B52 Bombers Attack Hue Western Valley and Saigon Area
U S B52s pound supply depots and command centers in the A Shau Valley west of Hue, dropping nearly 2 million pounds of ordnance over five missions. Another two missions target ammunition depots and troop concentrations near Khe Sanh as Marines report light shelling. Meanwhile 1,989 Viet Cong killed in Saigon area offensive, with a 50 000 troop allied push to clear five provinces.
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Ran
Hue
Khe Sanh
A Shan
Robert E. Cushman
1St Corps
A Shau
South Vietnam
U.S
Quyet Thang
Soviet Space Hero Yuri Gagarin Dies In Crash
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, famed for the first manned space flight in 1961, is killed in a training crash alongside commander Vladimir Seryogin. Their ashes will be interred at the Kremlin Wall. Gagarin’s death follows a 1961 space tragedy, Sergei Korobov’s earlier loss, as U.S. and Soviet space programs mourn.
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Moscow
Yuri A. Gagarin
Vladimir
Seryogin
Gagarin
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Red Square
Tchaikovsky
Scriabin
Vladimir M. Komarov
U.S
Earth
Smelovki
United States
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Lenin
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Yuri Gagarin
Alexei
Anna Timofeyvna
Yuri
Amherst Rezoning Views Voiced at Public Hearing
Several residents opposed Charles A. Pine Sr. on his bid to rezone Amherst St. from R-1 to B-1 from Whittier Ave. to the city limits. The Planning Commission heard the case yesterday. its recommendation will await the April City Council meeting.
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Charles A. Pine
Amherst St
Planning Commission
Pine
Whittier Ave
Unseasonably Warm Weather Forecast
The weatherman projects unusually warm conditions through tomorrow with a forecast low of 45 to 50 degrees and a noon high of 70 degrees today.
F111 Fighter Missing After Bombing Mission
A United States F111 fighter jet, part of a squadron that arrived in Thailand March 17, is overdue on a bombing mission over North Vietnam after a transmission near Laos. The two man crew is presumed lost and the high cost jet disappeared while en route.
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Washington
United States
Ax Falls On Neighbor's Auto Amid Parking Spat
London AP report says Thomas Norman, upset by neighbors parking cars across his front, seized an ax after returning from work and damaged a neighbor's car with three blows. Judge N N McElligott expressed sympathy but observed Norman's action.
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London
Thomas Norman
Norman
Kiwanis Pancake Day War Memorial Public Sale
Public notice announces a Kiwanis Pancake Day event at the War Memorial with a sale slated for Saturday March 30 at 11 p.m. Loy Brucetown coordinates the event details and logistics.
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Kiwanis
Brucetown
Harrison Honored for Distinguished Service in Virginia
Former Gov Albertis H Harrison Jr now a justice on the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals is chosen for the 1965 Distinguished Service Award by the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce. He becomes the third ex governor to win the honor, which will be presented April 22 in Roanoke. Harrison led accelerated industrial development during his term.
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Richmond
Albertis
Harrison Jr
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
Harrison
Harry F. Byrd
Colgate W. Darden
Chamber
Virginia
Thomas C. Boushall
Bank of Virginia
State Chamber
Roanoke
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Virginia Supreme Court
Mills E. Godwin Jr
State
Godwin
Home Show Opens at Winchester Armory Tonight
Officials pose around the emblem for the Home Improvement Council’s annual Home Show at Winchester Armory. The event features the Miss Home Show beauty pageant tonight at 8, with hours 6 to 10 p.m. tonight tomorrow and Saturday, and 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday.
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Home Improvement Council
Winchester Armory
James L. Hockman
Janice L. Kern
William M. Battaile
Michael W. O’brien
Jim Hamilton
25 Percent Tax Hike Approved for Frederick County Real Estate
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors voted to raise real estate tax to 2.50 per hundred and personal property tax to 3.30 per hundred to fund a 1968-69 budget of 2 707 514. Major causes are annexation, countywide reassessment, and school needs with plans for a new courthouse complex.
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Frederick
Thomas Rosenberger
Robert E. Ayler
Sheriff’s Office
Kennedy McCarthy Test in Indiana Preserves Primary Fight
Kennedy decides to enter the Indiana presidential primary alongside McCarthy while Nixon hopefuls file signatures. Branigin aides submit Johnson entry, Kennedy plans California Oregon Nebraska campaigns, and a bomb threat prompts a defiant crowd speech in Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
Robert F. Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Richard M. Nixon
Indiana
Roger D. Branigin
Johnson
McCarthy
Kennedy
Nixon
California
Oregon
Nebraska
University of Nebraska
Campaign Road Congested as Wisconsin Primary Nears
In Wisconsin the campaign road grows congested as voters head to Tuesday's primary. McCarthy aides rebuild staff while Nixon outlines a national Vietnam and diplomacy speech. Johnson officials and Betty Furness visit Wisconsin as candidates court northern cities and farm audiences.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Eugene McCarthy
Johnson
Lawrence O’brien
Atty
Ramsey Clark
Betty Furness
McCarthy
New Hampshire
Abrams Leaves No Viet Clues On War Plans
Washington reports Gen. Creighton W. Abrams departed for Vietnam leaving few clues on future troop plans or his own future. White House comments deny imminent changes and no successor is named for Gen Westmoreland. Ambassador Komer predicts South Vietnam will rebound from Tet while Fulbright urges a cabinet level post to pursue negotiated end to the war.
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Washington
Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
U.S
Army
White House
Westmoreland
Andrews Air Force Base
Johnson
Abrams
Associated Press
South Vietnam
Robert W. Komer
J. W.~.fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Arkansas Democrat
Senate
Allied War Casualties Up Slightly
The AP report shows U.S. and South Vietnamese forces recording a weekly rise in American deaths to 349 and 1,965 wounded, with 270 government troops killed in South Vietnam and 2,223 enemy killed by allied forces per U.S. and South Vietnamese commands. totals vary and are subject to readjustment.
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Saigon
U.S. Command
U.S
Howard Johnson Luncheon Special Fried Oysters
A luncheon feature offers fried oysters with tartar sauce for 85 cents. The menu item reflects a midcentury dining option from Howard Johnson's.
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Howard Johnson
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