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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1970
Page
1
Viet Cong troops attacked a civil self defense training center near Qui Nhon in Binh Dinh Province killing 14, wounding 26. One VC soldier is believed dead. The assault highlights intensified terror aimed at derailing Saigon's pacification efforts and regional force mobilization in central Vietnam.
Israel says Egypt is constructing ground to air missile sites within 19 miles of the Suez Canal in zones forbidden by the Aug. 7 cease-fire. Moshe Dayan urged U.S. action to remove missiles and warned Egypt against crossing the canal. Egypt denies the accusations and cites U.S. violations of the truce.
Four Madison men linked to the August 24 Army Mathematics Research Center bombing at the University of Wisconsin are named in FBI warrants for conspiracy sabotage and destruction of government property. Two, David Fine and Leo Burt, face Canada wide alerts with RCMP citing subversion laws. the others Ke Carleton Armstrong and Dwight Armstrong remain at large near the border.
Weather stays warm with 80s highs as Labor Day weekend begins. Traffic safety warns 570 to 670 potential deaths in crashes before Monday midnight. Winchester Jaycees host a safety stop Monday at Town and Country parking lot with coffee, doughnuts and apples.
Booker T. Lee 48 and Ethel Mae Lee 39 welcome their 18th child Alisa Colette in Oxnard California joining 11 daughters and seven sons in a four bedroom home. The couple say income ranges from 90 to 200 weekly with eldest daughters in Youth Corps earning 22 weekly aiding finances.
While returning from a routine transport to Richmond around 11 35 a.m., Don Walter and Jim Carwile of the Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad found a crash ten miles south of Fredericksburg. They transported three people, two seriously injured, to Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg.
Chilean voters choose Sen. Salvador Allende a Marxist socialist to be president but Congress must confirm. Allende led with 36.3 percent of 2,936,743 votes, edging Jorge Alessandri by 39,338, while Radomiro Tomic trailed. Congress meets Oct 20 to decide. leftists hold 83 seats of 200. Final tallies: Allende 1,075,616. Alessandri 1,036,278. Tomic 824,849.
Nine Midwestern cities agreed to band together against bombings and terrorism. Mayors met behind closed doors in Omaha with police guarding the Hilton Hotel. They want to meet with Attorney General Mitchell to obtain fuller access to federal reports and improve case solvability and intercity information sharing.
Liesan de Muynck an 18 year old Dutch exchange student moves into the Robert Lebos family on Academy Lane in Haamstede to enjoy a real family experience. She is an only child who quickly bonds with a 14 year old brother Debbie 17 and a family dog. She speaks six languages and is fluent in American English though slang puzzles her at first. She enrolled as a senior at Handley High School following last year’s exchange student Lili Grandi and will have no credit transfers to worry about.
Traffic accidents claimed 52 lives across the nation during the early Labor Day weekend as fair weather dominated most areas. Showers affected parts of the Southwest and Southeast while some high mountains in the West saw traces of snow. The counting period runs from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday.
The southwest stream air that caused thundershowers in Virginia has dissolved bringing cooler temperatures and reduced rainfall chances. Labor Day hours listed for DA Open all day. Quik Shop Food Market and Paper Mill Lady Esther Restaurant note 24 hour openings starting Friday September 4.
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