Wind Storm Hits Winchester Area Causing Widespread Damage
The Saturday windstorm blindsided Winchester with scattered damage from downed trees across power lines and roads. Clarke and Frederick counties reported the worst effects, with 350 telephone services cut and a church roof torn, while the airport and homes faced structural harm and two city crews worked to clear debris.
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Star
Winchester
Nancy Pennypacker
Betty DeHaven
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Charles Kirk
Potomac Edison
Clarke County
Bluemont
Shenandoah
Route 7
Berryville
Frederick County
Kirk
Record-Set 591 Traffic Deaths Over Holiday Weekend
The Associated Press reports 591 fatalities in the three day Fourth of July period, topping the prior three day record of 576 from 1966 but below the all-time four day high of 732 in 1967. An earlier non holiday weekend tally had 435 deaths.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Congress Faces Busy Second Half With Tax Fight Looming
The 91st Congress returns after a fourteenth recess to tackle major tasks. Only one law enacted, none of 13 regular appropriation bills passed, delaying funding. House has passed two measures, Senate committees stall on tax revision, education aid, and antipoverty programs. Senate considers antiballistic missile policy and the nuclear nonproliferation treaty.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Post Office Department
Apollo 11 Astronauts Enter Final Training Phase
The Apollo 11 crew Neal Armstrong Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin begin a full day of training at Cape Kennedy after a relaxed Fourth of July weekend. They rehearse liftoff and lunar rendezvous as launch preparations continue for the July 16 liftoff and July 20 moon landing.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Neil A. Armstrong
Michael Collins
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Houseton
Tex
Armstrong
Aldrin
Collins
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Viet Cong Launch First Ground Attack in a Week Near Saigon
Viet Cong forces launched their first ground assault in seven days, striking a U.S. military headquarters 120 miles northeast of Saigon with grenades and dynamite. Six Americans were killed and 18 wounded, with reports of several armored personnel carriers destroyed.
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Saigon
U.S
Can Tho
Mekong Delta
U.S. Command
Charlottesville Normal After Weekend Vandalism Incident
After a weekend spree involving about 150 people in Charlottesville, police reported routine activity with minor disturbances in the Negro residential area. Albemarle County and state police assisted in breaking up fights at the dance and in stopping vandalism, with damage estimated at $5,000 and no serious injuries.
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Charlottesville
Albemarle County
West Main Street
Foster Indicted In Warren Shooting
A Warren County grand jury indicted Paul Jackson Foster in the June 22 shooting of Joseph Deavers near Bentonville. Foster, 38, of Manassas Park, had been released from custody on bail after a prior preliminary hearing.
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Warren County
Paul Jackson Foster
Joseph Deavers
Warren County Circuit Court
Deavers
Bentonville
Gary Keyser
Foster
Manassas Park
LeRoy Coreron
Ree
Warren County Circuit Court Clerk
14 Killed in Georgia Crash
A twin engine Air South Beech 99 with 14 aboard crashed near Monroe Georgia killing all aboard. The plane was on instrument flight from Atlanta to Greenville Spartanburg and Sumter. No survivors. wreckage spread over an acre and a half. witnesses heard the engines wide open before the crash in clear weather.
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Civil Defense
Air South
Monroe
Atlanta
Greenville
Spartanburg
Sumter
S.C
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
George Collier
Flight
Robert Dick
Walton County
Franklin Thornton
Thornton
Miami
Washington
Nashville
Tenn
Birmingham
Ala
Augusta
Brunswick
Albany
Tifton
South Carolina
Thant Warns He Might Pull U N Middle East Observers
U Thant warned he may withdraw the 96 U N observers along the Suez Canal cease-fire line as open fighting rises in the Middle East. He cited increased firing on posts and equipment and said violence since June 1967 has peaked, risking peaceful settlement efforts and broader hostilities.
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United Nations, N.Y
U Thant
Suez Canal
U.N
Thant
Council
Security Council
Canal
Middle East
Busch to Send Four Bison to LBJ Ranch in Texas
August A. Busch Jr, president of Anheuser-Busch, Inc, ordered four 2 year old buffalo to be shipped today to Johnson State Park near the LBJ Ranch at Johnson City Texas. The animals join a small herd on several hundred acres of grazing land.
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August A. Busch, Jr
Anheuser-Busch, Inc
Johnson State Park
LBJ
Johnson City
Tex
Weather Front Keeps Virginia Hot and Humid
A frontal system across Virginia between two high pressure areas maintains hot humid conditions statewide.
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Richmond
Vireina
Pollard Campaign Rally at City Park Monday Evening
Citizens Committee for Pollard invites the public to a rally at City Park Monday at 7 30 p m. Teresa Massie serves as secretary and will brief attendees on candidate plans and civic issues.
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Pollard
Citizens Committee For
Teresa Massie
City Park
Citizens Committee
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Wood
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MR. Kirk
Fort Loudoun Apartments
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Hardy
WHPL
Old Salem
Mary Helen Massie
Jones
Montmorency
Glaize &Bros
Wender’s, Inc
Kathleen
Ann
Michael
Warren
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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