Miss Clarke County to Be Named Tonight
Twenty nine contestants vie for the Miss Clarke County title as Clarke County Fair opens at the Raritan Horse Show Grounds on Rt 7. The winner will reign over the 1972 fair and enter Miss State Fair contest and later Miss Raritan. Exhibits arrive for judging tomorrow and a car nival operates on the grounds with rides and features.
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Clarke County
Berryville
Raritan Horse Show Grounds
Rt. 7
David Childs
Cecil P. Wolfe
P.T. McIntire
Charles Kackley
Ernest Adams
Robyn Hart
Raritan
The
Kellys
South Vietnamese Troops Drive to Halt North in Que Son Valley
Three thousand South Vietnamese troops opened a drive to block a North Vietnamese division from exiting Que Son Valley toward Da Nang. U S Air Force said 130mm guns and tanks were within striking range, with jets destroying three guns and two tanks near Da Nang. The confrontation follows a major NVA push that threatened Da Nang and Highway 1, as B52 bombers targeted valley concentrations and refugees fled toward the coast.
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Saigon
Que Son
South Vietnam
da Nang
Quang Tri
Highway 1
Baldy
Ross
Hiep Duc
Troop Pullout Is Ahead of Schedule
The U S Command reports U S troop strength in Vietnam fallen to 39 200 as of last Thursday and likely below 39 000 in three days ahead of Nixon timetable by 11 days The pullout aims for 39 000 by Sept 1 with further cuts expected Aug 28 potentially 15 000 more leaving under 25 000 in Vietnam from a peak of 543 000 in April 1969 About 100 000 more serve from bases in Thailand and Guam and on 7th Fleet ships off Vietnam
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
Thailand
Guam
7Th Fleet
Winchester Voter Registration Hours Announced
Cher Martha Grim registrar for Winchester will hold office hours in Room 203 at Rouss City Hall on Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays 2 30 p m to 5 30 p m until October 7 to register new voters. After October 7 registration closes for the November 7 election with special hours 9 a m to noon and 2 p m to 6 p m on election day.
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Martha Grim
Winchester
Rouss City Hall
Nixon Near End Of Camp David Stay Before Miami Nomination
President Nixon neared completion of his longest Camp David visit eight days with Kissinger at Aspin Lodge. He returned to Washington briefly then planned a Florida trip for Tuesday's Republican National Convention in Miami Beach where he will accept a second-term nomination amid ongoing Vietnam talks.
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Thurmont
Nixon
Camp David
Aspin Lodge
Henry Kissinger
Washington
Florida
Miami Beach
Catoctin Mountain
King Timahoe
Vietnam
Kissinger
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
United States
Virginia GOP delegates contrast with Democrats at convention
Virginia’s GOP delegates at the Miami Beach convention resemble a more conservative, wealthier, older group with Gov. Linwood Holton as chair and Rep. William L. Scott as vice chair. They are less diverse, better housed, and fewer under 30, while Democrats were more diverse and younger. The Virginia Democrats favored McGovern, with a split on platform issues and Daley seating.
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Virginia
Linwood Holton
William L. Scott
U.S
William B. Spong Jr
GOP
Andrew P. Miller
Seaview
Miami Beach
George McGovern
McGovern
Nixon Renomination Dominates GOP Miami Beach Convention
Republicans convene in Miami Beach to renominate President Nixon and avoid floor fights. The convention opens with a tribute to Eisenhower and a night of keynote speeches, with the main clash expected on delegate apportionment for 1976. McGovern pursues a busy campaign schedule as Dole presses for unity.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Spiro T. Agnew
Margaret Heckler
Massachusetts
Fontainebleau Hotel
George McGovern
Robert Dole
Kansas
Dole
Republican National Committee
Agnew
Flood Death Toll 368 in South Korea
The confirmed death toll rose to 368 in South Korea after record rainfall blamed for landslides in the northern central region. Police reported 66 missing as rains over Friday and Saturday battered Seoul and surrounding areas, with fears of a near 1925 record.
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Seoul
South Korea
New Ship Virginia Named Amid Keel Laying at Newport News
Virginia Warner 13 daughter of Secretary of the Navy John Warner taps the keel for the new nuclear powered guided missile frigate USS Virginia at Newport News Shipbuilding. Mrs Gay Montague Moore christened the earlier Virginia in 1904 as a crowd of 30 000 watched then. The frigate will provide anti air and anti submarine protection for an aircraft carrier task group, stay at sea 10 years without refueling, measure 585 feet and cost about 245 million dollars.
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Jack Davis
Newport News
Virginia Warner
John Warner
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co
Commonwealth
USS
Virginia
L.C. Ackerman
New England
U.S. Navy
Destruction of Quang Tri City Has No Parallel in Vietnam War
In Quang Tri Vietnam a brutal battle destroys the palm shaded city. South Vietnamese marines report over 1000 casualties in 25 days and daily shelling reaching 1000 rounds. North Vietnamese hold several strongpoints while U S Marines fortified the Citadel. Officers fear a deadly future yet press on toward a ruined city. Turn In a Pusher. Call 667-2800.
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Quang Tri City
Quang Tri
Vietnam
Seoul
Cassino
Europe
U.S
Hanoi
Thu Duc
Saigon
GOP Platform At a Glance Seeks Nixon War End Policy and Spending Caps
The Republican draft platform favors ending the Vietnam War under Nixon conditions, opposes deep defense cuts, rejects amnesty for war resisters, ends wage price controls soon, and calls for tax reform with property tax relief, capped federal spending, opposition to busing, anti discrimination measures, and voluntary prayer in schools.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Nixon
Virginia Weather Outlook Sees Showers By Tuesday
A high pressure system off the Atlantic coast will bring showers and higher humidity readings to Virginia starting Tuesday. The forecast notes unsettled conditions with moisture increasing across the region as the front moves in from the coast.
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Richmond
Atlantic
Virginia
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Blue Ridge Dog Training Club
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Cher
By John Goolrich
the Star
Page Evans
Thomas Evans, Jr
S. Korea
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Norfolk
U.S. Revenue Service
Boston
Merrimack
Mr. Softee
Clarke Co. Fair
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