Taylor retires to become ambassador to South Vietnam
Gen Maxwell D Taylor ends a battle starred career as he moves to head civilian and military efforts in South Vietnam. He receives a third Oak Leaf Cluster replacing a Distinguished Service Medal and will be sworn in as ambassador after a Pentagon farewell. He has advised on Viet Nam policy since 1961 and led Joint Chiefs during critical years.
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Maxwell D. Taylor
U.S
South Viet Nam
Robert 8. McNamara
Cone
Taylor
Normandy
Korea
Berlin
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Armed Services
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marines
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Johnson
White House
Senate
Saigon
United States
West Point
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Viet Nam
Honolulu
Canadian Army band visits Winchester during Apple Blossom week
Sgt Major Vandiour of the Elgin Regiment Trumpet Band vacationed in the Shenandoah Valley after touring Washington. The Vanidours met local residents including Sgt Guy Reedy, a U.S. Army recruiter who arranged housing, then visited Front Royal and Skyline Caverns as guests of the cavern.
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Apple Blossom
Winchester
Vanidour
Elgin Regiment
St. Thomas
Ont
Shenandoah Valley
Washington
Vanidours
Guy
Reedy
U.S. Army
Front Royal
Skyline Caverns
Cav
Barry Goldwater Story on WINC Radio
Brief radio note indicates Barry Goldwater discussion scheduled on WINC Radio with a Saturday air time. Mentions Ty and Tue date unclear. Program outline and guest details appear fragmented from OCR.
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Barry Goldwater
WINC
Castro Slams Sister Defection From Mexico City Televised
Fidel Castro denounced his sister Juanita’s defection as a bitter act not written in the U S Embassy in Mexico City. He recalled the Civil War era and said Cuba is an enormous prison surrounded by water. He read a prepared statement and allowed no further questions.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Juanita
United States
Mexico City
Castro
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Cuba
Miss Castro
Senate Defeats Amendments on Pay Raise Bill
The Senate completes action on a 564 million federal pay raise bill and keeps a 7500 yearly increase for all members of Congress despite three failed amendments aimed at striking raises. Senate passage will return the bill to the House before the Republican convention.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Representatives
House
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Jack Miller
Iowa
U.S
William Proxmire
D, Wis
You Pick 60 Cents Gal at Cherries and Packing Corp
You pick 60 cents per gallon at Cherries J K Robinson Merriman's Lane and at R and T Packing Corp Middle Road. We pick 75 cents per gallon. Phone 662 9723 supports both locations.
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Cherries R & T Packing Corp
Middle Road
L. C
Dick Estate
Montmorency
U S Defends NATO Atomic Defense Plan in Geneva
The United States defended a multinational NATO nuclear force as essential to deter Soviet threats in Europe. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Zorin urged renunciation of the plan, while NATO and U S diplomats argued the force would not expand independent nukes. A separate note reports three Winchester fire companies monitoring a grass fire near B&O tracks in the city.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
United States
Western Europe
U.S
William C. Foster
Foster
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Valerian A. Zorin
NATO
Europe
Zorin
Winchester
B&o
Johnson hails 3.3 billion foreign aid bill passage
President Johnson praised the House approval of a 3.3 billion dollar foreign aid measure as a major victory for American foreign policy and citizens. The vote 231 to 174 split saw 176 Democrats and 55 Republicans in favor with 63 Democrats and 11 Republicans opposed. The bill sets a spending ceiling pending Senate action on the authorization, ending Passman’s two decade influence over the program.
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Washington
Johnson
House
Otto E. Passman
Dla
America
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Passman
Viet Cong Attack Kills 29 in Central Vietnam Convoy
Viet Cong guerrillas ambushed a government convoy along Route 19 in central Vietnam, killing 29 government troops and seizing weapons. In nearby Kontum Province, government forces reported 59 Viet Cong bodies found and equipment captured after a prolonged operation. An explosion in Saigon injured two Americans and a Chinese passenger, as the Mekong Delta saw a helicopter crash during a medical evacuation, killing a pilot.
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South Viet Nam
Vietnamese Defense Ministry
Kontum
Pleiku
Defense Ministry
U.S
Mekong River
Scranton Warns Against Men of Lifeless Spirit
Eugene Oregon AP The Republican party faces danger from men of lifeless spirit as Governor Scranton urges movable delegates to thwart Barry Goldwater’s first ballot nomination. He cites a need for exuberant forward looking liberalism. Scranton aims to rally 80 delegates from 23 states to stop a first ballot win in San Francisco.
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Eugene
Ore
Republican Party
Pennsylvania
William W. ‘Scranton
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Barry Goldswater
San Francisco
Conevention
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Goldwater
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Florida
Illinois
Iowa
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Minnesota
Missouri
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Washington
Fire training school honors over 200 volunteers
More than 200 firemen their wives and friends gathered at Friendship Fire Hall for a dinner and certificates after completing a Fairfax County Fire Service training school. The event was sponsored with the State Dept of Education and featured Joseph G. Haines and mayor-elect William M. Battaile as emcee. Continued on Page 2.
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Friendship Fire Hall
Fairfax County Fire Service
State Dept. of Education
Joseph G. Haines
Winchester— Volunteer Firemen’s Assn
William M. Battaile
Jones Photography Closed For Vacation Notice
A local photography service announces a vacation closure from July 6 through July 20. The business will resume operations after the break.
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Jones Photography
Shoe Sale Big Reduction at Newberrys
Lovetts Shoe Corporation introduces the New Cobra line at Newberrys with bold discounts. Also advertised are Chamber-Loading 8 shot cap pistols at $1 including caps.
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Lovetts Shoe Corporation
New
Newberry
NLRB Rules Union Guilty of Racial Discrimination
The National Labor Relations Board found the Independent Metal Workers Union guilty of racial discrimination at Hughes Tool Co in Houston and revoked its certification. The decision allows another union to petition for certification. Ivory Davis, a Negro apprentice applicant, was denied a white-only program.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Independent Metal Workers Union
Hughes Tool Co
Houston
Tex
Fiveemember Board
Congress
Boyd Seedom
Gerald A. Brown
Howard Jenkins
Howard Jenkins J Jr. Chairman Frank W. McCulloch
John H. Fanning
Ivory Davis
Apple Institute Names Robinson New President
H. Delmér Robinson Jr., chairman of the Virginia Apple Commission, was elected president of the National Apple Institute at its 29th annual meeting in Bedford Springs Pennsylvania. The group also elected Maury Sanders of Idaho as vice president Gerald Werbridge of Western New York as secretary and Bob Ryder of Delaware as treasurer. Robinson succeeds William Darrow of Vermont.
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H. Delmér Robinson, Jr
Virginia Apple Commission
National Apple Institute
Bedford Springs
Idaho
Maury Sanders
Gerald Werbridge
Western New York
Bob Ryder
Delaware
Robinson Frederick
William Darrow
Vermont
Weather unsettled for Virginia with weekend showers
A stationary cold front north of Virginia keeps the Old Dominion in unsettled weather for several days. Maritime tropical air brings considerable cloudiness and afternoon and evening showers and thundershowers over the weekend.
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Richmond
Virginia
Domnion
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Welltown
NATO Atomic Defense Plan
LBJ
Jaid
Schenck Foods Co
Court Plaza
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Gates Lumber Yard
J . Pifer. Printing Co., Inc
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Qui Nhon
The
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Pleiky
Nam
Nhon
Cambodia
Bayliss Real Estate
Valley Ave
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance
Winchester Savings. &+ Loan
Boscawen & Washington
Apple Institute
Robinson
Corrigan Rug Cleaners
Rouss Fire Co
Winchester Malt Beverage Association
Big Boy Beverage Co
Dearing Beverage Co
Dixie Beverage Co
Duquense Distributors S.& F Distributing Co
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