Two Kidnap Victims Freed in Separate Incidents
In Macon Georgia eleven year old Michael J Register was abducted near a grocery and freed after his parents paid five thousand dollars ransom. He found an ident card of a kidnapper and led police to the hideout. In Memphis ten year old Batey was abducted and released after his father threatened to expose nude photos at a gallery. No arrest reported.
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Associated Press
Michael J. Register
Macon
P. F. Register
Michael
John Thomas Plummer
Memphis
Batey
Memphis Academy of Arts
Richard C. Batey
Academy
Winchester Jaycees name Richard J. Martin Boss of the Year
Richard J. Martin Jr. manager of the J C Penney store at 2 N Loudoun St is crowned Boss of the Year by the Winchester Jaycees at the Bosses Night Banquet held at Lee Jackson Restaurant. State Senator Dr William A Truban of Woodstock spoke on the Virginia General Assembly and drug abuse.
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Winchester Jaycees
Richard J. Martin
J.C. Penney Company
N. Loudoun St
Mr. Martin
Lee Jackson
William A. Truban
Wood
Winchester
Penney’s
Phil Eppinger
Jaycees
Eppinger
Center
Dennis L. Molden
Phil Ep Finger
Jaycee
Berryville by pass design hearing draws broad criticism
At a design hearing in Berryville the proposed four point seven five million by pass faced sharp questions about forty foot crossovers and the eastern intersection due to anticipated tractor trailer traffic. Local business operators, the Clarke County schools superintendent and others urged safer lane spacing and questioned impact on bus routes and water flow.
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Star
Berryville
Highway Department
Moore and Dorsey and
H.F. Byrd
Apple
Smalley Package Co
Doubleday
Clarke County
Esso
Robert W. Smalley
Rt. 81
Rt. 7
Mr. Smalley
Wade G. Johnson
John Friant
Berryville Lumber Co
Smalley
Johnson
S Viets Reinforce Front as DMZ Tensions Rise
South Vietnam rushed fresh battalions to the northern front as DMZ tensions surged with a 50 percent rise in enemy activity. U S fighter bombers hit a new North Vietnamese SAM site in the Laotian panhandle, and 152 mm guns fired from the DMZ striking Dong Ha base. Snow fell in Winchester as spring weather faced disruptions.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
North
U.S
Laotian Panhandle
Dmz
Laos
North Vietnam
Dong Ha
7 Inches of Snow in Some Parts of State
A storm near the Carolinas coast dumped snow across much of Virginia sparking heavy snow warnings for the southern region and traveler advisories for a larger area. The system disrupted travel and prompted official advisories as accumulations varied by locality.
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Richmond
Carolinas
Virginia
State Highway Department
Goochland
Powhatan
Nottoway
Caroline
Spotsylvania
Armored Money Truck Ambushed in Britain. $1 Million Stolen
Masked raiders attacked an armored money truck near Croydon in south London and escaped in a high powered car with over a million dollars in cash. Eight-ton truck crew forced to open vault. 28 sacks of notes valued about 458,240 pounds were loaded into a red Jaguar. Police posted a reward of 108,000 dollars. total haul initially reported as 1.8 million, later corrected. Authorities compare it to Britain’s Great Train Robbery of 1963 as the largest cash theft in years.
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London
Britain
Croydon
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