Flood Threat Eases As Southwest Virginia Pauses for Sunshine
Flood warnings linger across Southwest Virginia with St Paul Clinch River at 12 feet above flood stage and Clinchport menaced by rising waters. Evacuations continue in Wise County and Scott County mud slides block multiple roads while National Guard assists Clinchport.
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Virginia
St. Paul
Clinch River
Wise County
National Weather Service
Weather Service
Cleveland
Russell
Dickinson
Scott, Wise
Washington
Kentucky
Giles
Montgomery
Floyd
Carroll
Loudoun
Fauquier
Rappahannock
Culpeper
Madison
Greene
Augusta
Rockingham
Page
Shenandoah
Warren
Frederick
Clarke
Scott County
Clinchport
National Guard
Gate City
Virginia Civil Defense
Pulaski
U. S. 58
Stickleyville
Powell Mountain
Virginia 80
Honaker
Highway Department
Sixty American POWs Leave Clark Air Base for Home
Sixty U S prisoners of war depart Clark Air Base Philippines heading to home stations on three evacuation flights Sunday to Andrews Maryland Scott Illinois and Travis California with refueling at Hickam Hawaii. Additional prominent POWs await Monday medical and admin clearances and Hanoi has pledged all free by March 28 under cease fire terms.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
Andrews Air Force Base
Scott Air Force Base
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Hickam Air Force Base
Hawaii
North Vietnam
Navy
John S. McCain III
John S. McCain Jr
U.S. Pacific Forces
Vietnam
McCain
Carol
Orange Park
Fla
Maxwell Air Force Base
Ala
Bobby Joe Keesee
Thailand
March Air Force Base
Air Force
John P. Flynn
Shalimar
Philip E. Smith
Clark’s Base Hospital
Floyd J. Thompson
Hudson
Mass
Philip W. Manhard
McLean
U.S
Robert J. Flynn
Colorado Springs
Colo
Robert Flynn
Smith
Flynn
Thompson
Manhard
Clark
Hanoi
Pilot recounts 20 days on The Stool in POW camps
A Navy pilot describes 20 days seated on The Stool under guard near Clark Air Base Philippines. He and other POWs faced brutal discipline, kneeling on concrete and being struck with hoses and soles. Many resisted, but most broke and some died. medical neglect and delayed treatment were common.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
Air Force
Clark
Luzon Quake Stirs Philippines Major Island
A moderate earthquake struck Luzon and northern Visayas with no reported casualties or damage. Plaster fell in Manila buildings and hotel guests fled outdoors as the 7.0 magnitude event rattled areas up to 160 miles north and 300 miles southeast, per weather seismology and the US watchdog.
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Manila
Luzon
Philippines
Visayas
Weather Bureau
Seismological Division
National Earthquake Information Center
Boulder
Colo
Democratic reply to Nixon on crime criticizes death penalty
Senate Democrat Sen. Harold Hughes denounces Nixon calls for harsher penalties as regressive. He urges speedier trials, handgun controls, prison reform, better federal funding, and addiction treatment to curb crime while addressing social causes like unemployment and poverty.
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Washington
Nixon
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
Hughes
Congress
Senate
Flash Flood Watch Shifts To Snow Threat In Cold Wave
The area transitions from flash flood concerns to a cold air mass causing rapid temperature drops and possible snow flurries tonight. Temperatures fall from the 70s to the low 30s with a freeze warning issued while winds push warm air out and snow showers target mountains and some routes.
Peggy Lynn Fashions Opens Monday Evenings at Glass Barn
New shipment of T-shirts arrives as Peggy Lynn Fashions stays open Mondays until 9 p.m. Also offering plants and nursery items with over 1000 pieces to select from at Ole McDonald’s Farm Market on Valley Ave. Call Concern at 667-0145 or 635-8430 for information.
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Ole McDonald's Farm Market
Valley Ave
Winchester Democrats Back Patricia Shiley for City Treasurer
The Winchester Democratic Committee endorsed Patricia S. Shiley to fill the unexpired term of City Treasurer Harry Carpenter who resigns April 1. Shiley, with the city since 1957 and assistant auditor since 1961, seeks the Democratic nomination.
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Winchester
Democratic Committee
Patricia S. Shiley
Harry Carpenter
Carpenter
Elliott Marshall
Corporation Court
Shiley
Bill Shendow
Shendow
Cambodian air force bomb hits presidential palace in Lon Nol era attack
A Cambodian Air Force trainer plane bombed the Presidential Palace in Phnom Penh, targeting Lon Nol's residence and nearby barracks. The blast killed or injured hundreds, though Lon Nol survived and urged calm. Pilot Capt So Photra, expelled from flight school, disappeared after the strike.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
U.S
Lon Nol
So Photra
Pochentong
Photra
Viet Cong pledge to free POWs by ceasefire deadline
Saigon reports the Viet Cong promise that the last group of American prisoners will be released by the March 28 ceasefire deadline and reject President Nixon's infiltration claims as groundless. Hanoi denounces the charge as US fabrication while Saigon questions the timing of a fourth phase releases.
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Bien Hoa
Saigon
Nixon
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Communist Party
Nhan Dan
U.S
Tran van Tra
Joint Military Commission
Tra
United States
Vietnam
Tru
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Peggy Lynn Fashions
Student Association
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