Memorial Weekend Cool, Record May 30 Temps Hit 39
Memorial Day weekend in the Shenandoah Valley brought unusually cool conditions with Madison College reporting a May 30 low of 39, the coldest in 25 years. Highs reached 69, with a 36 degree day range. crowds and traffic were light as many businesses closed for the holiday.
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Shenandoah Valley
Madison College
Dale Enterprise
Rockingham
Harrisonburg
Little Arlington
Woodbine
Simms
Eastern Mennonite
Bridgewater College
Bridgewater
Eastern Mennonite College
Shenandoah National Park
Valley Deaths Notice From Local Obituary Page
Ashby Richard Short 79 of Stanley Mrs John I Reid 68 of Harrisonburg Ernest Erasmus Frye 67 of Mt Jackson For Details See Page 8
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Ashby Richard Short
Stanley
John I. Reid
Harrisonburg
Ernest Erasmus Frye
Mt. Jackson
Memorial Day traffic toll hits new three day record
The Associated Press reports a Memorial Day weekend traffic death toll rising to 446, surpassing last year’s 431. Multiple fatal crashes in Louisiana Tennessee Nebraska Indiana Illinois Ohio Virginia contributed, with drownings accounting for two deaths. County records list Christopher Hathaway and George Mason Butler among Monday fatalities.
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Howard Pyle
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Abbeville
Gallatin
Tenn
Grand
Virginia
Norfolk
Christopher Charles Hathaway
Elizabeth River
Fredericksburg
George Mason Butler
Spotsylvania County
Po River
Five Forks
Spotsylvania
Royston Cleared In Page Co. Vote Case
Stanley Police Chief Louis Royston was acquitted by a Page County Circuit Court jury of aiding and abetting illegal vote registration after a ten minute deliberation. Lynn Keyser, registrar, was cleared earlier. Allen Lucas may have charges dropped. The trio had been convicted in county court and appealed to circuit court.
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Luray
Page County
Stanley
Louis Royston
Royston
Lynn Keyser
Honeyville
Allen Lucas
Russell Short
Virginia
Hattie Short
Page
Robert D
Detention Home Commission Plans Meeting Next Week
The Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Detention Home Commission may meet next week to organize with a state juvenile probation and detention official about plans for a tri city detention home at Weyers Cave. The commission includes Harrisonburg Waynesboro Staunton representatives and may involve juvenile court judges to aid in planning.
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Shenandoah Valley
Moyer
Commission
William E. Weddington
State Bureau
Commonwealth
Staunton
Horse Show Weekend and Double S&H Green Stamps
A local notice lists a two day horse show on June 11 and 12 at the Fair Grounds. It also advertises Double S&H Green Stamps during the event. Separate items promote Chix Bar-B-Q on Tuesdays at Mick-or-Mack Snt. and West Rock locations, plus Sam’s Super Market.
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S&h
West Rock
Sam's Super Market
Grottoes PO Contract Is Awarded
GROTTOES The Hub Realty Corp of Harrisonburg has been awarded a 34000 dollar contract to erect a new Grottoes post office building. The one story 2100 square foot structure will be leased to the post office for five years at 3465 dollars annually. The site will include 4700 square feet of parking and loading space. Completion is targeted within five years according to Postmaster James K Sullivan.
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Grottoes
Hub Realty Corp
Harrisonburg
James K. Sullivan
Post Office Dept
Weyers Cave
Bridgewater
MIGs Flee As U S Jets Bomb Near Hanoi
Eight Soviet built MIG fighters fled after encountering a US Air Force raid on an ammunition depot 45 miles southwest of Hanoi. US pilots reported destroying seven buildings and damaging three others as renewed clashes and heavy casualties marked the fighting across North and South Vietnam.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
U. S
North
Viet Nam
U.S
Battle Dead In Viet Nam Hill Fight Near Quang Ngai
On a nameless hill west of Quang Ngai 107 Vietnamese Ranger troops died or were killed in action during a three day offensive by Viet Cong. Two Americans, an Army captain and a Marine sergeant, were killed as the 39th Ranger Battalion was fractured and overrun. Helicopter crews later recovered the dead amid a scene of horror.
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Hanoi
Thanh Hoa
Quang Ngai
da Nang
11St
U.S
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
U.S. Marine
Big da Nang
39Th
Green Light Shines For Space Mission
Cape Kennedy Florida AP The go ahead was given Monday for Thursday's Gemini 4 flight with James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II. White will exit the capsule in space near the Titan 2 booster while McDivitt maneuvers within feet of the second stage. A water leak原因 human error was fixed.
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Cape Kennedy
Air Force
Cape Kennedy Fla
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
White
National Aeronautics Ad Space Administration
Christopher C. Kraft Jr
Wasp
Nere
Atlantic
Pacific
Indian Oceans
McDivitt
Mission Control Center
United States
Capitol West Front Urgently Needs Heavy Repair
Capitol architect J George Stewart told Congress the 150 year old west front walls would fail under today s building code and could collapse from an earthquake or sonic boom if not repaired. An outside study estimates 24 million dollars to rebuild with interior redesign adding 4 5 acres of space. commission action expected by July 1.
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Washington
U.S. Capitol
District of Columbia
Capitol
J. George Stewart
Congress
Stewart
House Appropriations
White House
Capitol Hill
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Red Front Supermarket Shrubbery Sale Announcement
Tuesday promotion from Red Front Supermarket features shrubbery deals at Hudson Garden Center with Double S&H Green Stamps offers.
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Bridgewater
Mick
Mack
S&h
Hudson Garden Center
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Carl Rossman
Augusta Military Academy
AMA
Rion-Bowman
Ralph Snyder
Woodbine Cemetery
The
Page Co
Detention Home Commission
James P. Bowman
Bowman
Grottoes PO
Architect
D.C
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