Nixon Returns to Work After Maine Getaway
President Nixon resumed duties after a Maine weekend on a private 22 acre island. He met no scheduled White House appointments while Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker prepared to visit Washington for Vietnam talks. He also sent Rogers and Sisco to New York to discuss UNICEF humanitarian and communications issues.
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Jack J. Dreyfus Jr
George McGovern
South Dakota
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Indiana
Henry M. Jackson
New Hampshire
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David and
Julie Eisenhower
Robinson Praises Lake Plan and Rural Development
Rep J Kenneth Robinson spoke at a dedication ceremony for a lake project aimed at securing future water supply. He urged upgrading public facilities and better inter agency coordination to sustain small rural towns amid changing agriculture and mobility, praising the Soil Conservation Service and Farmers Home Administration collaboration.
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Soil Conservation Service
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New Teachers Orientation Set by Winchester Chamber
The Winchester Frederick County Chamber of Commerce hosts its third annual New Teachers Orientation on August 19 at 3 30 p.m. at 29 South Cameron Street. Chamber president Philip B Whitney invites all new public school teachers in Winchester and Frederick County. Elise Wilkins chairs the event assisted by Chamber Board wives.
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Winchester - Frederick County
Chamber
Senior Citizens Art Craft Show at War Memorial Building
The Senior Citizen's Club hosts an arts and craft show at the War Memorial Building tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. The event will feature paintings needlecraft baked goods garden vegetables antique jewelry and other items of interest.
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ARC Plans Picnic for Thursday
The County Association for Retarded Children will hold a family picnic Thursday at 6 30 p.m. at the Lions Shelter in City Park. The event is open to members guests friends and their families. Grills will be provided for cooking.
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Winchester - Frederick
Lions Shelter
Teapot Dome scandal named after rock formation
The 1920s oil leasing scandal centered on Teapot Dome was tied to a rock formation on one of the involved oil reserves. The term Teapot Dome became the enduring label for the controversy and its associated political fallout.
Northern Ireland bans religious parades and locks down
Prime Minister Brian Faulkner orders internment without trial of IRA guerrillas and bans the annual Protestant Apprentice Boys parade. British troops raid 200 Republican and leftist leaders during the night as violence erupts in Belfast and Londonderry. A Green Howards private becomes the 29th and 11th British soldier to die this year amid street clashes, sniper fire, and rioting described as a controlled, brief outbreak of unrest.
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Coast Guard Escorts Pirated Yacht to Honolulu
A Coast Guard cutter escorted the hijacked 73 foot Kamak toward Honolulu after a pursuit that included a squall maneuver. Three men seized the vessel from owner E L Doheny during a Friday night raid, then set the crew adrift before being picked up by an Italian freighter. The hijackers aimed for Tahiti as air and sea patrols tracked the vessel. Doheny was aboard the escort craft. the yacht had competed in the Transpacific Yacht Race.
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Evening registration offered at Lord Fairfax College
A special Wednesday session at Lord Fairfax Community College runs 5 to 9 p.m. for students who could not register during the day. Prospective fall enrollees should apply and register promptly to choose preferred classes. Tuition and fees must be paid to complete registration. fall quarter ends September 21.
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Lord Fairfax Community College
White sergeant acquitted in death of black soldier at Da Nang
In Da Nang Camp Baxter, Sgt. Jerry L. Holden was acquitted of unpremeditated murder in the 25 March death of Spec. 4 Christopher Brown amid racial tensions. Holden, 21, from Fort Worth, Texas, was found guilty only of illegal possession of a .45 pistol and fined $100.
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Vietnam
Jerry L. Holden
Fort Worth
Tex
Christopher Brown
Ridgeville
S.C
Holden
Brown
Camp Baxter
Army expands antidrug tests for troops on 14 day leaves
The US Army says it will extend its urinalysis program to detect drug use by soldiers leaving Vietnam for 14 day US leaves. About 4000 soldiers a month will be tested, with plans to cover seven day rest and recreation trips to Bangkok Formosa Hong Kong Sydney or Honolulu. Detected heroin amphetamine and barbiturate users will face detox or treatment, and those failing will be denied leave.
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Army
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Formosa
Hong Kong
Sydney
Honolulu
Homer and Jethro partner dies after heart attack
Kenneth Burns, partner of the comedy duo Homer and Jethro, mourns Henry D. Haynes age 51 who died of a heart attack before a Great Midwest Fair appearance in Crete Illinois. The pair formed in 1932, recorded over 50 albums and performed across 35 towns. Burns will take time to decide about future performances.
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Evanston, Ill
Kenneth Burns
Jethro
Homer and Jethro
Henry D. Haynes
Burns
Haynes
Homer
Crete
Ill
Knoxville
Tenn
Brush Fire Threatens California Condor Sanctuary
A fast moving 200 acre fire in Los Padres NF neared the Sespe Condor Sanctuary as 500 firefighters plus heavy equipment and 12 air tankers battled the blaze. No structures or condors were reported injured.
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Fillmore
Calif
California
U.S. Forest Service
Los Padres National Forest
Prosperous Kentucky Turnpike Could Stay Toll Road Twenty Years
The Kentucky Turnpike, hailed as the most prosperous toll road in the state, may remain a toll facility for the next 20 years while bonds are amortized within two years. Revenue would fund a proposed southward toll road extension from Louisville through Elizabethtown.
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Kentucky Turnpike
Louisville- Elizabethtown
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