Plot to bomb U S Embassy Thwarted in Saigon
Police seized two Viet Cong agents on a scooter truck loaded with 25 pounds of plastic explosive aimed at bombarding the U S Embassy in Saigon. The device was defused before detonation planned at noon with embassy workers leaving for lunch. The suspects were arrested and the truck intercepted miles from the five story building.
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Malcolm W. Browne
Saigon
South Viet _Nam
U.S
aaPolice
Maxwell D. Taylor
Nguyen Chang Thi
South Vietam
Cua Viet
North Viet Nam
Dean Rusk
Soviet Union
Vi Nam
Laos
London
Andrei A. Gromyko
Viet Nam
Britain
Geneva
Gromyko
United States
Vie Nam
United State
Steel Talks In Crucial Stage
PITTSBURGH AP Basic steel contract talks begin high level bargaining on wages and benefits Monday as the United Steelworkers Union readies for a potential strike May 1. The union adds two members to its six person top negotiating team amid a leadership transition threat.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
I. W. Abel
David J. McDonald
Seasonal arrival marked by Harrisburg correspondent note
The piece notes spring officially arrives at 3 05 PM with a 12th annual message from Martin H Beckley of Harrisburg PA to the Apple Blossom Festival headquarters. The reference underlines the festival's traditions rather than exact calculations.
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Martin H. Beckley
Harrisburg
Beckley
Voskhod 2 lands safely after fiery reentry in snow
Moscow reports Voskhod 2 made a fiery descent through dense atmosphere but touched down softly in deep snow near Perm, with two cosmonauts aboard and official word awaited on post landing details. Tass and Pravda offered differing accounts of flames during entry.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Earth
Voskhod 2
Perm
Ural Mountains
Tass
Vosk
Er Pravda
Julian Barber to MC Miss Winchester Tri County Pageant
Julian Barber of WTOP TV will MC the Miss Winchester Tri County beauty pageant tonight at 8. Janet Battaile Susan Eyles Betty Mowrey Barbara Hott and others compete for Miss Winchester Tri County with Miss Virginia 1965 as guest. Judges include Mr and Mrs W Hubert Gentry and L Ward Edwards. Barber, a 1957 hire, hosts City Side and formerly Youth Wants To Know.
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Julian Barber
Wtop-Tv
Winchester
Barber
Tony Sylvester
Mr. Sylvester
House
Johnson
Texas
Winchester-Tri County
Janet Battaile
Susan Eyles
Betty Mowrey
Barbara Hott
Barbara Ey
Priscilla Racéy
Sherry Ensogna
Kay Franklin
Nancy Manuel
Kathryne Bentley
Virginia
W. Hubert Gentry
L. Ward Edwards
Winchester Jayceeettes
Mr. Barber
WTOP
Space Officials Say U S Trails Russia By 2 Years
Cape Kennedy Florida AP high level space officials say the United States trails the Soviet Union by two years in space capability. Gemini missions aim to achieve firsts in maneuvering in space and selecting landing zones with an American astronaut stepping outside the capsule during a Gemini flight.
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U.S
Russia
Cape Kennedy
Fla
United States
Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
Navy
John W. Young
William “C. ‘Schneider
Pereous
Aieor
Webb
Congressional report faults NASA for withholding Soviet space data
A House Government Operations subcommittee report accuses NASA of withholding information on Soviet space activities from the public. It cites lack of transparency since 1963 hearings and notes a security label on most tracking station data. The findings assert Americans need full knowledge to judge US pace against the Soviets.
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Washington
U.S. Space Agency
United States
House
Congress
Bing Space Féaf
Cosimohaut
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Snow Falls With Forecast of More to Come
Snow blanketed the Winchester area with two inches by noon and up to four to eight inches predicted. Highways were slushy and tire chains advised as crews treated primary roads. Snow Plan A went into effect at 7 am and drifting was expected.
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St. Patrick’s Day
James Wood
Handley High School
Waynesboro
Frederick County
Highway Department
Winchester
J. Thomas Boyd
Weather Bureau
Council Favors Plans For Technical College
The City Council endorsed pursuing an area technical college in the northern Shenandoah Valley by unanimous vote at a special meeting. Dr. Dana Hamel outlined plans for curricula in medical tech, data processing, and industrial fields while a site decision and program details await state approval and local need surveys.
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Shenandoah Valley
Dana B. Hamel
State Board of Technical Education
Northern
Virginia
Fairfax
Chesterfield
Gemini Flight Faces Postponement Amid Weather Fears
Clouds over Cape Kennedy threaten Tuesday Gemini 12 mission aboard Molly Brown with Virgil Grissom and John Young. Rangers 9 countdown issues traced to ground support gear. launch window Sunday between 4:11 and 5:14 p.m. EST targets Alphonsus crater on the moon.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Gemini
Molly Brown
Ranger 9
Sune
Virgil I. Grissom
John W Young
Cape
Atlantic
Alphonsus
Spring Arrives Amid Weather Twists and Diverse Climes
The piece notes disparate vernal signals across cities from Paris and Naples to Warsaw and New York. It recalls a wild winter with tornadoes in the South and cold snaps in Virginia Nebraska and Oregon, followed by swells of crocuses and blooming willows signaling spring's advance.
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Printempts
Paris
Primavera
Naples
Barcelona
Carrah
Tipperary
Kkaeetz
Tel_Aviv
Fruehling
Frank
Atlantic
New York
Fifth Avenue
Guard Units Also Called Into Service
Regular Army riot control troops were flown into Maxwell Air Force Base to protect civil rights demonstrators on the Selma to Montgomery march. A detachment from the 720th Military Police Battalion was quartered at Craig Air Force Base in Selma. National Guard numbers and mobilization were not released as President Johnson authorized use of federal armed forces and Alabama Guard units to ensure safety.
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Montgomery
Ala
Maxwell Air Force Base
Selma
S03rd
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Craig Air Force Base
Selema
Morine
Alabama National Guard
Johnson
Secretary of Defense
U.S
Alabama National Guardss
Johnson City
Tex
United States
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Sele
Cancer cures feasible for one in three cases
A WHO panel of eleven experts from ten nations reported in Geneva that cures are feasible for one in three cancer cases. They see promise in a vaccine to prevent tumor growth and urge continued effort to cure cancer while easing suffering.
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Geneva
World Health Organization
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