Area Schools Open With 11 833 Pupils Across Three Counties
First day enrollment for Winchester Frederick and Clarke Counties totals 11 833 pupils. Winchester public schools report 3 509 students up 162 from last year. Clarke County shows 1 800 pupils across five schools, down 41 from previous year. Frederick County counts 6 524 in 14 schools, down 170. Schools report smooth openings and transfers after Bryarly School fire fears. John Kerr Elementary opens with 546 pupils. John Kerr Middle 316. Winchester Intermediate 320. Quarles 441. Virginia Avenue 500. Handley 1 386. Clarke County High School 548.
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Winchester
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Clarke County
Clarke
Frederick County
John Kerr
Jefferson St
Cork St
Quarles
Virginia Avenue
Handley High
Clarke County High School
Frederick and
David B. Grim
Sharp Decline Reported In Illicit Drug Use in Va
Virginia has seen a sharp drop in illicit drug use since 1969 as programs, policing, and more treatment centers expand. Frank Kelly, head of the State Division of Drug Abuse Control, notes the state moved from third in addicts to no longer in the top ten. He urges more funding and better data for future budgets.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Division of
Frank Kelly
Kelly
Wtvr-Tv
General Assembly
Storm Pileups Kill Seven In Bakersfield Dust Storms
Seven people died and 96 injured as about 80 vehicles collided in two dust storm pileups in the Bakersfield area. One crash involved roughly 30 vehicles on Interstate 5 30 miles southwest, and another about 50 vehicles on U S 99 15 miles south. Zero visibility from 20 to 25 mph winds with gusts up to 50 mph caused the crashes around 5 p m. Deaths included three and 16 injuries on U S 99, and four deaths with 80 injuries on Interstate 5.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Interstate 5
Here
U.S. 99
Max D. Smith
California Highway Patrol
Smith
Traffic Fatalities Seen This Labor Day Weekend
The National Safety Council estimates 580 to 680 traffic deaths nationwide and 23 000 to 27 000 injuries during the Labor Day weekend. The period runs 78 hours from 6 p m Friday September 1 to midnight Monday September 4.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Prince William of Gloucester Dies in Air Race Crash
Prince William of Gloucester, cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, was killed when his light aircraft crashed during an air race near Wolverhampton England. Police confirmed the fatal accident.
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Wolverhampton
England
Prince William of Gloucester
Elizabeth II
Collins Named Academic Dean at Shenandoah Conservatory
Shenandoah College and Conservatory announces Dr Verne E Collins as academic dean for both college and conservatory duties. President Robert P Parker cites restructuring to unify Shenandoah as a single institution of higher learning. Bruce C Sanders Marilyn A Boyd and Dr Charlotte A Collins named faculty chairmen. Kyre resigns to lead curriculum services for South Carolina.
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Verne E. Collins
Shenandoah College
Conservatory of Music
United Methodist Junior College
Shenandoah
Robert P. Parker
Dr. Collins
Kenneth K. Eyre
Kyre
State Board For Technical and Comprehensive Education
South Carolina
Parker
Bruce C. Sanders
Arts and Sciences
Marilyn A. Boyd
Allied Health Programs
Charlotte A. Collins
Conservatory
Shenandoah Conservatory
New U S Campaign Aims to Cut U N Assessment to 25 Percent
The United States launches a bid to reduce its U N budget share to no more than 25 percent, citing that in 1972 it paid 31.52 percent or 64 million dollars. Kurt Waldheim requests 224 million for 1973, up 5.17 percent. The memo notes U S voluntary aid nears half a billion dollars in 1971 and proposes new members or higher shares from growing economies to rebalance funding.
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United Nations, N.Y
United States
United Nations
World Organization
U.S
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
General Assembly
Congress
China
Nixon Seeks Report on All-Volunteer Army Plan
President Nixon ordered a Defense Department briefing at the Western White House on the move toward an all-volunteer army. Laird and Pentagon officials expect to mothball the draft by mid 1973 with a standby draft for emergencies. At a poolside reception, Nixon touted Hollywood and American film making as symbols of national identity, drawing a mix of supporters and neutrals among stars and political figures.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Melvin R. Laird
White House
Pentagon
Laird
Oceanside
Hollywood
America
Vince Edwards
Spiro T. Agnew
Frank Sinatra
Ronald Reagan
Billy
GAO urged to scrutinize McGovern fund raising as closely as Republicans
Nixon aides press GAO to audit Sen George McGovern's fundraising with the same vigor as GOP scrutiny. Maurice Stans blasts Democratic pressure as tainting the GAO report while John Connally downplays its impact. Nixon entertains 400 stars at San Clemente poolside party as Laird briefs on volunteer army plans. Agnew defends stance while targeting McGovern and Hanoi.
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Washington
Nixon
Finance Committee
George McGovern
General Accounting Office
Sen. McGovern
Maurice Stans
Commerce
GAO
Congress
Stans
John Connally
Treasury
ABC
Issues and Answers
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Heaviest Hanoi Haiphong Raid Since 1968 Reported
American air forces claimed to have destroyed or damaged more than 170 buildings in raids on 20 Hanoi Haiphong targets including three army barracks and rail facilities. The strikes marked the war’s heaviest attacks in the area in years, with reports of Vietnam pilots and a Chinese minesweeper involvement and a fatal U S adviser crash near Que Son.
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Saigon
Hanoi-Haiphons
U.S. Command
Air Force
Hanoi-Haiphong
China
Hanoi- Haiphong
U.S
North Vietnam
Xom Bai
Hanoi
Xuan Mai
Hai Dong
Haiphong
South Vietnam
Que Son
Hurricane Betty Poses No Threat to Land
Hurricane Betty swirled in the North Atlantic with 100 mph winds but posed no threat to land, per the National Hurricane Center. The storm moved east-northeast at 20 to 25 mph, centered about 400 miles northwest of the Azores at 5 30 am EDT, as forecasters tracked the season’s second hurricane.
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Miami
North Atlantic
National Hurricane Center
United States
Neil Frank
Azores Islands
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