Spong Files Candidacy For Senate Reelect
U S Senator William B Spong Jr plans to file his declaration of candidacy and petitions with the Democratic state headquarters to seek a second six year term He announced a news conference at the State Capitol and the June 13 primary deadline nears Republicans moved to file and announce their own bids including M Caldwell Butler and Horace Henderson for various seats with Henderson signaling a potential independent run
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Richmond
U.S
William B. Spong
Spong
Roanoke
State
House of Delegates
M. Caldwell Butler
Horace E. Henderson
Virginia Beach
Butler
Natural Bridge
Congress
Richard H. Poff
Henderson
Senate
GOP
William L. Scott
Ted Dalton
State and local offices rush to meet license tag deadline
The DMV office on Valley Ave will stay open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday to meet state auto logs deadlines. Winchester and City offices announce 8:30 a.m. to noon hours for tag pickups after new plates. Frederick County offices open 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Virginia IRS expands taxpayer help with 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. hours across offices through Monday.
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Division of Motor Vehicles
Plaza Annex
Valley Ave
T. Snider, Jr
Winchester
Frederick County
Virginia Irs
James P. Boyle
IRS
Cameron St
Apollo 16 astronauts rest day before moon liftoff
After 13 months of intense training John W. Young Charles M. Duke Jr and Thomas K. Mattingly II prepare for a rest day ahead of the Saturn 5 launch set for Sunday at 12 54 p m EST. They will rehearse in lunar module and command ship trainers and study the Descartes crater landing plan. Weather looks favorable with partly cloudy skies and 80 degrees.
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Thomas K. Mattingly
John Young
Charles M. Duke, Jr
Cape Kennedy
Fla
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Young
Duke
Mattingly
Moon
Crater
Descartes
Earth
Gordon Turner
Public will decide ultimate fate of war powers bill
The fate of a bill to curb the president's war powers hinges on public reaction as senators weigh the measure after the Senate approved it 68 to 18. The bill limits emergency troop use to 30 days without congressional approval and reasserts Congress's wartime authority, facing opposition from the Nixon administration.
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Washington
Jacob K. Kavits
Senate
Congress
U.S
Nixon
House
William F. Spong Jr
D-Va
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Vietnam
Two US Bases Chosen for Space Shuttle Program
Rep. Lou Frey announces the United States will build two space shuttle bases at Cape Kennedy in Florida and Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The plan marks a major expansion of NASA launch sites and military space operations.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Lou Frey
R-Fla
United States
Cape Kennedy
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Avalanche kills 15 climbers on Mt Manaslu expedition
Fifteen Asian climbers including four Koreans a Japanese cameraman and ten Nepalese Sherpa guides were buried by an avalanche at Camp 2 on Manaslu Nepal. Seven Koreans and two Sherpas survived. Expedition leader Jung Sup Kim and others were evacuated by helicopter. The disaster mirrors the worst Himalayan accident on Mt Dhaulagiri in 1969.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Manaslu
Jung Sup Kim
Hae Yun Byong
Kim
Kims
Ki Sup Kim
Byong
Camp 2
Yae Sup Kim
Dhaulagiri
South Vietnamese Recapture An Loc Amid Heavy Bombing
South Vietnamese forces aided by 400 paratroops and B52 strikes reportedly retook most of An Loc, with fighting continuing around the city. In Saigon area, rockets hit Tan Son Nhut airbase and a suburb, killing 15 civilians and wounding 6, as U.S. air power pressed north of the DMZ amid monsoon conditions.
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Saigon
An Loc
Tan Son Nhut
North Vietnam
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Radio Hanoi
le Trung Hien
Nixon Addresses Canada's Parliament in Ottawa Visit
President Nixon appeared before a joint session of Canada's Parliament in Ottawa with wife Pat for a 40hour visit. He stressed settling differences without war and praised Canadian individuality while noting talks with Prime Minister Trudeau would likely defer economic disputes until after elections.
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Ottawa
Nixon
Canada
John F. Kennedy
Government House
U.S
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Antitrust Suits Target TV Networks Over Programs
Washington AP The Justice Department will file civil antitrust suits against CBS NBC ABC and Viacom alleging monopoly and restraint of trade in prime time entertainment programming The move aims to break network control but officials say news sports and public affairs will not be affected CBS ABC defend the action as meritless and vow to fight in court Viacom now operates independent cable and syndicated systems The government warns the path to settlement will be lengthy and prime time content may shift to independent producers or agencies
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Washington
Justice Department
Columbia Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Co
American Broadcasting Co
Justice
CBS
ABC
NBC
Networks
Viacom International Inc
Viacom
Department
Bruce B. Wilson
Robert D. Wood
Wood
Federal Communications Commission
Partly cloudy Virginia with a chance of showers
A low pressure area over the southeast states brought partly cloudy skies and a chance of showers and thundershowers to Virginia today. Rouss Fire Co. Memorial, 11 a.m. Sunday. Remoteling Sale at Edna W. Penn Interiors with hours 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Richmond
Virginia
Rouss Fire Co. Memorial
Edna W. Penn
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