Festival to Wear New Face in 75
The Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival unveils major changes for 1975 including dropping the pageant and shifting to a sound program. Harold and Linde Herman praised for past pageants while new plans aim to boost local interest with a Sunday in the Park program and a New Christy Minstrels concert. The coronation and concerts will offer limited reserved seating with nearby lawn seating, and Sunday events may feature arts crafts displays bluegrass and square dancing.
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E. Michael Luby
Harold and
Linde Herman
Luby
New Christy Minstrels
Mary Ann Clowser
No Alarm on Tapes of Crashed Plane
National Transportation Safety Board hearings follow release of cockpit tape from Trans World Airlines Flight 514 crash on Mt Weather killing 92. Reed says tape shows no alarm and crew likely believed they were at safe altitude. Investigators note level flight with slight descent and minor wing tilt.
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Washington, D.C
Trans World Airlines
John H. Reed
National Transportation Safety Board
Reed
Congress Overrides Veto of Veterans Education Bill
Congress backed a 22.7 percent boost in GI education benefits. The override passed 394 to 10 in the House and 90 to 1 in the Senate, with checks to go out in about 15 days and January payments reflecting the hikes.
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Congress
Washington
Ford
House
Senate
GOP
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Veterans Administration
Virginia faces $200 million curtailment in road projects
Virginia road funding will limit new highway construction by as much as 200 million over the next 15 months. Bids for new work are delayed, with a likely resumption in spring or late summer, and conditions may not improve until early 1976. The cash balance has fallen from projections, but existing contracts remain in force.
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Richmond
Virginia
Douglas B. Fugate
Fugate
Virginia Road Builders Association
State Highway and Transportation Commission
Mills Higher Ups Move To Strip Mills From Key Seat
Rep. Wilbur Mills is reported in satisfactory condition at Bethesda Naval Hospital after a fatigue illness and a public scandal involving Annabel Battistella known as Fanne Foxe. Democrats discuss replacing him with Rep. Al Ullman as the Ways and Means Committee chair.
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Washington (Ap
Wilbur Mills
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Bethesda Naval Medical Center
Mills
Navy
Annabel Battistella
Mills’ Auto
Ways and Means
House Democratic Caucus
al Ullman
Dore
Richard H. Fulton
Dtenn
Democratic Steering Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Ullman
James A. Burke
Dmass
Congress
House
Boston
No Significant Change at Mt Weather Post Crash
Gen. Leslie Bray of the Office of Emergency Preparedness said no significant change in Mt Weather activities is expected after a TWA jet crash near the facility. He declined to discuss the facility’s function, noting past confirmation of a classified site and stressing employees’ strict security.
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Mt. Weather
TWA
Leslie Bray
The
Star
Bray
Army
General Services ‘Administration
Washington
Gen. Bray
Clarke County Board declines action on state education fund formula change
Clarke County Supervisors refused to act on a Campbell County resolution seeking a new formula for distributing state funds to local schools. Clarke Supt. Wade Johnson urged rejection citing potential harm to public education and detailing Clarke’s rising state aid from 1970-71 through 1974-75.
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Larry Ramsey
Berryville
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Campbell County Board of Supervisors
Clarke County Board
Board of Supervisors
Clarke County School Board
Clarke School
Wade Johnson
Campbell County
Johnson
Clarke School Board
Clarke County
Warren County Board to Make Offer for Landfill
The Warren County Board of Supervisors voted to offer 100000 dollars for 85.37 acres in Bentonville for a new sanitary landfill site. If no agreement with William Morrigan is reached, the county will pursue condemnation. The State Air Pollution Control Board requires closing the old dump and opening the landfill by February 1. The board also hired James D. Campbell, 26, as planning and zoning administrator.
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Front Royal
Warren County Board of Supervisors
William Morrigan
Bentonville
Morrison
State Air Pollution Control Board
James D. Campbell
Warren
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Dulles
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Clarke
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Campbell
Henrico
William G. O’brien
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