Two U.S. Helicopters Down In Vietnam Skirmishes
Allied reports say two American helicopters were shot down in the Mekong Delta and near the Cambodian border. One American killed and 12 wounded in ground fighting. 71 North Vietnamese or Viet Cong soldiers killed. The 1st Infantry Division to exit Vietnam by April 15 after 44% years of war.
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Saigon
Mekong
U.S
1St Infantry
Vietnam
1St Division
A Shau
Laos
U Minh Forest
Viet Cong
Huynh Thien Tu
National Liberation Front
Central Committee
Mekong Delta
Paris
Quang Pym
Snowfall Forecast for Town Crier Area
Snowflakes began falling before noon with an accumulation likely of one to three inches. The chance of snow drops to 50 percent tonight and 20 percent tomorrow.
Winchester 1969 Fire Alarms Total 416 6600 in City
Winchester Fire Department annual 1969 report shows 221 fire alarms, 416 6600 dollars in damage with no fatalities. Fire Chief Dyke notes Fridays had most alarms and July the busiest month while detailing causes, inspections, safety programs, and permits issued.
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Winchester
Winchester Fire Department
S. R. Dyke
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Shawnee Springs
Winchester Post Office
Nixon Urges Make Peace With Nature In State Of The Union
President Nixon outlines a broad program in the State of the Union addressing new federalism welfare reform equal voting and employment rights and expanded property access. He calls for a balanced 1971 budget a nationwide clean waters program and doubling 1970 law enforcement funding while pushing to end the Vietnam war and strengthen environmental and space initiatives.
Nixon Pledges Broad Aims in State of the Union
President Nixon delivered a 36 minute State of the Union urging action on nature, crime, and Vietnam while outlining major new proposals. He touted a five year $10 billion national pollution program to build municipal waste plants as a centerpiece despite cost disputes with Democrats.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate Democrats
Capitol Hill
Hugh Scott
Senate
Congress
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Environment
Bank Robbery Suspect Held After Sneak Theft
Winchester police question a suspect after a sneak theft robbed Farmers and Merchants National Bank on Cameron Street of 1470 dollars in ten dollar bills. About 1400 dollars have been recovered and no charges had been filed by noon. Separately McPhail Paints on Millwood Avenue reported a break in with over 200 dollars stolen.
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Winchester
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Cameron St
F. A. Barley
F&m
J. Frank Loy
Barley
McPhail Paints, Inc
Millwood Ave
Youth Cleared in Fort Worth Armed Robbery Case
A 16 year old from Fort Worth was cleared of charges in the December incident at Donut Dinette after police found he could not have been involved. He had confessed initially but later retracted as investigators proved the timeline impossible. Major Rudolph praised the police for their diligent work and noted the youth was a runaway who had stolen two guns.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Seventh Regional
Hilldebrand
Pvt. Hill
Winchester
Byrd Urges Navy to Provide LST Ferries for Chesapeake Bay Bridge
U S Senator Harry F Byrd Jr of Virginia asks the Secretary of the Navy to deploy several tank landing ships to serve as temporary ferries for cars trucks and passengers across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel after a Navy cargo ship was blown into the tunnel. An official said four weeks would be needed to restore the facility and Byrd notes a 454 mile detour for routes from Cape Charles to Virginia Beach.
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Washington
U.S S
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
D-Va
Secretary of the Navy
Chesapeake,Bay Bridge Tunnel
Navy
Virginia
Bridge-Tunnel Commission
Byrd
Lsts
LST
Norfolk
Cape Charles
Virginia Beach
Handley Hosts Area Bands for All Regional Event
Handley High School will host 200 selected pupils from 30 high schools to form two 100 member regional bands. Lt. Gilbert Mitchell will direct one band and Leo Imperial the other. The event culminates in a free public concert at Handley on February 1 at 3 p.m.
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Handley High School
Handley
Gaylen Strance
Virginia
Winchester
Gilbert Mitchell
United States Army Band
Leo Imperial
Strance
James Wood High School
Natural Bridge
Albemarle
Charlottesville
Nelson County
Traffic Fatalities Rise 26 Percent in Area
Twenty nine people died on area highways in 1969, six more than 1968, with fatalities increasing 26 percent locally while the state rose six percent. Frederick County led with 15 deaths, Winchester two, Clarke four rising to seven, and Warren up from three to five. The Virginia toll reached 1,301, the sixth straight year above 1,000.
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Frederick County
Winchester
Clarke County
Warren
Col. H.W. Burgess
Virginia
Snow Forecast For Virginia From Low Pressure Trough
The weather in Richmond reports a snow event across Virginia as a low pressure trough moves through the state with precipitation starting in the southwest shortly after midnight.
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Richmond
Virginia
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McCormac
Mary Helen Massie
America
Beatle
John Lennon
Yoko Ono
Denmark
Germelman
James L. Berry
Major Rudolph
Macy
Ward
C. Peoples Drug
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