U.S. Cedar Falls drive targets Viet Cong base near Saigon
A U S led assault in the iron triangle north of Saigon reports 1219 enemy killed or captured and a record 3560 tons of Viet Cong rice seized. Operation Cedar Falls involves 25 000 to 30 000 troops and appears near completion. Air actions against North Vietnam continue with MIG encounters, plane losses, and shelling incidents affecting civilians.
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Saigon
Cedar Falls
U.S
Iron Triangle
Jonathan O. Seaman
Seaman
Mile of Dimes raises funds for March of Dimes
The Mile of Dimes event along Loudoun Street Saturday collected 242 for the March of Dimes campaign. The Winchester Association of Life Underwriters sponsored the effort. The forecast calls for above normal temperatures over the next five days with some precipitation midweek and a cooler finish expected by the weekend.
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Loudoun St
Winchester Association of Life Underwriters
Storm Moves Toward the Great Lakes
A broad storm marching from the West Coast through the Rockies into the north central Plains brings heavy rain and fog to the Midwest. Fatal accidents, including a California jet collision killing five, Cape systems cause travel disruption. Arctic air follows, ending springlike warmth as zero visibility hits Rochester and Duluth.
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Associated Press
West Coast
Rockies
North Central Plains
Midwest
California
Los Angeles
North Dakota
Minnesota
Great Lakes
Texas
Canadian
Rochester
Duluth
Minn
Salt Lake City
Winchester Jaycees Honor Three At Founder's Day Banquet
The Winchester Jaycees 28th annual Founder's Day Banquet honored three locals a teacher a farmer and a community servant with awards for outstanding achievement. Philp A. Colclough received the Distinguished Service Award Michael M. Foreman the Outstanding Young Educator Award and Roy McDonald the Outstanding Young Farmer Award. Colclough a director of the Jamison and Gore Insurance Agency is noted for polio vaccine work scouts involvement and Community Chest leadership. Foreman a Handley School teacher received the Outstanding Young Educator Award presented by Dr. Forrest Racey Shenandoah College president.
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Jaycees
Winchester Jaycees
Lee-Jackson Ballroom
Roy McDonald
Philip A. Colclough, Jr
Michael Foreman
Jaycee
Chip Johnson
Robert Miller
Philip A. Colclough
Irs
Michael M. Foreman
Mr. Colclough
Jamison and Gore Insuranc Agency
Boy Scouts
Community Chest
Marilyn Councill
Franklin, Va
Beechcroft Rd
H. Clayton Adams
DSA
Winchester Jaycee
Handley School
Forrest Racey
Shenandoah College
Shenandoah Conservatory of Music
Pilot's Last Words Before Deadly Plane Crash
Marine Capt. James Powell and another pilot perished when two Skyhawk jets collided in a rainstorm and crashed into Leisure World housing near Santa Ana. Four residents died and four others were injured as flames engulfed two two story buildings. Investigators consider radio failure as a possible factor.
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Santa Ana
Calif
James Powell
Skyhawk
California
Powell
Los Angeles
Laura Stevens
Irvine
Leisure World
el Toro Marine Air Station
Marine Attack Squadron 132
Naval Air Station
Floyd Bennett Field
Brooklyn
N.Y
el Toro
Hes
Snipers clash as Nicaragua pre election unrest widens
Rooftop snipers clashed with the National Guard in Managua after a pre election rally by Fernando Aguero of the Conservative party. Reports said 10 to 20 killed and about 20 wounded as government forces reinforced streets. Hospitals called for blood donors amid fires and rising casualties. President Guerrero was reportedly in Leon as tensions escalate before the February 5 vote.
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Managua
Nicaragua
National Guard
Somoza
Fernando Aguero
Rebels seize 20 American hostages at Gran Hotel
Government reports a rebel group holed up in the Gran Hotel took 20 American guests as hostages. National Guard troops surrounded the hotel as the crisis unfolded.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Gran Hotel
Mrs Foltz Opens Home Salon with Discount Day
Mary Foltz formerly with Foremost Beauty Salon opens her own Salon at home on Front Royal Rd. Call 662-1785 for a 10 percent discount day with coupon tomorrow Tuesday January 24 only. Ask sales clerks for coupons. Montgomery Ward Ward Plaza Shopping Center.
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Mary Foltz
Foremost Beauty Salon
Front Royal Rd
Call
Montgomery Ward Ward Plaza
Services Held Yesterday for Ann Sheridan
Hollywood mourns Ann Sheridan longtime film star and wartime pinup who died Saturday night at her Hollywood Hills home just before turning 52 She helped launch a TV career with Pistols N Petticoats and was surrounded by husband Scott McKay and friends at death The cause cited was emphysema by some and cancer by others with private services held Sunday
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Hollywood
Ann
Sheridan
Miss Sheridan
Scott McKay
Hollywood Hills
Ronald “Reagan
Gary Cooper
Cary, Grant
Humphrey” Bogart
Errol Flynn
Leo R. Kent
Fort Worth
Tex
Paramount Pictures
North Texas State Teachers College
Denton
Congress Asked To Raise Social Security Benefits
President Johnson urged Congress to raise Social Security benefits by 15 to 59 percent, guaranteeing minimums of 70 dollars for individuals and 105 for married couples. He proposed higher taxable earnings bases to fund boosts and tax-rate increases, affecting about 2.5 million minimum beneficiaries and 20.5 million others. He also backed Medicare coverage for 1.5 million disabled under 65 and anti age discrimination laws.
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Washington
Jobson
Congress
Johnson
State of the Union
Chinese Army Move Reported Against Mao Opponents
AP reports Premier Chou En-lai claimed the 2.5 million strong People's Liberation Army would crush Mao Zedong's opponents as revolts spread from Manchuria to Kwangtung. Posters quote the army as key to the dictatorship and vows to suppress counter revolutionary elements.
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Tokyo
Chou En-lai
China
Mao Tse-tung
Manchuria
Kwangtung
Peking Wall
Chou
Peking
Mao
People’s Liberation Army
Chen Po-ta
Chiang Ching
Liu Shaochi
Chang Chun Jan
Kirin
Liaoning
Heilunkiang
Chang Chun
Hong Kong
Kiangsi
Vietnam blocks U S cooperation offer in Moscow meeting
US President Johnson offered to cooperate with the Soviet Union on urgent world problems as Llewellyn Thompson presented credentials to Nikolai Podgorny. Podgorny cited Vietnam as an obstacle while expressing interest in better relations and discussed world affairs with Thompson over coffee. The private talks included mention of a written Johnson message aimed at preventing a Soviet American antiballistic missile arms race.
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Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
Vietnam
Johnson
U.S
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Kremlin Hall
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Podgorny
Thompson
Washington
Alexei N. Kosygin
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Consular Pact Faces Senate Vote Amid Vietnam War Funding
The Johnson administration seeks Senate ratification of a U S Soviet consular pact signed in 1964. Dean Rusk argues for approval at an open Foreign Relations hearing while McNamara and Wheeler defend a 9.4 billion dollar wartime funding request and a 73 billion dollar defense budget. Senate leaders urge merits over opposition rhetoric as action nears.
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Washington
Johnson
Capitol Hill
Dean Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Robert S. McNamara
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Armed Services Committee
Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
McNamara
Wheeler
Defense Department
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Unseasonably Warm Weather Grips Virginia
Richmond reports a large high pressure system over the southeast bringing fair skies and unusually warm temperatures across Virginia today. The stagnant air remains in place, keeping conditions dry and calm throughout the region.
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Richmond
Virginia
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North Vietnam
Red River
Hanoi
South Vietnam
North
South
7Th Fleet
Norris
U. S. Command
Stoddard
Keppler
Vinh
Demilitarized Zone
Star
Malcolm Davies
Adrian Irvine
Lorenzo Guerrero
Leon
Bulletin
Ann Sheridan
Chinese Army
Canton
Nanchang
H.W. Ebert
Buick
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