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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1973
Page
2
Paul Scott 33, an inmate monitor for the State Penitentiary serving 108 years for first degree murder, was stabbed 15 times and died. A 21-year-old inmate is held in maximum security awaiting charged indictment at the next Richmond Circuit Court Grand Jury meeting on September 4.
Prime Minister Edward Heath will visit Northern Ireland next week his third trip to the troubled province. He plans talks with political leaders and with British military units fighting the IRA and will attend a memorial service for Lord Brookeborough who died last week.
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Washington AP report notes corn and other feed grains heading to 20 year low stockpiles with exports and domestic use consuming all but about 30 million tons by 1974. Wheat reserves also shrink as exporters say 1.11 billion bushels remain to be shipped abroad.
A Saigon to Phnom Penh convoy moved with Cambodian air force escort and Khmer Rouge danger along 60 miles of Mekong. The run follows end of U.S. air support on Aug 15 as gasoline rations begin in Phnom Penh and battles intensify near Kompong Cham and Set Bo. Three soldiers died and 15 hurt from a mine near Da Nang and Qui Nhon. Cease-fire violations rise with 79 claimed by the government and six Viet Cong killed.
The Communications Workers of America and United Intermountain Telephone Co jointly announced an agreement giving about a substantial wage increase to 1,100 employees in southwestern Virginia and northwestern Tennessee. Hospitalization benefits will also be improved.
Rescue workers in CASA GRANDE Arizona aim to free two copper miners trapped for a week after a tunnel collapse and underground fire at the Hecla Mining Co mine. New cave-ins Thursday forced delays as support timbers were added and the tunnel walls continued to weaken.
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