Durham Gets Life as Cavalrymen Push From Pleiku Front
U S air cavalrymen from the 1st Cavalry Division pushed out from a Pleiku area position in Ia Drang Valley to search for Communist attackers after repelling four North Vietnamese assaults overnight. The fighting left the Americans bloodied but undeterred with 21 enemy killed and one captured. U S casualties were light.
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Pleiku
South Viet Nam
U.S
Ia Drang
Cam
1St Cavalry
Ia Drang Valley
Guam
Pentagon
South Vietam
Viet Nam
Washington
Hiep Duc
Saigon
Air Guardsmen to Fly Christmas to Vietnam
Hundreds of Air National Guard volunteers plan a 10 day mission to fly Christmas gifts and cookies to American soldiers in South Vietnam. Nine man crews will undertake about 75 missions from bases in Nashville, Carswell and others, delivering baked goods and mail to units overseas.
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Washington
Nashville
Tenn
Carswell Air Force Base
Forth
Tex
Viet Nam
U.S
Rep
Besard
Schweiker
R-Pa
Defense Department
Pennsylvania
California
New York
Col
Paul Hughes
Pleasantville
N.Y
Air Guard
Hughes
New York Group
Georgia Air National Guard
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Air Guard
Arizona
Delaware
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
New Hampshire
New Jersey
North Carolina
Utah
West Virginia
Wyoming
Boy Helps Draw Faces Of Kidnapers
A father of a wholesale grocer was kidnapped and ransomed with cash. Hyde drove to a supermarket lot to await a call but the money bag was stolen from his car. The captive escaped and with officer Pete Schultz they began sketching possible suspects from plastic pieces.
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Rata Thic Hey
Sage Way
Hyde
Charlies
Sheriff’s Office
Pete Schultz
Dress requests and corrected turkey prices in Safeway ad
Readers seek clothing for a chorus girl and maternity wear with sizes 10 to 16, plus a silver evening dress. Call 662 6686. Also corrected turkey prices: under 10 lbs 39¢, 10 to 18 lbs 35¢, over 18 lbs 30¢ for Safeway Stores Valley Ave and N Braddock St.
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Turkey
Safeway
Valley Ave
N. Braddock St
Carlisle Fisher Heads Winchester Frederick Chamber of Commerce
W Carlisle Fisher was elected president of the Winchester Frederick County Chamber of Commerce at the organizational meeting of the Board of Directors. He succeeds L Linwood De Haven who will serve as immediate past president. Also elected were Philip B Whitney first vice president Richard J Martin second vice president John C Blackburn treasurer and C G Follansbee reelected secretary manager. Winners in the November mail ballot election for Board of Directors include Blackburn Dutton Johns continued on page.
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W. Carlisle Fisher
Winchester- Frederick County
Philip B. Whitney
Richard J. Martin
John C. Blackburn
C. G. Follansbee
Board of Directors
Mr. Feiackburn
Ben B. Dutton
William A. Johns
Machinists Strike McDonnell Aircraft Across Two Plants
About 17 000 machinists walk out at Cape Kennedy gates delaying Gemini launch work. Another 17 000 strike in St Louis halting jets and testing as talks with federal mediators continue. Union claims higher wages and better benefits. McDonnell cites current averages.
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McDonnell Aircraft Corp
Cape Kennedy
McDonnell
St. Louis
Viet. Nam
Eugene
District 9
International Association of Machinists
Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
McDonnell Aircraft
McDonnell Machinists
Alliance for Progress Extension Tops Inter American Talks
U S sources expect talk of extending aid beyond the 10 year Alliance for Progress to remain a major theme at the Inter American conference in Rio de Janeiro. Mexico and Central America benefit from the program as OAS chief Jose Mora calls for its permanent place in the inter American system. The plenary session named Brazil’s Vasco Leitao da Cunha conference president with four working committees and a November 30 closure.
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Rio DE Janeiro
U.S
Latin America
Alliance For Progress
United States
Congress
Mexico
Central America
Jose A. Mora
Organization of American States
Mora
OAS
Hepner Elected President of Round Hill VFD
Gerald Hepner was elected president of the Round Hill Community Fire Company. Officers include Albert Pingley vice president Vernon Haines secretary Hugh McArtor assistant secretary Albert Russell treasurer Harry Patterson assistant treasurer Garland Cather fire chief Elwood Patterson first assistant chief Vernon Haines second assistant chief. Five board members Garland Cather Albert Pingrey Elwood Patterson Ivan Miller Arnold Ludwig will serve three year terms. Dues for 1966 are being accepted.
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Gerald Hepner
Round Hill Community Fire Company
Albert Pingley
Vernon Haines
Hugh McArtor
Albert Russell
Harry Patterson
Garland Cather
Elwood Patterson
Albert Pingrey
Ivan Miller
Arnold Ludwig
Treassurer
Weather brings cool, cloudy conditions to Virginia today
A low pressure area over Virginia and the western Carolinas is bringing cool and cloudy weather to the Old Dominion today.
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Richmond
Virginia
Carolinas
Old Dominion
Durham on Trial for 1963 Murder of Mrs Snow
Defense moves to set verdict aside as Durham 23 faces two murder charges after the February 1963 stabbing deaths of Mrs Annie Snow and her daughter Mrs Waltrie Hoover near Winchester. Trial began earlier this week with FBI testimony and fingerprints defense challenges.
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Durham
Annie M. Snow
Winchester
State Penitentiary
Richmond
Elliott Marshall
Commonwealth
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Marshall
Snow
Waltrie N. Hoover
Hoover
H. Denis Hoover
Stephens City
Russians cut U S missile lead amid ICBM warhead gains
London report from the Institute of Strategic Studies says the U S margin in missile numbers fell from 41 to 31 as the Soviets boost ICBM warshead power beyond 30 megatons. The United States counters with Minuteman and Polaris missiles and Titan 2 warheads up to 18 megatons.
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London
America
Institute of Strategic Studies
U.S
Soviet Union
United States
Virginian Is Held in Slaying
Augsburg police charged two U S servicemen with beating 61 year old Berta Wagner to death during a holdup in Augsburg old city passage last weekend. Cpl Gerard C Dalley and Pfc Rorrer are in American military police custody awaiting jurisdiction decision by German authorities.
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Augsburg
Germany
U.S
Berta Wagner
Old City
Dalley
Rorrer
Army
Dorton Elected by Council To Seat in Second Ward
Charles A. Dorton Jr a local businessman was elected to the City Council to fill the unexpired nine month term of Wade Emmart who resigned on November 9. The meeting also established an executive committee to study council committees and voted to place school students locally rather than through the State Pupil Placement Board.
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Charles A. Dorton, Jr
Dorton
Wade Emmart
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Vietnam
Akron
Ohio
Boy
QET
Carlisle Fisher Heads
Chamber of Commerce
Carlisle Fisher
Les End
Sun
George Washington Hotel
Round Hill Vfd
Luther Durham, Jr
Frederick County
David G. Simpson
Simpson
The
FBI
Howard
William H. Thomas
Alice Fritts
Cpl
Gerard C. Dalley
MR. Dorton
Rose Sell County
Handley High School
Charles A, Dorton, JR
Tokes Inn
Madam Alexander Dollis
Pussy Foot
Sweet Tears
Miller Hardware
Toyland
Miller’s Hardware
Penney’s
Margaret L. Hodgson
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