Viet Cong Strike Sabotage Raises Tensions Before Election
Viet Cong killed at least six and injured over 20 in scattered attacks aimed at disrupting South Viet Nam's election. A warehouse blaze destroyed one U.S. military storage facility as saboteurs threatened air shipping to Saigon. Premier Ky hinted at running for presidency as Thieu resists. Buddhist monks urged boycott while U.S. and allied casualties rise. General Taylor warned of large Communist losses this year and called for intensified air strikes.
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Saigon
South
Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Constituent Assembly
U.S. Command
Tokyo
Maxwell D. Taylor
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S
Astronauts Ready To Shatter Records
Gemini 11 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr and Joe Richard F Gordon Jr prepared for a Friday launch from Cape Kennedy with a 71 hour mission targeting 863 mile altitude. They planned two EVAes and a star photography stand while docking with the Agena target vehicle.
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Cape “Kennedy
Pinary America
Charles Conrad Jr
spacewalker-Joebe
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Navy
Cmdr. Gordon
Mays Ellite
Agena
Gordon
Conrad
Lynchburg Bandits Kidnap Store Manager Robbery Ends in Manhunt
Police reported a manhunt for three armed bandits who kidnapped a Lynchburg grocery store manager and held his family hostage while forcing the safe to be opened. The search was called off after 24 hours with no arrests. investigators followed false leads and a stolen car was recovered.
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Lynchburg
Timberlake
Meadows
Henry Becraft
Becraft
Winchester broom sale and giant drought produce display
Town residents prepared for a Winchester Lions Club broom sale while drought strains a local crop. Mrs. Hoye Smith showed a two pound Italian tomato harvest of 46 tomatoes and Mrs. Cor Clark presented a 12 pound banana cantaloupe.
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Hoye Smith
E. Piccadilly St
Cor Clark
Senseny Road
Correction: Shadow Line Birch Veneer Kitchens Ad
Sears correction states complete 10 ft birch veneer Shadow Line kitchens were advertised at 499 dollars, not brick veneer as previously printed, with a reg 566.35 price listed.
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Sears, Roebuck & Co
Winchester Frederick County Little League football season opens at James Wood
The season starts Saturday night with a twin bill headlining James Wood at 6 30 p.m. The Evening Star sports section runs a full page on the league’s young players and their coaches, with coverage across pages 6 7 and 8.
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Winchester-Frederick County
James Wood
Evening Star
Foreign Aid Compromise Approved for 3.5 Billion
President Johnson’s foreign aid plan moves toward the White House on a 3.5 billion authorization after Senate approval by eight votes. The measure had passed the House earlier but faced tight votes in the Senate with key critic Sen. Ellender present only briefly.
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Washington
Johnson
Out of the Woods
White House
House
Senate
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Allen J. Ellender
DeLa
Major Quake Brewing In Southern California
AP reports at UCLA that microquakes swarm along parts of the San Andreas fault while the Cajon Pass area shows less activity and the San Jacinto fault remains the most active, prompting experts to debate whether swarms precede major quakes or relieve strain.
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California
Los Angeles
American Geophysical Union
University of California At
James Brune
California Institute of Technology
Seismological Laboratory
Brune
San An
Dreas
San Francisco
Mexico
Palmdale
Cajon Pass
San Bernardino
San Jacinto
San Andreas
Romney cites threat to American cities over federal tax policy
Michigan Governor George Romney warns high federal taxes and grants-in-aid threaten city independence. He cites mayoral testimony to a Senate subcommittee and a Michigan Municipal League speech noting rising state and local needs, growing tax resistance, and expanding state spending.
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Romney
Lansing
Mich
Michigan
George Romney
Washington
U.S. Senate
Michigan Municipal League
Detroit
House Passes Bill to Raise Minimum Pay
The House sent to the Senate legislation to raise the minimum wage to $1.40 an hour by February 1 and $1.60 by February 1, 1968. The bill, approved 259 to 89, would extend coverage to 8 million more workers including farm workers restaurant staff hotel laundry hospital and tipped employees. The current minimum wage is $1.25 for about 30 million workers.
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Washington
House
Senate
Plan State Funeral for Verwoerd
The body of assassinated Prime Minister Hendrik F. Verwoerd was flown to Pretoria for a state funeral. Two leading South African papers urged tighter Parliament security after the killing. The Cape Times questioned how a foreigner and rolling stone could be appointed as a messenger in Parliament. Verwoerd would have turned 65 today.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Hendrik F.verwoerd
Pretoria
Johannesburg
Rand Daily Mail
Verwoerd
The
Cape Times
Rolling
Sighs of Relief as Rights Bill Stalls in Senate
Senate actions leave open housing provisions of the civil rights bill stalled near election time. Majority party leaders face a likely House shelfing after weeks of filibuster by opponents. Hart's bid to take up the measure failed as the chamber moved to foreign aid, prompting leaders to blame campaigning and absence for the delay.
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Washington
Senate
Philip 4. Hart
D-Mich
Johnson
Hart
Doctor Aids Men Pinned In Ditch
Eddie Fisher was freed from a rocky ditch at 12 30 pm today after being trapped for three and a half hours with another man when a bank slope collapsed. Rescue efforts continued for the second man as he was helped to walk.
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Eddie Fisher
Two trapped men rescued after shale bank collapses near Winchester
Rescue crews work frantically to free Steve Gale and Eddie Fisher of Pace Pipeline from a ditch on Wilkins Drive near Winchester. The men, buried up to armpits, received medical attention as crews used ropes and timbers while a jackhammer was brought in. By noon one man was freed to the knees, the other still trapped. State Police helped control a growing crowd at the scene.
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Green Acres
Winchester
Senseng
Steve Gale
Eddie Fisher
Pace Pipeline Company
Shenandoah Gas Company
Wilkins Drive
Pleasant Virginia Day With Sunny Skies
A high pressure system and cooler air mass provide sunny skies and pleasant temperatures across Virginia today.
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Richmond
Virginia
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