Fighting Flares On Borneo
Indonesian guerrillas launched a major attack near Kuching in Sarawak, killing five Gurkhas and wounding five others in a six hour fight. Guerrilla and government casualties were not fully known as forces retreated, while officials warned of a stepped up campaign after the Tokyo conference collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Borneo
Sarawak
Kuching
Tokyo
Radio Indonesia
State Security Council
Malaysian Borneo
Stephen Kalong Ningkan
Ningkan
Indonesia
New
Antara
North
Kalimantansian Borneo
Subandrio
Philippine
Diosdado Macapagal
Sukarno
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Macapagal
Rahman
Navy recruiting office relocates to 210 E Piccadilly St
Navy recruiting office moves to 210 East Piccadilly Street with July 1 start date. The new quarters sit two blocks east of the current facility and hours stay the same. Summer heat arrives with yesterday’s longest day and brief night. Electric fans offered by Miller Holwe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAVY
E. Piccadilly St
B. B. Herdman
Harrison to Call Assembly Back For Redistricting
Gov. Albertis S. Harrison Jr. plans a special General Assembly session to redraw House of Delegates districts and possibly address election laws. He says state reapportionment is the Assembly’s duty despite a Supreme Court ruling required before 1965 elections. Del. Henry E. Howell Jr. will seek a federal court injunction limiting session action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
House of Delegates
Harrison
Supreme Court
General Assembly
Virginia
Senate
State Senate
Norfolk
del. Henry E. Howell Jr
Bomb Scare Sentencing Deferred in Winchester Court
A 21 year old Winchester man Robert Evelyn pleaded guilty to making a threatening telephone call to Handley High School. Sentencing was postponed by Corporation Court Judge Elliott D Marshall until June 30 to allow police to review a statement about another bomb hoax. Co defendant Judy B Penn 18 received a six month suspended sentence and $200 fine. Grand jury indicted Jean Willis Jamerson Strasburg for manslaughter in a fatal auto accident and John S Burcham for breaking and entering Fletcher's Grocery and a nearby service station. Peter K McKee appointed to defend Burcham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Corporation Court
Elliott D. Marshall
Robert Evelyn
Handley High School
Judy B. Penn
John Harvey
Evelyn
Duncan A. Gibb
Front Royal
Capt
Funk
Gibb
Commonwealth
Jean Willis Jamerson
Strasburg
Georgine Lee Magruder
Marshall
Jamerson
John 5S. Burcham
Fletcher
Braddock and
Monmouth Sts
Peter K. McKee
Burcham
Heatwave grips Virginia as summer arrives
Richmond reports summer weather with a stationary high off the southeast coast sending hot and humid air into Virginia. A southerly flow increases that heat, signaling peak summer conditions for today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Little America
Virginia
Fairfax Man Named New VFW Commander in Virginia
Vernon Ross Long of Fairfax was elected commander of the Virginia VFW at the 44th annual convention where over 250 delegates concluded four days of meetings. The ladies auxiliary chose Mrs Louise Dennis of Norfolk as president and installed other officers. The group also scheduled the 1966 convention for Richmond and Roanoke for 1967.
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Fairfax
VFW
Dept. of Virginia
Vernon Ross Long
H. T
Gunner’ Pigg
Cow- the Ladies Auxiliary
Vets
Louise Dennis
Norfolk
Pigg
George Washington Hotel
Dan Surface
Tazewell
Emmett W. Toney, Jr
Crewe
William I. Woodell
Staunton
George S. Taylor
Winchester
Robert A. Bell
Arlington
Cather L. Duncan
Radford
Miles N. Hubbard
Claude A. Dennis
Roanoke
Richmond
Ladies Auxiliary
Dennis
Margaret Haddaway
Mary Davis
Christine Towe
Portsmouth
Ida McCracken
Alexandria
Landon and wife Lynn welcome a son in Hollywood
Hollywood AP reports actor Michael Landon star of Bonanza and his wife Lynn have a new son born in Hollywood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Michael Landon
Lynn
Civil rights bill faces delay as House opens final battle
The House begins the final stage of the civil rights bill amid Southern foes seeking another week of delay. Speaker McCormack pledges the bill to the White House by July 4, while Senate action lingers over a large backlog of bills and a Rules Committee showdown looms to bring the measure to the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John W. McCormack
Johnson
White House
House
Senate
Interior
Treasury
Post Office
House Rules Committee
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Scranton Seeks Uncommitted Delegates At GOP Convention
Gov. William Scranton says delegates are lining up behind his candidacy in numbers larger than expected. He plans to meet East Midwest and South delegations and warns Goldwater could miss a first ballot win if uncommitted delegates shift. Scranton weighs statewide talks as Goldwater holds about 694 first ballot votes with 138 for Scranton in AP survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
East
Midwest
Barry Goldwater
Scranton
Harrisburg
Columbus
Ohio
Goldwater
James A. Rhodes
San Francisco
Newsmen
Capital
District of Columbia
Associated Press
New Jersey
Delaware
West Virginia
Michigan
Thruston B. Morton
Rky
Illinois
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
GOP
Charles H. Percy
Vietnamese Units Suffer Heavy Losses in Viet Nam
In the Plain of Reeds near Bang Lang two Vietnamese para battalions took their heaviest casualties as they charged and routed Viet Cong forces. The battle followed a Viet Cong human wave attack that killed 60 Vietnamese and three Americans elsewhere. American advisers called it a government initiated military and psychological victory.
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Bang Lang
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Plain of Reeds
Saigon
King of Hoboes Tarries Here in Winchester
Samuel H. King Cole known as King Sam the King of the Hoboes and King of the Newspaperboys visits Winchester, chatting at the police station with a bag full of letters and recommendations from officials and reporters. The 74 year old plans another global circuit and hints at his fame from police lodges and civic memberships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Cole
King Sam
The
United
Sam
Tourist Union No. 63
Hoboes Association
Hagerstown
Fire school opens with eighty Winchester firefighters
About 80 firemen joined the opening session of the Winchester Volunteer Firemen's Association fire school held with the Virginia Department of Education. The event spanned the weekend with final sessions set for next Saturday and Sunday. Instructors from Washington guided eight groups through ladders ropes and rescue hoses at the old Virginia Woolen Mill Building and the training ground on E Pall Mall Street. D. E. Sheads of Fairfax heads ten instructors housed at the South End Fire Hall. A worship service was led by Rev. Nathan Williamson at Valley Avenue Church of Christ, with meals by the Friendship Ladies Auxiliary. James Geanious leads the training committee alongside Norman Pope Ryland Conner Joseph Farmer H M Offutt and Fire Chief Bernard Groves.
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Winchester Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Virginia Department of Education
Virginia
E. Pall Mall St
Washington Area
D. E. Sheads
Fairfax
South End
Nathan Williamson
Church of Christ
Valley Avenue
Friendship Ladies’ Auxiliary
James Geanious
Norman Pope
Ryland Conner
Joseph Farmer
H. M. Offutt
Bernard Groves
Turkish Leader Arrives for Cyprus Crisis Talks
Washington hosts Turkish Premier Ismet Inonu for talks with President Johnson as the administration seeks to avert a possible Turkish invasion of Cyprus. Greek Premier George Papandreou is set for meetings later in the week as the UN mediates amid NATO tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ismet Ifonu
Turkey
Johnson
Cyprus
Atlantic Alliance
Williamsburg
Inonu
George Papandreou
White House
Papandreou
George W. Ball
Athens
Ankara
State Department
United States
United Nations
Max Butler Family Hurt In Crash Near Marlowe West Virginia
Max Butler and his wife Teana and daughter Rosa Grace were seriously injured in a two car crash near Marlowe West Virginia while seven others were hurt in two Winchester area accidents over the weekend. Rosa Grace was described as the most seriously injured with facial swelling and possible internal injuries. Teana Butler suffered severe facial and leg cuts and Max Butler had leg and chin cuts with chest pains. The Butler children Maxie Rhonda and Jacqueline were hospitalized for observation but not injured.
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Max Butler
N. Braddock St
Teana
Rosa Grace
Marlowe
W.va
Kings Daughter Hospital
Martinsburg
Winchester
C. E. Shamblin
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Miller Holwe
Vernon R. Long
Department
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Dudley M. Hill
H. T. Pigg
Dabney W. Watts
Fairfax Man
Attorney General
Missouri
Nevada
Utah
Kansas
Nebraska
Tennessee
Georgia
U.S
Jack Cummins
Texas
Iowa
Britt
Waldorf-Astoria
Lions Club
Elks Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Hiram Lodge No. 21
Lodge
Carl J. Sirbaugh
Vicere of
Washington, D.C
James Wood High School
Greece
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Boyd Orchard
Cain
Grove Furniture Co
Schewel Furniture Co
Swimley
Winchestr Furniture Co
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