Frederick County Abandons Cloud Seeding Ordinance Push
County supervisors abandon an ordinance making cloud seeding a felony and back a resolution urging state and federal lawmakers to pursue anti cloud seeding and antiweathermaking measures. The board also notes fox trapping progress and drainage study plans for Fox Drive, with requests for a residents petition and long term storm study directions.
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Frederick County
J. Kenneth Robinson
del. F. L. Largent
Northern Virginia
John O. Marsh, Jr
West Virginia
Harley O. Staggers
Mr. Staggers
Congress
Pentagon critics press amendments to cut defense spending
Senators Mondale Case and Fulbright seek to trim key military funds including 377 million for a nuclear powered carrier and 45.6 million in military science research. Stennis defends the 200 billion authorization while warning against piecemeal cuts and rising distrust of the armed forces.
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Washington
Pentagon
John Stennis
Sens
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Clifford Case
R-N.j
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate
Stennis
Armed Services Committee
Mississippi Democrat
U.S
Morale Seen High Despite Racial Incidents at Kaneohe
Marine Gen Leonard F Chapman Jr says morale is high after a Kaneohe incident injuring 16 Marines amid salutes during a base flag lowering. The events follow a Camp Lejeune stabbing death earlier in July.
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Honolulu
Leonard F. Chapman Jr
U.S. Marine Icorps
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Hawaii
Kaneohe Marine Air Station
Chapman
Vietnam
Okinawa
Kaneohe
Apple Marketing Clinic Opens Tomorrow in Chicago
Ben R. Lacy III of Front Royal heads the National Apple Institute inviting industry leaders to a two day National Apple Marketing Clinic at the O Hare Inn Chicago. The event reviews crop condition utilization prospects and market factors for the 1969 season with about 60 representatives attending. The annual guesstimate foresees 154 million bushels at 42 pounds per bushel, a figure similar to 1964 65 crops and the per capita share around 32 pounds.
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Ben R. Lacy III
Front Royal
National Apple Institute
NAI
Chicago
O'Hare Inn
O’hare
New York
Apple Growers Association
Appalachian
USDA
College of Agriculture
Apple
United States
Former Bishop Accepts Canon of Church After Marriage
Santa Fe New Mexico AP James P Shannon former auxiliary bishop of Minneapolis and St Paul says he does not dispute the Catholic Church canon that his marriage caused automatic laicization He notes no plans to leave the Church and will continue teaching at St Johns College Santa Fe while taking a new role there This comes after a 10 day wedding trip with Ruth Wilkinson of Rochester NY and him stating the marriage conflicts with church law but remains his spiritual home.
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Santa FE
N.M
James P. Shannon
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Shannon
Ruth Wilkinson
Rochester
N.Y
St. John’s College of Santa Fe
Shenandoah SchoolGets State Loan for New Strasburg Building
Shenandoah County Public Schools receive an approved $840,000 state literary loan to fund a new Strasburg Primary School. Insurance payout of $44,000 for the 1968 Strasburg Elementary fire is in hand. Final construction plans have state approval and total costs are estimated at $884,000.
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Esther Bryan
Lobachsville
Pottstown
Strasburg
Shenandoah County
W. W. Robinson
Greene County elects first black majority board in Alabama
Six Negro farmers and four others were sworn in to Greene County Commission and Board for Education, forming Alabama's first black majority. The ceremony included an inaugural ball and comments by Ralph Abernathy and Sen. Birch Bayh praising the Voting Rights Act progress and civil rights advancement.
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Eutaw
Ala
Alabama
The
Greene
County Commission
Board For Education
Dennis Herndon
Peter Kirksey
Black Belt
Martin Luther King
Birch Bayh
D.ind
Greene County
America
SBA Opens Richmond Disaster Loan Office After Floods
The SBA declared Richmond a disaster area and opened a local branch to process low interest 3 percent loans repayable over 30 years for flood losses to homes businesses and personal property. Loans cover uncovered losses after insurance payments. The Fulton District area was hardest hit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Small Business Administration
Thomas F. Regan
Fulton District
Mary Shuffler Crowned Miss Warren County Fair 1969
Mary Beth Shuffler, daughter of Clarence J. Shuffler, was named Miss Warren County Fair 1969 at the Warren County Agricultural and Industrial Fair in Front Royal. The event opened with a ribbon ceremony led by Mayor William A. Lillard Jr. and Jaycees president David Vines, with Miss Congeniality awarded to Christy Curry.
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Mary Beth Shuffler
Warren County
William A. Lillard, Jr
David Vines
Front Royal Jaycees
Miss Shuffler
Clarence J. Shuffler
Gloria Jo McFall
Kay Morrison
Robert L. Morrison
Diana Cooke
Winfred Cooke
Christy Curry
Ray L. Cure
Thomas A. Gibson
Negroes Loot Snack Bar at White Pool
About 1,200 African Americans swarmed a white pool in Eutaw Alabama looting the snack bar after six Black residents were inaugurated to Greene County posts. Sheriff Bill Lee said the group, led by Rev. Ralph Abernathy after the freedom march, swam then left without charges filed.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Herndon
Hilton Ishee
William Lee
Curtis Eatman
Andrew Wright
Greene County
Vassie Knotts
Harry Means
Levi Morrow Sr
Frenchie Burton
J. A. Posey
Robert Hines
Ralph David Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Abernathy
White Pool
Eutaw
Ala
Bill Lee
Lee
Shenandoah Ave to Run One Way North From Pall Mall to Cork
Most of Shenandoah Ave from Pall Mall St to Cork St will be one way northbound starting Thursday. Police Traffic Sergeant Fred Hildebrand said two vehicles cannot pass on Shenandoah Ave and a lengthy traffic study led to the change.
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Shenanedoah Ave
Pall Mall St
Cork St
Shenandoah Ave
Winchester
Fred Hildebrand
Twoeway
Oneeway North
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Johnson
McDonnell & Co
O'Brien
W. Averell Harriman
Defense Department
Look Magazine
Paris
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Norway
Hank Snow
Bergen
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Winchester Evening Star
Apple Clinic
Con Thien
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Bayh
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Warren Fair
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N. Loudoun St
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