Advanced Missiles Developed in U S Program
The United States reports new nuclear warheads that pierce anti missile defenses and would bolster an offensive deterrent. The AEC notes tests at Nevada and plans to overhaul ICBMs, with possible $40 billion system costs and 1968 budget contingency for defense race.
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Washington
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
U.S
Robert S. McNamara
Soviet Union
Moscow
Johnson
Congress
AEC
Nevada
Defender
Mary Lillian Shelnen
Rocky Flats
Colo
Oak Rie Tenn
Pinellas
Clearwater
Fla
Stewardess to Head Virginia Travel Office
An Arlington airline stewardess has been chosen to lead Virginia's new travel information office, which will open in New York on March 1.
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Virginia Travel Office
Richmond
Arlington
Virginia
New York
Travel Service Names Four Counselors for Virginia Office
J Stuart White announces four travel counselors for the Virginia State Travel Service. They are Mrs Gordon W Jones of New York and Nansemond County, Miss Elizabeth McNeil Mathewson of Richmond formerly with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and Miss Ellen Latane Rennolds of Richmond now with Savings Banks Trust Company in New York. A fifth recruit will follow in New York. The office will be at 11 Rockefeller Plaza in a two room street front location.
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Gordon W. Jones
New York
Nansemond County
Elizabeth McNeil Mathewson
Richmond
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Ellen Latane Rennolds
Savings Banks Trust Company
Virginia State Travel Service
Rockefeller Plaza
Night Cooling With Cloudy Sky Forecast
The forecasters predict temperatures will hold steady tomorrow with a nighttime rise from 18 to above freezing and a low not dropping below 35. Expect a cloudy and cold day similar to today.
Young lady to work in Drug Store after school and Saturday
Classified item notes a girl sought for after school work at a drug store with Saturday shifts. Also lists new shipments including Bass Loafers, Children's Car Coats, Robes, and dresses. An ad from Elsworth LeMaster seeks Clarke County Motors sales and service with phone contact 955-2500.
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Winchester Evening Star
Clarke County Motors
Chrysler
Plumb
International
Elsworth LeMaster
President and Vice President Lead Astronauts Graveside Remembrance
President Johnson and Vice President Humphrey led a graveside homage for astronauts Virgil Grissom Edward White and Roger Chaffee in Arlington and West Point ceremonies. The service included a final flag presentation to Betty Grissom and prayers by Roy Van Tassel. Guns fired, fighters flew a missing- corner formation symbolic salute as Congress members and officials attended.
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Air Force
Edward H. White II
Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
Navy
Roger B. Chaffee
Grissom
Arlington
Roy van Tassel
Church of Christ
Mitchell, Ind
Congress
Firemen Chase Thief Suspect Through Winchester Run
After a frantic foot chase up Indian Alley and past the Palace Theatre, Dalton Eugene Davis, 18, was captured by police and charged with breaking and entering and grand larceny at Wall's Jewelers. The theft came within 24 hours of another jewelry store robbery at Ward Plaza. Cooper's attend the preaching mission tonight at 7 30 P M.
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Indian Alley
Loudoun J
Palace Theatre
Winchester
Iremen
Dalton Eugene Davis
Southwerk St
Rom Wall
Rouss
Last Words Spark Apollo 1 Tragedy Details
The New York Times reports the Apollo 1 astronauts uttered “We’re on fire Get us out of here” as hatch access failed during the fatal test. Engineers logged seconds of frantic intercom audio with voices identified as White and Chaffee amid a raging cockpit blaze.
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New York
The
New York Times
Navy
Roger B. Chaffee
the Times
Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Times
Chaffee
Air Force
Col. White
Donald K. Slayton
Draft Board Cannot Punish Protesters By Reclassifying 1A
A U S Court of Appeals ruled local draft boards may not reclassify registrants to 1A as punishment for antiwar protests. The unanimous decision reinstated a lower court case by two University of Michigan students who shifted from 2S to 1A after joining an Ann Arbor demonstration.
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NEW York
U.S. Court of Appeals
Vietnam
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Mich
Weather Richmond Virginia Sees Clear Skies
AP reports a weak ridge of high pressure brings clear skies and cool temperatures to Virginia today as a dry northeastern air mass settles in.
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Richmond
Virginia
Second Airman Burned In Cabin Simulator Deaths After Test
A fire in a 100 percent oxygen space cabin at Brooks Air Force Base killed one airman and critically burned another during routine maintenance in an altitude chamber used to study rabbit hematology. Both men were taken to Brooke Army Medical Center. cause under investigation.
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Brooks Air Force Base
Cape Kennedy
Brooke Army Medical Center
Air Force
Congress Asked to Boost Vietnam Veterans Benefits
President Johnson urged Congress to raise educational and other benefits for Vietnam era veterans to par with World War II and Korea veterans. He cited gaps in law leaving some veterans and families ineligible and proposed higher monthly stipends, extended college benefits, disability pensions, and medical care. He also called for automatic adjustments for larger families and a $10 increase per additional child, with amendments to the GI bill to preserve full high school benefits.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Vietnam
Korea
Snow
Ford Presses Johnson to Revise Budget and Debt Policy
In Roanoke Ford urged President Johnson to submit a revised 1968 budget, arguing the House Appropriations Committee could compel action by blocking hearings on the 135 billion program. He also urged a lower debt ceiling and noted possible billions could be cut if set lower. Lawmakers debated including participation sales in debt figures as Fowler sought a 7 billion rise to 337 billion.
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Washington
House
Gerald Ford
Johnson
House Appropriations Committee
Roanoke
Ford
GOP
John W. Byrnes
R-Wis
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Byrnes
Fowler
Ways and Means Committee
Charles L. Schultze
Schultze
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J. Stuart White
State Division of Public Relations and Advertising
White
Huntsberry Shoe Store
Childrens
Ye Price
Margaret L. Hodgson
PLANE
Purdue
Market St. Methodist Church
Ward Plaza
San Antonio, Tex
School of Aerospace Medicine
Tokyo
Mao Tsetung
Shantung Province
Tsingtao
Liu Shao-chi
U.S. Navy
China
Chinese Communist Party
Shanghai
Peking
Taiyuan
Shansi
Liberation Army
Mao
Lin Piao
Revolutionary Rebel Committee
Army Daily
Army
Paris
Hong Kong
Star
Sinkiang
Wang En-mao
Lop
Terminal Cab Co
Wender’s, Inc
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