Thailand Paid 200 Million for Viet Aid Pact Revealed
Senate subcommittee released testimony showing a secret money for troops deal in which Bangkok sent 10 000 volunteers to Vietnam in exchange for 200 million dollars. The accord dated November 9 1967 was signed at ambassadorial level with later Thai announcement of meeting Saigon requests for troops.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Thailand
Bangkok
Vietnam
Saigon
South Vietnam
Missouri
Stuart Symington
Senate Foreign Relations
William P. Rogers
Cambodia
Cambodian Forces Retake Siem Reap Airfield Amid fighting
Cambodian government spokesman said forces retook the Siem Reap airfield from Viet Cong and North Vietnamese units while central Kompong Thom was cleared. Sporadic fighting persisted near Angkor ruins as reinforcements moved in from Battambang.
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Phnom Penh
Siem Reap
Cambodia
Kompong Thom
Angkor
Battambang
China
Norodom Sihanouk
Thailand
Bangkok
Comet
Nixon
Tonle Bet
Laird to Brief NATO on Soviet Nuclear Capabilities
Venice report says Defense Secretary Melvin Laird will brief NATO nuclear planning group members Britain West Germany Italy Belgium Denmark and Turkey on Soviet land air and sea nuclear arms based on U.S. intelligence. He will also outline progress on the Safeguard anti ballistic missile system and discuss wartime use guidelines for NATO’s nuclear forces.
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Venice
U.S
Melvin R. Laird
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Soviet Union
Senate
Laird
Britain
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Denmark
Turkey
NATO
Western
Europe
Williams Wins STAUNTON Democratic Nomination For Congress
Murat Williams former U S Ambassador to El Salvador won the Democratic nomination for Virginia 7th District Congress after 600 delegates voted unanimously. He pledged party unity and highlighted environmental health issues and government spending while noting Rep John O Marsh Jr will not seek re election.
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Williams
Virginia
Marsh
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Winchester Frederic County enroll in Red Cross Water Safety Program
A total of 1401 children and adults from Winchester and Frederick County are enrolled in the Red Cross Water Safety Program swimming lessons to be held June 15 through July 3 at the Municipal Pool in the Winchester Recreation Park. Friday was the cut off date for registrations. Water Safety Program chairman is Mrs. Ruby S Boyd.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Red Cross
Winchester Recreation Park
Water Safety Program
Ruby S. Boyd
Winchester Ward Two City Council Races Highlight Polls
Voters in Winchester will choose three four year term council seats from the city’s second ward as four candidates seek those posts and a fifth runs for the two year unexpired term of Carroll Henkel. Incumbents Stewart Bell Jr and Charles A Dorton Jr seek four year terms with Thomas C Glass and James E Butcher also on the ballot. William M Mote runs for the two year Henkel vacancy. Polls open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. tomorrow.
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Winchester
Boscawen St
Carroll H. Henkel
Stewart Bell, Jr
Charles A. Dorton, Jr
Thomas C. Glass
Richardson Named HEW Secretary Pick in Nixon Shakeup
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield says Elliot Richardson will face smooth confirmation as President Nixon names him to head Health Education and Welfare. The move follows Robert H. Finch moving to a White House advisory role with Javits praising Richardson as a capable administrator and pro Capitol liaison. Richardson, 49, has Massachusetts political roots and prior HEW and State Department experience.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Elliot Richardson
Nixon
Robert H. Finch
White House
Richardson
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Finch
Congress
Javits
Massachusetts
Eisenhower
State Department
William P. Rogers
Mansfield
Rogers
Hugh Scott
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
Israeli Jordan clash flares in Golan Heights and Middle East tension
Arab artillery hits Israeli settlement Nahal Gesher as Israeli tanks and planes engage Syrian forces in the Golan Heights. Israeli warplanes pound Egyptian positions along the Suez Canal for the eighth day and strike suspected guerrilla bases in southern Lebanon. Separately, clashes erupt between Palestinian guerrillas and Jordanian troops in Jordan.
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Associated Press
Golan Heights
Nahal Gesher
Damascus
Suez Canal
Lebanon
Jordan
Upperville Man Dies In 1 Car Boyce Crash
Albert Lee Kirkpatrick Jr 26 of Upperville died on arrival at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a one car crash on Rt 340 in Boyce injuring two others. The car reportedly struck a tree then burst into flames before firefighters arrived.
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Upperville
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Boyce
Albert Lee Kirkpatrick, Jr
Clarke County
James Gillison
J.R. Huffman
Kirkpatrick
David Eugene Smith
Middleburg
Rt. 340
Carr Publishing Company
Boyce Fire Company
Interstate 81
Winchester
Four Mayoral Races and Twenty Council Seats on Tomorrow
Voters in Boyce Berryville Middletown and Stephens City will choose four mayors and twenty council members tomorrow Polls open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Boyce mayoral race features Lynwood Lanham versus Francis Hudson while six candidates contest four Boyce council seats. Berryville shows a single council contest Kenneth Levi versus J Curtis Clarke and several officials unopposed. Stephens City and Middletown offer multi candidate contests with incumbents and challengers. top three in Stephens City will take four year terms and the rest two year terms while Middletown seats run two years.
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Middletown
Stephens City
Berryville
Boyce
Kenneth C. Levi
J. Curtis Clarke
Garland M. Canter
E.T. Magruder
Roy Potts, Jr
Thomas G. Howell
W.F. Bowerman
Fire
Clarke County
Alma Gross
Howard G. Wilbur, Sr
W.E. Edmonson
Fred C. Wealthy
Neil Stallings
Julian F. Carper
Romeo C. Stickley
Lynn Comer
Archie Manuel
Richmond Weather Forecast Promises Fair Skies This Week
A high pressure system stretching from the Mississippi Valley to the Mid Atlantic will continue to influence Virginia. Expect fair skies and seasonable temperatures across the Old Dominion in the coming days. Voter call appears with a local political notice urging support for Bill McCormick in the Town Council race.
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Richmond
Mississippi River Valley
Atlantic
Old Dominion
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Indochina
Lon Nol
Herb Klein
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
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Shafer
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Handley High School
Handley
James Wood
Ning
John H. Enders
Charles Tomblin
David Smith
Lynwood Lanham
Francis Hudson
Lawrence Kephart
Boyce Council
Carl H. Pope
Robert H. McDonald
Garland C. Brown
D.W. Naff, Jr
Betty Kephart Updike
Charles L. Jenkins
Mac Lanham
George Monk
Gilda O. Lemley
William D. White
Charles R. Poffenberger
Ralph B. Guard
Monte D. Conner
James W. Galladay, Jr
William B. McCormick
Tuesday Glass
2Nd Ward
Tom
Bill McCormick
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