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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1973
Page
3
The Las Vegas Strip shows lights off at night as hotels cut energy use by about 1.5 percent. Resorts say the lights will stay dark as long as needed, per a report with AP Wirephoto.
Richmond AP State election officials urged a new separate absentee ballot precinct in each voting district to protect ballot secrecy and ease processing. They want to drop the mail return requirement or let the state pay postage and oppose the current 40 day to 3 day voting window. They cited declines in absentee voting after 1970 reforms and noted pilot drops in Wise Dickenson and Lee counties.
Gen George S Brown, Air Force chief of staff, says flying time will drop about 30 percent as a drastic response to the energy crisis. He notes that pilot skill could deteriorate and that simulators are in near continuous use to counter the impact.
Calvert L. Warren, former Portsmouth Police Chief, was acquitted of two misdemeanor charges from a special grand jury probe. A circuit court jury found him not guilty after about 1 ½ hours of deliberation.
Dr. Emma W. Schulken will become president of Virginia Highlands Community College on January 1, the first woman to lead a Virginia community college. She succeeds Dr. Donald E. Puyear, who will head Central Virginia Community College in Lynchburg. Schulken has served since 1969, first as dean of student services and since 1971 as dean of the college, and holds doctorates from Florida State University.
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