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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1966

Page

3

Red Tape Hurts Wives of Missing or Captured Service Members

A Washington report details how wives of U S fighting men missing or captured in Vietnam face legal limbo and bureaucratic delays. Problems include frozen pay, tax issues, vehicle licenses, and medical access. parents and wives seek help from Congress and a civilian watchdog group.

Vietnam U.S Viet Nam John T. Wheeler New York Namsay Next of Kin Federal Income Tax Areau North Defense Department Pentagon Associated Press Air Force Johnson Patrick McGahn Atlantic City N.J Society For the Defense McGahn North Viet Nam Services S Army Navy

Fall-Winter Pattern Catalog Offers Anne Adams Designs

Advertisement for Pattern 4981 a rayon dress printing floral or paisley options in sizes 34 through 48. Size 36 needs 3 1/8 yards of 39 inch fabric. Pattern 4981 costs 50 cents plus 15 cents mailing. send name address size and style number to Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star in New York. Clip coupon for one free pattern with 50 cent payment.

Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star Pattern Dept West 17Th St New York N Y

Local Jaycees To Judge Beauty Contest 1966

About 20 girls compete for Miss Warren County Fair of 1966 tonight at 7 30 at the Jaycee Fairgrounds north of Route 522. Four former Winchester Jaycees officers Strother Shiley William Thompson James Fleming and Donald Homar serve as judges. Tom Gibson executive vice president of Skyline Caverns will be master of ceremonies. The winner advances to Richmond next month to enter the Miss Virginia State Fair contest.

Warren County Jaycee Fairgrounds Route 522 The Winchester Jaycees Strother Shiley William Thompson James Fleming Donald Homar Tom Gibson Skyline Caverns Richmond

Mottos Recall Norman Rule With English French Legacy

The phrase Dieu et mon droit marks the era when English rulers used French after the 1066 Norman invasion and shaped royal identity through language and law.

Portsmouth Bus Strike Threat Ends

Portsmouth bus drivers avert walkout as Community Motor Bus Co. and a union negotiating committee reach a two year contract at 3:30 a.m. The deal includes a 10 cent hourly raise first year and second year, hospitalization insurance premium coverage, a $1,000 company paid life policy, one week vacation after one year and two weeks after three, overtime pay 1.5x over ten hours, and holiday pay for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Minor grievances to be discussed later.

Portsmouth Community Motor Bus Co

Public schools set for 5100 students as Ford County opens

Large enrollment expected as Woodstock Simitandoah County schools plan full-day operation starting Sept 1 with cafeterias and bus schedules in place. Shenandoah facilities near completion with few vacancies noted. Front Royal council adopts a 1.58 million budget and hires two councilmen to meet with the chamber's advertising committee. Roe County reports a 7.7 million investment in a 16 year school building program, highlighting Rockingham growth from 6400 to 10500 pupils since 1950.

Woodstock Simitandoah County W. W. Robinson Shenandoah County Robinson Front Royal Paul R. Hockman A. Statton Hammock Harrisonburg Roe County County School Board Board of Supervisors John W. Wayland Bridgewater Rockingham

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