Dollar threat Mounts as Rush on Gold Spreads Worldwide
Western markets see a bullion stampede with record sales in London Paris and Zurich and the Swiss National Bank halting forward gold sales to protect dollar holdings. The United States defends $35 an ounce while traders weigh currency devaluations and potential profits from shifts in gold price.
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London
Europe
Johannesburg
United States
U.S
Paris
Zurich
Switzerland
International Gold Pool
Britain
Miss Shenandoah Apple Blossom to lead three area Christmas parades
Miss Susan Grubbs of Front Royal, the 1967 Festival beauty winner, will appear in Winchester Yule Tide parade tomorrow at 6 30 p m. She also joins Front Royal Christmas parade on December 2 at 7 p m and Woodstock parade on December 9 at 2 p m. A Madison College Harrisonburg student, she embodies the festival's springtime note.
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Shenandoah
Susan Grubbs
Front Royal
Winchester
Woodstock
Grubbs
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Thanksgiving Roast Dinner at Cozy Echo Village
Thanksgiving special offers a fresh roast turkey with trimmings at the Cozy Echo Village Restaurant. Includes mention of nearby Steak House of Winchester and a $0.99 steak promotion, with location cues near Rt 11.
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Echo Village
Winchester
Nasser Tough Speech Deepens Israeli Push for Direct Talks
In Jerusalem President Nasser warns Egypt will use force to recover territory seized in the June war, ruling out armistice negotiations with Israel. Israel demands direct talks and rejects U.N. mediated settlement while U.N. mediator Jarring prepares to brief U Thant.
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Jerusalem
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Israel
Nasser
Torpe
National Assembly
Jordan
Syria
U.N
New York
Abba Eban
Isral
Gunnar Jarring
Soviet Union
Middle East
Moscow
U Thant
Strasburg Youth Is Found Dead
Raymond Randall Rinker Jr., 18, of Strasburg was found dead at 7 15 a m two miles north of Buckhorn Hunting Lodge on Rt 623 near Marlboro. He was shot with a high powered rifle. Deputies said a missing person report led to an organized search involving Shenandoah and Frederick County officers and local rescue squads. The body was taken to Winchester Memorial Hospital.
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Raymond Randall Rinker, Jr
Strasburg
Buckhorn Hunting Lodge
Rt. 623
Malboro
Robert Wolfe
Winchester
Frederick County
Shenandoah
Woodstock
Dep
Renner
Dep. Renner
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Christmas Showing Sunday Smalls Garden Cent
A Christmas showing is scheduled Sunday November 26 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Smalls Garden Center. Local shoppers can view festive displays and related holiday items.
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Smalls Garden
Americans Beat Off Red Ambush Near Pleiku in Vietnam
U S cavalry and helicopter gunships repelled a North Vietnamese ambush east of Pleiku as battles raged in the central highlands. U S forces reported 61 enemy KIA in the Que Son Valley clash near Da Nang, while a separate V C assault near Saigon left four Americans dead and 42 wounded.
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Saigon
U.S
Central Highlands
Pleiku
Dak To
Associated Press
John Lengel
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Que Son Valley
Hanoi
196Th Light Infantry Brigade
1St Air Cavalry Division
Que Son
da Nang
Recorded Talk Attacks Kennedy Voiced by Birch Society
A Washington area recorded telephone message linked to the John Birch Society accuses Senator Robert F. Kennedy of treason and endorses anti communist rhetoric. The message blames Kennedy for supporting liberal groups and CORE while urging donations and promotes a film showing about John Birch. The sponsor is linked to Fairfax County Virginia. Local John Birch Society chapters disavow involvement.
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Washington (Ap
Washington
John Birch Society
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Kennedy
Martin Luther King
Congress of Acial Equality
CORE
Johnson
Vietnam
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
Let Freedom Ring
Fairfax County
Potomac River
Sarasota, Fla
Bobby Kennedy
New York
John Birch
Mean
Justic Earl Warren
Welch
Dwigh . Eisenhower
Belmont
Freedom
The
Modernization of Viet Army Proposed
Washington AP reports Pen tagon planners study plans to modernize the South Vietnamese army to 225000 M16 rifles and M60s by 1968 and equip more pilots as part of Westmoreland s effort to shift war burdens to Vietnamese forces by late 1969.
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Washington
Pentagon
U.S
William C. Westmoreland
United States
Westmoreland
Vietnam
National Press Club
Boots for Christmas at Browning Wolverines Durnham’s
Boots for Christmas advertised at the Sport Shop on Braddock and Boscawen corners. It promises a fine selection from Russell Browning Converse Wolverine and Durnham's Young Men's lines for holiday shoppers seeking sturdy footwear.
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Russell, Browning
Converse
Wolverine
Durnham
Braddock & Boscawen
Army veteran testifies to wartime atrocities at Russell tribunal
David Kenneth Tuck a Cleveland Ohio former U S infantryman testifies about executions beheadings and shooting prisoners during Vietnam war operations near a Special Forces camp and in a village near the Cambodian border He says officers ordered killings and that the practice was to shoot North Vietnamese prisoners and leave wounded civilians He describes a 6000 foot fall beheading and a helicopter dumping a prisoner to keep another quiet The witness says he later became a Cleveland mailman and that the tribunal seeks U S war crime guilt
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Roskilde
Denmark
U.S
Russell
Vietnam
David Kennth Tuck
Cleveland
Ohio
Bertrand Russell
United States
Tuck
33Rd
Vance in Athens as Cyprus crisis looms between Greece and Turkey
US envoy Cyrus Vance arrived in Athens amid Greek Turkish tensions over Cyprus as both nations alert their armed forces. The embassy evacuated 400 American dependents from Cyprus to Beirut while Geneva and UN mediators call for restraint. Talks in Ankara and Athens followed, with Greece proposing talks on safety and Turkey demanding Greek withdrawal.
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Athens
U.S
Cyrus R. Vance
Cyprus
North Atlantic Alliance
Nicosia
Beirut
Johnson
Ankara
Vance
Turkey
Greece
Jose Roiz-Bennett
U.N
U Thant
Britain
George Grivas
Grivas
Weather in Richmond Affects Virginia Clouds and Rain
A fast moving trough of low pressure brings morning cloudiness and a chance of brief precipitation in eastern Virginia. Another low pressure system could move in late tonight bringing rain that may persist through the night.
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Richmond
Virginia
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Loudoun
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1St Infantry Division
Frank Mankiewicz
Seven
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