Pilot Returning to U.S. After 1750 Hours in Vietnam
Captain Spey, 27, of Southern Pines, N.C., completes 1,750 hours in Vietnam, including defoliation missions in a C123. He plans to return to the United States as an instructor after earning the Distinguished Flying Cross for a mission in which his plane sustained heavy damage from Viet Cong fire.
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U.S
Vietnam
South Viet Nam
Spey
Southern Pines
N.C
Viet
Uni- States
Iseye Simpey
Viet Nam
Thales
Jack Spey
Southern
Pines
Saigon
United States
Death Toll Rises to 188 in Virginia in 1966
The Associated Press reports three traffic deaths including Chesterfield County woman Annie B Childs 69 who died from injuries after a collision while teaching her granddaughter to drive. Also killed were Burnie Gene Horney 24 of Speedwell Wythe County and Donald Wade Stevens 17 of Orange after separate crashes near Independence and Charlottesville.
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Associated Press
Chesterfield County
Jaane
Virginia
Chester
Annie B
Ginia
Independence
Burnie
Gene Horney
Speedwell
Wythe County
U.S
Grayson County
Charlottesville
Donald Wade Stevens
Orange
Charlotetesville
U.S. 29
Albemarle County
Worst of High Meat Prices May Be Over
Beef and pork prices have been falling at wholesale markets and may ease retail costs in coming weeks. The Bureau of Labor Statistics notes slower food price increases depend on weather. February food prices were 6.5 percent higher than 1965, with vegetables up 10.5 percent following January freezes and crop disruptions across Florida Texas Arizona and California.
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Midwest
Southeast
Park
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Florida
Arizona
California
Barbra Streisand Tops TV Special With Color Me Barbra
Barbra Streisand’s Color Me Barbra TV special outshines her previous effort. The program blends playful gags with elaborate visuals, opening at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and featuring stylish song renditions such as One Kiss and It Had To Be You. An ABC animated Alice in Wonderland segment complements the evening with a dreamlike, family friendly tone.
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New York
Barbra Streisand
Emat
Miss Streisand
ABC
Alice
Richmond Teachers Plan Endorsed by Negro Group in Desegregation Effort
In Richmond a teacher desegregation plan praised by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund as a step toward full education was adopted by the school board and approved by Federal District Judge John D. Butzner Jr. The plan favors preferential consideration for Negro teachers in vacancies, seeks qualified candidates for key positions, retains a freedom of choice pupil plan, and outlines steps to desegregate faculties while maintaining ability as a priority.
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Richmond
Nee
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Jack Greenberg
John D. Butzner Jr
Quick Quiz Q Winners and Royal Timelines
The quiz notes Andrew Jackson as the last Revolutionary War veteran to become U S president, citing his fight at age 13, and identifies Louis XIV as Europe’s first monarch with a reign spanning 72 years.
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Andrew Jackson
Louis XIV
France
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