Fire destroys Tennessee State Fair Buildings on opening night
Wind fed flames sweep the Tennessee State Fair Grounds destroying the women's and merchants buildings and the administration building along with the grandstand. The blaze injures 18, including 5 with smoke inhalation, with early estimates placing damage between 8 and 10 million dollars as the mayor closes the fair.
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Nashville
Nashville, Tenn
Briley
Merchant’s
Women’s
Hurricane Carol intensifies offshore. no land threat
Hurricane Carol strengthened with 100 mph winds near its center and was not expected to threaten land in the next day or two. An Air Force reconnaissance aircraft penetrated the eye as gale fields extended hundreds of miles from the center.预计 season third tropical storm unlikely to hit the U.S. mainland.
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Miami
Fla
Carol
Air Force
San Juan, P.R
Tomatoes Grow Bigger in Gardener’s Pride
Yesterday the Crier noted tomatoes appear to be enlarging with J. C. Shanholtz of Senseny Road showcasing notably large specimens.
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J. C. Shanholtz
Senseny Road
Helicopter Shot Down While Attempting Rescue
A U S helicopter was shot down in Saigon as crews attempted a rescue mission for a downed pilot. Casualties or survivors were not yet disclosed. Local authorities and U S forces confirmed the incident amid ongoing fighting in South Viet Nam.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
GM Sees Record 1966 Auto Sales Amid Price Hikes
General Motors predicts record 1966 car sales with chief executives Donner and Roche citing confidence in the economy. GM plans a $2.6 billion worldwide plant and equipment program, $1.9 billion in the U S, as Ford and Chrysler signal price changes and model revisions.
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General Motors
Detroit
General Motors Corp
Chrysler Corp
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Frederic G. Donner
James M. Roche
Donner
Roche
United States
Walter T. Mure Phy
Chrysler-Plymouth
Chrysler
Chrysler- Plymouth
Vatican approves prelimin ary liberty declaration vote
The Vatican Ecumenical Council voted 1997 to 224 in favor of a liberty declaration as a basis for a final document. The move, greeted by bishops and observers, shows a split with conservatives who urged delaying the measure. Cardinal Beran’s earlier imprisonment is noted.
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Vatican City
Vatican Ecumenical Council
Council
P Paul VI
Josef Cardinal Beran
Thant Sees Need for Red China in UN
United Nations Secretary General Thant urged the General Assembly to represent all governments at U.N. headquarters including Red China. He warned Viet Nam conflict and India Paksitan tensions disturb East West cooperation and noted UN funding and peacekeeping are precarious, with seating for Peking government unlikely.
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United Nations
N.Y. AP
Uhant
U.N. General Assembly
Asia
Red China
U.N
General Assembly
Thant
Viet Nam
India
Pakistan
United Ons
Peking
North Viet Nam
North Korea
East Germany
China
Americans evacuated from Peshawar to Afghanistan
The U S Embassy reported that American women and children were evacuated from Peshawar to Dabul in Afghanistan. More than 100 people left Peshawar where a U S Air Force mission operates amid ongoing bombings by the Indian air force causing civilian casualties.
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Rawalpindi
Pakistan
U.S
Pesawar
Dabul
Afghanistan
Peshawar
United States
Pesha
Delph Indicted In Shooting Near Gore
David Lee Delph 20 was indicted yesterday in an armed robbery and attempted murder of a sailor Aug 4 on Back Creek Road near Gore. He pleaded innocent today. trial set for Dec 20. Sailor Frank Damron of Quonset Point Naval Station RI was wounded. Delph apprehended after a crash in Ohio and transported to Winchester.
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David Lee Delph
Back Creek
Gore
Frank Damron
Quonset Point Naval Station, R.I
Fred
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Delph
Parkersburg
W.va
Ohio
Winchester
Merlian Marshall
Leon Ray Fridley
Sherry
Dawn Fridley
Fridley
Two Steel Executives Fined for Price Conspiracy
New York AP report states W. J. Stephens and James P. Barton, executives at Bethehem Steel and U S Steel, were fined 35000 for conspiring to rig the price of carbon sheet steel. Judge Weinfeld noted past records merit leniency. Carbon sheet steel serves auto, appliance and other industries.
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New York
W. J. Stephens
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Bethelehem Steel Co
James P. Barton
U.S. Steel Corp
U.S. Dist
Edward Weinfeld
Stephens
Barton
Assateague Island Declared National Seashore by Johnson
President Johnson signs a bill designating Assateague Island on the Maryland Virginia coast as a National Seashore. The 33 mile barrier reef will be preserved for public recreation and conservation, ending private development. Attending were Interior Secretary Udall Maryland Governor Tawes and Virginia backers.
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Washington
Johnson
Assateague Island
Maryland
Virginia
White House
National Park Service
Assateague National Seashore
Secretary of the Interior
Art L. Udall
Art L. Udall, Gov
J. Millard Tawes
Senate House Interior Committee
Barrier Reef
Baltimore
Wilmington
Del
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Interior Department
City Council Sets Special September Meeting
The City Council will hold a 7:30 pm September meeting at city hall. The date was moved up from last Tuesday as officials attend a Virginia League of Municipalities gathering.
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Virginia League of Municipalities
Demonstrators Burn Library in Karachi During General Strike
About 10,000 protesters attacked the U S Information Service library in Karachi tearing down the United Nations flag as part of a city wide strike protesting the U N cease fire order. Firemen and police dispersed the mob and brought the flames under control.
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Karachi
Pakistan
U.S. Information Service Library
United Nations
U.N
India
India China clash near Nathu Pass triggers ceasefire talks
Indian and Chinese troops exchanged brief gunfire near Nathu Pass in the Himalayas with no reported casualties. New Delhi said forces did not cross the line while Beijing warned India to dismantle 56 border posts by midnight or face consequences as Pakistan-U.N. ceasefire moves swirl above Kashmir tensions.
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Nathu la Pass
Himalayas
New Delhi
India
Red China
Nathu Pass
Sikkim
Tibet
Himalayan
Peking
Kashmir
Lal Bahadur Shastri
United Nations
Security Council
Pakistan
U.N
Shastri
Weather Pattern Sustains Heat in Virginia
A dome of high pressure over the eastern seaboard continues a spell of hot humid weather for Virginia. The pattern has dominated the region for several days with little relief in sight.
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Richmond
Eastern
Seaboard
Virginia
Attention Ceramists For Sale
Green ware and glazes offered by Pauline Outright in Stephens City. Includes a new hobby kiln. Contact for details and pricing.
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Pauline
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