Camping and Trailer Show Draws 2000 at Winchester Armory
More than 2,000 people attended the Valley Camping and Trailer Club display at the Winchester Armory grounds. Highlights included a Holiday Rambler from Kent's Travel Trailer Sales of Purcellville, Va, and prizes awarded to attendees such as Carl Starliper of Clearbrook and Rosalie Wihn of Berryville. The club invites new members to its War Memorial Building meeting on the third Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Camping and Trailer Club
Winchester Armory Grounds
Kent
Purcellville
Carl Starliper
Clearbrook
Bobby Cutright
Millwood Ave
Laura Outright
Lewis Rotz
Woodstock
Rosalie Wihn
Henry Ave
Arthur Dolphin
Roosevelt Blvd
Allen LeDane
Bunker Hill
W.va
Elsie Canty
Berryville
War Memorial Building
Women reach top posts after starting as secretaries
Dr. Margaret Henning of Simmons College analyzed 110 women who became top managers in non traditional fields. The study, reported in Time Life Audio’s The Executive Voice, notes all were in their mid fifties, began as executive secretaries, moved to administrative roles, then to the executive suite, showing a consistent career pattern.
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New York
Margaret Henning
Simmons College
Time-Life Audio
Executive Voice
Coon Hunt Saturday At Augusta
Hampshire Jaycees present an all day coon hunt and beach show at the Hampshire County Fairgrounds in Augusta West Virginia. United Kennel Club licenses the event with twenty five trophies awarded across field trials water race night hunt and beach show for both registered and graded dogs. Scoring by local scorekeepers and final decisions by the Master of the Hounds. Starts 9 a.m. breakfast for early arrivers at 7 a.m. chicken barbecue at noon. Information from Rocky Saville Dogwood Estates Romney West Virginia 26757.
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Hampshire Jaycees
Hampshire County Fairgrounds
Augusta
W. Va
United Kennel Club
Rocky Saville
Dogwood Estates
Romney
Special Squad Targets Graffiti in Philadelphia City
Philadelphia police sergeant Anthony McGuire leads a special intelligence squad that has arrested 388 vandals in nine months. More than five million dollars yearly cover cleanup costs as mayor calls for tougher action, while GAW argues for community and arts programs to steer youths away from tagging.
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Philadelphia
Eileen McGuire
Eileen
Anthony McGuire
McGuire
Frank L. Rizzo
Almost no family in nation free of mental disorders
AP report cites 1967 National Institute of Mental Health survey claiming as many as 60 million Americans may be borderline schizophrenic or show deviant mental behavior, with 1.75 million schizophrenic or potentially schizophrenic individuals in public and 500,000 in hospitals. It notes rising hospitalizations for low mood, widespread psycho neurosis, and heavy societal costs from alcohol abuse and crime.
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Washington
National Institute of Mental Health
David Rosenthal
Institute
Rosenthal
National Academy of Sciences
United States
First French Ambassador Arrives in United States in 1778
In July 1778 Conrad Gerard arrived as Louis XVI's ambassador to the United States, the first foreign diplomatic representative accredited to the new nation.
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Conrad Gerard
United States
Louis XVI
France
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Coon Hunt
West Berlin
Otto Dressler
Art Gallery
Special Squad
Academy
Stewart Bell, JR
William Keyton
Charles Zuckerman
James Fleming
Michael Foreman
Shirley Bly
C. L. Riley
Democratic
S. Loudoun St
Winchester
Johnny Foltz
Jack Fretwell
Ed Touchstone
Randolph Larrick
Democratic Committee
Jeff Way
Jacobsen
Black & Decker
HUFFY
Sunbeam
Miller’s Hardware
N. Loudoun St
Warwick
Briar Park
Nyalle
DuPont
Fortres
Herculon
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