War Toll Highest in 6 Weeks
The AP reports the past week saw 29 American, 238 South Vietnamese, and 1,103 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed in action. U.S. deaths include nine nonhostile and 179 wounded. South Vietnamese casualties total 514 wounded. Casualty totals now stand at 45,373 Americans killed in action and 300,692 wounded, plus 758,499 enemy killed. In Mekong Delta, U Minh forest clash left 19 North Vietnamese/Viet Cong dead. Laos plans a major command shakeup shifting power to Prince Boun Oum’s faction. The Star marks 75th anniversary and notes Mrs. Mabel Perry retires after 65 years as Mountain Falls correspondent.
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Saigon
Maj
Charles Johnson
Johnson
U.S. Command
U Minh Forest
Mekong Delta
Vientaine
Laos
Jed
Prince Boun Oum
Panhandle
Renner Aims at Clarke County Board Seat in Battletown
William L Renner of Berryville announces his bid for the Democratic nomination to the Clarke County Board of Supervisors from Battletown District. A Valley Redi-Mix Co Inc owner and longtime Clarke resident, he seeks election as two seats are planned for the district under a reapportionment plan pending approvals.
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William L
Bill) Renner
Berryville
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Battletown
Clarke
Renner
The
Valley Redi-Mix Co., Inc
Eustace B. Jackson
National Federation of Independent Business
Winchester Jaycees Sponsor Bloodmobile July Visit
Town Crier reports the Winchester Jaycees will host a Red Cross Bloodmobile stop at Christ Episcopal Church Parish House on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jack Guy says all blood types are needed and a request for 10 pints of O positive blood is urgent for transport to Washington D C for open heart surgery.
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Winchester Jaycees
Red Cross
Winchester
Christ Episcopal Church Parish House
Jack Guy
Red Crags
Washington, D.C
FBI to Investigate Policeman Murders By Request
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover announced agents will investigate police killings when local agencies request help. No such requests have been made yet since the policy shift last month following White House talks. The report notes 100 officer deaths anticipated for last year and more than 50 in the first half of this year while organized crime and extremism dominated bureau time.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
White House
Hoover
Nixon
John N. Mitchell
Bureau
Black Panther Party
Bruce presses for dialogue in Paris talks with Viet Cong
U S Ambassador David Bruce urged a constructive exchange at the Paris peace talks, saying Washington is willing to consider Viet Cong and North Vietnamese proposals as well as its own. He questioned the seven point plan’s meaning and called for genuine negotiations on troop withdrawal and prisoner release.
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Paris
U.S
David K. E. Bruce
Nguyen Thi Binh
Bruce
South Vietnam
Republic of Vietnam
United States
Supervisors Hold Switchboards as Strike Binds C&P Virginia
Area offices of Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. run mainly by supervisors after a nationwide Bell System strike left 13 percent of non management staff at work. 30 supervising workers from other Virginia areas filled gaps, with new hires being trained. Pickets remain at four C&P sites amid minor incidents reported by AP.
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Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
Bell System
Harry Doyle
Doyle
Virginia
C&p
Associated Press
Phone Strike Brings Minor Inconvenience Across Bell System
The AFL-CIO Communications Workers strike against Bell System enters its second day with minimal service disruption. Management workers filled striker roles as operators faced long waits and some area codes remained unknown. Union demands include higher wages improved health insurance and stronger pensions amid stalled negotiations and federal mediation efforts.
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Associated Press
Afl-Cio Communications Workers of America
Bell
Southern Bell
Washington
Denver
Miami
CWA
Joseph A. Beirne
New York
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
J. Curtis Counts
Bierne
Ecology explained part one defining study of living things
The Star presents a two part series by Jessie Sullivan on ecology. It defines ecology as the study of living things in relation to their environment and notes public misunderstanding. It cites pollution of rivers lakes oceans and air and references President Nixon's call to reclaim air and water purity in the 1970s.
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Jessie Sullivan
Star
Nixon
America
Weather update from Richmond with possible showers
A frontal system over southwest Virginia creates mostly clear conditions in Richmond with a chance of afternoon and evening showers. Other items note a wallpaper sale, a vacation week notice, and a correction for carpet pricing at Montgomery Ward.
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Richmond
Virginia
Montgomery Ward
Ward Riaza Shopping Center
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N. Viets
Robert Painter
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