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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1970
Page
1
A Cumberland driver followed a car that stopped for traffic and the truck skidded off the road. The vehicle veered back onto the highway and rolled over, with Star photos by Roy E. Potts III capturing the scene.
The Nixon administration faces scrutiny as about 80 to 90 Southern districts begin desegregation under court orders or voluntary agreements. By fall, 566 districts are expected to desegregate. overall compliance across the South hinges on districts' actions and potential federal enforcement.
Mr and Mrs Robert L Lebo host Elisabeth Janna de Muynck from Haamstede Holland for a year. Liesan attends Handley High with siblings Debbie and Bobby as the latest in the American Field Service exchange program. She follows Argentina’s Lili Grandi who stayed with the Denton family on Handley Ave.
Gov Linwood Holton appointed Dr William S Allerton of Alexandria as Virginia’s new commissioner of the State Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals. The 45 year old superintendent of the Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute at Falls Church will replace Dr Hiram W Davis who served 13 years and was not reappointed, taking effect September 1.
Public notices announce a special meeting of South End Fire Co at 7 30 p m on August 26 and a special meeting by Friendship Fire Co on Wednesday at 7 30 p m. Local readers urged to attend.
Vice President Agnew announced that a wing of F4 Phantom fighters from Japan will be moved to Korea. He promised additional aid including radar equipped planes to detect infiltrating North Korean boats. The aid aims to reassure Seoul as about 20 000 of 62 000 U S troops in Korea are set to withdraw by June 30.
An early morning explosion at the University of Wisconsin mathematics building killed graduate student Robert Fassnacht and injured two researchers and a watchman. Police received a bomb warning at 3:40 a.m. and the blast damaged nearby structures and hospital power lines. The building housed federally funded electronics and research equipment.
Frederick County slated to get a new state park with a 2.5 million dollar price tag funded by state and federal dollars. Construction may slip to 1978 depending on funds and land acquisition priorities. Cedar Creek site discussed but no definite location chosen yet as funding debates continue.
U S B52 bombers flew within a mile of the DMZ to hit new North Vietnamese threats to an allied artillery base near Fire Base Fuller. Twenty bombers dropped 600 tons on bunkers and camps six miles west of Fuller, a base manned by Americans and South Vietnamese during a 43 day siege last spring. Ground action remained light in South Vietnam and Cambodia as the region saw renewed bombardment and suspected NV divisions moving toward the South Vietnamese border from Cambodia.
NOW leaders mobilize a Wednesday strike against menial jobs and kitchen work timed to the 50th anniversary of suffrage. Events include seminars marches and a five product boycott amid calls for job equality free day care and free abortions.
More than 40 apple dealers from 13 eastern states will attend the Fourth Virginia Marketing Tour in Winchester on September 24 and 25. The event includes a Quality Motel East headquarters, a Food Editors tour, Duff's Rebel Restaurant gathering, an orchard visit, packing shed tour, processing plant stop, golf and historical tours, and a banquet. Local growers donate dutch treat participation with reservations via Jim Laise of H.F. Byrd Inc. Tickets available at the Motel East.
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