Johnsons Take Breather Ahead of Thailand Visit
President Johnson and Mrs. Johnson rest beside the Gulf of Siam after landing in Bangkok Bay, visiting Bang Saen with Thai Premier Thanom Kittikachorn. Rusk and aides accompany them as they plan public appearances and meetings with U.S. forces in Thailand.
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Bang Saen
Thailand
Johnson
Gulf of Siam
Johnsons
Bangkok
U.S
U. S
Malaysia
Manila
Dean Rusk
Viet Nam
Elevator Traps 15 for 95 Minutes in Detroit Office
Fifteen people were trapped for 95 minutes in a jammed Michigan Bell Telephone Co. elevator between the first and second floors. They feared suffocation as heat rose, with no ventilation and the riders piling coats in a corner to stay cool. One operator, unnamed, described the ordeal.
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Detroit
Michigan Bell Telephone Co
Winchester clinic closes tonight for dog rabies shots
Town Crier reports Game Warden Irvin Cleveland announcing the last night of the anti rabies clinic at Winchester Animal Hospital from 7 to 9 PM. Inoculations valid for three years are offered to city and county dogs for $1.50. Cleveland urged owners to bring their pets.
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Winchester
Irvin Cleveland
Winchester Animal Hospital
Cleveland
Great Belch of Flame Fire Trapped Pilots
Eyewitness James Pickerell reports on the Oriskany disaster in the South China Sea. A magnesium flare locker explosion triggered a massive blaze that killed 43 sailors, most of them pilots, as crews fought to wet down 34 tons of bombs nearby and rescue trapped crew members.
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James H. Pickerell
Wilmington
Ohio
U.S
Oriskany
Pickerell
Navy
North Viet Nam
Yankee Station
Gulf of Tonkin
Johnson
Cam Ranh Bay
Saigon
Subic Bay
Philippines
U.S. Air Force
Dong Hoi
Constellation
Vinh
Byrd resumes campaign at 3rd District breakfast
Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. opened his 1966 Senate bid with a vow to curb federal spending to fight inflation while the nation remains at war. He spoke at a Third District Democratic breakfast urging tighter domestic budgets and criticized repeal moves on Taft Hartley Act Section 14b. The candidate also noted his opponent’s stance as he prepared to campaign after a family bereavement.
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Richmond
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
D-Va
United States Senate
Senate
Byrd
Middletown Annexation Case: Three Judges Inspect Area
Three Frederick County Circuit Court judges visited the Middletown annexation area before hearings resumed. The suit seeks to add 323 acres including 58 homes on 153 acres and 170 farmland, with testimony from town officials and a planning engineer.
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Midedletown
Frederick County
Elliott Marshall
Lyttelton
Eighth Circuit
William S. Moffett, Jr
18Th Circuit
J. Randolph Larrick
Middletown
Wilson Borden
Town Planning Commission
John Mce Nair
Harrisonburg
David Headley
FHA
Wilbur French
Monroe College
Borden
Reds Call Manila Summit a War Council Amid Peace Bid Rebuff
North Viet Nam branded the Manila summit a war council and rejected the allied plan to end the Viet Nam war. Hanoi and allied reactions varied with Peking calling it a peace talks plot while a Viet Cong source said peace must be on their terms. Marcos in Manila talked of peace initiatives and considered Indonesia, Japan, and India as possible honest brokers.
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Tokyo
Manila
Nhan Dan
North Vietnamese Communist Party
United States
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
South Viet
Peking
New China
U.S
Cairo
Philippine
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Marcos
Indonesia
Japan
India
Gulf of Tonkin
U. S
Rrier
Oriskany
Philippines
Coral Sea
Soviet Protest Over Chinese Demonstrations at Peking Embassy
Moscow protested to China over demonstrations outside the Soviet Embassy in Peking. A note to the Chinese Embassy described the protests as a deliberate step to aggravate Soviet Chinese state relations. Tass cited that embassy entrance has been blocked since last Sunday by protesters.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
China
Peking
Tass
Fall Festival at Clifford Congregational Host Lunch and Sale
Women's Fellowship presents a Fall Festival with handwork baked goods and antiques at 108 W Clifford on October 28 from 10 to 4 and October 29 from 11 to 4. Proceeds support church programs and community aid.
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W. Clifford Cong
Women’s Fellowship
Mistaken Ambush Kills and Wounds Viet Civilians Near Saigon
U S patrol fired on civilians eight miles north of Saigon, mistaking them for Viet Cong, killing eight and wounding seven. The operation Allentown involved the 1st Infantry Division as B52 bombers hit Viet Cong targets nearby.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
Allentown
U. S. 1St Infantry Division
South
Viet Nam
Qui Nhon
Demilitarized Zone
North
President Johnson presses for end to Vietnam war during Asia trip
In Manila Johnson urged an immediate peace response from the Communists and said the United States would not fail its GIs. He said the war must end today and asked for understanding support and prayers as he visited Bangkok en route to Thailand.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Johnson
Manila
Mae
United States
Viet Nam
General Fund Revenues Up in Virginia First Quarter
Virginia's general fund revenues for the first quarter of 1966-67 totaled 74.51 million dollars, up from 66.67 million a year earlier. Comptroller Sidney C. Day Jr. noted the Sept 30 collections exclude the new sales tax first month, due Oct 20.
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Richmond
Virginia
General Fund
Sidney C. Day Jr
Campaign chest drive reports progress and plans luncheon
Division chairs and Campaign Chairman Philip Colclough reviewed the first progress report showing a total of 21 898 contributed to date from nine divisions. Luncheons are set for November 7 and November 21 at Market Street Methodist Church Fellowship Hall to cover costs.
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Community Chest I
Philip Coleclough
Fucl
Market Street Methodist Church Fellowship Hall
Four Ministers Quit Erhard's Cabinet in Bundestag Shock
Four Free Democratic ministers resigned from Chancellor Ludwig Erhard's cabinet in Bonn as they refused to back higher taxes for American arms. The move jeopardizes Erhard's majority in the 496 seat Bundestag and fuels talk of a possible coalition shift or Erhard's removal amid budget and military unrest.
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Bonn
Germany
Ludwig Erhard
Erchard
Bundestag
Free Democratic Party
Herbert Wener
Christian Democrats
Socialists
Erhard
Erich Mende
Free Democrats
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Associated Press
South China Sea
Uns
Senator Byrd
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Timberville
Kuykendall
Planning Commission
Corrigan Rug Cleaners
Berryville Avenue
Margaret L
Hodgson Hat & Dress Shop
War Council
Nam
Russia
Ter
da Nang
The
Dairy Queen
Sunnyside
Penney’s
Amherst
Rhodes Jewelry Co
Diagonds & Silver
Stieff, Kirk, Gordham, Towle
Reed & Barton, International
Lunt, Wallace
W. Boscawen
Vietnam
White House
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