Stephens City VFW Presents Safety Flags to County Schools
The Carbaugh-Wohlford Post 9646 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Stephens City presented safety flags for Frederick County Schools bus patrols. Commander B. J. Funk and C. B. Lee accepted on behalf of the Post, marking the fourth year of the gesture. Frederick County School Supt. Robert E. Ayler and officials attended the brief ceremony noting the Board’s appreciation for the safety effort.
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Frederick County
Thomas J. Line, Jr
Robert E. Ayler
Stephens City V.F.W
Carbaugh - Wohlford Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Stephens City
B. J. Funk
C. B. Lee
Post
Clarence Hausenfluck
Ayler
Backlog of Untrained Reservists Looms at Pentagon
Washington AP reports the Army National Guard and Army Reserve will induct about 7 000 enlistees monthly for the coming year while training lags, creating a backlog of roughly 130 000 untrained reservists by June 30. Critics say the program shelters draft-eligible men for Vietnam. Legislation seeks authority to call up untrained reservists. no action yet.
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Washington
Pentagon
National Guard
Army Reserve
Army
Viet Nam
Johnson
Photographer Al Chang Receives Purple Heart in Vietnam
Saigon Vietnam AP photographer Al Chang was awarded the Purple Heart for a December 18 wound while with the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Phuoc Tuy Province. A Viet Cong bullet hit him above the left eye but he continued to shoot until evacuation. Chang, from Kaneohe Hawaii, retired last year as a master sergeant after 20 years in the U.S. Army.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Associated Press
al Chang
U.S
Chang
U.S. Army
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Kaneoh
Oahu
Hawaii
Phuoc Tuy
Thousands Arrested in Punjab Drive Against Black-Market Trade
A Punjab government spokesman said nearly 1,000 people were arrested in a crackdown on black marketeers and those adulterating foodstuffs in Chandigarh India.
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Chandigarh
India
Punjab
Compromise Aid Bill Falls Short of LBJ Request
Washington AP reports a compromise foreign aid bill priced at 2.94 billion dollars, about 443 million below the President’s request and the lowest funding in nine years. Administration officials call the cut hard to swallow as conferees finalize House and Senate action.
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Washington
Johnson
House
Senate
William S. Gaud
Gaud
Senate House
Congress
Tangeman Elected President Of Stonewall District Ruritan Club
Karl Tangeman was elected president of the Stonewall District Ruritan Club at Stonewall School. Other officers named include Robert Solenberger as vice president Rudolph Martin as secretary William Beatty as treasurer and Joe Cunningham to a three year board term. William O Minor joined as a new member and guests Ed DeHart Fenton Travers and Donald Newcome attended. Donald Newcome the Explorer Post treasurer is the first Eagle candidate for the troop. Travers is the Post advisor. The club also sponsors Boy Scout Troop 46.
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Robert Solenberger
Rudolph Martin
William Beatty
Joe Cunningham
William O. Minor
Ed DeHart
Fenton Travers
Donald Newcome
Explorer Post
Donald
Travers
Hong Kong Layman to Speak Here at Shenandoah
Dr. Siu Choh Leung of Hong Kong will visit Shenandoah College and Conservatory as part of a National Missions to North America program. He will preach at 11 a.m. Sunday at First Evangelical United Brethren Church and speak at campus events Monday for students and faculty, including a 7 p.m. lecture on Western Civilization.
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Shenandoah College
Shenandoah Conservatory of Music
Siu Choh Leung
Hong Kong
China
North America
Virginia Conference of the Evangelical United Brethren Church
College J
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Conservatory
Lloyd Robb
Leung
America
Canton
Virginia Army Captain Dies in Vietnam Nonhostile Action
Army Captain Richard A. Rosbeck has died in nonhostile action in Vietnam. He was the husband of Ann Rosbeck of Newport News, the Defense Department announced Thursday.
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Washington
Richard A. Rosbeck
Defense Department
Ann Rosbeck
Newport News
Police Car Involved in Fatal Crash Shocks Virginia
Four traffic deaths push state toll to 815. In Fairfax County Mrs. E Conner 26 of Sterling dies when her car is hit by a police cruiser pursuing another vehicle on State Rt 7. Officer Harper suffers minor injuries. other drivers hurt in separate incidents.
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Associated Press
Loudoun County
Fairfax County
E. Conner
Sterling K
State Rt. 7
Donald Harper
Conner
State Rt. 123
Harper
Virginia Beach
William Charles Shelby
Norfolk
Greatneck
Plantation Roads
Cana
Clarence Ray Horton
Mount Airy
N.C
U.S. 52
Carroll County
Colonial Heights
Olaf Adams
Winchester teachers close schools for Education Association meeting
City schools shut down as District 6 of the Virginia Education Association meets in Harrisonburg. Principal George L. Craig leads primary sessions at Madison College with guest speaker Myrl Arent from NASA, while Harrisonburg High hosts secondary meetings led by Ernest Worrell and William Kral from NASA.
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Winchester
Virginia Education Association
Harrisonburg
George L. Craig
Frederick Landis
Craig
Wilson Auditorium
Madison College
G. Tyler Miller
Myrl Ahren@t
NASA
Harrisonburg High School
Ernest Worrell
Hugh Nolen
Harrisonburgh
Worrell
Association
William Kral
Charles Shrader
Handley
James Biddle
Frederick County
Jennings Casts Only Virginia Vote for Education Bill
Washington AP Rep W Pat Jennings the only Virginia congressman voting for the elementary and secondary education aid bill, which passed the House 237 to 97. Democrats Abbitt Downing Marsh Satterfield and Smith and Republican Post opposed. Hardy, Tuck, and Broyhill were absent or not voting.
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Washington
W. Pat Jennings
D-Va
Virginia
House
Watkins M. Abbitt
Thomas N. Downing
John O. ‘Marsh Jr
David Satterfield
Howard W. Smith
Richard H. Post
Porter Hardy Jr
William M. Tuck
Joel T. Broyhill
Mrs. Humphrey Content With Role Not Ambitioned
Mrs. Hubert H. Humphrey said she is happy as vice president's wife and has no desire to be First Lady. She spoke at an Atlanta Southeastern fair where she crowned the 1966 homemaker queen and addressed reporters and dignitaries.
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Mrs. Humphrey
Atlanta, Ga
Hubert H. Humphrey
America
Lyndon Johnson
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