Mariner 4 Soars Toward Mars For First Close-Up
Cape Kennedy launches the United States Mariner 4 on a four month mission to Mars. The craft will approach within 8600 miles of the planet next July and transmit 22 pictures plus data on atmosphere and radiation.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Mariner 4
Mars
United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mariner 3
Agena
Indian Ocean
Woomera
Australia
Earth
97 White Victims Count in Congo Slaughter
The Congo killings by rebels raise confirmed white deaths to 97 with reports of another massacre potentially pushing foreign deaths toward 150. The U.S.-Belgian rescue mission, ending today, saved over 1,600 hostages. 300 whites remain behind rebel lines amid possible air drops to Bunia or Watsa.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
Stanleyville
Paulis
Bunia
Watsa
Theo Lefevre
Brussels
International Red Cross
Red Cross
Camille Berry
Belgium
Deer hunter crosses flooded creek in risky ford
Following a tip on a deer area, Dr. Peter S. Yeatres attempted to ford Back Creek despite warnings. His jeep became stuck in rising water and sat in the stream with water up to the seat, leaving him soaked and unable to hunt for the rest of the day.
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Peter S. Yeatres
Yeatres
Correction Notice for Sehick Shave Bomb Price Listing
A Wednesday Star advertisement from PEOPLES Service Drug Store shows a price error for Sehick Hot Lather Shave Bomb. The item was listed as $1.00 instead of 77 cents in the Newsprint ad copy.
Ground Air Viet Strike Near Saigon Yields Heavy Viet Cong Toll
Ground and helicopter air strikes supported by artillery killed 46 Viet Cong in a delta area 27 miles southwest of Saigon. Lt. Col. Hugh Hoffman of the South Viet Nam 7th Division called the operation very successful. South Vietnamese losses were eight killed and 19 wounded as government troops moved to counterstrike after intelligence on Viet Cong activity near Dinh Tuong and Long An provinces.
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Chao Gao
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Hugh Hoffman
Dinh Tuong
Long An
Watches stolen from Ram Jewelers window break
Five watches valued at 264.80 were taken after a show window was smashed at Ram Jewelers 128 N Loudoun St. Police report the window was broken by a brick and the theft occurred after midnight. A black 1959-60 Corvair with Virginia plate 742 197 is sought in a separate car theft.
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Ram Jewelers
N. Loudouna
Milton Ridgeway
Linwood Dunn
Effen
Bell Brill
S. Braddock St
Fairfax Lane
Kent St
Virginia
W. Clifford St
Moscow Embassies Targeted by Protesting Students
A 500 to 800 strong mob of Ssodes University students attacked the U.S., Belgian, British, and Congolese embassies in Moscow over U.S.-Belgian Congo actions. They smashed windows, burned a car, and pelted embassies with inks, while police dispersed the crowds.
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Moscow
U.S
Congo
Walter Stoessel Jr
Une
Don
Stoessel
United States
Foreign Ministry
Patrice Lumumba University
Hippolyte Cools
Humphrey Trevelyan
Jury Finds Cigarettes Are Safe and Wholesome
A federal jury in Miami ruled cigarettes are reasonably safe for human consumption and awarded no damages to the estate of Edwin L. Green, who died of lung cancer in 1957 after smoking Lucky Strike products. The decision followed a prior appeals court order for a new trial.
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Miami, Fla
Edwin L. Green
Miami
Green
American Tobacco Co
Tobacco Company
Florida Supreme Court
Emeett C. Choate
Choate
Lawrence V. Hastings Or
Mary
Edwin Jr
Rains May Hike Road Death Toll
The Associated Press reports the four day Thanksgiving weekend death toll on roads stood at 29 as the halfway mark passed. Wet weather was forecast to raise traffic hazards with a record 543 deaths set in 1963 as a comparison.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Second Sambor quintuplet dies in Paris birth tragedy
The French Ministry of Health reported a second Sambor quintuplet death as the surviving three struggle with respiratory failure after five days as premature triplets. Jean-Luc, the youngest, died Tuesday from a lung hemorrhage. the others remain in incubators at the Paris Faculty of Medicine center.
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Paris
Sambor
Ministry of Health
Jean-Luc
Pediatrics Center
Twelve Dead on Va Highways This Thanksgiving Weekend
Virginia highway toll rises to 945 for the year with twelve deaths since the holiday start. A Caroline County man riding a homemade tricycle near Cedon was killed by a car on U.S. 1. Fort Lee airman Charles W Smith, 23, died from injuries in a Dinwiddie County crash on U.S. 460. Warrenton resident Edward Dillon, 35, was fatally injured when his car overturned on Virginia 643 east of Warrenton. The toll covers 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sunday.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Bowling Green
Caroline County
U.S. 1
Cedon
Fort Lee
Charlesw. Smith
4638
Ft. Lee
Dinwiddie
Warrenton
Edward Dillon
Rt. 3
Deer Season Ends West of Blue Ridge After Bountiful Harvest
The first two week deer season west of the Blue Ridge ends tonight with over 1 500 deer reported in Frederick Clarke Shenandoah and Warren Counties since opening. Large crowds are expected in the fields as the season closes though Frederick County checks lag. Notable buck: a 225 pound 10 pointer bagged by Carroll Hawkins of Middletown. Shenandoah totals exceed 700 and Warren nears 350 with last minute hunters listed by county and town.
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Blue Ridge
Frederick
Clarke
Shenandoah
Warren
Frederick County
Carroll B. Hawkins
Rt. 1
Middletown
Shenandoah County
Warren County
Viet Nam survivor praises Capt Donlon Medal of Honor candidate
Lt. Julian Olejniczak described Capt. Roger Hugh Donlon of Saugerties New York as the first Vietnam veteran recommended for the Medal of Honor. Donlon was wounded twice during a Viet Cong night assault at Nam Dong and refused aid until warned he might die of blood loss. The July 6 battle near Nam Dong left two American soldiers and at least 55 Viet Cong dead with Donlon and two advisors returning to the mortar pit after reinforcements.
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Ft, Bragg
N.C
Viet Nam
Roger Hugh Donlon
Saugerties
N.Y
Julian M. Olejniczak
Army
Special Forces Center
Ft. Bragg
Olejniczak
Nam Dong
Gabriel Alamo
Spec
Michael Disser
Alamo
Donlon
U.S
Weather outlook for Virginia brings rain this weekend
A low pressure area moved into Virginia and a cold front is expected to pass Sunday morning. Rain is forecast for tonight and Sunday, with gusty winds and cooler temperatures to follow.
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Richmond
Virgina
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Peoples Service Drug Store
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Ascension Island
M. D. Weaver
TREAS
City of Winchester
Harry L, McCann
Quint
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Stephens City
James Donald
Winchester
Turkey
P. H. Brumback
Roger Pendleton
Frank B. McCarty
George Sharr, Jr
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