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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1970

Page

5

Nerve Gas Train Faces Florida Court Challenge

Army plans to dump nerve gas vaults in the Atlantic faced a Florida court challenge led by Nathaniel Reed. Vaults moved from Richmond Kentucky and Anniston Alabama to Sunny Point North Carolina destined for sea disposal with pilots, decontamination teams, and armed security accompanying the train.

Apshapman Atlantic Cape Kennedy Fla Army Nathaniel P. Reed Florida Air and Water Pollution Control Board Richmond Anniston Ala Sunny Point N.C C. S. Stephens Tallapoosa Georgia Lexington Kentucky Mountains Griffin Macon Athens Ronnie Thompson Kentucky North Carolina Spruce Pine

Dear Abby Advice Column on Kissing and Etiquette

Dear Abby offers practical dating tips on improving kissing technique, finding a willing partner, and handling social expectations. The column also answers questions about lending money, repayment, teen party transportation, and letter writing etiquette with direct, period voice.

Parliament urged untouchables as cooks to end untouchability

A member of Parliament calls on central government ministers and 17 state governments to hire untouchables as cooks to remove the caste barrier. He notes one in seven Indians is untouchable.

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Senate Debates Safeguard ABM Expansion Ahead of Vote

Critics in the Senate press for limits on Safeguard expansion as a vote nears on funding for two more ABM sites. Supporters argue Safeguard is needed to counter Soviet missiles and leverage SALT talks, while opponents warn the plan fails at stopping threats and could derail arms control efforts. An AP poll notes about 50 senators backing or weighing the Cooper Hart amendment to block $322 million in ABM spending.

Starlite Washington Senate Soviet Union John Sherman Cooper Rey Allott Cooper Philip A. Hart D-Mich U.S Safeguard Associated Press

Desegregation Talks Advance in Virginia Suits

In Virginia desegregation actions, U S District Judge Hoffmann suspended Norfolk hearings after school officials and the Justice Department signaled agreement. Judge Merhige prepared to hear Richmond plan briefs as he weighs busing and gradual integration. Franklin Southampton cases foresee attendance plans. the Justice Department finds pairing and grouping acceptable.

Associated Press Virginia U.S Walter E. Hoffman Norfolk Franklin Southampton County Hoffman Justice Department Richmond Robert R. Merhige Jr Merhige NAACP Concerned Citizens of Roanoke Ted Dalton Lucy Addison Booker T. Washington Dalton

King Associates Dispute Time Magazine Hoover King Account

Three associates of Martin Luther King Jr and Coretta King refute Time magazine’s depiction of a 1964 meeting with FBI Director J Edgar Hoover. They say Hoover did not lecture King or discuss his personal life. Time stands by its reporting. Also Lyndon B Johnson to sponsor a business seminar at LBJ State Park August 28 with Henry Fowler and Walter Heller among speakers.

New York Martin Luther King Jr Time Magazine King FBI J. Edgar Hoover Time Hoover Coretta S. King Atlanta John Williams God Ralph David Abernathy Southern Christian Leadership Conference Andrew Young Walter E. Fauntroy Mr. Hoover Dr. King Fredericksburg Tex Lyndon B. Johnson Lbj State Park Johnson Pedernales River Henry H. Fowler Council of Economic Advisers Fowler ‘S Heller Department of Economics University of Minnesota

American GI Disappears After Saigon Hijack Attempt

Pvt. George M Hardin 20 of St Louis disappeared from a Saigon hospital after being taken to see a Korean flight engineer injured in an attempted hijacking of an Air Vietnam plane at Tan Son Nhut airport July 22. He escaped while using a restroom as police searched the six block area for two hours. Hardin was held at Long Binh stockade facing assault with a deadly weapon attempted hijacking and attempted kidnapping charges.

Saigon Hong Kong U.S Army George M Hardin St. Louis Air Vietnam Tan Son Nhut Hardin Long Binh

Festive Scene as Gas-Covered Train Passes Through Virginia

A convoy of two trains carrying concrete-deadly nerve gas rockets moved through Southwest Virginia drawing festive crowds. Residents waved at soldiers aboard the lead train while Army helicopters scouted the route. Troopers blocked viewpoints as the train crossed into Tennessee after three hours of passage.

Macon Ronnie Thompson Thompson Bristol Virginia Atlantic Ocean Panhandle Appalachia Here Tennessee Line Erwin Tenn

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