Three U.S. Prisoners Symbolically Freed by Viet Cong
Three American sergeants were handed to an antiwar activist in Phnom Penh in a staged release. The men provided memorized thanks to Viet Cong and Hayden, while a U.S. document cited brainwashing programs. Sgt. Daniel Pitzer, Sgt. James Jackson, and Sgt. Edward Johnson were named. Johnson reportedly ill with dysentery and not shown.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
U.S
Tom Hayden
Martin Luther King
Joan Baez
Benjamin Spock
Hayden
Saigon
Donald Rochlen
Daniel Lee Pitzer
Spring Lake
N.C
James E. Jackson Jr
Talcott
W. Va
Edward R. Johnson
Seaside
Calif
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Edward P. Johnson
Kien An
Haiphong
Navy
al Skyraiders
Laos
Loc Ninh
Dak To
4Th Division
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Copperhead Snake Head Cut Off By Woman In Kitchen
Miss Eva Bohrer discovered a copperhead snake stretched across the kitchen floor at the A. P. Whitacre home. With only a butcher knife, she severed the snake's head to prevent harm.
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Eva Bohrer
A.P. Whitacre
Winchester Coin Club Meeting Monday at War Memorial Hall
The Winchester Coin Club will meet Monday at 7 30 P M in the War Memorial Building. Visitors accompanied by a member receive two free coins and a turkey surprise is promised.
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Winchester Coin Club
War Memorial Building
Outstanding Boy and Girl Named by Winchester Optimist Club
William Allen Sirbaugh Jr and Susan Fernandes named Outstanding Boy and Girl for Winchester Frederick County. They will be honored at a 7:30 to 11 p.m. dance at the War Memorial Building opening Youth Appreciation Week. Sirbaugh is a James Wood senior editor of the school paper. Fernandes a Handley senior and class president active in multiple clubs and community service.
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Winchester Optimist Club
William Allen Simbaugh, Jr
Susan Fernandes
Winchester-Frederick County
War Memorial
Bill
Sirbaugh
William A. Sirbaugh
Fox Drive
James Wood High School
Latin Club
Student Cooperative Assn
S.C.A. Executive Council
Speech Club
Quill and Scroll
International Order of DeMolay
Calvary Baptist Church
E. C. Fernandes
Brandon Drive
Handley High School
Handlian
Glee Club
Executive Council
Miss Fernandes
Chamber to host general meeting on Nov 20 at George Washington Hotel
The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors announces a general membership meeting for November 20 at the George Washington Hotel. The event aims to spotlight issues likely to be acted upon in the 1968 Virginia General Assembly with a panel drawn from local citizens and a Richmond political writer.
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George Washington
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Virginia General Assembly
Richmond
LBJ to Tour Bases in Tidewater
President Johnson plans a whirlwind tour of Langley Air Force Base and Yorktown Coast Guard Training Center in Virginia with a stop in Williamsburg for the Gridiron Club dinner. He will award medals to four service members at Langley and honor Lt. Jan Forrest Smith at Yorktown.
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Langley Air Force Base
Johnson
Tidewater Virginia
Williamsburg
Air Force Base
Coast Guard Reserve Training Center
Yorktown
Charles Robb
Lynda Bird Johnson
Miss Johnson
Mrs. Johnson
Langley
Armed Services
Tidewater
Tactical Air Command
Coast Guard
Vietnam
Jan Forrest Smith
Washington
British Carrier Vic torious Hit By Flames In Drydock
Fire raged for nearly six hours below deck on the British aircraft carrier Victorious in drydock. The Defense Ministry said one crewman was killed and there were no other casualties. The vessel was being refitted with about half its 2,000-man crew aboard. The victim was found by firefighters after the blaze was extinguished.
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Portsmouth
England
Victorious
Defense Ministry
Soldiers Need Support at Veterans Day Services
At the Memorial observance before the Court House, Jack F. Davis urged pride in past sacrifices and warned that peace requires continued support for service members. He noted dissent is valid but must stay within constitutional channels and emphasized shared responsibility for those in Vietnam and beyond.
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Court House
Viet Nam
President Johnson Challenges Hanoi Aboard Carrier
President Johnson, aboard the U S S Enterprise on Veterans Day, urged Hanoi to send representatives to a neutral ship at sea to discuss peace with American negotiators.
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U.S.S. Enterprise
President Johnson
Hanoi
Two Week Vacation Vanishing In U S Factories
AFL-CIO reports paid time off has grown beyond two weeks with four to thirteen weeks common. Long vacations spread from universities to steel mills, with 60 percent of workers on major contracts receiving at least four weeks and some contracts granting extended sabbaticals to aid retirement and hiring.
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Washington
Aflcio
Afl-Cio
The
American Federationist
Rudy Oswald
Labor Department
Oswald
United Steel Workers Union
International Association of Machinists
Can
United Packinghouse Workers
Brewery Workers Union
St. Louis
Portugal May Be Condemned By UN Over Mercenaries
The United Nations Security Council is expected to condemn Portugal for allowing foreign mercenaries to operate from Angola and other African territories in attacks on the Congo. The General Assembly has already condemned Portugal for refusal to free its African possessions Angola Mozambique and Portuguese Guinea.
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United —Nations
N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Portugal
Congo
General Assembly
Angola
Mozambique
Portuguese Guinea
Lisbon
Security Council
U.N
Atlantic Alliance
Jean Umba di Lutete
Communists Lose 98 Men Killed Near Dak To
In the Dak To area central highlands clash leaves 18 American and 98 North Vietnamese dead after a day of fighting. U S paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade suffer 96 wounded. engineers suffer five killed and seven wounded.
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Saigon
U.S
Dak
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Mild East Coast High Pressures Warm Virginia Today
A high pressure system moving along the East Coast brought milder conditions to Virginia, easing cold spells and keeping skies mostly clear across the state. The forecast noted pleasant temperatures and light winds for residents.
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Richmond
Virginia
Deer Hunters Special 4X Scope Offer at Sport Center
Advertisement for a Deer Hunters Special 4X Universal Scope priced at 29.95 with free mounts and installation. Store hours 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and sale running November 13 through November 18 at Sport Center located at 15 E Boscawen Street Winchester Virginia.
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Dave Fahnestock
Deer Hunters
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