Ammo Boxcar Fire Scatters Shells in Palmdale
Charles M. Hastings drove a truck to a burning ammunition car near Palmdale, uncoupled ends of a 99 car train to pull it clear, and helped prevent a broader blaze as 61 tons of munitions exploded at one second intervals. Fire damaged one boxcar while fuel cars burned. 20 nearby homes were evacuated. the carload originated at Red River Army Depot and was bound for Port Chicago on the way to Vietnam.
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Palmdale
Calif
Charles M. Hastings
Hastings
Southern Pacific
Jable
Red River
Defense
Tex
Nixon and Viet Cong Peace Plans Compared
Nixon and Viet Cong peace proposals contrast sharply on withdrawal timetables governance and neutrality. Viet Cong demand independence rights elections and a North South reunification path while Nixon favors mutual withdrawal within 12 months and international supervision with free choice by South Vietnamese and no forced terms.
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Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Paris
Viet Cong
Cambodia
Laos
United States
North
North Vietnam
South
U.S
Mass Democratic meeting set for Frederick County
A mass meeting of Frederick County Democrats is called for Monday May 26 at 8 p.m. in the Frederick County Courthouse to elect a county Democratic Committee for the coming year. Chairman Alson H. Smith urges all Democrats to attend. Leech dietary note mentions blood storage for months.
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Frederick County
Alson H. Smith
Vote Quest Maps Dems Camp as Primary Nears Across Virginia
Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls Battle Howell and Pollard forged cross state swing plans from Arlington to Tidewater with stops in Fairfax and McLean while Clinton Hicks received a high profile endorsement. Republican Holton forecast a November win and urged party unity as he eyed lawmakers reelection. Belgium population figures note Dutch and French speakers.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Commonwealth
Arlington
Fairfax County
William C. Battle
Charlottesville
Fairfax
McLean
Henry E. Howell Jr
Norfolk
9Th
Richmond
Fred G. Pollard
Old Dominion College
Tidewater
Northern Virginia Democratic Women’s Club
U.S. Supreme Court
Pollard
Battle
Howell
Levin
Miller
State Corporation Commission
SCC
C. F
Flip” Hicks
Gloucester
del. John Warren Cooke
Virginia House of Delegates
Gloucester Gazette Journal
Hicks
A. Linwood Holton
Roanoke
Holton
House
M. Caldwell Butler
Vinton Moves Toward One City Roanoke Valley Merger
Roanoke County and Vinton approve consolidation steps and seek a referendum from Circuit Court to merge the Roanoke Valley into one city. The plan would freeze Roanoke and Salem boundaries and end long running annexation disputes with a charter effective September 1, 1971.
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Roanoke County
Vinton
Salem
Roanoke Valley
Circuit Court
County
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