Enemy Loses 400 Men and 20 Tanks
SAIGON AP reports massive U S air and naval bombardment killed about 400 enemy troops assaulting South Vietnamese defenses north of Hue and destroyed a score of North Vietnamese tanks. Waves of fighter bombers hit the Hanoi Haiphong complex as 600 strikes were reported across North Vietnam. Fighting stretched from the Mekong Delta to the Street Without Joy area near Hue with North Vietnamese soldiers fleeing.
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Saigon
U.S
Hue
North Vietnam
Hanoi-Haiphong
Mekong Delta
My Chanh
Demilitarized Zone
Dong Hoi
Indochina
Radio Hanoi
Haiphong Harbor
Haiphong
Mekong
Area Memorial Services Next Monday
Four Memorial Day services are set in the region for Monday May 29 honoring veterans. Speakers include Dr. Robert Parker at Winchester National Cemetery and Rev. George W. Burroughs at Shenandoah Memorial Park. Berryville observances feature Rear Admiral Chester G. Phillips and Rev. Rudolph White. The events include bands, wreath laying, flag ceremonies, and gun salutes.
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Robert Parker
Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music
Winchester National Cemetery
George W. Burroughs
First United Methodist Church of
Winchester
Shenandoah Memorial Park
Berryville
Green Hill Cemetery
Chester G. Phillips
Milton Valley Cemetery
Rudolph White
Parker
National Cemetery
John T. Dowd
Charles Harless
Kernstown
Nixon Arrives in Moscow for Nine Day Soviet Visit
President Nixon lands in Moscow for a week of talks with Soviet leaders to pursue arms limits trade and space cooperation. Crowds line motorcade route and Brezhnev is absent from airport scene as Nixon greets Podgorny and Kosygin.
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Richard Nixon
Nikolai Podgorny
Guard of Honor
Vnukovo
U.S
Moscow
Nixon
Kremlin
Peking
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Alexei N. Kosygin
Podgorny
Klessheim Palace
Leonid I. Brazhnev
Washington
Soviet Union
Warren County Train Wreck Wounds Three In Four Days
Front Royal report details a second Warren County railroad wreck in four days. Three men admitted to Warren Memorial Hospital, with one survivor trapped for hours by leaking fuel and a ruptured gas tank. Rescue squads from Strasburg and Chester Gap aided, as crews work to reopen the main line south of Front Royal after a derailed freight train collapsed a 120 foot bridge across Gooney Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah River
David B
Grim
Lulu Williams
Warren County
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Karo Landing
Here
Warren Memorial Hospital
Lawrence Hensley
Robert Cave
W. W. Whilane
Cave
Shenandogah River
Front Royal
Strasburg
Chester Gap
Riverton Litre Corporation
Southern Railway
N&w
Carl E. Carter
Gooney Creek
Headstart For Every Child The Crucial Years
An Indiana University article stresses that early school years shape attitudes toward learning and success. It urges parental preparation, regular physicals with vision and hearing checks, and fostering independence at home before school begins. Continuous readiness supports eager learning and smoother adjustment.
Robinson Re-elected Nominee In Culpeper Seventh District
Republican J Kenneth Robinson accepted the Seventh District nomination at Culpeper High School, pledging fiscal restraint and local control while facing Democrat Murat Williams in the upcoming election. The convention also chose Alfred B. Cramer II as district chairman and named delegates to the national convention, with Virginia’s An electoral slate and memorial resolutions supporting Nixon, Agnew, and J Edgar Hoover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culpeper
J. Kenneth Robinson
Robinson
Murat Williams
Madison County
Alfred B. Cramer, II
Wayne Whitham
Winchester
Orrin French
Woodstock
Warren French
State Central Committee
William Logan
Pawine Campbell
Page County
Virginia Lee Whitford
the Plains
Nixon
Spiro Agnew
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Rtobinson
Ele Sam
Financial House
Congress
Virginia
Hoose Appropriations Committee
Culpeper High School
Appropriations Committee
Also Mentioned on This Page
VFW
Girl Scouts of America
Veterans’ Memorial
Admiral Phillips
Edward H. McDonald
J. Fred Jones
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Clarke County
Darryl Maxwell
Milton Valley
Zion Baptist Church
William Moore
White
Manila
Weather Bureau
Russia
Pravda
Soviet Communist Party
United States
Tass
Bruno Kreisky
Salzburg
Kreisky
A. C. Crowder
Anniel
Butler
Indiana University
Gop
Richmond
Carolinas
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