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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Feb 07, 1972

Page

9

Virginia Assembly Opens Fourth Week of 1972 Session

The Virginia General Assembly enters week four with noon floor sessions in the House and Senate. Key bills on tax boosts education ecology and the state budget are on hold as hearings set for Tuesday to Thursday. A 2 cent gasoline tax proposal from Gov Linwood Holton looms as a major item. The workmen's comp maximum could rise to 70 dollars weekly and a conflict of interest revision may target legislators. A special education program for handicapped youth faces a Senate hearing, while an agency shop provision tests the right to work. House and Senate appropriations finance committees begin joint hearings Wednesday on Holton's 3.2 billion state budget.

Richmond House Senate Virginia General Assembly Assembly Linwood Horton Virginia State Board of Education Peter Kk. Babalas Norfolk House Appropriations Senate Finance Committees Holton

Senior Citizens Meet Tomorrow Evening at War Memorial

The Senior Citizens plan a gathering tomorrow at 7 30 PM in the War Memorial Building. Program chairman A C Long invites all to attend for an evening with a surprise and an announced program.

War Memorial A. C. Long

X Rated Movies Banned for Boredom at OSU

Memorial Union film committee at Oregon State University bans X rated movies after boring presentations prompted audience rowdiness and catcalls. Chairman Mike Gerig says the move ends a brief effort to broaden film offerings.

Corvallis, Ore Memorial Union Film Committee Oregon State University Film Committee Mike Gerig

Russians Blamed for Outdated Guns to Arab Allies

U S defense sources say Arab officers complain Soviet supplied heavy artillery is obsolete and spare parts are unavailable. Syrians and Egyptians are top recipients with friction growing between Soviet advisers and Egyptian officers over promotions, planning, and training. An estimated 12 000 to 15 000 Soviet advisers accompany Egyptian forces, with about 3 000 Russian troops in infantry and armor roles. The Cuban situation notes similar adviser aloofness amid tensions.

Washington U.S Soviet Union Russia House Foreign Affairs Cuba

Weekend Kentucky hostage drama ends in surrender

Two gunmen held Worley Sturgill family hostage for three hours in Eolia Kentucky near the Virginia line before Kentucky State Police and troopers secured their surrender. James Erps and Robert Charles Blanchard, identifi ed as escapees from Coeburn Virginia, faced charges of holding hostages fugitives and illegal firearms. Erps serves 10 years for burglary and Blanchard 15 years for armed robbery.

Eolia Worley Sturgill Sturgill Virginia Coeburn James Erps Robert Charles Blanchard Mary Kay Kentucky Tom Wright Wright Lonnie Leach Eros Blanchard Seattle Wash Leach

Wall Street Opens Mixed as Dow Advances Modestly

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 1.73 to 908.41 at 10:30 am as advances slightly outpaced declines on the NYSE. Trading was brisk with the tape two minutes late amid profit taking and a stubborn bullish undertone. Notable prices included Occidental Petroleum up to 14, Mattel down to 28 4, American Telephone to 45 14, Ford Motor up to 73 4, Uniroyal at 17 f, and General Motors at 80 2.

New York New York Stock Exchange Occidental Petroleum Mattel American Telephone Ford Motor Uniroyal General Motors

Army Opposed By VFW Chief

ANAHEIM Calif AP Joseph Vicities commander in chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars says he would oppose an all volunteer army for the United States No country that has attempted all volunteer forces has succeeded at it Vicities told about 400 women at the VFW auxiliary midwinter conference He is a clerk of courts from Uniontown Pa

Anaheim Calif Joseph Vicities Veterans of Foreign Wars United States Vicities VFW U.S America Vickties Uniontown

Israel Reports Capture of 2 Arab Guerrilla Bands

Israel says it captured two bands of Arab guerrillas including attackers who hit tourists in Jerusalem with grenades. One group confessed to 196? grenade attacks killing an Arab girl and injuring Americans. A second band was broken up in the Gaza Strip with multiple blasts in Natanya and Kfar Sava injuring five Israelis. France to Israel $75 million for Mirage jets withheld since 1967. Al Ahram doubts Egypt will join indirect talks on reopening the Suez Canal.

Tel Aviv Israel Jerusalem Shuyukh Hebron West Bank Gaza Strip Natanya Kfar Sava France Charles de Gaulle Cairo al Ahram Egypt Suez Canal United States

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