House Appropriations Approves Over $3 Billion in Aid
In Washington the House Appropriations Committee approved the foreign aid program with a small reprimand and voted more than 3 billion dollars in new funding. The amount is about 293.2 million less than President Johnson requested.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Johnson
Congress
South Viet Nam
Defense Department
Otto E. Passman
D-La
Free World
Nixon Seen as GOP Nominee in 1968 Race
New York AP reports former Vice President Richard Nixon as the leading GOP claimant for the 1968 nomination. A poll of 48 state chairmen and committeemen splits 36 predicting Nixon, 12 Romney, with some hedging or wavering toward Nixon, Romney, Reagan, or Morton. Nixon contends only on civil war talk and avoids poll discussion.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
Nixon
Denver
Associated Press
GOP
Washington
Lyndon
Bobby
Hubert
George Romney
Michigan
Romney
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
House Republican Conference
Sen
Thruston B. Morton Ofentucky
Ronald Reagan
California
Edin L. Mechem
New Mexico
Goldwater
Congress
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York City
John V. Lindsay
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
South Viet Nam
Town Crier Forecast Sees Frost Peek Later
The town braces for autumn with a low of 43 last night and a forecast of 38 to 48 tonight. Frost has occurred here as early as Sept. 21, and residents are advised to turn on furnaces as cooler air settles in. A 16 hour Red Cross Mother and Baby Instructors Course starts Monday at the Red Cross Office on Braddock Street with Natalie Gerace teaching from 4 to 6 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
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Red Cross
Braddock St
Natalie Gerace
National Red Cross
Act Now to Save Shenandoah River Beauty
Experts urge immediate action to protect the Shenandoah River as urban growth threatens its scenic beauty and river banks. A 200-person audience in Front Royal heard national state and local authorities outline past present and future risks and call on counties and municipalities to lead conservation efforts with federal and state agencies coordinating.
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Front Royal
Shenandoah River
Virginia Gentleman Restaurant
Valley Ladies
Warren County
Izaak Walton League
Gemini 11 astronauts return to Cape Kennedy in triumph
Navy Cmdr. Charles Conrad Jr and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Richard F. Gordon Jr land at Cape Kennedy after a two hour sea voyage from the carrier Guam. They thank launch crews for a flawless Titan 2 Atlas Agena Gemini flight and praise the first orbit rendezvous.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Navy
Charles Conrad Jr
Richard, F. Gordon Jr
Guam
Gordon
Conrad
Kurt Debus
Kennedy Space Center
Vincent G. Muston
Air Force Eastern Test Range
Willow Lawn Super Market Delivers Fresh Sausage and Scrapple
Local market offers butchered fresh sausage at 79 cents per pound and fresh scrapple at 30 cents per pound, highlighting affordable meats for shoppers.
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Willow Lawn
Powell Target as Nasty Committee Fight Brews
In the House Education and Labor Committee a revolt against Chairman Adam Powell is brewing led by Rep. Sam Gibbons. Plans would strip Powell of real power, elevating six subcommittees, risking a bruising clash if votes align. Powell denounces the charge as racist and vows to counter.
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Powell
Washington
Congress
House Education and Labor Committee
Adam Clayton Powell
Sam M. Gibbons
D-Fla
Democrats
Harlem Democrat
Mr. Powell
House
Gibbons
Sam
John F. Kennedy
Johnson
Airliner Ditches at Sea Off Tenerife Island
A Spanish twin engine airliner carrying 24 passengers and three crew ditched in the sea off Tenerife after an engine failure. All aboard were rescued except one man who resisted rescue attempts and died. Capt Eugenio Maldonado said the DC3 crew manhandled the passenger before abandoning him. Survivors reached Sauzal by life raft and fishing boats. all aboard were Spanish.
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Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Tenerife Island
Eugenio Maldonado
Tenerife
Las Paras
Sauzal
Is Your Roof Leaking Call Gregory's Stephens City
After 5 PM call 667 2172 for roof inspection and service details at Gregory's in Stephens City. Immediate contact requested for leaks and inspection scheduling.
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Gregory’s
Stephens City
Votes Seen To Bar Peking From UN
Officials say enough votes exist to block admitting Communist China to the United Nations replacing Nationalist China. A two thirds majority is required, with last year’s vote 47 47 and a similar result expected in the upcoming session.
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China
U.N
Red China
Peking
Washington
Dean Rusk
Southeast Asia
Hitler
Europe
U.S
Far East
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Thailand
Arkansas Democrat
B52 Bombers Hit DMZ As Marines Push North Viet Nam
U S B52 bombers pounded the six mile wide buffer zone near Tuy Hoa while Marines moved inland three miles south of the zone to chase elements of the reorganized 324B North Vietnamese Division. Nine enemy killed and a Marine fatality from a helicopter hoist incident reported.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Tuy Hoa
Guam
North
South
324B
Six Cuban refugees saved by Norwegian ship off Caribbean coast
Six Cubans who left Cuba for Miami aboard a handmade craft were rescued by the Norwegian coal ship Breim at 3:30 a.m. after their craft began sinking. The rescued group, all admitted as refugees, included Gonzalo Hernandez and Secundio Hernandez, Edmundo Suarez, Juan Suarez, Pablo Gasulla, and Angel Lopategui Castellanos. They arrived safely in Virginia.
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Norfolk
Caribbean
Cuba
Miami
Fla
Olav Enger
Breim
Enger
Edmundo Suarez
Havana
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Gonzalo Alfredo Hernandez
Secundio G. Hernandez
Suarez
Juan
Publio Gasulla
Angel Lopategui Castellanos
Hope Fades for Hai Sub Crew After Sinking
Rescuers abandoned hope for 12 crew members of the West German submarine Hai after a training sub sank in the North Sea. Only one of 20 was rescued. six bodies recovered, a seventh found by a fishing boat. High seas prevented divers aboard the Magnus II from attempting a raise.
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Hamburg
Germany
North Sea
Navy
Five Injured In Area Accidents
Over two days five people were injured in area highway crashes. A woman, Mrs Dorothy Bard 32 of Suffolk, with facial and elbow lacerations, was admitted to Winchester Memorial Hospital after a one car crash on Route 522, about 19 miles north of Winchester. Her 10 year old daughter Deborah Bard also of Suffolk suffered head and ankle lacerations but was treated and released. The car driven by William George Bard reportedly fell asleep, ran off the road hit an embankment and rolled over totaling the vehicle. Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad transported the victims.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Dorothy Bard
Suffolk
Deborah Bard
Click
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
High Pressure Brings Clear Virginia Weather
Richmond AP reports a large high pressure area dominating the eastern half of the nation will bring clear skies to Virginia today.
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Richmond
Virginia
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Fort Thompson
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Bundy
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