Benches Donated by Local Firms for Shenandoah Campus
The Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music campus features new benches donated by local businesses. Donors include Pve Oldsmobile Shenandoah Valley National Bank Green Chemical Co Montgomery Ward Garland M Canter Phillips 66 and Leggett Department Store. Circle K Shenandoah sponsors the project through the Kiwanis Club partnership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music Circles Club
Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music
Circle K Club
Shenandoah
Pve Oldsmobile
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Green Chemical Co
Montgomery Ward, Garland M. Canter Phillips 66
Leggett Department Store
Virginia to expand doctors through community affiliated programs
A legislative study committee recommends boosting graduate physician numbers by tying medical school training to existing facilities and staff in Roanoke and western Virginia. The plan would shorten growth costs versus a new school and delay, with first graduates after 1980. Virginia already has affiliated ties with Roanoke and Winchester. a Norfolk project is the only new school currently in planning.
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Boanoke
Roanoke
Western Virginia
University of Virginia School of Medicine
General Assembly
Virginia
Winchester
Norfolk Area
Norfolk Area Medical Center Authority
British motorists spend millions on car polishes and shampoos
British motorists spend about three million pounds a year on car polishes and shampoos and wash cars twice as often as Americans. Marcus Jacobson AA chief engineer says much of this is wasted and that for most cars regular washing with clean water suffices.
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London
Drive
British Automobile Association
Marcus Jacobson
Virginia Tradition of Two Decades Canceled in 1970
A Virginia biennial dinner for state leaders at Richmond's Commonwealth Club is canceled after two decades. The event, begun by Jay W. Johns, faced boycott over racial exclusion two years earlier. Incoming Governor Linwood Holton and outgoing Gov. Mills Godwin cited scheduling conflicts and the private club’s guest policy. Newly elected Del. W. Ferguson Reid is among the first Black legislators since Reconstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Commonwealth Club
Jay W. Johns
Charlottesville
Johns
Stonewall Jackson Memorial, Inc
General Assembly
del. W. Ferguson Reid
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Holton
Reid
Interesting 1970 resolutions from business and consumer leaders
AP interviews reveal varied 1970 New Year resolutions. Mobil Oil’s Dayton Clewell urges drivers to keep cars in top condition to cut pollution, while investors like Eldon Grimm seek a new bull market. Other quotes target consumer campaigns and meat buying scrutiny in Nassau County.
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New York
Ralph Nader
Virginia H. Knauer
Nixon
Wiimvier
Dayton Clewell
Mobil Oil
Clewell
Eldon Grimm
Walston & Co
Mickey DiLorenzo
Levittown
Long Island
Nassau County
Propaganda woes haunt North Vietnam over U.S. pullback pace
The Associated Press reports Hanoi unsettled by Washington's measured Vietnam troop withdrawal. North Vietnam relies on propaganda to spur demand for full U.S. exit, warns that antiwar protests at home could erode American resolve while Paris talks stagnate. Prisoner of war issues add pressure as Hanoi insists on total withdrawal before peace.
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Associated Press
Nixon
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Washington
United States
Tee Lam P
Rogers
Paris
U.S
Virginia Advisers Propose Big Jump in Library Aid
The Virginia Advisory Legislative Council urged a major boost in state aid to public libraries. The plan funds regional libraries, consolidates urban systems, and sets per capita grants, matches, and per square mile amounts to expand service and efficiency. It targets regional cooperation and higher aid ceilings.
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Richmond
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
Mills E. Godwin Jr
VALC
WALC
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John Westervelt
Arnie Young
Warren King
Circle K
The
Kiwanis Club
Elect Linwood Holton
Godwin and Holton
By Don Battle
AP Business Writer
Aluminum
Miller’s Hardware
Loudoun St
North Viet
Libraries
Istanbul
Constantinople
S.P.Q.R
Rome
Radio Free Europe
Czechoslovakia
Iron Curtain
Rumania
Bulgaria
Poland
Hungary
Europe
Mt. Vernon, N.Y
Cameron Street
N. Prospect Street
Hagerstown
Maryland
N. Prospect St
Hagerstown, Md
I Hagerstown Union Rescue Mission, Inc
Winchester Evening Star
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