President Johnson makes secret Viet Nam visit to rally troops
President Johnson flew into Cam Ranh Bay for a two hour visit to Westmoreland's command, dining with soldiers, pinning medals, and urging pride in their fight to build a free Vietnam. He arrived with little notice, spoke of shared sacrifice, and left for Manila.
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Cam Ranh Bay
South Viet Nam
Johnson
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Viet Nam
Manila
Philippines
Secret Service
Gen. Westmoreland
Bayside
Gen
William Westmoreland
Saigon
Artmobile draws small crowd. weather stays mild
The guard at the Art mobile on Rouss Ave reports about 175 visitors yesterday with hopes for 350 to 400 today. The Artmobile runs through Friday at 9 p.m. Temperatures stay near normal for five days with no rain expected until Monday. forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and highs in the 60s, warming by Friday.
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Rouss Ave
Reds Silent On Troop Withdrawal
North Viet Nam and Red China kept official silence on the Manila conference troop withdrawal pledge. Pravda and Tass discounted the proposal while responses at the UN Tokyo London and Saigon varied from disappointment to faint optimism.
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Tokyo
North Viet Nam
Red China
Pravda
Tass
U.S
Hanoi
Peking I
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
United Nations
Lonedon
Saigon
Today
Chen Yi
Chen
United States
Telephone Strike Vote Set Sunday
A strike vote by the Communications Workers of America among 16 800 Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. workers in Virginia Maryland and West Virginia is set for Sunday. The union objects to a last minute downgrading demand and notes contracts expired in Maryland and West Virginia with Virginia set to expire Friday. The company says negotiations continue in good faith with a wage increase and 15 other proposals on the table.
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Washington
Communications Workers of America
Afl-Cio
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
Www
K. Edwards
CWA
States
C&p Telephone Co
Edwards
Mine Victim Trapped 27 Hours After Cave-In
Clinton Ralph Yates died after a rock ceiling collapsed six feet from safety at a Kentucky coal mine. He ran 25 feet toward escape while coworker Eli Elswick found safety, and rescuers buried the body under slate after a 27 hour effort.
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Pikeville
Clinton Ralph Yates
Yates
Eli Elswick
Atlas Centaur rocket achieves first double hydrogen ignition
The Atlas Centaur stages fired two hydrogen engines to orbit for a test flight at Cape Kennedy. A dummy Surveyor payload simulated a moon mission as engineers proved the engine restart capability and extended mission windows for lunar and interplanetary probes.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
United States
Moon
Centaur
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mars
Venus
Earth
Space Agency
McGuire Named UVA Medical Alumni Advisory Chair
Dr William P McGuire of this city is the new chairman for legislative relations of the University of Virginia Medical Alumni Association Advisory Committee Others from Winchester at the Charlottesville meeting of the 223 member panel were Dr John B McKee and Dr John C Hortenstine.
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William P. McGuire
University of Virginia Medical Alumni Association Advisory Committee
Winchester
Charlottesville
John B. McKee
John C. Horetenstine
Cavalrymen Battle Viet Cong Coast Fight Reported
U S air cavalry and planes routed a Viet Cong company 110 miles northeast of Saigon in a two hour battle. 48 Viet Cong killed, two captured. one H13 helicopter shot down with two crew wounded. Another troop transport helicopter downed with no casualties. Total enemy and U S plane losses noted, plus start of Thayer Two operation by the 1st Cavalry Airmobile.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
1St Cavalry
Phan Thiet
Bin
Thanh Hoa
Qui Nhon
Sheppard Jury Incomplete in Second Degree Murder Trial
In Cleveland Ohio jurors for Samuel H Sheppard still incomplete after day three with five men and five women tentatively seated. Attorneys may remove four of the tentative jurors each side without cause after two more are chosen.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Samuel H. Sheppard
Marilyn
Middletown Annexation Suit Heads for Court Panel
After almost two years of legal proceedings Middletown officials will see their annexation suit heard at 10 a.m. in the Frederick County Courthouse by a trio of Virginia judges. The case, led by resident Judge Elliott Marshall and joined by Lyttelton Waddel and William S. Moffett Jr., seeks to add 323 acres to the town, boosting size to about 429 acres and population from 386 to 585.
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Middletown
Elliott Marshall
Lyttelton Waddel
Eighth Judicial Circuit
William S. Moffett, Jr
18Th Judicial Circuit
Frederick County
Prince Charles Injured in Rugby Match at Gordonstoun
Buckingham Palace said Prince Charles aged 17 sustained a broken nose during a Gordonstoun rugby match in Scotland. He was treated and released from a hospital after the incident.
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London
Prince Charles
Gordonstoun
Scot Fish School
Buckingham Palace
Oriskany Fire Kills 43 at Sea in Tonkin Gulf
Aboard the USS Oriskany a devastating fire killed 43 sailors and wounded 16 as flames swept from a flare locker to five decks. The carrier, on a Viet Nam patrol near Cam Ranh Bay, will be repaired at Subic Bay after an official investigation begins. The Constellation aided with medical staff and transport for the injured.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Oriskany
Viet Nam
Subic Bay
Philippines
Navy
Constellation
Youth Critical After Fatal Crash Near Washington Va
A Rappahannock County youth remains in critical condition at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a crash near Washington Virginia yesterday that killed 17 year old Wade Douglas Gilkey, the car operator. Edward Corbin is in the ICU with injuries and three other Sperryville teens Kenneth Cave Allen Jenkins and Kenneth Gochenour are in good condition. State Trooper W A Buntin said the vehicle ran off the road and struck a tree just before school opened. the four injured youths attended Rappahannock County High School.
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Rappahannock County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Edward Corbin
Washington, Va
Wade Douglas Gilkey
Kenneth Cave
Allen Jack Jenkins
Kenneth Gochenour
Sperryville
W. A. Buntin
Richmond Fair Skies Expected as High Pressure Arrives
AP reports a high pressure system brings fair skies and pleasant temperatures to Virginia. Fred Co Republicans host a dinner with reservations available by calling 667 3181. A black framed pair of glasses is lost. contact James Brightwell.
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Richmond
Virginia
James Brightwell
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