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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 14, 1969

Page

1

Four Maids of Honor Named for Queen Shenandoah Event

Four local coeds Miss Anne Macey Hortenstine Miss Lucy Marshall White Miss Katharine Bentley Scully and Miss Jane Hyde named Maids of Honor to Queen Shenandoah 42nd Nancy Hardin at the May 1 23 spring fete. The women, all Wilmington residents away at college, will attend Coronation and festival events including the Grand Feature parade.

Anne Macey Hortenstine Lucy Marshall White Katharine Bentley Scully Jane Hyde Shenandoah Nancy Hardin Winchester Ferman W. Perry Department of the Queen Hortenstine John C. Hortenstine Hawesthorne Dr Holton Arms Bethesda Miss Horstenstine Duke University Durham N.C Duke Delta Delta Delta National College Miss White C. Ridgely White Merriman’s Lane Grier School Tye«rone Vanderbilt University Nashville Tenn Vanderebilt Gamma Phi Beta Miss Scully Thomas G. Scully Amherst St Hannah More Academy Reisterstown University of South Carolina Columbia Miss Hyde Lewis Huntington Hyde S. Washington St St. Catherine’s School Richmond Colby Junior College New London N. H College Dance Company

car crash on Route 522 kills Thompson injures Roger Johnson

A fatal crash on Route 522 left Thompson dead and passenger Roger Johnson, 23, injured. The accident involved a rail obstruction and a uprooted tree as shown in Star Photo by Larry Sullivan.

Thompson Roger Johnson Larry Sullivan

Boston University Students Seize Dean's Office

A group of BU students occupied the dean of student affairs office in a protest against military recruiting and ROTC presence. The dean Staton R. Curtis remained in his office and spoke by telephone. numbers involved were not disclosed. Previously, a separate group occupied the financial aid building for three hours before police planned trespass arrests.

Associated Press Boston University Reserve Officers Training Corps Staton R. Curtis Telehhone

Apple Blossom pro grams seek boys to sell this year

Danny Grimes circulation manager for the Apple Blossom Program seeks interested boys to sell programs. Call 662-6283 or 662-3865. Programs go on sale April 24. Winchester Kiwanis Club sponsors April Red Cross visit with a bloodmobile at Christ Episcopal Church Parish House tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 2 45 p.m. Red Cross urges donors to fill a deficit in the regional quota. Advance bloodmobile appointments should be made by contacting 662-5412.

Danny Grimes Danny Winchester Kiwanis Club Red Cross Christ Episcopal Church Parish House Addross

County Tax Rate Holds the Line in Frederick County

Frederick County will keep real estate tax at $2.50 per $100 and personal property tax at $3.30 per $100 for the coming year. The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to hold rates amid budget cuts totaling $90,000, with the school budget taking the largest share of reductions, and set a public hearing for May 12 at 3 p.m. The 1969 70 budget was tentatively approved, with county share listed as $2,511,407. A trespass ordinance was approved after a public hearing, making trespassing on county property a crime.

Frederick County Frederick County Board of Supervisors Thomas Roseneberger Star Rosenberger

Byrd Urges Direct Arab Israeli Talks for Middle East Peace

Senator Harry F. Byrd says peace in the Middle East must come from direct negotiations between Arabs and Israelis. He cautions against overreliance on Big Four talks, noting they could help only create a climate favorable to peace. He also urges urgency on the Vietnam War and warns Nixon has limited time to resolve the entanglement.

Arlington Middle East Harry F. Byrd D-Va Byrd Virginia B’nai B’rith Nixon

Longest surviving heart transplant recipient dies at 58

Arlington mournes Fredi C Everman 58 longtime recipient of the nation’s first heart transplant who passed away in his sleep early Sunday.

Arlington Fredi C., Everman

U S Units Cut Up by Enemy

An American scout platoon and air cavalry reinforcements were pinned down and badly hit by North Vietnamese machine guns near Black Virgin Mountain. Fifteen Americans were killed and sixteen wounded in a four hour battle as tanks and armored personnel carriers rescued them. Farther south a mechanized battalion killed 24 North Vietnamese near the Citadel near the Cambodian border. Three helicopters were shot down, raising total U S helicopter losses to 2 524.

Saigon Black Virgin Mountain Sith Armored Cavalry Regiment 1St Air Cavalry Division U.S. 25Th Infantry Division the Citadel U.S An Hoa OHG

Second Area Fatality In Winchester Crash

Charles Edward Thompson 22 of Route 1 Winchester died after his 1965 convertible left Route 522, struck a guard rail, uprooted a tree, and rolled into a ditch south of Winchester.

Charles Edward Thompson Frederick County Charles E. Thompson Route 1 Winchester Lee

Winchester ad staff win top honors at Virginia Press confab

Two members of the Winchester Evening Star advertising department captured first place awards at the Virginia Press Association Advertising Conference in Warrenton. Gerald Dulaney won the furniture display top award and Harry Rather earned first in the appliance and hardware division. Star photographer Mary Helen Massie covered the event.

Winchester Evening Star Virginia Press Assn Warrenton Gerald Dulaney Harry Rather Mary Helen Massie

Nixon Outlines Domestic Program in Broad Proposals

President Nixon sketched a multi part domestic agenda for Congress, urging bigger Social Security benefits, crime crackdown, tax system reforms, and continued income tax surcharge. He framed it as a redirected national course, stressing cities, hunger relief, welfare reform, and private sector and voluntary support.

Washington Nixon Congress National Governors’ Center

Wounded Sgt Fletcher Twice in Vietnam Service

Sgt Roger B. Fletcher of Route 4 Paper Mill Road was wounded for a second time in Vietnam. He suffered injuries on April 11 at Dau Thieng, previously wounded February 15 in the right arm back and left thigh. Transferred to a hospital in Japan. he serves with the 25th Infantry Division.

Roger B. Fletcher Route 4 Paper Mill Road Vietnam B. Fletcher Dau Thieng

Artillery Duel On Suez Ninth Day Rages As Jets Clash

Israeli and Egyptian jets fought over the Suez Canal as artillery and tank fire shook the waterway for the eighth day. An Israeli spokesman said Israeli planes returned safely after chasing MIGs. Cairo Radio claimed losses on both sides. Abba Eban urged Jordan to push real peace talks while King Hussein praised UN talks and signaled possible boundary changes. Hussein to attend UN secretary general luncheon with Big Four envoys. Lucky Inn Now Open Under New Management.

Jerusalem Suez Canal Cairo Sinai Peninsula Abba Eban Hussein Jordan Eban National Press Club Washington Israel Gulf of Aqaba United Nations Middle East NBC Meet the Press New York U.N U Thant

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Katharine Scully Lucy White Boston U Sen Mideast Everman U. S Steven O. Rees Senseny Road Winchester Memorial Hospital Roger Lee Johnston Route 2 Boyce Johnson S. L. Lee Pson Donald Horton Hilliday Drive Kees Carroll Dennis Smith Stephens City Smith Cedar Creek Archie Thomas Kenney N. Kent St Susan Harvey Critcher Battle Ave Miss Critcher Sgt. Fletcher Lucky Inn
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