101st Troops In Fierce Fight With Viet Cong
In mountainous terrain near An Khe, the 101st Airborne engaged Viet Cong in heavy fighting after launching an operation. Light U.S. casualties were reported, while Da Nang sources noted 19 deaths in a related raid, including seven South Vietnamese policemen. Air support included U.S. jets.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
101St Airborne
An Khe
U.S
101St
da Nang
1St Cavalry
North
Viet Nam
Pan American Jet Crashes in Montserrat Killing 30
A Pan American Airways four engine Boeing 707 crashed into a 3,000 foot Montserrat mountain during a morning storm. All 30 aboard died. Captain Hugh Henderson of Miami led 21 passengers and nine crew as the jet was routing via Antigua and San Juan toward New York. Rescue workers found bodies in seats amid scattered wreckage.
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Pan American Airways
British Caribbean
Pan American
Antigua
St. Crois
San Juan
New York
Plymouth
Island
John McNichol
Hugh Henderson
Miami
Bombs Jettisoned Into Me Kong River Near Laos Frontier
Informants say a U.S. plane dropped several bombs Friday night into the Me Kong River on the Laos Thailand frontier after a Viet Nam raid was called off. No injuries or damage were reported. U.S. Embassy could not confirm.
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Bangkok
Thailand
U.S
Mekong River
Laos
Viet Nam
Hospital ER Treats Sixteen After Gunshots Accidents And Illness
Emergency room treated sixteen patients overnight including gunshot and traffic accident injuries and general illnesses. Two tracheotomies were performed in close succession. Mr. and Mrs. Willis and Erson of Rt 60 near Gore are referenced as giant tomatoes in their garden with one tomato weighing two pounds and 14 inches around while others weighed one pound or more.
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Willis Anderson
Rt. 60
Gore
Shotgun Blast Seriously Injures Man in Winchester
A 20 year old Winchester man Andrew Roberts was shot in the chest at about 12 30 a m in front of the Elks Club on N Kent St He underwent emergency surgery for chest and neck injuries at Winchester Memorial Hospital James Grant of Belgrade Florida staying at the Labor Camp on Fairmont Ave has been arrested as an accessory Police say about 75 people were at a dance when the shooting occurred and witnesses describe an argument among several men prior to the incident
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Andrew Roberts
Roberts
Elks Club
N. Kent St
Winchester Memorial Hospital
James Grant
Belgrade
Fla
Fairmont Ave
Lloyd Bland
Harry Richards
Fires in Northern California Burn 195000 Acres. One Firefighter Dead
California forestry officials report fires have scorched about 195000 acres in Northern California with at least one volunteer fireman killed. By today 5000 firefighters had control of most grass and brush areas. Auburn and Vacaville were out of danger. Two large fires covering 12000 and 22000 acres north of Redding and Napa respectively threatened locales earlier, with Lake, Napa and Sonoma counties heavily hit as the redwood region escaped largely.
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San Francisco
California State Forestry
California
Colusa
Glen
Auburn
Middletown
Vacaville
Latrone
Redding
Chiles Valley
Napa
Oods
Korean War Hero Faces Kidnaping Charge in Maine
Roger R. Haller 31 of Bangor, a Korean War veteran with the Silver Star and Purple Heart, surrendered after 22 hours with Dr. John F. McGinn’s wife Lynne P. McGinn at Belgrade lakes. He fled a state hospital, was captured unarmed beneath a picnic table, and will be arraigned in District Court on a kidnapping charge. The case involved threats with a .32 caliber pistol and a rapid, high speed escape across central Maine ending near Orrington.
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Maine
Roger R. Haller
Bangor
Belgrade Lakes
Haller
Paterson
N.J
Korea
Howard M. Foley
Lynne P. McGinn
John F. McGinn
Belgrade
Associated Press
Coast Guard Races to Aid Sinking Liberian Freighter
In the Pacific 600 miles east of Honolulu the Liberian freighter Loudi as sinks after reporting water in the forward hold. Coast Guard Cutters and a Chinese vessel respond to a captain who ordered 26 crewmen into lifeboats as pumps fail and the ship takes on water. The master from St Thomas Virgin Islands warned the water was rising and that control was lost.
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Coast Guard
Loudias
C. Couhans
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Coast’ Guard
Honolulus
5 000 Travelers Marooned by Snow
Snowbound travelers in Rawlins Wyoming report nearly two feet of snow by morning the worst early season storm on record as 5 000 people are stranded. The storm spreads through southern Wyoming the northern Rockies and into northwestern Colorado with drifts blocking U.S. 30 and warnings still in effect.
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Associated Press
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Wyo
Wyoming
Rockies
Colorado
Lander
Rockne
Wyom
Weather Bureau
West
Continental Divide
U.S
Great Lakes
Plains
Chicago
Illinois
Wisconsin
We Have Electric Fireplace Logs at Miller's Hardware
Miller's Hardware advertises electric fireplace logs priced from 7.95 dollars. The sale highlights affordable heat and easy setup for home use.
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Miller’s Hardware
Pakistan doubts UN coercive action can end Kashmir war
Pakistan's Law Minister S M Zafar questioned Secretary-General U Thant's call for a Security Council resolution that would threaten economic and military penalties. He warned such action would be a momentous decision with far reaching implications and disputed charges of a China conspiracy in Kashmir. The council met after a 90 minute delay amid private consultations on Thant's proposal.
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Pakistan
Security Council
U.N
India
S.M. Zafar
U Thant
Council
Zafar
China
Kashmir
Thant
Five Sputniks Launched From One Soviet Rocket
The Soviet Union reportedly launched five Sputniks into orbit from a single Cosmos series rocket. Tass described the May 5 mission as part of Cosmos 86 to 90, with scientific equipment and a radioactive energy source. Measures were cited to prevent isotope spread.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Outer Space
Expect 1 000 Apple Pickers By Tuesday
Apple pickers are arriving at the Labor Camp on Fairmont Ave and are expected to total about 1 000 by Tuesday. Charles Toan, executive director of the Frederick County Fruit Growers Association, says 700 men are already there with more arriving from Jamaica, the Bahamas, North Carolina, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Virginia. Local growers are currently picking Red Delicious and a few Goldens, expanding to Yorks and Goldens next week.
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Fairmont Ave
Charles Toan
Toan
Frederick County
Labor Department
President Johnson to Meet Pope Paul VI in New York
The White House announced that President Johnson will meet Pope Paul VI in New York on October 4. Press secretary Bill Moyers said the meeting will be the fourth between an American president and the pope and the first outside Rome. Details will be released later.
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Washington
Johnson
Pope Paul VI
New York
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Rome
Moyers
Pope
West Germany election toss up as voters head to polls
Bonn based AP reports a tight race between the Christian Democrats led by Ludwig Erhard and the Social Democrats under Willy Brandt. EMNID predicts a tie while Wickert Institute gives CD slight edge as voters weigh domestic policy and possible coalition shifts.
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Bonn
Germany
Christian Democrats
EM+ NID Market Research Institute
Bielefeld
Wickert Institute of
Tubingen
Ludwig Erhard
Social Democrats
West Berlin
Billy Brandt
Brandt
Bundestag
Cabi
Accusation Follows Ultimatum Over Border Clash
In New Delhi the AP reports China accused India of border violations after demanding India withdraw from a disputed area near Sikkim within three days. The new charges cited incidents in Sinkiang Province on Sept 11 and Sept 16, about 1,000 miles west of Sikkim.
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New Delhi
India
China
Sikkim
Sinkiang
Britain Informs Washington On India China Crisis Talks
London orders Cledwyn Hughes and Sir Saville Garner to Washington for urgent talks on possible lifting or easing of arms cutoff to India amid Sino Indian border tensions. China accuses India of territorial intrusion in Sinkiang as New Delhi reports heavy fighting with Pakistan near Sialkot and warns of grave consequences over the Sikkim Tibet border.
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Washington
Indian Subcontinent
Cledwyn Hughes
Sir Saville Garner
Commonwealth Relations
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United States
Inedia
India
New China
China
Sinkiang
Peking
Sinklang
Kashmir
Pakistan
Indian Defense Ministry
Ladakh
Sikkim
New Delhi
Indian Kashmir
Sikkim-Tibet
Sialkot
Weather Outlook for Virginia Warm and Sunny
A high pressure center over Virginia brings warm sunny conditions with only a slight chance of evening thundershowers in the mountains. Dry spells and light winds are expected across the state with pleasant afternoon temperatures.
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Richmond
Virginia
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