Rainy summer aids fruit crops but delays harvest
Local growers report ample rainfall improving some apple varieties while delaying others. The Winchester area saw record July rainfall and ongoing August showers. Farmers warn of "punkiness" and fruit splitting from excess water, plus harvest delays due to soft ground hindering spraying and ripening.
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Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Winchester
Fred Frederickson
Timberville
Shenandoah County
James Laise
H. F. Byrd, Inc
Red Delicious
Yorks
Stayman
Golden Delicious
Front Royal Man Severely Burned In Gasoline Explosion
Glenn Streets Jr of 427 Virginia Ave Front Royal was critically burned with third degree burns over 15 to 20 percent of his body and second degree burns on 40 percent when fumes from spilled gasoline in a flooded basement exploded as he started a sump pump. His wife and two children escaped injury.
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Front Royal
Virginia Ave
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Charlottesville Hospital
Glenn Streets, Jr
Streets
C. Warren Turner
Forecast improves to fair weather tomorrow
The gloomy outlook may ease with fair weather expected tomorrow and Thursday. The temperature could reach the high 80s tomorrow. New location: Dr. Dorothy Leake M.D. 19 N. Washington St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
Dorothy Leake
M.D
Washington St
Kiesinger Heads to U.S. For Talks on Berlin and Unity
Bonn confirms Chancellor Kiesinger will meet President Nixon in the United States to discuss European unity and East West relations. Western allies and Bonn seek a cautious approach to Moscow on Berlin while exploring prospects for talks. Rogers notes possible encouragement but Bonn remains skeptical of Soviet readiness.
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Bonn
Kurt-Georg Kiesinger
United States
Nixon
Berlin
West Germany
Kiesinger
Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
West Berlin
U.S
William P. Rogers
France
Britain
Rogers
State Highway Dept Holds Firm on Rt 739 Reroute Plan
A. K. Hunsberger announced no changes to the Apple Pie Ridge Road reroute as the department discussed the Rt 37 bypass at Rt 522 north of Winchester. The second meeting of engineers, officials, and residents was held at Frederick County Junior High School.
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State Highway Department
Apple Pie Ridge
A. K. Hunsberger
Winchester
Frederick County Junior High School
Surtax Extension Moves Into Tax Reform Debate
Washington AP reports the House advances a six month income sur tax extension as part of a broad tax reform bill. The Rules Committee weighs allowing amendments from reform critics while a 237 to 170 vote extends the 10 percent surcharge through December 31. An additional six month, five percent extension is included in the reform bill. The Nixon administration backs the overall extension with the package continuing to face debate.
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Washington
House
Rules Committee
Virginia reports tidy fiscal surplus of 25.5 million dollars
Governor Mills Godwin Jr. announced an unobligated surplus of 25.5 million dollars for the year ended June 30, reflecting 3.7 percent revenue growth. He cautioned that rising costs and new demands could offset the extra funds, with Medicaid at about 40 million and capital construction eyed at 300 million for 1970–72.
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Richmond
Virginia
Mills. Godwin Jr
Godwin
Sidney C. Day Jr
Some Steel Prices Are Rolled Back
U S Steel Corp lowered its price hikes on galvanized and aluminum coated sheets from 9.50 to 4.50 a ton while keeping higher rates on other materials. The move came after other producers failed to match the initial 9.50 increase, with major producers following an average 4.8 percent rise overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
U.s.steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Valley Music Festival Opens Tomorrow At Orkney Springs
The seventh annual Shenandoah Valley Music Festival begins tomorrow night with a pops program outdoors at Orkney Springs Pavilion, moving indoors to the hotel lobby if rain. Conductors Dr. Richard Lert Phillip Spurgeon Robert Kreis share the podium, with featured soloist Eliot Chapo the violinist and a 90 piece orchestra drawn from major U.S. symphonies. The event runs through Saturday August 16 and draws musicians from across the country, including guests from Iceland and Nova Scotia.
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Shenandoah Valley
Orkney Springs
Richard Lert
Pasadena
Calif
Phillip Spurgeon
Phoenix, Ariz
Robert Kreis
Wheeling, W. Va
Kerry Taliaferro
Landestheater
Darmstadt
Germany
Ascher Temkin
Brockport College Community Orchestra
Brockport
N.Y
Dwight M. Dailey
Tulsa, Okla, Philharonic Orchestra
Taavo Wirkhaus
All-University Symphony
Rochester
Tomkins
Brockport College
New York State University Network
Wirkhaus
Eastman School of Music
United States
Icelandic Symphony
Atlantic Symphony Orchestra
Nova Scotia
Lert
Vienna
American Symphony Orchestra League
Summer
The
Three U S POWs Released From North Vietnam Headed Home
Three U S prisoners of war Capt. Wesley Rumble Lt. Robert Frishman and Douglas Hegdahl were released and boarded an IC C plane in Hanoi bound for Vientiane Laos Their release followed months of captivity with Hanoi radio recounting their experiences and medical treatment Frishman praised Vietnamese doctors for saving his arm and wished the war would end soon Rumble recalled a successful bailout and Hegdahl described a sea escape after falling from a cruiser Canberra on April 5 1967
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Hanoi
U.S
Vietnam
Douglas Brent Hegdahl
Watertown
S.C
Wesley Lewis Rumle
Oroville
Calif
Robert Franchot Frishman
Santee
Vientiane, Laos
International Control Commission
Vientiane
Wesley Lewis Rumble
Air Force
Douglas Hegdahl
S. C
Frishman
Rumble
North Vietnam
Hegdahl
Canberra
Seventh District Congressman Marsh backs Battle in Virginia runoff
Seventh District Congressman John O. Marsh Jr announces support for William C. Battle in the August 19 Democratic runoff. Marsh praises Battle’s leadership and public service, saying he would offer much to Virginia as governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John O. Marsh, Jr
William C. Battle
Marsh
Bill Battle
Virginia
Weather Outlook Over Atlantic Impedes Front Near Coast
A high pressure system over the western Atlantic slows a frontal boundary from Maine to Florida and brings in moist air over the coast, causing rain to ease gradually along the region.
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Richmond
Atlantic
Maine
Florida
Spot-Bilt Gear and Shield Mouth Guard Sale
Spot-Bilt Little League football shoes offered at low and high prices. Shield mouth guard available at Snag's Sport Shop located at the corner of Braddock and Boscawen.
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BILT
Low & High
Snag’s Sport
Braddock & Boscawen
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Bie
Nancy Pennypacker
Star
John Wolfe
Frederick County
Jonathans
D. K. Russell
Clearbrook
Howard Johnson
Riteway Cleaners
Gromyko
Soviet Union
National Control Commission
Laos
Valley Music Festival
Eliot Chapo
Chapo
U.S. Marine Band
Washington, D.C
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Sim
Wheeling W. Va
Mary Helen Massie
Seaman
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