Marine Leaders Welcome Cuts in Size of Corps
Marine leaders welcome planned reductions in force size as a chance to sharpen selectivity. They say a 200000‑strong corps could field three divisions with ready wings, while post Vietnam drawdowns target 254000 by 1971 and 200000 by 1972.
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Marine
Washington
Armed Services
United States
Vietnam
Nixon
2Nd Marine
1St Marine
Mediterranean
Caribbean
Far East
Needlecraft Catalog Promotes 1970 Designs and Patterns
Alice Brooks advertises a 1970 needlecraft catalog with over 200 patterns including felt Afghan embroidery and weekend pants. Prices begin at 50 cents per pattern with extra for mailing and handling. mail orders to Winchester Evening Star Needlecraft Dept. New York. Big catalog offers instant gifts, quilts, sweaters, toys and more.
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Afghanistan
Alice Brooks
Winchester Evening Star
Needlecraft Dept
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
Needlecraft
Museum
Crossword Clues Puzzle Filled With Names and Terms
A list of across and down clues for a crossword style puzzle with various definitions including body parts, names, locations, nautical and legal terms. The compilation mixes common and proper nouns such as Ki Salid and biblical names, requiring letter fits and thematic wordplay.
Man seeks $115000 for 34 years in prison
Stephen Dennison, 60, appeals to the Supreme Court for $115,000 as compensation for 34 years spent in state custody over a $5 theft. His lawyers say the long confinement violated due process and that he should have had a jury trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington (Ap
Stephen Dennison
Supreme Court
New York
Dennison
Reformatory
Salem
N.Y
Elmira Reformatory
Naponach
Dannemora State Hospital
George
Glens Falls
Funkhouser Named Staunton Census District Manager
Mrs. Donald Funkhouser of Mt. Jackson was appointed district manager of the Staunton office for the 1970 Census by Joseph R. Norwood regional director of the Bureau of the Census. She passed the Civil Service exam in Staunton and will assume duties Jan. 20 with the office opening Jan. 26, overseeing about 400 census takers in the Seventh District including Winchester and Frederick Clarke and Warren counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Funkhouser
Mt. Jackson
Staunton
Joseph R. Norwood
Bureau of the Census
Charlotte
N.C
Funkhouser
Shenandoah
Page
Rockingham
Richmond
Virginia
Notable Holiday Guests At White House Dinner
President Nixon and Mrs. Nixon invite Mamie Eisenhower to a White House Christmas turkey dinner with their daughter Tricia. The Eisenhowers’ grandson is visiting Brussels with Ambassador Eisenhower and his wife during the holidays.
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Washington
Nixon
Tricia
Mamie Eisenhower
White House
Nixons
Y- Nixon
Julie
David
Eisener
Ambassador
John Eisenhower
Brussels
Five Summit House Workers Stranded Five Days on Pikes Peak
Five men and three women working atop the Summit House on Pikes Peak were stranded for five days during a October blizzard. They had food water and a standby generator that supplied light and heat during the siege.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Summit
Pikes Peak
Shenandoah Valley Music Festival Meeting in Woodstock
The Shenandoah Valley Music Festival Committee holds its second annual membership meeting on Monday January 12 at Dorothy's Inn near Woodstock. A Dutch Treat dinner at 7 p.m. precedes the 8 p.m. business session led by President David J. Hatmaker with speaker Heten M Thompson.
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Shenandoah Valley Music Festival Committee, Inc
Dorothy's Inn
Woodstock
Heten
Thompson
American Symphony Orchestra League, Inc
Vienna
Shenandoah
David J
Hatmaker
Harrisonburg
Selective Service Office And Local Boards Closed
The Selective Service Office and Local Boards 44 and 45 at 20 S Cameron St will be closed from tomorrow until 8 30 a m Dec 29. Those required to register may report on Dec 29 or 30 per secretary Mrs Helen Sandy. For emergencies contact 662-7286.
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Selective Service Office
S. Cameron St
Helen Sandy
Ten Pin League Scores Highlight Mixed Results
The page reports Northside Handicap action with Plumly and Crown sweeping their matches. Other scores include Conley's 3-1 over Good Intentions, Buckley Lages 40 over Unsponsored, Mike's split, Garber's Snow White split with Dale's Grocery, and Winc. Mobile Homes 3-1 over Quick Music.
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Conley
Buckley Lages
Mike
Garber
Dale’s Grocery
Winc
Mobile Homes
Plumly
Strasburg Legion
Crown
Southern Sts
S & H White Castle
Ebonites
Pride
Ebert's
Service St. Supply
Mont. Wards
Zuckerman
Bober & Dan
Photographer’s film saved after two years in Roosevelt wilderness
Tom F. Jones, 41, a paper salesman from Lafayette Colorado, said 30 of 36 photos from a camera crusted in mountain wilderness turned out well. The camera had sat for over two years after a fall in Roosevelt National Forest during a hike, found about 30 feet from where his head had fallen.
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Lafayette
Colo
Tom F. Jones
Jones
Roosevelt National Forest
Frederick County Zoning Hearing on Boyce Petition
Frederick County Board of Supervisors schedules a public meeting for January 12, 1970 at 3 15 p m in Winchester to consider Roy R Boyce et al petition to rezone 31 6 acres between U S 11 and the Martinsburg and Potomac Railroad from Agricultural Limited District A 2 to Industrial Limited District M 1 Affected parties may inspect petitions and testify at the hearing in Frederick County Clerk of the Circuit Court office in Winchester Virginia George B Whitacre Clerk.
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Council Chamber
Rouss City Hall
Winchester
Virginia
Frederick County
Board Room
Frederick
Interstate Orchard, Inc
Stonewall Magisterial District
Virginia - West Virginia Line
Rest Methodist Church and Cemetery
Rest Church
Circuit Court
Armel
Opequon
B.C. Kincheloe
Board of Supervisors
Roy R. Boyce
Rest Methodist Church
Martinsburg and Potomac
Stonewall
Frederick County Board OF Supervisors
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Alice Brookes
Iife
Mohammed
Mecca
Iowa
Ohio
Glens Falls, N.Y
People IN News
Mamie
Lady Bird Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Atlantic City
Liz Carpenter
McCall's Magazine
Johnson
Jacqueline Grennan Wexler
Board of Higher Education
Hunter College
Wexler
Webster College
Webster Groves
Robert D. Cross
Hunter
Swarthmore College
Nashville, Tenn
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
U.S. Dist
William E. Miller
DIAL
Nain
Apts
Genteceman
Misc
Hercules
Shade Equipment, Co. Inc
Millers Hardware
Lionel
American Flyer
Marx
John Kanode
Parkway
BAUSCH & Lomb _ laboratory
Grove Furniture Co
S. Loudoun St
Wood
A.K.C
Chihuahua
Bunker Hill
W. Va
Good
Shawnee
W.S. Ffye Co
Clearbrook
Tire Dept
Jane Lake
Snelling and
Snelling
W. Boscawen
AEST
Lost
Omps Funeral Home
Funeral Home
Donald McLeod
Bunt) Zea
Stephens City
Lena Reid Hill
Capon Street
Strasburg
Hattie B. Gibson
Willard Gibson
Blanche Moten
Loretta Coates
Winchester Restaurant
Ozzy
Berryville
John Souis
S. Loudoun
Kiblers
Alfred R. Elliott
RCA Specialists
Tom Marks
Joseph E. Butler
PiXies
Leesburg
RL. Arnold
Purcellville
Business Opport
Sinclair
Berryville Ave
New York State
Geo. White Supply Company
Central Business District
B. M. Porrero
Common Council
Ernest Mathews
Interstate Orchard,inc
George B. Whitacre
Neel Denny’s
Stone Wall
Martinsburg and Potomac Railroad
Ann & Alfred
Shryock Stephens City, Va
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