Press Club
Press Club
Democratic Congress
Nixon
Senate
Eisenhower
Congress
Vietnam
Cedar Creek Grade Crash Leaves Three Injured
A 4:06 a.m. wreck on Cedar Creek Grade at Opequon Creek sent Ann Jenkins 22 to Winchester Memorial Hospital with a dislocated shoulder while Jimmy Peacemaker 26 and Donnie Shade 20 were treated and released. The trio, in a car that overturned, were in Kernstown and reported by the Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Cedar Creek
Opequon Creek
Winchester
Ann Jenkins
Jimmy Peacemaker
Donnie Shade
Kernstown
Mr. Peacemaker
Mr. Shade
France Backs Big Four Conference on Middle East Crisis
France proposes a Big Four meeting at the United Nations with the United States Britain the Soviet Union to discuss ending the Middle East dispute under UN umbrella The plan aims to help UN envoy Gunnar V Jarring outline Arab Israeli perimeters while direct talks proceed Israel warns against a settlement imposed by the Big Four and stresses no such imposition exists between nations involved.
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Associated Press
France
Middle East
United States
Israel
The
Washington Evening Star
Dean Rusk
Yuri N. Tcherniakov
the Star
Rusk
Soviet Union
U.N
Gunnar V
United Nations
Paris
Britain
U.N. Security Council
China
Security Council
Abba Eban
Nixon The Power Begins on Monday
New York AP reports Richard M Nixon ends 12 weeks of orderly transition and begins four years of power at noon Monday. He maintains a cautious, low drama approach with no pledges beyond general goals and vows to speak no policy until in charge. He favors a staff heavy administration and a flexible team of generalists.
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NEW York
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Pierre
Nixon Associates
United States
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
Johnson
Hotel Pierre
Kansas coed reports four aces four kings in odd bridge hand
Barbara Lynn Manos of Independence Missouri told AP she received a bridge hand with four aces four kings and no hearts in a January late night game at KU. University mathematicians estimate such a hand would appear about once in 635 billion deals. She bid seven no trump and noted the time around 1:15 a.m. after final exams.
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Kan
Barbara Lynn- Manos
Barbara
Independence
Threat on Life of Sen Kennedy Prompts Patrols
Fairfax Virginia police surrounded the home of Senator Edward Kennedy after the office notified authorities of a life threat. A police spokesman confirmed patrols were cruising the area as security precautions were stepped up for the Massachusetts Democrat, the lone surviving Kennedy brother.
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Sen. Kennedy
Fairfax, Va
Edward T
Teddy) Kennedy
D-Mass
Fairfax County
Kennedy Brothers
Inaugural Weekend Schedule for Washington Events
AP reports the Inaugural weekend events with times and venues. Saturday features receptions at the National Gallery of Art and a public event at the National Guard Armory, plus a Young America salute and an all American public event at the Washington Hilton. Sunday includes governors’ and vice president elect receptions and an 8 30 p m concert. Monday covers a prayer breakfast, oath at noon, parade, and inaugural balls at multiple hotels and venues with tickets available to the public.
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National Gallery of Art
Washington Hilton
National Guard Armory
Sheraton Park
Spiro T. Agnew
Smithsonian Museum of History and Technology
Constitution Hall
White House
Nixon
Johnson
Capitol
East Lott Ce
Capitol Plaza
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mayflower
Shoreham
Statler
Hilton
Cosmonaut Volynov Lands Safely in Soviet Union
Cosmonaut Boris Volynov landed safely completing a four man Soyuz mission. Tass said the craft made a soft landing 124 miles southwest of Kustanay after a 72 hour 46 minute flight. The mission achieved the first crew transfer between orbiting ships and the first docking of two manned orbiting spacecraft.
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Moscow
Boris Volynov
Soviet Union
Tass
Volynov
Kustanay
Space Center
Baikonir
Alexei Yeliseyev
Yevgeny Khrunov
Vladimir Shatalov
Earth
Peace talks on Vietnam progress set for early next week
Four representatives at the Vietnam peace talks announced full agreement on procedural matters after a five hour meeting. Ambassador Cyrus Vance said substantive negotiations will begin early next week with objectives to move quickly toward peace.
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Paris
Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
NLF
Cyrus R. Vance
International Conference Center
Nguyen Thanh le
Vance
Washington
Ha van Lau
Hanoi
Lau
Weather: Mild Virginia Day From Southern Flow
A southerly air flow driven by a Great Lakes low pressure center kept Virginia weather mild today as Richmond received above average temperatures and clear skies.
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Richmond
Great Lakes
Virginia
Weekend Special Pineapple Upside Down Cake and Cheese Cake
Wards Pastry Shop runs a weekend promotion titled Two For The See-Saw from January 28 to February 1. Sunday features a Roast Leg of Lamb complete dinner in the Cozy Room at Echo Village Restaurant known as The Steak House of Winchester located 4 miles south on U S Route 11 with reservations at 869-8996.
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Winchester
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