F111s Signal End of Bombing Over Phnom Penh
Two U S Air Force F 111s roared over Phnom Penh at 10 45 a m signaling the end of U S bombing in Cambodia. An OV10 formation followed in farewell as U S bombings ceased ahead of Congress deadline. Phnom Penh braces for Khmer Rouge pressure as observers warn against complacency.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
USS
Air Force
Thailand
Indochina
U. S. Congress
Khmer Rouge
Nixon to Deliver Nationwide Watergate Address at 9 P.M.
President Nixon prepared a televised Oval Office address from Camp David detailing his defense in the Watergate case. He plans a written statement released simultaneously and aims to restore public confidence amid low polls.
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Washington
Nixon
Camp David
Oval Office
White House
Watergate
New Orleans
California
Reelection Committee
Winchester Council delays vote on Amherst Street rezoning bid
Winchester City Council postponed action for a month on Chapman Motor Co. Amherst Street plan to change from R-5 to B-1 for a new showroom. About 40 people spoke at a 1 hour 20 minute hearing opposing the rezoning as congestion and intrusion into a residential area.
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Gail Davis
Winchester
Chapman Motor Co
Amherst St
Chapman
Winchester Planning Commission
Amherst West
Penn Central Railroad
Schultz
Ray Jennings
Preservation of Historic Winchester, Inc
Winchester Citizens Association
Jim Butcher
The
Citizens’ Association
George Jones
Benjamin M. Butler
Main St
Butler
Council
Southern Scrap Co
Bombing Fails to Bring Peace Sought in Indochina
The United States used extensive bombing in Indochina over decades with little success in forcing cease fires. In Cambodia and Laos, after heavy air raids and 63,000 tons of bombs in Laos, the intended peace remained elusive and the Paris and Vietnam cease-fire accord left key terms unfulfilled while fighting continued in South Vietnam without American troops.
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Congress
Nixon
North
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
U. S
Washington
United States
Indochina
U.S
Vietnam
Pathet Lao
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Paris
Hanoi
Henry Kissinger
Big Four Automakers and Steel Firms Announce Price Hikes
Washington AP reports Phase 4 rules limit immediate rises as GM and Ford seek average vehicle price bumps of about 102 and 106 dollars for 1974 models, with Chrysler and AMC also pursuing increases. Steel giants U S Steel Bethlehem and National Steel request 4.8 to 5.3 percent hikes. Wheat tops 5 dollars a bushel amid tight supply, while eggs and chicken show mixed price shifts and milk subsidy boosts may raise consumer costs soon.
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Washington
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler
American Motors
Cost of Living Council
U.S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel Corp
National Steel
Jones & Laughlin
Wheeling- Pittsburgh Steel Companies
Minneapolis
Affiliation Sought for Gore Bank with Valley Holding
Western Frederick Bank of Gore recommends stockholder approval to join Valley of Virginia Bankshares Inc. The exchange would give 36 000 shares at a 3 for 1 ratio. Valley of Virginia Bankshares owns two banks with 13 branches and about 130 million in resources.
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John W. Ward
Western Frederick Bank of
Gore
Valley of Virginia Bankshares, Inc
Valley of Virginia Bankshares
Commercial and Savings Bank of Winchester
Rockingham National Bank of
Harrisonburg
Federal Reserve Board
Ward
Western Frederick Bank
Valley of Virginia Bank Shares
Potomac State College of
West Virginia University
Keyser
C. G. Davis
Roy S. Giffin
Robert M. Muse
C. L. Sirbaugh
Mr. Ward and
George B. Whitacre
Virginia finishes state income tax refund mailing
The last of a $1.4 million state income tax refunds was mailed, totaling $1,441,883 for 1972 filings. Acting state tax commissioner Stuart W. Connock said the payments reached a record $79 million to individual firms, with Aug. 15 as the deadline. Norfolk official Sam T. Barfield criticized the tax department amid the mailings.
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Richmond
State Tax Commission
Stuart W. Connock
Connock
Tax Department
Norfolk
Sam T. Barfield
Virginia Commissioners of Revenue Association
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Eng Taung Hak
John Hoskins
Portsmouth
Ohio
Pentagon
Southeast Asia
Am Rong
Utapao
Bangkok
John W. Dean III
Dean
Daniel Ellsberg
Thomas A. Schultz, Jr
Koon
Grand
Billy Ridinger
Harris County Grand Jury
Gregg Walls
Wilkins’ Shoe Center
Washington Redskin
New York
Chicago
Earl L. Butz
Old McDonald Farm Market
Middle Rd
F&m Bank
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