South Vietnam proposes cease fire and elections plan
Saigon issued a communique marking the 17th Geneva anniversary proposing reunification by general elections under international supervision. It urges North Vietnam to join negotiations for a total cease-fire while both zones coexist peacefully.
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Iraq Breaks With Jordan as Hussein pushes guerrilla mopup
Iraq severed diplomatic ties with Jordan as King Hussein's army pressed a six day operation against Palestinian guerrillas in northern Jordan. Sudan condemned Jordanian repression and both Iraq and Sudan urged Arab nations to isolate Jordan while Egypt sought mediation.
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Red Cross Bloodmobile Seeks 0 Positive Donors Sunday
Winchester Jaycees sponsor a bloodmobile visit at Christ Episcopal Church Parish House from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tomorrow. Ten pints of 0 positive blood are needed for open heart surgery in Washington D C. All blood types required.
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Falls Church Youth Drowns in County
A 19 year old Falls Church resident John Marshall Payne drowned in a lake at Mountain Falls Park yesterday. His body was recovered about an hour after he disappeared and he died at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Deputy responders arrived after a call at 4 10 p m and were told he was swimming with his wife Bonnie Payne and Mr Mrs William Burke present. Dick Ronk attempted a rescue.
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Nixon visit to China boosts talk of Vietnam troop pullout
Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott says Nixon’s trip to Peking signals no combat troops in Vietnam by May 1 1972 and possibly no US forces at all by then except to fulfill agreements. McCloskey and Jackson also weigh impact on peace talks and arms control.
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Peking
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ABC
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California
Paris
Differences Hold Up European Troop Cut
Washington reports a split within the Nixon administration over a planned 10 percent early cut in Central Europe troops. Some favor MBFR talks while others warn cuts may disrupt the East West balance, delaying NATO plans by about a month and risking Berlin and arms control progress.
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East Germany
United States
Virginia highway toll tops 600 after fatal weekend crashes
Eleven people died in five major crashes across Virginia over a weekend, with multiple two car wrecks in Isle of Wight County Virginia Beach Fairfax Fauquier and Emporia. Names include Amos Green Jr Tazzie Bray Faucette Joana Frenzel Clarence Tinsman Jr and others among the injured and killed across numerous counties.
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Virginia Beach
Fairfax County
Fauquier County
Emporia
Amos Green Jr
Tazzie Bray Faucette
Middleburg
U.S
Joana Frenzel
Manassas Park
Clarence Edward Tinsman Jr
the Plains
False Fire Alarm Probed as Fire Crews Respond
Authorities investigated a false fire alarm turned in to Winchester firemen on Saturday afternoon. Firefighters were sent to the vicinity of Winchester Intermediate School on North Kent Street but found no fire. A separate incident at 900 block of South Loudoun Street involved wiring under a truck hood catching fire, causing only minor damage.
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S.R. Dyke
Winchester Intermediate School
North Kent St
South Loudoun St
Oscar Jenkins, Jr
Foreign envoys seek clues on Nixon trip as allies assess commitments
Asian ambassadors waited to see Secretary of State William Rogers for guidance on how President Nixon's trip toward China could alter U S security ties. They seek to understand whether Washington’s new relations with Beijing will affect long standing American pledges to allies in Korea Thailand and elsewhere.
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Front moves north as storms bring showers to Virginia
A frontal zone from Delaware through southern West Virginia moves northward with high moisture to its south, triggering showers and thunderstorms across Virginia today.
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