Holton predicts flood of GOP candidates in Virginia
Roanoke attorney Linwood Holton predicts Republicans will run for three quarters of the House of Delegates seats in November. He says Byrd Organization dominance is the GOP asset and that voters want change. Holton also says any Democratic opponent will be tough to beat in the governor race.
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Associated Press
Roanoke
Linwood Holton
GOP
House of Delegates
Holton
Old Dominion College
Virginia
Byrd Organization
Campaign Debate Over Land Tax Use Basis Sees Norfolk and Charlottesville Figures
The article notes William C. Battle of Charlottesville facing a Dem challenge with State Sen. Henry E. Howell Jr. as a key rival. Battle pushes local option to defer taxation on land based on use, while opponents argue for tied programs linking tax policy to land use.
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William C. Battle
Charlottesville
Henry E. Howell Jr
Norfolk
Battle
Foreman Reelected WEA Head
Michael M. Foreman of Handley High School faculty is reelected president of the Winchester Education Association for the 1969 70 school year. Kenneth West becomes president elect with Roberta Berryhill and Patsy Gochenour as officers. Foreman holds Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa honors and chairs the Virginia Education Association Retirement Committee.
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Michael M. Foreman
Handley High School
Winchester Education Association
Foreman
Kenneth West
Handley
Roberta Berryhill
Patsy Gochenour
University of Richmond
Phi Beta Kappa
Omicron Delta Kappa
University of Virginia
Jaycee’s
Virginia Education Association
Veerle Stickley
Strasburg
Cedarmeade
West
University of North Carolina
Phoebe White
Winchester
Frederick County
WEA
Winchester School Board
Battle cites tax deferments to curb sprawl in Virginia politics
Battle told a Loudoun County audience the tax deferral system could deter land speculation and protect parklands. State Sen. Herbert L. Bateman backed him, praising Battle as best suited to move Virginia forward while upholding its traditions. Other candidates criticized Cornell University dissidents and discussed vetoes on a court costs imprisonment bill.
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Battle
Australia
Loudoun County
Herbert L. Bateman
Newport News
Virginia
Cornell University
Mills E. Godwin Jr
W. Carrington Thompson
Cornell
del. Bernard Levin
Norfolk
Godwin
Virginia Supreme Court
Commonwealth
General Assembly
New Pattern 4899 Jr. Miss Sizes 7 to 15
The ad promotes sewing patterns including Printed Pattern 4899 for Jr. Miss sizes 7 9 11 13 15 with fabric yardage 2 5 8 yards for size 11. It offers mail order purchase through Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star pattern department with pattern price sixty cents plus 15 cents mailing, and mentions a spring summer catalog and an instant sewing book for $1 with over 500 pictures.
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NEW Jr
Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
West 17Th St
New York
N.Y
Egypt's High Aswan Dam Stands Tall and Massive
The article notes the Aswan Dam rising 364 feet, extending two miles in length and tapering to nearly a mile in base thickness, describing its scale and engineering significance.
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Egypt
Aswan
Fire engulfs pickup on Senseng Road near Berryville
Raymond McDonald of the John H. Enders Fire Company sprayed water into a burning pickup on Senseng Road about five miles west of Berryville. The truck owned by Jerry Herbaugh burst into flames while en route to the dump. Firefighters responded at 12:30 p.m. and contained the fire, leaving the cab burned out and grass burning.
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Raymond McDonald
John H. Enders Fire Company
Berryville
Senseng Road
Jerry Herbaugh
Rt. 5
Clarke Star
Bill Rhoden
NASA public affairs chief Haney quits agency amid clash
AP report states Haney, once dubbed The Voice of Apollo, resigns from NASA after a three hour meeting with Julian Scheer. He leaves the Manned Space Flight Center in Houston with two weeks notice and looks at new opportunities.
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Washington
Paul Haney
Voice of
Apollo
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Husky
Julian Scheer
NASA
Haney
Manned Space Flight Center
Houston
Tex
Scheer
Space Agency
Brian Duff
Associated Press
White House
Photographers’ Association
Ground Breaking Ceremony at Elm Street Church
The Elm Street Full Gospel Tabernacle holds a ground breaking Sunday at 2 30 p m beside the former church with Rev Wallace Odum district superintendent guest speaker He will lead worship at 11 oclock tomorrow morning and the Rev and Mrs Irvin Stonesifer invite the public Bastille Day noted as a French holiday equivalent to the Fourth of July.
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Elm Street
Full Gospel Tabernacle
Wallace Odum
Odum
Irvin L. Stonesifer
Area Firms Enter Window Display Contest
Eleven local firms have entered the Apple Blossom Window Display contest. Six entries are in the Artistic-Commercial division: J. J. Newberry Co. Baker and Anderson Boyd's Drug Store People’s Service Drug Store No 1 C and P Telephone Co. and The Floor Shop. Five entries in the Artistic division include Leggett Department Store Patton's Furniture Sales Miller and Anderson Drug Fair and Walt's Aquarium & Pet Shop. Kent Bailey chairs the contest to be judged Thursday morning by horticultural society presidents from four states. Entries accepted through Saturday. Edward Jenner vaccination pioneer 1796 noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Newberry Co
Baker and Anderson
Boyd’s Drug Store
Peoples Service Drug Store No. 1
C & P Telephone Co
Leggett Department Store
Patton’s Furniture Sales
Miller and An
Derson
Drug Fair
Walt’s Aquarium & Pet Shop
Kent Bailey
Horticultural Societies
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
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Allis
Ireland
Michael M
Elm St
Edward Jenner
Caldwell
Caldwell-Sites CO
Paper Mill
Winchester Retail Merchants Association
Winchester Retail
A & N Store
Merchants Association
OF Winchester Retail Merchants Association
Argenbright’s Shoes
Baker & Anderson Bell Clothes Store
Boyd's Drug Store
Cain Furniture
Chapman Motor Co, Colonial Art & Craft Corner Stationery
Cooper's Jewelers Commercial & Savings Bank
Diana Shops
Nancy Yost
Diskay Discount Mart
H. W. Ebert
BUICK
Eleanor Shop
F & M National Bank
G & M Music Center
G W Motors
Gray & Eddy Grove Furniture
Margaret L. Hodgson
Huntsberry’s Shoes
the Jewel Box
Kinney’s Shoe Store
Mecrory
Miller & Anderson Miller’s Hardware
Miller’s Drug Store
Mulvey
Newberry’s J. C. Penney Co, Peoples Service Drug Store
Potomac Edison CO
Royal Jeweler’s Schewel Furniture CO
Shenandoah Valley
Nat’s Bank
Shengal Corp, Shenval Music
Silco JR
Solenberger’s Hardware
Triangle Shoe Wilkins Shoe Center
Wenders, Inc
Workingman’s Store
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