Enemy Forces Pull Back Near Tay Ninh City
AP reports two small skirmishes on Tay Ninh fringes with an ambush on a U.S. convoy. U.S. advisers say enemy forces appeared to pull back for now as 2,000 South Vietnamese paratroopers and army units swept the surrounding areas once held by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese infiltrators.
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Saigon
Tay Ninh City
A .S
U.S
Widnesday
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Peliku
Central Highlands
Mekong Delta
Nixon Urges Reforge European Ties at Legion Speech
Nixon called for translating European concern over the Czech crisis into revitalized NATO unity and a stronger Western alliance. He warned NATO has weakened by treating European nations as junior partners and urged top priority rebuilding of the bloc amid regional fighting in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.
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Nixon
American Legion National Convention
Western Alliance
America
NATO
Soviet Union
Gun Control Fight Resumes Senate Floor Battle
Washington Reuters report notes the Senate opens debate on gun control with a bill to ban interstate mail order sales of rifles and shotguns and bar over the counter sales across nonadjacent state borders. The measure lacks Johnson’s broader registration and licensing proposals.
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Washington
Senate
House
Johnson
Directions to Woods bridge for Colonels game
Town crier James Wood fans seek route to Woods bridge for the Colonels opening game. Virginia State Police provide directions via Route 50 to Route 17 Paris then Route 55 to I 66 and Route 234 to Route 1 at Dumfries, with a second route via Gilbert's Corner. Allow two hours at reasonable speed.
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James Wood
Colonels
Woodsbridge
Virginia State Police
Paris
Front Royal
Dumfries
Longview Drive
Longview Dr
Mathews St
Longview
York
Gilbert’s Corner
Monogrammed Blouses Sale Post by Margaret Hodgson
Monogrammed blouses offered at 4.50 each or 2 for 7.99 during a sale. After sale price, items listed at 6 each. Margaret L. Hodgson promotes the deal.
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Margaret L. Hodgson
Loudoun Street Parking Test Delayed by Authority
The Winchester Parking Authority postpones a second Loudoun Street parking test on the west side to study feasibility of a multi level unit. Public Safety Chairman Ben B Dutton Jr notes merchant activity influenced timing and opinions ranged from favor to disfavor on the first test.
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Winchester Parking Authority
Loudoun St
Council Public Safety
Ben B. Dutton, Jr
Dutton
Gimmicks Used In Budget Cutting By Johnson Aide
Officials acknowledge budgetary gimmicks in lending as the main tool behind about a quarter of the 6 billion dollar spending cut ordered by Congress. The rest largely comes from defense cuts, plus modest reductions in nondefense programs and farm/welfare costs.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Vietnam
Defense—Agriculture
Department of Health, Education ,and
Soviet Occupation Troops Withdrawing To the Countryside
Soviet occupation troops pull back from major Czech cities to countryside positions. Prague loses tanks from the city center as Bratislava Košice and Brno report withdrawals. Soviet forces still near Prague airport and embassy grounds while political pressure on reformists continues.
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Czechoslovakia
St. Wenceslas Square
Bratislava
Kosice
Brno
Tank Park
Pravda
Vassily Kuznetsov
Kuznetsov
National Assembly
Josef Smrkovsky
Prague Radio
Ludvik Svoboda
Oldrich Cernik
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Moscow
Contract For Rt. 66 Is Awarded
A 5 million contract for the start of I-66 western end work near Straseburg goes to English Construction Co., Inc. of Altavista. The Frederick and Warren Counties project covers 7.22 miles of grading and eight bridges with interchanges and culverts, due for completion by August 1970. Bids for an information center and rest area on I-81 south of the West Virginia line were rejected and will be readvertised due to lack of offers.
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Straseburg
English Construction Co., Inc
Altaviseta
State Highway Departement
Frederick
Warren Counties
Crooked Run
Front Royal
West Virginia Line
Frederick County
Highway Department
Pueblo captain says ship in North Korean waters when captured
North Korea quoted Capt. Lloyd M. Bucher telling foreign newsmen the Pueblo was deep inside North Korean waters when seized on January 23. The release claimed crew confessed to espionage and asked pardon. U.S. officials dispute crossing borders and seek neutral investigation.
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Pyongyang
North Korea
Frankfurt
Germany
Lloyd M. Bucher
U.S.S. Pueblo
Bucher
Tokyo
AP Yborth
Kore
U.S
Pueblo
Central
Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea
Johnson
Expedition Turned Back From Arctic Ocean Crossing
A British expedition advancing toward the first surface crossing of the Arctic Ocean turned back after geophysicist Allan Gill, 37, fell into a hole and injured his back. Four Britons on dog sleds retreat toward their summer base camp about 170 miles from a drifting U.S. Navy station after eight months and 800 miles of a 3800 mile route from Point Barrow to Spitzbergen. The injured man likely will be evacuated by plane from the camp.
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Associated Press
London
Arctic Ocean
Allan Gill
Point Barrow
Alaska
Spitzbergen
Norway
Humphrey Escalates Attacks on Nixon in Campaign Swing
Vice President Humphrey intensified his assaults on Nixon during a cross country tour to Delaware New Jersey and other stops. He accused Republicans of blocking Medicare and other advances while challenging Nixon on the nonproliferation treaty and Fortas nomination.
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New Orleans
Richard Mee Nxof
United States
Czechoslovakia
America
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Delaware
New Jersey
Houston
Flint
Mich
George C. Wallace
Nixon - Agnew - Strom Thurmond
Congress
GOP
Fortas
Vietnam
Senate Reopens Hearings on Fortas Nomination
Senators clash over Abe Fortas as the Judiciary Committee votes to reopen hearings. Supporters say the move boosts momentum for confirmation while opponents promise new evidence of improper involvement since 1965. Fortas weighs reappearence as Connecticut vacation ends.
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Washington
Abe Fortas
Senate Judiciary Committee
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Fortas
Connecticut
Associated Press
Supreme Court
Johnson
Earl Warren
Weather Seems Mild for Richmond as High Pressure Presses In
A high pressure system centered over western Illinois is spreading into Virginia and will dominate weather for several days. Skies will stay clear tonight with pleasant daytime temperatures and fairly cool nights.
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Richmond
Illinois
Virginia
Shoe Center and Shops Offer Limited Discount Weekend
Wilkins Shoe Center advertises 10 percent off men’s Florsheim shoes while The Peanut Cellar Inn promotes The Monuments tonight for dancing and listening. Beauty Mist Hose on sale at 79 cents a pair, regular price a dollar, panty hose at 1.59, regular two dollars. Hat and Dress Shop highlighted without further details.
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Florsheim Shoes
Wilkins Shoe Center
Peanut Cellar Inn
Margaret L. Hodgson
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