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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1970
Page
1
Reports place Kauk 47 miles north of Phnom Penh as Cambodian forces withdraw from an area where the army recently suffered an estimated 500 casualties in clashes with Viet Cong and North Vietnamese units nearby.
In Washington the 91st Congress debates the SST fate as a $210 million subsidy fight lingers. Senate and House clash over transport funding while Proxmire gears for a filibuster. Social Security 6.5 billion increase faces cross chamber hurdles as Rivers funeral narrows the week’s agenda.
Winter weather outlook with a chance of snow late tonight and tomorrow. temperatures in the 20s tonight rising to the 30s tomorrow. Howard Johnsons Fish Fry offers all you can eat for 1 49. Smalls Garden Center closes for inventory December 28 through January 4. Truck Suppliers advertises at 30 Commercial Street. House approves defense bill 234 to 18. Senate passes 70 to 2 with Gore and Goodell dissenting.
Halford H. Baker named executive secretary effective December 1 succeeding the late Jacob H. Yost Jr. Baker, a Winchester native and Handley High School graduate, served in the Army 1941-1946 and worked with Culligan Water Conditioning Service and H F Nelson Inc. He has led the association's Labor Camp since spring 1966 and lives at 600 Hollingsworth Drive with his wife Hilda Nelson and children David and Beth.
Frederick County wins a last minute hearing before Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Justice George Cochran in Staunton to stay the annexation of 5.9 square miles to Winchester set for midnight. The county seeks relief while appeals proceed and questions the trial court’s action are readied for the December 29 notice and December 17 motion rulings.
Israeli Premier Golda Meir said Israel will not accept peace with Arabs without defensible frontiers and keeping united Jerusalem. She announced reentry into UN mediated talks with Gunnar Jarring, backed by stronger U S support, while Sadat in Cairo called the move a maneuver and urged timetable demands for Israeli withdrawal post 1967 war.
Blacksburg's planned January annexation of part of Montgomery County is halted by a Virginia Supreme Court stay pending Montgomery County’s appeal. Justice Harry Carico issued the stay on a petition for injunction and writ of error. The decision disrupts town plans and resident notices as preparations to annex the area are paused.
Virginia faces a special General Assembly session focused on redistricting and aligning state laws with the new constitution. More than 300 bills have been requested. observers doubt many will pass. Gov. Holton may back relief for localities and voting-law changes. Del. Dunn urges funding ban on transportation to balance schools. Census shows 4.648 million residents, a 17.2 percent rise since 1960, aiding reapportionment.
SAIGON AP The United States turned over 125 more small craft to South Vietnam at a Saigon ceremony, completing about 650 boats sent since 1968. South Vietnam’s navy grows to 1,500 vessels as U S advisers remain few.
Charlottesville electoral board postpones formal certification of the Tuesday special election in which Democrat Thomas J. Michie Jr. leads Republican Joseph W. Wright Jr. by one vote. If canvass confirms, Wright may seek a recount under the new code, potentially delaying seating before the January 6 session of the General Assembly.
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