South Vietnamese Troops Mass Outside Sepone For Major Attack
South Vietnam moves more than 1 000 troops toward Sepone near the Ho Chi Minh trail as U S helicopters ferry reinforcements to within three miles of the town. An assault on Laotian supply lines 25 miles inside Laos is planned amid heavy air attacks and rising helicopter losses.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Sepone
U.S
Laos
le Thung Hein
Quang Tri
J.T. Volkerstorfer
Tran van An
Vietnam
Clash at Ankara dorm targets kidnapped airmen
In Ankara a gunfight erupted at Middle East Technical University as troops moved to search for four kidnapped American airmen. One student died and dozen were injured as students fired from dorm windows, while a commando unit and helicopters joined the assault. Authorities recovered a youth linked to the abduction, as terrorists demanded a 400000 dollar ransom and warned of execution. The U.S. and Nixon administration refused to intervene.
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Ankara
Turkey
Middle East Technical University
Technical University
Mete Ertekin
The
Ertekin
Anatolian
Palestine
Syria
U.S. Information Agency
U.S
William Handley
United States
Nixon
Woman steals Virginia Transit bus in downtown Richmond
Edith Oliver Landers, 32, commandeered an empty Virginia Transit Co. bus, led officers on a 20 block chase, struck a fire hydrant, and was charged with grand larceny assault on an officer hit and run and reckless driving. Her German shepherd was subdued and surrendered to the SPCA.
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Richmond
Virginia Transit Co
Edith Oliver Landers
The
Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
132 Slain In Detroit In 63 Days
Detroit records 132 homicides in the first 63 days of 1971, most by gunfire from friends or family. Police say 25 percent of handguns are registered, with many illegal firearms in circulation. Detroit leads U S cities in homicides for the period.
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Detroit
Nichols
Nixon seeks $2 billion urban development revenue fund
President Nixon petitioned Congress for a $2 billion revenue sharing fund for urban development while preserving current programs. He urged an extra $100 million annually for states and localities to upgrade long-range planning skills, asserting modern efforts are fragmented and overly centralized.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Winchester Plans First Grade Registration for All Areas
Registration for Winchester first graders will be held March 11 and 12 at John Kerr Garland R Quarles and Virginia Avenue Elementary Schools. Students from the annexed and old city areas must be six by Sept 30 1971 and bring birth certificates vaccination records physicals. Clinics and contacts to arrange immunizations and forms are noted with dates and the Health Department offering March and April sessions.
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Winchester
John Kerr
Garland R. Quarles
Virginia Avenue
Jacob L. Johnson
Old City
Johnson
Nixon defends Laos operation and Vietnam withdrawal plan
President Nixon defended the Laos mission as a step in Vietnamization while ruling out any U.S. ground invasion of North Vietnam. He said withdrawals continue toward 284,000 in South Vietnam and that air power would target North Vietnamese sites, with no plan for U.S. ground forces in Laos or North Vietnam. He praised Secretary Rogers and dismissed Symington’s criticism.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
Indochina
North Vietnam
South
William P. Rogers
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Rogers
Henry Kissinger
Sen. Symington
Symington
Senate
Dr. Kissinger
Laos
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Creighton W. Abrams
Cambodia
Abrams
Nguyen van Thieu
United States
North
Thieu
Northeast Winds Sweep Across Seaboard After Major Storm
The Associated Press reports strong northwest winds of 25 to 40 mph across the Northeast with drifting snow from a late winter storm. Warnings cover Pennsylvania to Maine as very cold air plunges south to northern Florida, bringing freezing temperatures. The storm, which struck from the Carolinas to Canada, caused road closures, school shutdowns, snapped power lines, disrupted telephones, and seafront flooding.
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Associated Press
Seaboard
National Weather Service
Pennsylvania
Maine
Florida
Carolinas
Canada
Frederick Clarke Schools Close for Third Straight Day
Frederick and Clarke County schools stay shut for a third day due to icy roads and snow. Winchester schools reopen with about 10 percent absent as illness and weather keep students home. Clarke reports up to 16 percent absentee levels in some days, with measles and scarlet fever cited. Winchester notes 289 pupils absent in city schools.
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Frederick
Clarke Counties
Winchester
Frederick County
Wade Johnson
Clarke County
Clarke
Johnson
Jacob L. Johnson
Winchester Intermediate School
Handley High School
Handley
Weather Outlook for Virginia Winds Rise
In Richmond AP reports winds ahead of a low pressure system will bring Virginia increasing cloudiness and warmer conditions over the next few days. Highs and lows to follow as the unsettled pattern progresses.
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Richmond
Virginia
Woodstock Track Stereo Tape Sale Correction Notice
Notice correcting an advertisement for a Woodstock track stereo tape not on sale. Includes unrelated items from Ole McDonald Farm Market with banana price, tomato price, potato quantity and weekend carrot cake special and a Wallace Ward pastry shop contact line.
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Ole McDonald‘s
Ward
Nichols Department Spre
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James M. Gholson
Alexandria, Va
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