Senators claim 51 votes against filibuster rules
In Washington leaders say 51 senators back ending debates with a three fifths vote, challenging the two thirds rule. Vice President Agnew prepares to decide constitutional issues, while Southern senators defend the two thirds standard and Sen. James Allen speaks at length against the change.
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Washington
Senate
Spiro T. Agnew
S.&. Frank Church
Didaho
James B. Pearson
R-Kan
Pearson
Agnew
Richard M. Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Church
James B. Allen
D-Ala
Damaging Winds Hit Area With 50 MPH Fury
Winds up to 50 miles per hour damaged structures across the base as crews assessed the aftermath. No injuries reported. Weather officials cautioned residents to stay indoors and secure loose objects.
Winter storm winds rattle area causing damage and power outages
High winds 50 mph battered the region from a large winter storm. Roofs torn, a house trailer overturned, and windows shattered at Clarke County Motors and a Star pressroom. no injuries reported. A demolished Hugh Haver farm building housed a tractor and equipment. service interruptions were heavier than normal but limited to noise on lines.
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TV Cable Co
United States
Sandy
West Virginia
Hugh Havermale
Rt. 522
Telephone
C&p Telephone Company
Potomac Edison Power Company
Federal approval in annexation remains unresolved for Winchester
The Virginia annexation case to expand Winchester faces one final hurdle as federal authorities may still need to approve the boundary change under the Voting Rights Act. If required, Winchester will assess federal clearance after a meeting between Virginia's attorney general and federal officials.
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Trial Court
Winchester
U.S. Supreme Court
Virginia
Washington
John S. Davenport III
Richmond
High Court
Supreme Court
Andrew P. Miller
Frederick County
Ugandan coup chief warns of Tanzanian attack
Uganda's Maj. Gen. Idi Amin claimed Tanzania plans to invade to restore Milton Obote. Amin mocked a news conference cancellation and said he would welcome the attackers. Obote, in Dar es Salaam, denied seeking asylum and said he remains Uganda's president. Tanzania's Nyerere cut short his New Delhi trip to return home.
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Kampala
Uganda
Tanzania
Milton Obote
Obote
Dar Es Salaam
Amin
Singapore
Julius Nyerere
Nyerere
New Delhi
Virginia battered by hurricane force winds in statewide storm
The National Weather Service warns the erratic powerful winds across Virginia will ease today as the storm system moves northeast. Gusts peaked at 97 mph on Apple Orchard Mountain and 75 mph in APCO areas with widespread power outages, damaged buildings, and injuries from uprooted trees and debris.
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National Weather Service
Virginia
U.S. Air Force
Apple Orchard Mountain
Bedford County
Woodrum
Roanoke
Appalachian Power Co
Apco
Tidewater
Norfolk
Cambodians Battle Threat to Capital Near Phnom Penh
Thousands of Cambodian troops moved west and northwest of Phnom Penh to disrupt North Vietnamese and Viet Cong concentrations. The crackdown involved “many more than 20 battalions,” with ongoing clashes at Bat Doeung and Saang as Tet celebrations quieted residents. U.S. air and military aid funds, including aircraft and supplies, backed Cambodian forces, amid continued cease-fire violations and casualties on both sides.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Bat Doeung
Saang
Bassac
Saigon
7Th Air Force
U.S
Winter Storm Paralyzes Large Area From Midwest to Atlantic
A fierce winter storm snarls western New York with near blizzard conditions and widespread road closures. Gusts reach 60 to 80 mph, with North Tonawanda and Ontario hard hit. 12 000 schoolchildren stranded in rural Ontario. widespread cold and flooding threats across the Plains, Midwest, Deep South, and West.
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Midwest
Atlantic
New York
Buffalo
North Tonawanda
Ontario
London
Woodstock
Barrie
Middle Atlantic
New England
Plains
Dakotas
Upper Michigan
Ohio Valley
Chicago
Alabama
Arkansas
Connecticut
Washington
Cascade Range
Army Corps of Engineers
Corps
U.S. Forest Service
Cascades
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B&o Railroad
Mary Helen Massie
Lulu Williams
Star Staff
Glaize & Brother
Star Pressroom
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Clarke County Motors
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Idi Amin
THE
Associated Press
Federal Aviation Administration
Blackstone
Byrd Field
Danville
Page County
Stacy E. Apert
Bedford Plaza
Bedford
Front Royal
Front Royal Town
Walter Duncan
Virginia Electric & Power Co
Wtvr-Tv
Division of Motor Vehicles
Wavy-Tv
U.S. 460
Monroe Junior High School
State Highway Department
Namese
Congress
Friedheim
Saigon-Phnom Penh
South Vietnam
Rochester
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Lower
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Ohio
Mississippi Valley
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Great Lakes
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Star
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