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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1972
Page
5
REYKJAVIK Iceland AP Bobby Fischer built a 612-312 lead over Boris Spassky in the world chess championship with 10 of 24 games played. Fischer needs six more points to clinch the title while Spassky must overcome an eight and a half point deficit.
In Saigon President Nguyen van Thieu signed a stringent press law amid national emergency. Daily papers must post 50 000 dollars and may be suspended twice for security violations pending military court review. Periodicals face 25 000 dollar guarantees. most of Saigon's 30 daily papers cannot meet funds.
A 19 year old Oakland sailor faces 25 charges including a possible death penalty for arson aboard the aircraft carrier Forrestal. The Navy says the case involves four small fires and a major blaze on July 10 delaying the carrier’s deployment.
Middletown area Wayside Theatre opens Write Me a Murder a Frederick Knott suspense play with star Ken Starrett as the elegant heir in an English country mansion. The cast includes Charles O. Lynch Michael Murdock Mickey Hartnett and Sally Birckhead. Evening shows run Tuesday to Saturday at 8 30 p m with Sunday 6 30 p m and 2 30 p m matinees on Wednesday and Saturday. Reservations urged for the week run starting August 8.
The Shenandoah Valley Music Festival presents the second of five concerts at Massanutten Academy Woodstock starting 8:30 p.m. General admission at the door. The 80-piece Festival Orchestra performs Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F major conducted by Dr. Richard Lert. Also on the program are Mahler and Tchaikovsky pieces conducted by Phillip Spurgeon.
An all-day meeting at Timber Ridge Pentecostal Church on Rt. 696 is scheduled for August 13 starting at 10 a.m. The event will feature singing and preaching with meals provided at noon and 4 p.m. Attendees are asked to bring a picnic basket.
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