Gemini 8 Flight Postponed Twenty Four Hours
NASA announced a 24 hour postponement for the Gemini 8 mission due to leaks in an Atlas rocket and a spacesuit cooling system. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott will remain aboard the Gemini 8 as technicians work to resolve the issues before launch.
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Atlas
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Neil A. Armstrong
David R. Scott
Ageena
Space Agency
Armstrong
Scott
Graf
Earth
Red Cross Bloodmobile and vehicle tag sales announced
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at Christ Episcopal Church from noon to 6 p.m. tomorrow with a 175 quota and 200 appointments planned. Vehicle tags go on sale tomorrow through April 15 at 701S Brack dock St. City tags are available in City Hall Council Chamber. Don Tinman will teach a Red Cross First Aid class starting tomorrow at 7 30 p.m. at Braddock Street Methodist Church. A separate class led by Holliday and Lee begins Wednesday at Friendship Fire Hall at 7 30 p.m. Call Red Cross for details. Corrigan Rug Cleaners advertises complete rug cleaning at 906 Berryville Avenue.
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RED Cross
Christ Episcopal Church
Virginia
Division of Motor Vehicles
Brackdock St
Council
City Hall
Ernie Nesselrodt
Hagerstown
Donald Tinsman
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Don Holliday
Glen Lee
Friendship Fire Hall
War Profiteer Executed in Viet Nam
In Saigon a 34 year old Chinese descent businessman Ta Vinh was executed by firing squad for economic sabotage including hoarding and illegal funds transfer. Premier Ky announced a crackdown on graft as vows to curb inflation.
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Ta Vinh
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Dang Cao Sach
Treasury Service
Dalat
Sach
Vinh
da Nang
Nguyen Chanh Thi
Thi
Missing Drum Could Be Deadly Hazard in Amherst Lot
Police warn a 55-gallon empty blue drum with a silver stripe left at Amherst Street could emit deadly fumes if heated. Perchlorethylene solvent residue makes the drum dangerous, with owner Robert B. Martin noting it was scheduled for pickup and replacement.
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Amherst St
J. Thomas Boyd
Robert B. Martin
Magic Wash
Packing Shed Blaze Probed Near Winchester
The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office investigates a fire that destroyed a large packing shed and damaged a bunkhouse on the Richards property south of Winchester. Cause is undetermined. the 7:25 a.m. alarm drew Shawnee and nearby fire units with state police handling traffic.
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Frederick County
Cedar Creek
Richards
Winchester
Joseph Dorsey
William H. Lawrence, II
Shawnee Fire Department
Round Hill and
Stephens iCity
Winchester Hiram Masonic Lodge to confer rites
Special Communication of Winchester Hiram Masonic Lodge No. 21 at 12:34 Tuesday March 15 in the lodge room to confer last rites for Brother Raymond E. Martin.
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Winchester
Hiram Masonic Lodge
Bro
Raysmond E
Martin
U S Jets Hit Lost Camp Again
U S jets returned to strike the Ashan camp in Laos near the Vietnamese border on day two of air strikes. They faced heavy antiaircraft fire, destroyed one building and five mortar positions, and neutralized Red air defenses around the camp.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ashan Social Forces
Econd
Amp
U.S
Ashan
North Viet Nam
17Th
Vinh
Dien Bien Phu
Cape Ron
U.S. 173Rd Airborne Brigade
Fulbright Defends Viet Nam Hearings Foster Consensus
Sen. J. W. Fulbright heads the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and says its Viet Nam hearings foster controversy to achieve a true national consensus. He argues open airing of differences strengthens U S policy by revealing objectives and clarifying decisions while not concealing disputes.
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Washington
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Arkansas Democrat
Johnon
Asia
China
Fulbright
National Conference of Higher Education
Chicago
Viet Nam
United States
Handley and James Wood Name Princesses for Apple Blossom
Miss Barbara Hall Dunn and Miss Linda Carole McCauley named Handley and James Wood princesses for the Apple Blossom Court XXIX at the Handsley Bowl festival. Both seniors and varsity cheerleaders, they join 32 college princesses for the coronation and parade events.
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Barbara Hall Dunn
Linda Carole McCauley
Handley
James Wood
Shenandoah
Victor F. Albright
Tment
Miss McCauley
W. Russell McCauley
Middletown
Grace Methodist Church
Takeover Plot Against U S Embassy in Jakarta Foiled
Singapore sources report an alleged plan by Foreign Minister Subandrio to attack the U S Embassy in Jakarta in retaliation for student raids on Communist offices. Armies clamped down. Subandrio and Sukarno under house arrest. arrests of ministers and spies followed as Suharto consolidates control.
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Singapore
Indonesia
Subandrio
U.S
Jakarta
Peking
Subandonesia
Suharto
Sukarno
Merdeka
Phones Cut and Tossed Through Two Windows Sunday
Early Sunday police reported damage from fallen telephone receivers ripped from pay booths. L T Long’s Esso station and the Community Food Store on S Kent St suffered window breaks from the incidents. A store spokesman heard the break at 1 30 a m. Police are investigating. A separate break in at D H Auto Dealers on 143 Commercial St involved a broken door and ransacked drawers with items stolen.
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L. T. Long
Gerrards
Loudoun Streets
S. Kent St
Long
Esso
Jolly Jack’s
Sergeant Sadler to Lead Shenandoah Apple Blossom Parade
Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler of Fort Bragg will be Grand Marshal for the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Grand Feature Parade in Winchester on April 29. The Green Berets singer and Medal of Honor era veteran plans to use royalties for children of deceased Special Forces personnel after rising to national fame with The Ballad of the Green Berets.
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Barry Sadler
U.S
Fort Bragg
N.C
Green Berets
Winchester
Shenandoah
Sadler
5Th Special Forces Group
Viet Nam
Central Highlands
Augst
U.S. Army
John F. Kennedy Center For Special Warfare
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Lavena
Fayetteville
Ed Sullivan
Jimmy Dean
Sergeant Sadler
Cigarette Prices Up Across Brands At American Tobacco
The American Tobacco Co. announced an immediate price rise on all cigarette brands except Pall Mall filter, with a penny per pack increase implied by the move. Pall Mall filters were cut from 12 to 9.40 per thousand, while Lucky Strike regulars rose from 8.80 to 9.20 per thousand.
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New York
American Tobacco Co
Tareyton
Carlton
Waterford
Montclair
Pall Mall
Weather forecast for Virginia shows light rain
A trough aloft and a surface low near the Gulf Coast press Virginia with a stationary front along the Virginia North Carolina border bringing occasional light rain across most of the state.
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Richmond
Gulf Coast
Virginia-North Carolina
Wess
Virginia
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Berryville Avenue
Viet
U.S. Jets
Mansfield
Miss Dunn
William W. Dunn
W. Cecil Sr
Hester
Red Cross Hospital
First Presbyterian Church
Dunn
South End Fire Co
Barbara Dunn
Linda McCauley
Sgt. Sadler
Detroit
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Foweler
Johnson
Fowler
Economic Club of
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