Orphan Airlift Resumes From Saigon On Four Planes
Nearly 900 Vietnamese orphans depart Saigon in four jets for adoptive homes in the United States while investigators search wreckage from a Friday Galaxy crash that killed 243 aboard. Forty survivors of the crash join the exodus. Australia welcomes 212 orphans arriving from Saigon.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
United States
California
Ford
Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
San Francisco
U.S. Air Force
Sydney
Australia
Bangkok
Winchester faces sheriff jails space move at city hall
Winchester officials weigh moving the Frederick County Sheriff’s Department to the ground floor of City Hall to free space in the courthouse for Judge David B. Simpson. The council will vote at the upcoming meeting while a broader jail redesign study is planned for May including a possible new facility.
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Frederick County Sheriff's Dept
Winchester
Rouss City Hall
General District Court
David B. Simpson
Wendell L. Seldon
Winchester-Frederick County
City Hall
Seldon
Sheriff's Dept
Simpson
Laherty
San Francisco
C&P seeks 20 cent coin call charge in Virginia
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co asks the State Corporation Commission to double coin call rates to 20 cents and extend a 20 cent directory assistance charge. A Thursday hearing in Richmond will hear testimony from C&P and 26 state companies. three directory calls monthly would be allowed before charges apply.
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Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
State Corporation Commission
Commission
Richard D. Rogers, Jr
Jim Davis
At&t
Nancy W. Lee
C&p
SCC
Lee
Winds Diminish After Destructive Gusts Hit Winchester
A Winchester woman, Martha Easter, 49, was struck by a falling street sign torn loose by high winds at the Loudoun Mall and Piccadilly intersection and treated at a local hospital. Power outages occurred citywide as a circuit tripped. Ivan Jenkins reported $3,000 damage to a house under construction with a collapsed wall, shattered windows, and uprooted trees. The forecast shows diminishing winds and warmer temperatures for next week.
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Winchester
Martha Easter
Rt. 1
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
Loudoun Mall
Piccadilly St
Berryville Ave
Valley Ave
Cameron Street
Ivan Jenkins
Rt. 2
Newlin’s Hill
Rt. 50
Rt. 680
Jenkins
Robinson Attacks Congress Tax Bill at Fruit Growers Meet
Seventh District Congressmen J Kenneth Robinson labeled the tax bill through Congress as irresponsible while addressing the Frederick County Fruit Growers Association annual meeting at the Winchester Golf Club. Officers elected include Alfred Snapp Jr president Philip Glaize vice president Edward Shokes secretary treasurer and Halford Baker executive secretary. A resolution honored I Fred Stine for 41 years of service as public director, and Edward C Shokes was named public director to replace retiring Stine.
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J. Kenneth Robinson
Frederick County Fruit Growers’ Assn
Winchester Golf Club
Washington
Frederick County
Alfred Snapp Jr
H. Delmer Robinson Jr
James Beaver
James E. Chaffins
Virginia State Apple Commission
Association
Winchester
Stewart Bell Jr
I. Fred Stine
Fruit Growers’ Assn
Philip Glaize
Edward Shokes
Carol Burke
Halford H. Baker
Stine
Phil Gold
Walker McC. Bond
Edward C. Shokes
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Holt Children’s Service
Guam
Honolulu
Seattle
Chicago
New York
Catholic Relief Service
Viet Cong
Vo Dong Giang
Meade Memorial Episcopal Church
White Post
Standard Oil Co. of California
Red Guerrilla Family
Sheriff's Office
Menlo Park
Patricia Hearst
Miss Hearst
Here
Palm Springs
Calif
Ed Laherty
Standard Oil
Dale Basye
San Francisco Bay Area
Red Guerilla
FBI
Berkeley
Weather Underground
New World Liberation Front
Gene Rhodes
Richmond
Lulu Williams
SCC Legal
Robinson
G. Rouss Fire Co
Braddock St
Defense Dept
Snapps
Abby
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