Marines in heavy fighting near Hue and Phu Bai in Vietnam
U S Marines engaged a large Viet Cong force six miles southeast of Phu Bai while another two companies pressed a canal clearing operation 55 miles southeast of the North Vietnamese border. Air power dominated the day with B 52 strikes near Bien Hoa and Phuoc Tuy Province as overall casualties rose.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
South China Sea
Hue
da Nang
Phu Bai
U.S
Air Force
Bien Hoa
Guam
Phuoc Tuy
U.S. Air Force
Navy
North Viet Nam
17Th Parallel Demilitarized Zone
Vinh
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Virginia Appropriations Bill Delayed by Printer Mess
Virginia House delays action on the major two year appropriations bill due to printing delays. Del Warren Cooke says a special order will be set tomorrow for debate and passage while the automotive titling tax gains approval and the sales tax debate continues. The Senate backs the 160 million sales tax with two amendments dropped, and a 25 member commission to study poll tax repeal advances, along with other measures advancing in committees.
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Richmond
Vireginia House
Appropriations Committee
Del
John Warren Cooke
Mathews
House
House Finance Committee
Senate
House Privileges and Elections Committee
General Laws Committee
Tom Frost
Fauquier
Virginia
District of Columbia
del. E. E. Lane
State Department of Welfare and Institutions
Department of Corrections
Jail occupancy hits new low in Winchester Frederick County
Sheriff Robert L. De Haven reports eight inmates at the Winchester Frederick County jail, far below the usual 26, noting no day compares in years. Clarke County High teachers renew feud with annual booster club basketball game at 8 p.m. Mrs Willis Anderson of Route 50 near Gore owns a 1964 York apple never cold stored and still fair.
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Winchester-Frederick County
Robert L. de Haven
Clarke County High School
Clarke County
Willis Anderson
Route 50 West
Gore
York
Maids of Honor Named for Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival
Miss Katie Boyd Glaize and Miss Mary Gillespie Scully, both of Winchester, will serve as Maids of Honor to Queen Shenandoah XXXIX at the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival on April 28 29 30. Glaize a Hollins College sophomore and Scully a Randolph Macon sophomore will participate in festival events and ride on the Royal float in the Grand Feature parade April 29.
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Katie Boyd Glaize
Mary Gillespie Scully
Shenandoah
Victor F. Albright
Miss Scully
John S. Scully
Randolph Macon Woman’s College
Lynchburg
Handley High School
Y.W.C.A
Randolph Macon
Winchester Cold Storage Co., Inc
Exiled Soviet Advisers Leave Ghana Amid Uncertain Ties
In Accra, plane loads of Soviet citizens and families were expelled as Ghana's new regime under Lt. Gen. Ankrah outlined a nonaligned foreign policy. Troops guarded the airport while diplomats questioned whether Moscow would sever relations.
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Accra
Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana Airways
Nkrumah
G.N. Rodionov
J.A. Ankrah
Moscow
Peking
John B. Elliott
Ankrah
National Liberation Council
60 MPH Winds Down Trees
The March lion blew in with gusts up to 60 mph, knocking down three trees in Winchester and causing scattered yard debris. Parkview Avenue saw two trees fall, Pall Mall Street had a toppled tree, and a limb lay on Valley Avenue. Tonight’s low is 35 to 40, with tomorrow reaching 66 to 174 and Friday bringing occasional rain.
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Winchester
Parkview Ave
Pall Mall St
Stewart
Washington Sts
Valley Ave
Hart
Bond Sts
Smith to Seek 19th House Term in Virginia
Rep Howard W Smith 83 Democrat Virginia and chairman of the House Rules Committee confirms plans for a 19th two year term. He will run in the July 14 primary set by the 8th District Democratic Committee. No opposition anticipated. Smith cites district redistribition changes and his long service since 1931.
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Fredericksburg
Howard W.smith
D- Va
House Rules Committee
Smith
Virginia
House
Fairfax County
General Assembly
John Gallaher
Boothe and Spong Enter Virginia Senate Primary
Virginia politics shape up for a double senatorial primary with Arminstead L. Boothe facing Harry F. Byrd Jr. in one race and William B. Spong challenging A Willis Robertson while Pat Jennings opts to run for re election to the House spong announced his Senate bid after talks with Boothe and Jennings pledged support for Spong Boothe 59 a former state senator and governor candidate Mills Godwin Jr ally will announce another news conference at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond
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Washington
Virginia
U.S. Senate
Senate
Armistead L. Boothe
Alexandria
Lsen
Harry F.byrd Jr
William B.spong
Portsmouth
Willis Robertson
Boothe
Byrd
W.pat Jennings
Marion
Jennings
House
William Spong
Spong
D-ya
Albertis S.harrison
Rayburn
State Senate
Mills E.godwin Jr
Godwin
State Capitol
Richmond
Make-Up Days Set In Frederick County Schools
The Frederick County School Board set a make up plan for 13 snow days with three Saturdays March 19 April 2 and April 23 as full days. Good Friday April 8 and Easter Monday April 11 will also be school days. The remaining eight days go to the end of the term. last day will be June 8.
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Frederick County School Board
Robert E. Ayler
Frederick County
James Wood High School
Frederick County Reapportionment Suit Seeks Delay
Frederick County Board of Supervisors prepares to answer a February reapportionment suit. The request aims to delay until Winchester’s annexation plans and city feasibility studies are resolved. A March pre trial conference is planned in Circuit Court.
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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Massie
David G. Simpson
Winchester
Frederick County
Elliott Marshall
Circuit Court
Johnson Urges Creation of Transportation Department
President Johnson asks Congress to establish a Department of Transportation with a six year highway safety program 700 million and supersonic transport funding 200 million He seeks a coordinated transport system merging federal road air sea and maritime functions affecting nearly 100 000 workers and 6 billion dollars in current spending The plan would consolidate agencies including the Bureau of Public Roads FAA Coast Guard Civil Aeronautics Board Interstate Commerce Commission and more.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Department of Transportation
12Th Cabinet
America
Bureau of Public Roads
Federal Aid Highway Program
Federal Aviation Agency
The
Coast Guard
Navy
Maritime Administration
Civil Aeronautics Board
Interstate Commerce Comemission
President Notes Jet Noise Rise in Airports
President Johnson addressed citizen complaints about jet aircraft noise and said action is needed as airports expand. He ordered officials to develop an action program with the FAA NSF and Commerce and Housing secretaries to study noise standards land use near airports and consult communities and industry for possible legislative or administrative steps.
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Washington
Johnson
Aff
Friendship Fire Co Meeting Tomorrow Night
Friendship Fire Company announces a meeting at 7 30 p m tomorrow night. The notice also mentions Penney’s opening tonight and tomorrow night to celebrate the club’s 64th anniversary.
Weather outlook for Virginia today
A high pressure area over the southeast brings sunny skies and mild temperatures across Virginia today. Meteorologists expect light winds and dry conditions with above average warmth for this time of year.
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Richmond
Virginia
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Tanzania
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Mali
United Arab Republic
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Lee N. Whitacre
Robert L. DeHaven
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Charles R. Duvall
Earl
Penney
Ment
Office of Undersecretary of Commerce For Transportation
Great Lakes Pilotage Administration
St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp
Alaska Railroad
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Denny’s
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Pine Motor Co
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