High Rise Collapse Kills Five in Bailey's Crossroads
A 24 floor concrete apartment tower under construction in Bailey's Crossroads collapses, killing five, with 10 missing and 34 injured. One victim Clemens Holcomb, 27, of Arlington, planned to marry today. Investigations by state and federal officials underway as rescue ends and demolition begins. President Nixon directs Labor Secretary Brennan to inspect for federal violations.
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Bailey‘s Crossroads
Robert Taylor
Taylor
Clemens R. Holcomb
Arlington
Nancy McGuire
Falls Church
Nixon
Peter J. Brennan
White House
Brennan
U S Ambassador And Aide Murdered In Khartoum Crisis
Palestinian gunmen holding two Arab diplomats and the Belgian envoy’s body in the Saudi Embassy demanded safe passage to the United States. The Sudanese government rejected the demand and prepared for a military operation to recover the hostages and bodies.
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Khartoum
Sudan
Egypt
Middle East
Cleo A. Noel Jr
U.S
G. Curtis Moore
Guy Eid
Saudi Arabian
Moore
United States
Tokyo
Yomiuri
Shigeru Nomoto
Noel and Moore
Noel
Nixon
Front Royal Man Describes Collapse of Building
William Loughery of Kendrick Lane, a construction worker, recounts hearing a rumble and watching the Bailey's Crossroads apartment building collapse from atop an adjacent garage. He leapt to a safe earth mound as the structure doomedly crumbled like matchsticks, with the crane tower last to fall.
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Front Royal
William Loughery
Kendrick Lane
Bailey’s Crossroads
Loughery
Hopes Dwindle for Quick Peace at Wounded Knee
Federal lawmen in armored vehicles patrolled Wounded Knee S D as gunfire continued amid stalled talks with AIM leaders. U S Attorney General officials warned no amnesty and possible kidnapping charges while hostages remain unclear. The showdown pits 200 Oglala Sioux against federal authorities after a takeover of the village.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
AIM
Carpenter to Quit as City Treasurer
Winchester city treasurer since 1969 Harry A. Carpenter announced his resignation effective April 1 to enter private business. He will operate Gray and Eddy on Loudoun St where he was employed 21 years before his election. A successor will be named by Corporation Court Judge Elliott Marshall to serve the remainder of the term ending December 31. Carpenter will keep the Gray and Eddy name and takes over March 19. He and his wife Elsie Edwards live at 26 Montague Ave.
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Harry A. Carpenter
Winchester
Gray and Eddy
Loudoun St
Corporation Court
Elliott Marshall
Carpenter
Madison County
Elsie Edwards
Montague Ave
Fire Destroys Contents Of Storage Building
A fire of undetermined origin destroyed a storage annex on Indian Alley last night. The building owned by James R. Wilkins and leased by Peoples Cleaners housed sewing machines, supplies, and current cleaning items. Fire Chief John Hawse said flames emerged from a second floor window and the cause remains under investigation.
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P.E. Morris, JR
Star
Indian Alley
Stuart Dyke
James R. Wilkins
Peoples Cleaners
Virginia Rogers
Winchester
John Hawse
Hawse
Duke
Rain Ends Sunny Streak as Winter Weather Lingers
After two days of sun and mild 60s a light rain began about 3 a.m. dropping to 40s with under a quarter inch. Forecasters expect continued wet weather into Sunday with highs in the 50s and a gradual warmup toward 70 as winter remains distant.
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Winchester
President Deplores Slayings in Khartoum Terrorism Case
President Nixon and U.N. ambassador John Scali condemned the execution of Ambassador Cleo Noel and Deputy Chief of Mission George Moore by Black September in Khartoum. The White House called for justice and action against international terrorism as the U.N. faced stalled treaty talks and broad study proposals.
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Washington
Khartoum
Nixon
U.S
United Nations
Cleo A. Noel
George Curtis Moore
United States
Saudi Arabian
White House
John Scali
U.N
Assembly
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Jordan
Isreal
Germany
Residents urge relocation of proposed Butler Drive
About 80 residents in the northern Winchester area voted to urge the State Highway Department to locate Butler Drive at a different site from any suggested. They backed alternatives starting at the I 81 cloverleaf, one via Conway Street and another via Commercial Street, to minimize impact and cost.
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Butler Drive
Pat Robinson
State Highway Department
Rts
Winchester
Highway Department
George G. Jones
Fairmont Ave
Northern Ward
Wesley United Methodist Church
Sunnyside
Frederick County
Virginia Avenue
Conway St
Commercial St
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Bailey’s
Ralph Erickson
FBI
Erickson
American Indian Movement
Justice Department
Senate
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Oglala Tribe
Pine Ridge Reservation
South Dakota
George S. McGovern
James Abourezk
Agnes Gildersleeve
Mrs. Gildersleeve
Aston Desarsa
Pine Ridge
Oklahoma
Washington State
Missoula
Mont
St. Paul
Minn
Des Moines
Iowa
Washington Redskin
Va. Savings & Loan
Weems Lane
Virginia
Winc
Jaycees
Glass Barn
Amherst St
Elm St
Stewart Bell Jr
James H. Fleming
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