Roanoke Gets New Chance On Liquor Referendum
Roanoke County voters may again vote on liquor by the drink after Circuit Court Judge Fred Hoback ruled that Vinton residents were improperly included in the prior Roanoke County referendum. A new refer end could occur once petitions are recertified. Vinton may hold its own election on the issue. The Verrazzano Narrows Bridge is noted as the longest suspension span in New York City.
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Roanoke
Roanoke County
Circuit Court
Fred Hoback
Vinton
Hoback
Verrazamno Narrows Bridge
New York City
Dear Abby column prompts readers on affairs and parenting
A Reader asks about revealing a boss’s affair to a wife, Abby advises documenting proof and preparing to testify. Another letter urges Congress to require stay at home mothers, Abby counters on quality time. A teen asks his traveling father to attend games, Abby suggests direct communication and family discussion.
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Abigail van Buren
Chcage Tritone
M. Y. News Syed, Inc
Abby
Salvation Army
Families Reunite With Pueblo Crewmen In San Diego
Wives and children arrive from abroad for a Christmas Eve reunion with the 82 surviving Pueblo crewmen. The first jet lands at Miramar while Navy briefings, debriefings, and medical checks follow at the San Diego Naval Hospital. The crew will stay in the Pink Palace facility and enjoy a secured, relaxed visit with their families.
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San Diego
Calif
Pueblo
Jmen
North Korea
Miramar Naval Air Station
San Diego Naval Hospital
Navy
Pink Palace
RX Club
Navy families prepare for homecoming from ship seizure
The Navy estimated two weeks to two months before crew returns to hospital care and possible Christmas leave. At the municipal airport families arrived to greet them, with 25 475 dollars spent on tickets for 43 families and 167 dependents planning to come, while more may travel independently. A Point Mugu wife, Mrs Policarpo Garcia, spoke of her son Caesar and Ronnie hoping for their father’s return to the Pueblo for Christmas, calling him the best gift Ronnie could want.
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Navy
Policarpo Garcia
Point Mugu
Calif
Caesar
Ronnie
13 Year Old Boy Stops Sneezing
Jeff Simper a 13 year old of Murray Utah stopped sneezing after a weekend treatment using small electric shocks to his fingers timed near expected sneezes. Parents Ralph and Mrs Simper report he had between 60000 and 84000 sneezes since November 26. He now sleeps without sedatives and returns to normal activities. Historical note mentions the 1280 B C mutual defense pact between the Hittites and Egyptians.
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Murray
Utah
Jeff Simper
Ralph D. Simper
Miami
Jeff
The Smallwood Name Across History and Places
A compact portrait of the surname Smallwood tracing its English origin to woodland sites and listing notable bearers. It notes William Smallwood a Revolutionary War brigadier general and Maryland governor, plus various academics, politicians, and professionals sharing the name across Canada, the U.S., and Britain.
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Smallwood
Cheshire County
William Smallwood
James Smallwood
Charles County
Maryland
United States
Virginia
Bean
Hebbern
James
Frederick County
Phi Beta Kappa
Honorary Scholastic Society
Charles Smallwood
McGill University
Montreal
William Martin Smallwood
Syracuse
N.Y.) University
Edward Smallwood
London
England
London Brotherhood Federation
Jail inmates escape attempt highlights sheet shortage tale
In Arlington, inmates George B. Staats and John Foltz overpowered a jailer, seized keys, and used torn sheets as a rope to descend from a five story jail. The makeshift rope broke. Foltz landed in the street ahead of Staats who was captured nearby. Both men were hospitalized and charged with breaking jail.
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George B. Staats
John Foltz
Foltz
Staats
Folts
Engine Stolen From Donnie Pittsinger’s Car
In Grand Junction Colorado thieves removed the engine from Donnie Pittsinger’s car while he was away. The article notes the vehicle was left where he parked it and would not start when he returned.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Donnie Pittsinger
Yost Warns Outside Powers on Mideast
In Atlantic article Charles Yost warns that outside powers must act to avert a holocaust in the Middle East. He urges UN leadership with U.S. and Soviet backing and criticizes myths that stall compromise among Arab and Israeli leaders. The piece notes he wrote before becoming UN ambassador-designate under Nixon.
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Washington
Middle East
Charles Yost
U.S
United Nations
United States
Soviet Union
Yost
Atlantic Maga
Nixon
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Dear Abby
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Winchester
California
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Seoul
Kimpo
Adm
Edwin
M. Rosenberg
Lloyd M. Bucher
Hodges
Daddy
B.C
North Carolina State University
Raleigh
Joseph Roberts Smallwood
Newfoundland
John William Smallwood
Carl H. Pforzeheimer and Company
Arlington
Cain Furniture
City Hall
Mideast
Fishwatch
Lisbon
Air Force
Portugal
Pingley & Carper
Piccadilly St
B. F. Goodrich Store
South
Loudoun St
Prince of Peace
Winchester Savings and Loan Assoc
Boscawen
Washington Sts
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