Changes to Apple Blossom Festival End Pageant in 1975
Festival president E Michael Luby and the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Committee announce changes for 1975 including discontinuing the three day pageant. The move aims to boost attendance and finances while introducing a new Sunday schedule themed Sunday in the Park with New Christy Minstrels as a substitute act May 4 in Winchester Virginia.
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E. Michael Luby
Shenandoah
Winchester
Luby
New Christy Minstrels
Senate tightens confirmations after Watergate
The Senate shifts from near automatic approvals to tougher scrutiny for top federal posts. Ford withdraws a proposed energy administrator nominee and may lose another, while ambassadors face committee resistance over Nixon ties. Judicial nominees also stall, signaling heightened vigilance in confirmations.
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Washington
Senate
Ford
Foreign Relations Committee
Nixon
Judiciary Committee
Ford Administration
Federal Energy Administration
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Peter M. Flanigan
Spain
Stanton B. Anderson
Costa Rica
Ford Humphrey Link Seen Key To New Foreign Aid Bill
A tentative Ford Humphrey alliance drives a bipartisan push on a new foreign aid bill. White House officials credit Humphrey as essential to breaking the stalemate with a youthful liberal‑leaning Congress and to advancing Arab Israeli mediation terms amid pressure on Sadat and Assad.
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Washington
Ford
Hubert H. Humphrey
White House
State Department
Humphrey
Mr. Ford
U.S
West
Congress
Defense Departments
Ford- Humphrey
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Robert Ingersoll
Daniel Parker
Turkey
Cyprus
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Henry Kissinger
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Kissinger
Sadat
Israel
Sinai Peninsula
Syria
Hafez Assad
Golan Heights
Mideast
Arthur Vandenberg
Harry Truman
Thomas Eagleton
Missouri
Vandenberg
Letters to the Editor mix on taxes schools and politics
A collection of letters and notices discusses taxes and the Frederick County Taxpayers Association, public school concerns, drug issues in schools, political appointments, and reader reactions. Names include Milton Apperson and Mrs Diane Clevenger with local addresses cited.
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the Star
Frederick County Taxpayers Association, Inc
Frederick County
Milton Apperson
Brooks
Virginia Faces Offshore Oil Drive and Environmental Risks
An AP report from Richmond says offshore oil prospects off Virginia could trigger years of exploration and growth. Environmentalists fear spills and refinery impacts. planners urge strong laws and revenue use for onshore facilities and safeguards. Gerald McCarthy leads a study urging cooperationto prevent spills and fund environmental planning.
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Richmond
Virginia Capes
Middle East
Santa Barbara
Calif
Virginia Beach
Virginia
Gerald McCarthy
Council On the Environment
McCarthy
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Apple Capital Area
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Congressional Quarterly
Judiciary
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Robert Novak
Jerry Hubert
Thomas J. Meskill
Connecticut
Meskill
American Bar Association
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
Earl J. Silbert
District of Columbia
Silbert
Sam J. Ervin Jr
DNC
Ervin
CASH
Andrew Gibson
New York Times
Gibson
Donald J. Rumsfeld
Ghetto
Chicago
Charleston
Diane Clevenger
Melvin A. Conant
FEA
Conant
Exxon
Senate Interior Committee
James Abourezk
D.D
Howard M. Metzenbaum
Ohio
Abourezk
Interior
Henry M. Jackson
D Wash
Kingsley
Flanigan
Council On International Economic Policy
Thomas F. Eagleton
D Mo
Ruth Lewis Farkas
Luxembourg
Eagleton
Anderson
Young Republican National Federation
Ralph L. Triplett Gore
Capitol
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