Byrd Homecoming Rally to Close Senate Campaign
U S Senator Harry F Byrd Jr returns to his hometown for a Saturday rally to conclude his campaign for the Democratic primary. The plaza between city hall and county courthouse will host entertainment from 3 30 to 5 with a program featuring speakers including W C Danial E Blackburn Moore Burr Harrison John Marsh and Byrd supporters. Music by local groups and a red white blue decor theme accompany free hot dogs and drinks as a public address system carries the program. City and county officials approved the event on public grounds.
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U.S
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Ben Dutton
Winchester
William M. Battaile
W. C
Dan) Daniel
Byrd
Daniel
E. Blackburn Moore
Virginia House of Delegates
Burr P. Harrison
Harrison
John O. Marsh, Jr
F. L. Largent, Jr
Senator Byrd
Alson Smith
Frederick County
Robert W. Smalley
Ralph Dorsey
Clarke County
Virginia Lancers
Loudoun St
Sandee
J.C. Penney
Shorty Billmyer
Rouss Ave
Temperatures Rise Back Into the 90s
Heat returns after a brief cool spell as highs push into the 90s once more. Yesterday’s 64 degree low offered relief, with a 101 degree Sunday and a 15 day streak of 90s noted. Storms were reported area wide with Boyce area taking the brunt including a lightning strike causing roof damage and a fire call volume for the local fire company.
James Wood to Host Football Prospect Meeting Tonight
Football practice starts in 39 days as James Wood announces a 6 30 p m meeting for prospective players at the school. Police warn motorbike riders to avoid loud mufflers. improper equipment charges may follow. Summer parade season opens with Woodstock Firemen’s Parade at 7 p m through Shenandoah County. August parades include Strasburg Flint Hill Edinburg Berryville and Middle Town with Miss Judy Swecker in the Apple Blossom Festival.
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James Wood
Woodstock
Shenandoah
Judy Swecker
Strasburg
Pawe
Flint Hill
Edinburg
Berryville
Middletown
Humphrey Urges Governors U S Keeps Viet Nam Initiative
Vice President Humphrey told governors the United States has the initiative in Viet Nam and must stay and fight until aggression from the North ends. He argued withdrawal would invite further Communist expansion and threaten regional independence, urging continued action in South Viet Nam.
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Los Angeles
Hubert H. Humphrey
United States
Viet Nam
Tus
Asia
South Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Humphrey
Hanoi
Haiphong
Father Brings Home Body of Soldier Son
Army Spec 6 Gerald L. Smith, 48, escorted the body of his son Army Pfc. Danny L. Smith, 22, killed in Viet Nam on June 30. Burial planned at Ft. Bliss cemetery after services at Holloman AFB chapel. Danny was on his second Viet Nam tour and had written from the field about coming home.
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Alamogordo
N.M
Gerald L. Smith
Viet Nam
Smith
Army
Danny L. Smith
Danny
Holloman Air Force Base
Ft. Bliss
George Ingram
Belinda
Smiths
Dia Teas Memae
Wilson to fly to Washington for talks with Johnson
Prime Minister Harold Wilson will fly to Washington on July 28 for a one day conference with President Johnson on Viet Nam and other world issues. They will discuss differences over the new American bombing policy in North Viet Nam and Wilson will return home after the meeting.
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London
Harold Wilson
Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
North
Wanted Experienced Pressers Top wages
Crisman Cleaners advertises openings for experienced pressers with top wages and instructs applicants not to call.
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Crisman Cleaners
Byrd Sr. Lapses Into Coma Amid Brain Tumor
Former Senator Harry F. Byrd, 79, has slipped into a coma from a malignant brain tumor. Family members disclosed the news. doctors say there is no chance of regaining consciousness and he remains at home in Berryville after retiring from the Senate last November following 32 years of service.
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Berryville
Harry F. Byrd
Richard E. Byrd
Tse
Associated Press
Byrd
Senate
Johnson optimistic on Vietnam war progress at Texas ranch
President Johnson told networks the Communists cannot win in Vietnam and expressed optimism we are on the way to solving the Vietnam problem. He outlined plans to cut bomb and ammo purchases and announced overnight conferences at his ranch with McNamara Harriman and other advisers. He cited raids on Hanoi Haiphong wiping out a large share of North Viet Nam fuel storage and discussed racial and political issues ahead of the November elections.
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Humphrey
Johnson
Viet Nam
North
Johnson City
Tex
Here
Robert S. McNamara
W. Averell Harriman
Luci
Hanoie Haiphong
Congress
Third County Man Killed In Viet Nam
A third Frederick County youth died in Viet Nam SP/4 Harry J. Yost 21 son of Mr and Mrs Cleveland E Yost Whitacre was killed June 30 in combat A hospital corpsman Loring Carper Jr Sunnyside Station died May 17 and Pfc James McIlwee Gore died about June 20 while with the 101st Airborne Yost attended Gainesboro School and volunteered for the draft in June last year.
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Frederick County
Viet Nam
Harry J. Yost
Cleveland E. Yost
Whitacre
Loring Carper, Jr
U.S. Navy
Sunnyside Station
Pfc
James Mclwee
Gore
101St Airborne
Yost
18Th Infantry
Gainesboro
Fort Gordon
U S jets face heavy North Viet Nam missile onslaught
Washington reports say Hanoi diplomacy shows war weariness but no push for peace. In Saigon, U S planes dodged a massive Soviet missile barrage over the Red River Valley as 27 to 29 missiles were fired. Four sites were wrecked and two fuel depots hit within 33 miles of Hanoi as 106 sorties were flown.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Red River Valley
U.S
Hanoi
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Asman
Panhandle
Tion
Weather system cools Richmond ahead of Thursday
A frontal system moving toward Virginia should reach the state by Thursday, preventing further temperature rise. The approach threatens warmer conditions with cooler air to follow.
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Richmond
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