Front Royal approves balanced budget and college aid
The Front Royal Town Council adopted a 1 090 923.04 dollar balanced budget for 1965 66 with a 1.06 tax rate per 100 assessed. an ordinance limiting smoke soot cin ders and fly ash passed unanimously. The council also affirmed support for a community college and appropriated 20 000 dollars for higher education. In other notes, guns were stolen at Harpers Ferry and Martinsburg Berkeley school system plans Aug 30 half days, with full opening Sept 1. Mt Solon to dedicate a new post office at 3 p m with Andrew E. Newton speaking.
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Front Royal
Martinsburg
Berkeley
Martinsburg High School
Legionnaires Hear Rusk Taylor Today at Portland Convention
American Legion opens general business sessions with keynote talks by Rusk and Taylor. A noon ceremony honors late President Herbert Hoover and former Secretary of State James Byrnes, with Hoover Jr. accepting on Hoover’s behalf. Byrnes, a former South Carolina governor, is in Portland. Other recipients include Roosevelt Truman Kennedy Eisenhower. About 10,000 march in a five hour parade past 75,000 spectators downtown.
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James F. Byrnes
Herbert Hoover Jr
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Portland
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harrys. Truman
John F. Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Minuteman 2 Fires Ninth Straight Test Flight
An Air Force Minuteman 2 rocket fired from an underground silo hit a target 5 000 miles away in the South Atlantic, marking its ninth straight test flight without a miss. Planned production will replace Minuteman 1 with missiles boasting a 7 000 mile range.
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South Atlantic
AEC Money Bill Awaits Compromise
Washington AP reports a $4.327 billion bill to fund the Atomic Energy Commission and public works awaits Senate-House compromise over about $85.5 million in differences. The Senate passed the bill with no roll call. Most funds go to the Atomic Energy Commission.
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Red Cross Offers Advanced First Aid Course in Winchester
A Red Cross Advanced First Aid course starts Thursday at 7 30 p m at the Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad headquarters. Instructors are William Hutchings and Hugo Ackenbam. Classes run two hours weekly until the 16 hour course ends. open to holders of Standard First Aid certificates aged 15 or older. Completion enables eligibility for the Red Cross First Aid Instructors Course in Winchester in October. Call 662 5412 for details and register at 24 South Brad dock St.
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Winchester
William Hutchings
Hugo Ackenbam
Perenne
South Braddock St
Smaller Spiders Taste Better Says London Man
Christopher Lloyd, a 31 year old real estate man, claims smaller spiders are tastier than larger ones and has eaten them to amuse guests. The BBC aired his stunt on radio and TV prompting hundreds of protests as listeners watched him crunch spiders on air.
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Christopher Lloyd
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British Broadcasting Corp
Radio One
BBC
Teachers urged to view vocation as leadership at aerospace seminar
Frederick County educators attended an aerospace education seminar at Frederick County Junior High School where John Sorenson of CAP US Air urged teachers to lead in learning by understanding aerospace power. He warned of conflicting government views on projects like the B70 and stressed the need for informed opinions.
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John Sorenson
Cap-Usaf
Ellington Afb
Houston
Tex
Frederick County Junior High School
James Wood High School
Sorenson
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Congress Not Committed to Mars Manpower Plan
James E. Webb testified to the Senate Space Committee that Congress has not committed to a manned Mars mission. He noted funding supports the unmanned Voyage program with a possible Mars fly by in 1969 and automated lander in 1971, delaying a firm manned expedition cost estimate.
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Aeronautics and Spacenistration
Congress
Mars
Webb
Senate Space Committee
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