Weather improves boosting Gemini flight hopes at Cape Kennedy
Cape Kennedy Florida AP improving weather raises hope two man Gemini crew Virgil Grissom and John Young can perform space steering during a three orbit mission. Forecasters predict clear skies light east winds 68 degree temperatures and rough seas in the recovery area while crew reviews flight steps and conducts medical exams.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Project
Cape
Bermuda
Virgil S. Grissom
John W. Young
Grissom and Young
Molly Brown
Alphonsus
Raneger 9
Virgil I. Grissom
Gemini
Apollo
Moon
Pentagon confirms use of nonlethal tear gas in Vietnam
The Defense Department confirmed reports that South Vietnam uses a nonlethal tear gas against Viet Cong forces. The gas, released from helicopter dispensers, is meant to disable enemy combatants temporarily without causing fatalities.
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Washington
Defense Department
South Viet Nam
Pentagon
Saigon
Local tree cut at James Wood High School front lawn
Residents report a maple tree was felled on the front lawn of James Wood High School over the weekend, uprooting a recently planted tree. Jay Lowden, Winchester Exchange Club official, joined five others at Shenandoah College for ballet planning as tickets sell well for tonight's 8 pm performance in the college auditorium.
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James Wood High School
Jay Lowden
National Ballet
Winchester Exchange Club
Shenandoah College
Winchester
Ranger 9 Aims for Moon Crater Alphonsus Landing
Ranger 9 speeds toward the moon with cameras to document a landing site for future astronauts. The mission plans a final impact at 9 07 EST near Alphonsus in the highland region between Mare Cognitum and Mare Tranquillitatis, following a record precise guidance run.
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Pagadena
Calif
Ranger 9
U.S
Ranger 7
Ranger 8
Alphonsus
Mare Cognitum
Mare Tranquillitatis
Shifflett Sentenced for Gun Slaying of Ashwood
Emory Lee Shifflett was sentenced today to 40 years in the State Penitentiary for the shotgun killing of Courtney Loring Ashwood on August 26. Judge Elliott D. Marshall denied the defense bid to set aside the verdict and scheduled a second indictment for May 28, while noting plea to attempting to murder his estranged wife Peggy Jane Miller.
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Emory Lee Shifflett
State Penitentiary
Courtney Loring Ashwood
Winchester Corporation Court
Elliott D. Marshall
Marshall
Shifflett
Peggy Jane Miller
David G. Simpson
Mr. Simpson
U S Jets Strafe and Bomb North Viet Nam Targets
Eight U S Air Force jets strafed and bombed North Viet Nam targets today. One F105 downed over enemy territory. pilot rescued. The others returned safely. Targets believed to be military vehicles on roads. First mission of its kind with targets of opportunity.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Air Force
U.S
Vu Con
Quang Tri
da Nanng
Pham Long Suu
Clarke County real estate tax rate proposed at $2.30
Clarke County faces a 1965-66 budget with a real estate tax rate of $2.30 per $100, eighty cents below the current $3.10 rate. Personal property tax would stay at $3.10. A public hearing is set for April 5 at 11 a.m. in the Clarke County Circuit Courtroom.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Sixth Bomb Found in Birmingham Threat Declined
A sixth homemade dynamite bomb was found in Birmingham in a predominantly Black neighborhood near Poole Funeral Chapel. Army demolition experts disabled it, noting the clock timing differed from five earlier devices that targeted the city since 1955. One device was set for about 6 PM.
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Birmingham
Ala
Poole Funeral Chapel
Nancy Ruth Manuel Wins Miss Winchester Tri County 1965
Nancy Ruth Manuel, 18, of Front Royal, crowned Miss Winchester Tri County 1965 after winning the Saturday night pageant at Shenandoah College Auditorium. She will compete for Miss Virginia in Roanoke in July. Janet White Battaile and Barbara Lee Hott were first and second runners-up. Manuel also won Miss Congeniality.
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Nancy Ruth
Manuél
Winchester
Tri-County
Barbara Lee Hott
Virginia
Carolyn Eddy
Miss Manuel
Cheryl DeHaven Hortenstine
Janet White Battaile
Nancy Ruth Manuel
Front Royal
Tri County
Shenandoah College
Roanoke
William M. Battaile
Jaycee Ettes
Cheryl DéHaven Horton- Stine
Manuel
L. W. Manuel
Warren County High School
Monroe Business College
Tuesday Italian Gypsy Night Special at Wayside Inn
A Tuesday night Italian Gypsy event features a solist with a six course dinner offered at 2.50 dollars. The Wayside Inn in Middletown Virginia promotes live music alongside a full meal service for patrons.
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Wayside Inn
Middletown
14 Miles Is Goal For Today
About 400 marchers led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. began the second leg of a 50 mile water crusade from Selma toward Montgomery. The frost covered camp featured guards, tents, and a heated trailer as King aimed to walk 14 miles today amid cool weather and symbolic protest at the Pettus Bridge.
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Selma
Ala
Martin ‘Luther King Jr
Bama
Capital
King
Montgomery
National Guardsmen
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
King’s Trailer
Henry V. Graham
Alabama National Guard
Weather turns chilly as Arctic high grips Virginia
A cold Arctic high centered off the Carolina coast brings chilly weather to Virginia. A cold front is expected Tuesday with cloudy skies and rain. Bellview Beauty Salon at 108 Bellview Ave reopens March 22. Wanted presser at Pingley and Carper Cleaners, apply in person.
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Richmond
Carolina
Virginia
Bellview Beauty Salon
Bellview Ave
Presser
Pingley & Carper Cleaners
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Miss Hott
Handley High School
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