Riders stage western show for Camp Shenandoah visitors
The Opequoh Saddle Club held a special western riding event at New Frontier Park Stephens City for 60 mentally retarded campers visiting Camp Shenandoah Mt Falls. Club president Charles Sandy led riders with Carlton Dyke arranging the visit. Proceeds support community causes.
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Mr. Dawkins
Virginia
Washington, D.C
Maryland
Mr. Dyke
Denzil Fawcett
Leonard Derflinger
James Wallace
Charles L. Brown
Winchester
Gary Oates
Stephenson
Charles Sandy
Stephens City
Billy Wallace
Timmy Sandy
New Frontier Park
Farmers Receive REAP Cost-Share Payments in Frederick County
Frederick County ASCS reports progress on the 1971 Rural Environmental Assistance Program with 168 farmers participating. Through July 30, about $21,620 has been earned, representing the federal share for soil and water conservation measures.
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Frederick
Virginia B. McClure
ASC
Twirlers Invite Spectators to Square Dancing Night
The Blue Ridge Twirlers invite spectators to Robert E. Ayler Junior High School tomorrow night at 8 o clock for square dancing. President William L. Galladay Jr promotes fun and new classes start in September. Call 662 6350 or 667 0944 for details.
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Blue Ridge Twirlers
Robert E. Ayler
William L. Galladay, Jr
Twirlers
Five Virginians Die in Indiana Crash Near Noblesville
A car truck collision at Indiana 37 and 238 killed six people, including five members of a St. Charles Virginia family. Emory Parsons 58 Hazel 58 Della Mae 19 William 8 Jesse 12 and Orie Young 30, all of St. Charles, died. Parsons tried to left turn when struck by a semi driven by John Walker 43 of Kokomo.
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Noblesville, Ind
Indiana
St. Charles
Hamilton County
Nobesville
Emory H. Parsons
Rt. 1
Hazel
Della Mae
William
Jesse
Orie Young
Parsons
John Walker
Kokomo
Soil Conservation Service Villain in Waterway Battle
Washington AP report on congressional hearings about stream channelization, with criticism from wildlife officials and conservation groups. The Soil Conservation Service defends flood control aims while noting project costs and fish habitat impacts, stressing a balanced approach with local sponsors.
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Soil Conservation Service
Washington
Federal Soil Conservation Service
House
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Henry Ross
Nathaniel P. Reed
Secretary of the Interior For Fish, Wildlife and Parks
Kenneth Grant
Reuss
Reed
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
North Carolina
McMahon Fires Gorton Over Memoirs Split in Cabinet
Australian Prime Minister William McMahon dismissed former prime minister and defense minister John Gorton after five days of controversy over his memoirs. McMahon accused the memoirs of breaking cabinet solidarity and questioning ministerial integrity. Gorton’s first installment appeared last Sunday in a weekly. News of Nixon’s trip to China had little stock impact.
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Sydney
Australia
William McMahon
John Gorton
McMahon
Gorton
Liberal Party
Nixon
Communist
China
Millions of Butterflies Swarm Mount Shasta Area
Millions of butterflies blanket Mt Shasta region towns Dunsmuir and McCloud clogging auto radiators and highways along U S 89. Local naturalists identify species including monarchs regal fritillaries queens buckeyes red admirals and wood nymphs amid five weeks of appearances near the 10 437 foot mountain.
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MT. Shasta
Calif
California
Dunsmuir and
McCloud
Dunsmuir
Jack Gillespie
U.S. 89
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Howard Dawkins
Carlton Dyke
Opequon Saddle Club
Camp Shenandoah
Mt. Falls
Richmond
Robert J. Boyd Jr
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Trinity Episcopal Church
Fredericksburg
Boyd
Davidson College
Union Theological Seminary
Robert H. Shaw
St. Stephen's
Montana
Florida
Missouri
William E. Towell
American Forestry Association
Louis S. Clapper
National Wildlife Federation
Gilbert Run
Waldorf
Wicomico River
Grant
Montgomery
Buffalo Bill” Cody
Lookout Mountain
Golden, Colo
Loudoun St
Ai Witt
Pieter Pieense Nang
Winchester, Va
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