No Comment From State On Ho Chi Minh Cable To CBS
The State Department would not comment on a Ho Chi Minh message to CBS stating no trial is planned for captured U.S. airmen. The Pentagon cites about 45 American captives in North Vietnam and warns against potential trials. Ambassador Harriman cautions Hanoi but rejects predicting U.S. sanctions.
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Washington
State Department
Ho Chi Minh
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Hanoi
Pentagon
North Viet Nam
W. Averell Harriman
United States
Harriman
WRC
U.S
Weather clears pools as drizzle totals little rain
Dark clouds cleared with only .01 inch of rain at the Agriculture Experiment Station, leaving the month total at 64.1/2. A sale offers dresses sportswear and cocktail dresses at half price at the Modern Age Shop. The Winchester Firemans Association holds its regular quarterly meeting July 26 at 7 p.m. at the Rouss Fire Hall with a bus tour of fire training grounds.
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Agriculture Experiment Station
Winchester Firemans Association
Rouss
Lea
Man Loses Leg in Weekend Highway Crashes
A series of five accidents over the weekend left one man with the loss of a leg and six other people injured. Donald Roosevelt Benner, 25, of Clearbrook, suffered multiple fractures and remained in intensive care at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Others hurt included Margel Billmeyer, Dwight Billmeyer Sr., Earl Eustace, his wife, Dwight Jr., Robert Williams, and John Strother, with injuries ranging from lacerations to head and chest contusions. Damage included a wrecked well driller valued at $17,000 and a demolished truck, with police noting a collision on Route 7 east of Winchester and additional incidents on Route 522.
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Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
Margel
Dwight Billmeyer
Rio
W. Va
Donald Roosevelt Benner
Clearbrook
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Margel Billmeyer
Billmeyer
Dwight, Jr
Detrick
Earl Eustace
Takoma Park
John H. Enders
Robert R.williams
la Hospital
Hunting Ridge
Johnny Johnson
Gore
Shawnee
Stephens City
George Lutz
Opequon
Gainesboro
Cross Junction
Route 7
Swimley
Sta
West Virginia Line
Berryville
Charles Town
Rights Bill Faces House Clash Over Housing Provision
The House considers a civil rights bill amid uneasy mood due to Northern racial tensions. A key housing provision would shield homeowners with limited transactions, drawing heavy opposition from civil rights groups and lawmakers.
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Washington
House
North
Congress
Judiciary Committee
Charles M. Mathias Jr
Nicholas Katzenbach
Storms Pose No Immediate Land Threat
Hurri cane Dorothy, a 75 mph tropical storm, lashes Atlantic waters while Ella, a weaker system, forms southeast of the Lesser Antilles. Neither storm threatens land. Dorothy sits about 1 200 miles east of Bermuda with a large extent, Ella moving west northwest and likely to slow.
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Miami
Fla
Dorothy
Atlantic
Ella
Bermuda
Miami Weather Bureau
Gordon Dunn
Lesser Antilles
San Juan
Winchester Optical to Close Week of July 25 for Vacation
Winchester Optical Co at 25 W Boscawen will be closed the week of July 25 for vacation. Rhodes Jewelry Co, Winchester’s leading jewelers, remains at 21 W Boscawen St with phone 662-7141 and offers fine jewelry and silverware.
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Winchester Optical Co
W. Boscawen
Rhodes Jewelry CO
Winchester
Fine Jewelry & Silverware
W. Boscawen St
UN Council To Discuss Israeli Raid On Syria Water Project
The United Nations Security Council meets to debate the Israeli air raid on a Syrian project to divert the Jordan river waters. Syria and Israel filed mutual complaints as Ambassadors Tomeh and Comay speak first. Comay accuses Syria of violence and terrorism while Tomeh denies responsibility for El Fatah and El Asefa and says Israeli planes hit equipment and a woman.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Jordan
Syria
Israel
George J. Tomeh
Michael S. Comay
Council
Comay
El-Fatah
Conquest
El-Asefa Storm
Tomeh
el Asefa
Firestone Lot Opens for Winchester Days Parking
Richard J. Martin of the Winchester Parking Authority announced 92 free parking spaces on the Firestone property on Braddock St during Winchester Days. The lot, though not yet paved, has been graded and will be paved and marked soon with a 6 to 8 ft greenery row and trees along Indian Alley.
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Firestone
Braddock St
Winchester
Richard J. Martin
Winchester Parking Authority
Martin
Indian Alley
County Firemen Answer 8 Calls in 12-Hour Period
Volunteer companies in Frederick County answered eight calls in a 12 hour span on Saturday. Middletown handled two grass fires on Guard Hill Road with Front Royal aid, and other towns reported grass fires, a vehicle collision, a garage fire, and a dump fire. Fire units also assisted at an interstate plant fire and wet down routes after accidents.
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Frederick County
Middletown Company
Guard Hill
Middletown
Front Royal
Middletown Com
Romeo Stickley
Round Hill
Shawe ‘Nee
Holmes Smoke
Mt. Williams Road
Shawnee, Reuss
Friendship
Clearbrook
Inwood Company
Midway
W Va
Stilwell Apparently Missing on Flight to Honolulu
Brig. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell Jr., commander of a Green Beret training center, was reported missing after a C47 flight from San Francisco Saturday night. Coast Guard said he may have been aboard the Thai royal C47, though not confirmed, and a search was begun for the missing aircraft believed ditched in the Pacific.
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San Francisco
Calif
Joseph W. Stilwell Jr
Oine Green Beret Training Center
Honolulu
Coast Guard
Stilwell
Pacific
Coast Guard Search and Rescue Center
Air Traffic Control Center
San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco International
Hickam Air Force Base
Airlines Losses Mount As Five Carriers Continue Strike
Five airlines Eastern National Northwest Trans World and United estimate revenue losses total 126 million with 29 million in payroll lost as 66 200 workers remain furloughed or on strike. Officials say service cuts hit 61 70 percent of capacity and 68 cities lacking trunk service as negotiations resume after a one hour session.
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Washington
Eastern
National
Northwest
Trans World
United
Afl-Cio International Association of Machineists
New York
Miami
Chicago-Miami
Los Angeles
Boston
U.S
Hawaii
New York City
IAMI
IAM
Seven Die In Da Nang Marine Plane Crash
A U S Marine C117 transport crashed on takeoff from Da Nang air base killing seven of the 30 aboard. Twenty three were hospitalized with one in serious condition. All aboard were Marine or Navy personnel. crews of three. No identifications released pending kin notification.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
U.S
da Nang Air Base
Nine Viet Cong Attacks Hit Isolated Posts Near Saigon
Viet Cong guerrillas struck nine isolated outposts south of Saigon before dawn in a wave of hit and run attacks. North of Saigon U S Marines pressed into hills as battles reported in the 11 day sweep with 698 North Vietnamese dead.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Demilitarized Zone
U.ss
U.S
Laos
Air Force
Guam
17Th Parallel
Navy
Marine
Gulf of Tonkin
North Viet Nam
Weather: Sunny and Dry in Virginia Today
Virginia's weather stays sunny and dry under a northwest flow. Clear skies and continued dry conditions are expected across the state today.
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Richmond
Virginia
Peters Watch Center and Crisman Cleaners Vacation Closure
The note states Peters Watch Center and Crisman Cleaners will be closed on Wednesdays and will be on vacation from August 1 through August 6.
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Peters Watch Center
Crisman Cleaners
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South
Viet Nam
Roman C. Pucinski
D- 1
Chicago
Pucinski
South Viet Nam Liberation Army
U.S. Army
South Viet Nam National Liberation Front
Pucin
Nguyen Cao Ky
J. W. Detrick
Benner
Audley Farm
Paul Priest
Lafayette
Ind
John Strother
D. A. Tz
Reds
UN Council
Jordan River
Presidio of
Airlines
James J. Reynolds
Reynolds
Northwest Airlines
Tony Lema
Tony
Lansing
Lema
Viet
Hastings
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