Winchester Officers Complete Firearms Training
A total of 27 Winchester Police Force members completed the department firearms program. Scores reached 88.8 out of 100 as officers handled slow and timed fire at standard bulls eye targets and a practical pistol course requiring 50 shots in six minutes ten seconds. Officers practiced from multiple positions at ranges from seven to 60 yards and will now train twice yearly with state police providing specialized instruction as needed. Officer Lloyd P. Bland Jr leads the program with Police Chief Francis M. Funk and Captain Warren Rudolph assisting.
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Winchester Police Force
Police
Winchester
Virginia
Lloyd P. Bland, Jr
Poice
Francis M. Funk
Warren Rudolph
Winchester Police Department
Fraternal Order of Police
Opequon
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Demos Push Campaign In Virginia Primary Amid Reform Talks
Democratic candidates in Virginia discuss education and welfare reform ahead of the July 15 primary. William Battle calls for stronger drug abuse action. J S Reynolds links welfare to generational cycles and urges quality education. Bernard Levin proposes a consumer protection office. Andrew Miller pushes for law enforcement funding and training.
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William Battle
Lynchburg
Virginia
Battle
J. Sargeant Reynolds
Virginia Beach
Reynolds
General Assembly
Bernard Levin
Norfolk
State Corporation Commission
Andrew P. Miller
Elmont
Levin
Miller
Man arrested after second suicide attempt on Norfolk ledge
Norfolk police arrest William Davis 27 of Dillon South Carolina after he again climbed onto the eighth floor ledge of the Seaboard Citizens Bank Building. B L Terepaugh helped pull him back inside while a priest and officers intervened. Davis had earlier left a bar where he met Frances Frost who alerted authorities.
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Norfolk
South Carolina
William Davis
Dillon
Davis
Seaboard Citizens Bank
B. L
Terepaugh
Tevelpaugh
Frances Frost
Seaboard
Miss Frost
Senate panel questions Nixon mail rate hike scheme
Sen Gale McGee calls Nixon plan to raise first class postage from 6 to 7 cents a scheme to move budget pressure. He argues funds mainly cover capital improvements rather than service. Dirksen backs the hike as necessary and may attach it to other legislation.
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Washington
Senate Post Office Committee
Nixon
Gale W. McGee
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
McGee
Winston M. Blount
Senate Appropriations
Post Office
Post Office Department
Miniskirt Policy Puts Parental Control in Detroit Schools
Detroit senior high principals waived school dress rules on miniskirts and said attire is decided by parents. Principal Robert Baumgartner of Cass Technical High School stated students may wear what parents permit as long as it does not disturb the classroom.
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Detroit
Robert Baumgartner
Cass Technical High School
Baumgartner
Gore Faces Re election Fight In Tennessee
In Tennessee Senator Albert Gore battles a tightening antiwar and ABM climate as Republicans Brock Kuykendall challenge his seat. Gore tours Memphis and western Tennessee, expanding offices and staffing to counter the perceived anti-Democratic tide. In Norfolk, bond set at 3500 for two older boys in fatal burning case. a third child released. hearing set for May 14.
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Gore
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
Senate
House
Edward M. Kennedy
William E. Brock
Brock Candy
Dan H. Kuykendall
Brock
Kuykendall
Memphis
Tennessee
George Wallace
Maine
New Hampshire
Kennedy
Long
Nashville
John Jay Hooker Jr
Norfolk (Ap
Norfolk
W. W. Cherry
Dabney B. Hawkins Sr
NSF Grants Fund Electronic Computing for Education
The National Science Foundation sponsored 173 grants totaling 22 million dollars to promote the use of electronic computing equipment in educational research during the previous year.
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The
National Science Foundation
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