Mansfield Won't Aid Filibuster Against Draft Bill
Senate leader Mike Mansfield rejects aiding a filibuster against the House approved draft compromise. The measure, passed 297 to 108, includes a 2.4 billion dollar annual military pay raise and calls Nixon to negotiate a final Indochina withdrawal date. The bill likely won’t become law for about a month.
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Senate Advances Election Spending bill with limits on personal funding
The Senate moved to finish a broad election spending bill after approving caps on personal campaign funds. It rejected measures banning union dues financing and short political ads, while voting for a 10 cent per voter media cap and specific personal spending limits. The bill faces veto risk and constitutional concerns over free speech.
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Paul Fannin
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Dominick
Hartke
High Court Sets Hearings Over C P Rate Hike
Virginia Supreme Court schedules an Aug 30 hearing on state action to enjoin Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co from collecting the rate increase. An Aug 31 date is set to cite SCC members for contempt over failing to cancel the $2.9 million hike.
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Virginia Supreme Court
State Corporation Commission
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
Henry E. Howell Jr
SCC
Andrew P. Miller
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Two Patrolmen Appointed to Winchester Police Force
Chief Maj. A Warren Rudolph announced the appointment of John Harold Kesler and Robert Owen Smith as patrolmen. Kesler, Allegheny County High School graduate and Marine veteran, will relocate with his wife Norma Mae Smith and their daughter. Smith, a New Market native and former Air Force sergeant, will move with his wife Martha Hodgson and their two children to 248 Opequon Ave.
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John Harold Kesler
Robert Owen Smith
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Allegheny County
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Celanese Plastics Company
Cumberland
Norma Mae Smith
Officer Smith
New Market
John Kerr School
Handley High School
Chesterfield County
Richmond
U.S. Air Force
Raritan Picnic Set Sunday by Clarke County Grounds
Zone I Gov Robert Hodgson announces the annual Raritan family picnic to be held Sunday at the Clarke County Raritan Horse Show Grounds. Activities start 4 30 p m with dinner at 6 p m. All Raritans and guests are invited with rain plans indoors. Clubs include Back Creek Clarke County Gainesboro Round Hill Shawnee Shawquon and Stonewall District.
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Clarke County
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Stonewall
Nun Wins Nomination to Run for Adrian City Commission
Sister Ann Joachim a Dominican nun and law professor at Sienna Heights College in Adrian won the Adrian primary with 1521 votes the highest among 14 candidates. She said Adrian had been a one party town too long and will run in the November general election in Lenawee County Michigan.
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Adrian City Commission
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Lenawee County
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Senators Authorize $21 Billion for Military Buying Bill
The Armed Services Committee approved a $21 billion military procurement bill with minor cuts to the Safeguard missile system and restored Navy F14 funding. The plan targets major weapons programs and faces a rugged Senate trip with possible amendments on Laos and Thai troop funds.
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Revisit brings 11 Fresh Air Fund children to Winchester
Eleven children from New York City arrived last week for three week stays with local host families under the Fresh Air Fund. They return for a second vacation, with some staying with familiar hosts, including three sisters with the Rogers family in Antioch West Virginia.
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Fresh Air Fund
Paul Newlin
War Memorial Building
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Otho Rogers
Antioch
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