Warren County Fair opens with Miss Warren County chosen
Front Royal celebrates the 15th Warren County Fair as Mayor Lillard cuts the ribbon. Miss Debbie Atkins, 17, was selected as Miss Warren County Fair from 22 contestants. The event drew over 1,000, with Ginger Rosenberry and Janet Fox as runners up. exhibits span farming to side shows, with daily entertainment and upcoming events through Saturday.
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Front Royal
William A. Lillard
Warren County Agriculture and Industrial Fair
James Wetzel
Warren County Board of
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Rt. 522
Front Royal Jaycees
Fair
Cotton Owens
Jaycee
Ray Oliver
Debbie Atkins
Warren County High School
Warren County Fair
Bootie Brown
Ginger Rosenberry
Rosenberry
Marcia Rosenberry
Rocky Rosenberry
Janet Fox
Eddie Fox
Nixon Sending Kissinger To S Vietnam for Talks
President Nixon sends Henry Kissinger to South Vietnam for a general review of Vietnam issues including Paris talks. Kissinger will meet Thieu Bunker and Weyand in Saigon, return before the Republican convention, with travel plans to be announced.
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S. Vietnam
Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Paris
White House
U.S
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Ellsworth Bunker
Frederick C. Weyland
Ronald L. Ziegler
Issinger
Ziegler
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Switzerland
Hospital Losses Upheld for Underground Electrical Service
The Town Council denied Warren Memorial Hospital administrator Houston M. McMurry's request to spend up to $4,000 for underground electrical service. The vote favored limiting cost to the hospital, with Nichols opposing. The council also discussed building code changes and set a public hearing for Aug. 28 on auto accident duty duties.
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Front Royal
Warren Memorial Hospital
Houston M. McMurry
Karmit Nichols
State of Virginia Life
Nichols
Airport Commission
Legal Council
Boy Girl Relationship Class Set For Area Youth
A planned instructional class on boy girl relationships for young people will be held Thursday August 24 from 7 to 10 15 p m at Marlow Heights Baptist Church. Parents must sign permission slips. Instructors cover spiritual social biological and family aspects. Permission forms available at the Warren County Extension office and sign up is due by August 21.
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Front Royal
Marlow Heights Baptist Church
Robert Hale-Cooper
Virginia McCormick
Dennis P. McCarty
Kathleen Wampler
Warren County Extension Office
Quebec Environment Department Plans $200000 Study on Water Quality
The Quebec environment department allocates about $200000 this summer to finish studies begun last spring assessing the Watley watershed quality in the province.
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LAKES
Quebec
Quebec Environment Department
Watley
Auto Prices Discussed at White House
President Nixon ordered talks with representatives from Ford Chrysler GM and American Motors at the White House to discuss 1973 car prices. Rumsfeld arranged meetings to assess auto price increases needed to cover new antipollution and safety standards and the overall economic impact.
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Nixon
White House
Donald Rumsfeld
Cost of Living Council
Rumsfeld
Ford
Front Royal OKs 20-Cent Real Estate Tax Hike
The council approved a $933,837 budget for the new fiscal year starting Sept 1 financed in part by a 20 cent real estate tax increase. The rate rises to 1.25 dollars per 100 assessed valuation from 1.05. The action came after a 40 minute public hearing with no opposition and was unanimous.
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Front Royal
Rezoning Approved for Huffman Heights Subdivision Change
City council approved the Huffman Heights rezoning from R2 to R1 by unanimous vote, prohibiting multi family dwellings. Also approved unanimously a gross receipts tax on telephone and telegraph corporations and a 35 mph speed limit on specified streets.
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Front Royal
Huffman Heights
Woman Struck By Moving Car In Winchester
Winchester police said Ann Brown 55 of 324 Fairmont Ave was injured today when an unoccupied car owned by Martin Flemming 435 Mosby St lurched forward at Lamar Sloan Ford and struck her. A hospital spokesman said Mrs. Brown was treated and released at Winchester Memorial Hospital at 8 28 a.m.
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Ann Brown
Fairmont Ave
Martin Flemming
Mosby St
Flemming
Lamar Sloan Ford
Brown
Skyline Caverns a Major Tourist Draw Near Front Royal
Skyline Caverns near Front Royal one mile south of Skyline Drive draws about 150000 visitors yearly. Operations manager Carlos Wine leads a year round staff of 16, rising to 55 in peak months. a $30000 parking area and planned cafeteria style restaurant are under development. Discovery in 1937 by Dr. Walter S. Amos is recounted by Allen Mussaeus, with notes on geology and the cave’s grandeur.
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Skyline Caverns
Skyline
Thomas H. Gibson
Skyline Drive
Gibson
Agnes
Carlos Wine
Walter S. Amos
Allen Mussaeus
Amos
4-H Honor Club to Meet August 21 in Warren County
Warren County 4-H Honor Club members meet August 21 at 7 30 p.m. at the Extension Office on East Jackson Street. The gathering plans the fall 4-H program and Festival of Leaves activities including an apple cider booth at the festival on October 14 and 15.
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Front Royal
Warren County
East Jackson St
Warren County 4-H Fishing Rodeo Set for Aug 22
The Warren County 4-H fishing rodeo Thursday Aug 22 starts at 4 pm at Leach's pond near Front Royal. Prizes will go to smallest and largest fish and to the most fish caught. A 6 pm covered dish supper follows, with drinks and ice cream provided. A county campfire and candlelight service close the program.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Leach’s Pond
Lord Fairfax Soil and Water Conservation District
4-H Council
Valley Camping Club Meets Tonight for 7:30 Session
The Valley Camping and Trailer Club holds its monthly meeting in the Winchester War Memorial Building with a 7:30 start after a 7 p.m. board session. The annual picnic is planned for August 25–27 at Massanutten Camp Forest near Front Royal. Otterburn Elementary offers books for sale Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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The
Valley Camping and Trailer Club
Winchester Ward Memorial
Massanutten Camp Forest
Otterburn
Shirley Temple Becomes Nation's Youngest Millionaire
Shirley Temple, a child film actress, is identified as the nation's youngest person to build a millionaire estate, with wealth exceeding $1 million before turning ten.
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Shirley Temple
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