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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1969
Page
9
Miss Christine Baines a Gloucestershire maths teacher toured Virginia with the American Host Program staying with James and Mrs Butcher in Winchester. She praised American hospitality and the landscape noting the vastness and variety of life before touring Washington D C Belle Grove and Stonewall Jackson sites.
During a two week stay in Winchester Miss Christine M. Baines an English school teacher on the American Host Program visited George Washingtons Headquarters There she examined the model of Washingtons Fort Loudoun with her host James E Butcher of 412 Smithfield Ave Star Photo by Mary Helen Massie.
The Federal Programs Office of the State Department of Education approved 38 241 80 for a Winchester project aiding 149 educationally disadvantaged students for the 1969 70 school year. Alfred L. Wingo said funds come from the 1968 69 Title I ESEA advance. The program covers reading improvement for grades one through seven plus food dental and medical services.
In the Battle Column update, Farley won the July four-man race in Friendship and Rouss while Miller took Virginia Avenue and Sarah Zane. Miller led Frederick County 1 252 to 654 over Farley with Clarke County favoring Farley. Final unofficial governor results show 4 365 votes area wide, with Winchester 1 459 and Frederick County 2 035. Returns came fast from 11 county precincts via mobile units and radio to The Star newsroom.
William C. Battle wins the Shenandoah County Democratic runoff with 1,019 votes to Henry Howell's 378 while Howell leads in Warren County with 1,114 to 1,066. Andrew P. Miller sweeps attorney general runoffs with 832 to Guy O. Farley’s 479 in Shenandoah and 1,233 to 822 in Warren.
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