Former Montgomery officer admits Winchester bank robbery link
Charles Albert Leuritzen 40 of Fairfax confessed in Roanoke to taking part in a Winchester bank crime, implicating a second man already convicted. The FBI said $8,061 was seized, $741 more than the prior report. Law enforcement linked Leuritzen to a Hagerstown Maryland bank robbery as well.
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Roanoke
Montgomery County
Winchester
FBI
William H. Thomas
U. S
Charles Albert Leuritzen
Fairfax
Hagerstown
Leuritzen
Arg Rave
Win
Chester
Commercial and Savings Bank
Maryland Nationsal Bank
Marsh
Roancoke
Federal
Atlanta
Baltimore
Lauritzen
Navy Jet Crippled by Enemy Fire Downs MIG
A U S Navy pilot shot down a Communist MIG17 over North Viet Nam after his jet was crippled by enemy fire and fuel shortage. Four Navy F8 Crusaders faced four MIG17s, with one Crusader downed and a Navy photo-recon plane lost in the same area. Five American planes were lost in 24 hours as ground forces clashed in the Central Highlands near Tuy Hoa.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Associated Press
Bob Poos
Tuy Hoa
U.S
95Th Regiment
Nguyen Cao Ky
Run for Your Life race set for Berryville
A two mile cross country run titled Run for Your Life is planned tonight at 7 30 p m in Berryville Clarke County High School invites both boys and girls to participate. Absentee ballot applications may be made to the registrar.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Intertype workers vote to join United Auto Workers union
Harris Intertype Company employees backed the UAW by 111 to 91 in a National Labor Relations Board supervised election. AFL-CIO representative James Sala said workers will name their own bargaining reps once certified. This marks the second local UAW victory in two months, expanding potential membership to about 1,000 across area plants.
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Harris Intertype Company
United Auto Workers
National Labor Relations
James Sala
Field Representaive
Afl-Cio
UAW
O'Sullivan
American Brakeblok
Tax debate ends as city adopts per cent sales tax
City council votes unanimously to adopt a ten per cent sales tax despite protests at a public hearing lasting 90 minutes. Opponents urged alternative funding for education and municipal projects, proposing adjustments to water and airport reserves and a possible joint city county approach.
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Assa
Harrington Smith
Jim Hamilton
Riots in Pompano Beach Disperse by Police Clubs
Police used billy clubs and tear gas threats to break up a Negro riot in Pompano Beach Florida. Hundreds clashed with officers, overturned cars, set one ablaze, looted homes, and injured several policemen as 24 people were arrested.
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Pompano Beach
Fila
Miami
Arthur M. Marks
House Opens Hearings on the Military Draft
Washington reports that the House Armed Services Committee begins hearings on the military draft to assess if the Selective Service System functions properly. Lt Gen Hershey testifies, while critics argue the draft harms the poor and uneducated and consider alternatives like national service.
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House
Washington
Armed Services
Tee
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
L. Mendel Rivers
Rivers
South Carolina
Democrat
Hershey
Selective Services System
Congress
Peace Corps
Gunfire in Mississippi area seals off Negro neighborhood
Highway patrolmen sealed off a three four block Negro area in Philadelphia Mississippi after gunfire between Negroes and whites near the Freedom Democratic headquarters. A white man Stanley Stuart was wounded, others reported shots as civil rights protesters led by Martin Luther King Jr returned to Philadelphia. Police described car damage from buckshot and birdshot amid tense march events and threats.
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Philadelphia
Miss
Bruce Latimer
Stanley Stuart
Freedom Democratic
Stuart
Buck
Maynard King
Latimer
Freedom ‘Democrat
Ing
Gibson Eakes
Neegro
Eakes
Yazoo City
Martin Luther King
King
Neshoba County
James Chaney
Andy Goodman
Mickey Schwerner
Ikm
Mississippi
James H. Meredith
Meredith
New York
Canton
Highway 51
Hernando
Winchester Council approves utility tax cut and balanced budget
City leaders unanimously adopt a one percent sales tax, halve the utility tax, and authorize a $3,199,054 budget with funds allocated to General Fund Capital Outlay Water and Sewer WPA Welfare and other areas. The sales tax will raise about $302,652 in nine months. The council also reappointed three school board members for three-year terms ending June 30, 1969 and authorized Hill Burton funds and a $98,600 low bid for health center construction.
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Harrington Smith
Smith
Winchester School Board
J. William Hollis
William E. Fauver
Ann R. Whitham
Lee Grant
Hill-Burton
Winchester-Frederick County
Weather Draws Warm South Air Over Virginia
Inter action between warm southern air and cooler northern air created fair weather across Virginia today.
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Richmond
Virginia
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Ted Dalton
Winchester Bank
Tor Marsh
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Come
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Hue
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South
101St Airborne Division
1St Cavalry
Intertype
Stewart Bell, Jr
Parks and Recreation Board
Bell
Marvin £.Gore, Jr
Negro District
Ham
Mondville Road
Highway Patrol
Sheriff's S Office
Fort Lauderdale
Negro Area
Heter
Denny’s
Herrell’s
Stephens City
Shockeysville Church
Gruber
Council
Powhatan
Dairy Queen
Mac
Paper Mill Road
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