Riverine assault in Mekong delta clashes with Viet Cong
U S Marines and Army units storm river gunboats into the Mekong delta near Dinh Tuong Province, driving back 500 Viet Cong in a dawn battle. Air and naval bombardment followed as heavy fighting extended toward the DMZ, with 15 Marines killed and 58 wounded in the north.
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Saigon
Mekong
Delta
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
U. S
Dmz
Mekong Delta
514Th
U. S. 9Th Infantry Division
Rach Ba
Dinh Tuong
Soviet Union
Dzu Found Guilty On Bad Check Charge In Saigon
Truong Dinh Dzu, South Vietnam presidential hopeful, convicted of writing a bad check and illegally transferring funds abroad. Sentenced to three months for the check and six months for the transfer. unclear if served together. Dzu plans appeal claiming political persecution. He was acquitted on a fee charge and had faced other accusations linked to currency cases involving Americans. He helped form a militant democratic opposition front against Thieu Ky after the election.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Truong Dinh Dzu
Dzu
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thieu-Ky
Elect Thieu
Bank of America
San Francisco
Bloodmobile seeks A negative donations for open heart case
Arthur Jolliffe said 20 pints of A negative blood are urgently needed by 11 a.m. Tuesday for a Washington bound shipment to aid a 49 year old woman awaiting open heart surgery. The Bloodmobile opens at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Episcopal Church Parish Hall on W Boscawen St. Thirty two Winchester firemen enrolled for the Winchester Fire School sessions scheduled Sunday through next weekend with potential enrollment increases if county firefighters join.
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Arthur Jolliffe
Washington
Episcopal Church
W. Boscawen St
Winchester Fire School
Graham Differes With LBJ View On Morality
President Johnson told the International Association of Chiefs of Police that morality is not declining in the United States. Evangelist Billy Graham, leading a Kansas City crusade, disagreed before 23 000 people, citing pornography rising illegitimacy and disease as signs of declining national standards. He urged action against crime alongside national policy.
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Kansas City
Johnson
United States
Billy Graham
International Association of Police Chiefs
Graham
America
International Association _ ot Chiefs of Police
United Fund Drive Sets $94 500 City County Goal
Winchester Frederick County United Fund announces a 1967 68 goal of 94500 with divisions Industrial 34020 Commercial 23625 Professional 13230 Public Service 4725 and Individual 18900. Campaign Chairman George Riggs cites a 40 percent rise over last year and urges individual fair share giving.
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United Fund
Charles S. Toan
Winchester-Frederick County
George Riggs
Red Cross
Community Chest
Riggs
Harrisonburg
Staunton
Fredericksburg
Byrd Decries House Pressure Over Trade War Aid
Sen Harry F Byrd declares the House faces the greatest arm twisting of this session over his amendment to halt aid to nations trading with the enemy He targets export import loans to nations aiding enemies and cites a proposed 50 million loan for a Soviet auto plant as unwarranted unless at war He notes no mutual defense pact ally is aiding the US
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Charlottesville
Harry F. Byrd
D.va
House of Representatives
Byrd
Charlottesville Daily Progress
Soviet missile gap narrows as USSR cools lead
The Institute for Strategic Studies says Soviet missile superiority over the United States fell from about four to one to under three to one this year and that production increases will reduce the gap further in 1968. It also notes China has about 30 small atomic bombs but no operating nuclear program.
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London
Soviet Union
U.S
Institute For Strategic Studies
Red China
Peking
Downtown plans shown for Winchester street facelift
Winchester merchants and landlords viewed initial sketches by Mel Gemmill for a unified downtown Loudoun Street makeover. The plan includes height limits on signs, new facades, second floor shutters, and painting to harmonize 96 buildings between Piccadilly and Cork Streets. Final plans hoped ready by year’s start with voluntary adoption.
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Winchester
Loudoun St
Downtown Development Committee
Mel Gemmill
Piccadilly
Cork Sts
George Washington
Gemmill
Chambbersburg
Winchester Retail Merchants
Cave-In at Clarke County Quarry Leaves One Dead
A rock quarry landslide at Clearbrook near Berryville killed Richard Ashby and injured two coworkers from Bowerman Brothers Inc. George Smallwood and Tommy Thomas were hospitalized with serious injuries. Rescue teams lowered to the rubble as investigators reported no dynamite use. Burial plans and church services were announced for Ashby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S. Frey Co., Inc
Rock Quarry
Clearbrook
Richard Ashby
Berryville
Winchester Memorial Hospital
George William Smallwood
Winchester
Tommy Thomas
Smallwood
Myrtle Owens
Anna Mae Ramsburg
Mary Ellen Ashby
Clarke County
Harry Ashby
Clarke Ebenezer Church
Charles Ammons
O.K
Frederick County
Robert L. DeHaven
Bowerman Brothers, Inc., Construction Co
Weather at Richmond Sees Clear Skies and Pleasant Temps
A stationary high pressure area settled over Virginia bringing sunny skies and mild temperatures across the region. No precipitation is expected as a ridge maintains light winds and comfortable conditions.
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Richmond
Virginia
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Mary Helen Massie
Dance Legion
Shenandoah College
Macy’s
Mr. Riggs
Interna
Tional Center
Fense
Doug O’connell
Development Commission
DDC
Jack F. Davis
Jaycees
James R. Wilkins
Parking Authority
Amherst St
William M
S. Kent St
Thomas
Mr. Ashby Was
Archie and
Mabel Thompson Ashby
Friendship Fire Company
Smalls Garden Center
Peanut Cellar Inn
Mt. Falls Community Hall
Winchester Feed-Seed Co
N. Cameron
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