Brezhnev Pledges Backing for North Viet Nam Defense
Brezhnev told a Red Square crowd that the Soviet Union is taking necessary measures to strengthen the defense potential of North Viet Nam. He warned US actions threaten world peace and urged adversaries to face consequences for their “crimes.” The speech followed the welcoming of two new cosmonauts and included compliments about spaceflight by Leonov.
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Moscow
Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet Union
North
Viet Nam
Brezhnev
Soviet Communist Party
Red Square
Leonov
Voskhod 2
Caucasus
Sochi
Black Sea
Volga
Urals
Louie
Festival Rally Set Tuesday for Apple Blossom Week
The Shenandoah Valley Area Apple Blossom Rally occurs Tuesday with Executive luncheon at George Washington Hotel and a 7:15 p.m. downtown Winchester parade. SVI leaders, SVI board from 15 counties, and guests from Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania and DC attend as plans for the Apple Blossom Festival unfold.
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Shenandoah Valley Area
Shenandoah Valley
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Chamber of Commerce
George Washington Hotel
Winchester
Sumpter Priddy
Richmond
Virginia Retail Merchants Association
Handley Glee Club
Department of Publicity and Promotion
SVI
Russ Potts
Robert F. Miller
B. J. Lovett
Harrisonburg
Spring Weather Flickers Between Warm Days and Threatening Storms
The 61 degree day brings sun and a forecast of possible thunderstorms and rain tonight. A 38 degree low marked a springlike swing as Pat Buckner of Berryville and Mrs. Holliday with Judy saw about 300 geese flying south toward Frederick Maryland in loud V formations. Mr and Mrs George Garber of Delance have a son Chester involved in today’s Gemini space shot as electronics engineer at Cape Kennedy. Mrs Garber teaches fourth grade at Bryary School.
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Baltimore
Pat Buckner
Berryville
Holliday
Judy
Frederick
George Garber
Deliance
Chester
Cape Kennedy
Garber
Bryariy School
Radar Station and Convoys Bombed in North Viet Nam
Eight Vietnamese fighter bombers struck the Ban Binh radar station ten miles north of the border with South Viet Nam and attacked numerous military convoys on Route 1. An unannounced number of U.S. Air Force planes accompanied the raid, returning safely after one bomber was hit. The operation followed clashes near Da Nang as U.S. jets and Vietnamese aircraft hit a Viet Cong sea area.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Ban Binh
South Viet .Nam
da Nang Air Base
U.S
Southiet Nam
da Nang
Tan Son Nhut
Europeans Protest U S Gas Use in South Vietnam
London reports show non Communists in Europe backing protests against U S and South Vietnamese forces employing nonlethal gas and napalm. Parliament members and Liberal leaders urge the prime minister to condemn the tactic as a morally questionable form of warfare amid international debate.
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London
Europe
U.S
South Viet Nam
Harold Wilson
Philis Noel Baker
Arthur Blenkinsop
Labor Party
House of Commons
Liberal Guardian
Paris
le Monde
le Monde Sid
Moscow
United States
Wives Wait In Silent Agony
In Houston two astronauts wives endure hours of silence as the nation follows the first manned space flight. Betty Grissom and Barbara Young keep their emotions in check while children have a day off from school. News crews gather near Timber Cove by the Manned Spacecraft Center.
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Houston
Tex
America
Betty Grissom
Barbara Young
Timber Cove
Airliner Missing With 29 Aboard Over Colombian Mountains
A ground and air search was ordered for a Colombian airliner missing with 29 aboard on a Bogota to Bucaramanga flight. The plane disappeared late at night over forested mountains, carrying 26 passengers and a crew of three, all believed Colombian.
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Bogota
Colombia
Bucaramanga
Rain Dampens Marchers On 3rd Day Of Crusade
Rain fell as about 300 marchers began the third day of the 50 mile Selma to Montgomery civil rights pilgrimage. The group faced 25 miles of highway to Montgomery with plans for thousands more to join the final leg on Thursday. King’s aide urged endurance while leaders from SNCC NAACP and other groups led the column. a 17 year old marcher fainted and was treated by ambulance staff.
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Selma
Ala
Minis
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Cleveland
Ohio
Montgomery
Betty Jean Sullivan
Marc ‘Llon
Andrew Young
John Leweis
Cochairman
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Albert Turner
Marion
Charles Rangle
New York
George Fowler
New York Commission On Human Rights
Norman Houston
Los Angeles
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Nell Washburn
Atlanta
U.S
Capitol Building
Lowndes County
Ranger 9 nudges course toward moon for planned impact
A small steering rocket fired aboard Ranger 9 aimed to adjust its path toward a moon strike at Alphonsus crater. NASA scientists expect to confirm the maneuver within ten hours and anticipate thousands of photographs if the descent proceeds, with Alphonsus offering potential shelter from meteorite bombardment but also possible danger from volcanic gases.
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Pasadena
Calif
Ranger 9
Alphonsus
Rangers 7
Moon
Lunar
Bulletproof Vest Saves Bolivian Leader Barrientos
President Rene Barrientos of Bolivia, head of the ruling junta, survived an assassination attempt in Cochabamba. A bulletproof vest saved his life as a shooter on a motorcycle fired at a jeep carrying Barrientos and five others. Barrientos suffered a buttock wound and a knee injury and is under treatment.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Rene Barrientos
Barrientos
Cochabamba
Farata
Grissom Changes Course in Gemini II Maneuver
Astronauts Virgil Grissom and John Young piloted the Molly Brown Gemini II to shift orbital path during a four hour mission over the Atlantic. The test demonstrated maneuvering jets and path changes essential for future moon missions.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Virgil Grissom
John Young
Molly Brown
Grissom
Young
Atlantic Ocean
Grand Turk Island
Texas
Air Force
Georgia
Orbit
No. 2
Weather outlook for Virginia on a rain spreading night
A low pressure system centered over New England increases cloudiness in Virginia today with rain moving in tonight from the west toward the coast.
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Richmond
New England
Virginia
Italian Gypsy Night and Dinner at Wayside Inn Middletown Va
Luttrell sale postponed to March 27 at 1 00 p m. Wanted presser apply in person Pingley and Carper Cleaners. Italian Gypsy Night features music by a soloist and a six course dinner for $2 50. Correction: last night's ad misstates TV antenna reception as 7 miles instead of 75 miles from Sears Roebuck and Co.
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Presser
Pingley &Carper Cleaners
Wayside Inn
Middletown
Sears Roebuck & Co
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N. Viet
Rades
Ker
Kieeel Lesnov
Virgil I
John W. Young
Maryland
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
S. Viet Nam
Red Flag
Washington
Defense Department
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth
Winchester Armory
Virginia Game and Inland Fisheries Commission
Shenandoah River
Luttrell
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