Winchester Memorial Hospital to Add 80 Beds
An 80 bed, 2 million dollar Winchester Memorial Hospital addition is under way with preliminary work begun and scaffolding up. The 1962 rear addition will get two new floors totaling 40 beds per floor and is expected to finish by summer 1974. The project uses Ellerbe Architects and Howard Shockey & Sons as manager and designer teams.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Carl S. Napps
Napps
Ellerbe Architects
Washington, D.C
Howard Shockey & Sons, Inc
Winchester
Nixon Devalues Dollar to Stabilize World Markets
President Nixon announced a 10 percent devaluation of the U.S. dollar at a late night news conference. Treasury Secretary George P. Shultz said the move, the second in 14 months, aims to aid U.S. consumers and businesses by making imports pricier and exports cheaper. The action precedes a possible U.S. act to raise gold prices and signals a shift toward floated currencies in Japan and other nations.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Shultz
Workingman
Bank of Japan
West Germany
Canada
Great Britain
Winchester Council to Act on Rescue Squad Lease
Winchester City Council is to consider a lease with the Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad for a 2.5 acre parcel on Millwood Avenue near Pleasant Valley Road to house new facilities, across from the current squad HQ. The meeting also expects a zoning amendment recommendation to allow petroleum bulk storage in M-1 zones, a public improvement plan for the Loudoun Street semi mall, and three appointments to the Mayor's Committee on Community Relations.
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Winchester City Council
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
Millwood Ave
Pleasant Valley Road
Winchester Armory
Planning Commission
Lee Snyder
Council
Public Improvement Committee
Loudoun St
F. Eugene Smith Associates
Shenandoah
Dunn Named Firemen's Parade Head for 1973
Charles E. Dunn, chief of Greenwood Fire Company, was elected parade director for the 1973 Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival at a George Washington Hotel meeting attended by city and county fire reps. Assisting Dunn are Hollar, Clevenger, Coffin, and McMillan. Ed Loy named secretary. Temperature fell to 11 degrees after a high of 40.
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Charles E. Dunn
Greenwood Fire Company
Shenandoah
George Washington Hotel
Dunn
Lee Hollar
Shawnee Fire Company
Lenden Clevenger
Sara Zane Fire Company
Jack Coffin
Star Tannery Fire Company
Dave McMillan
Clearbrook Fire Company
Ed Loy
Sarah Zane
Tommy Wolfe
South End
Festival
Mike Luby
Stennis May Return Home in Several Weeks
Senator John C. Stennis, age 71, is making encouraging progress at Walter Reed Army Medical Center after being shot twice during a holdup in front of his Washington home. Doctors say he may be released in several weeks as authorities hunt the assailants who remain at large.
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Washington (Ap
John C. Stennis
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington
Freed POWs Await Quick Flight Home From Clark
At Clark Air Base Philippines 142 U S prisoners of war who arrived Monday after releasing Hanoi the jungles of South Vietnam spent their first full freedom day signing valentines swapping stories and receiving medical checks. They prepare for a flight possibly Thursday or Friday to Travis Air Force Base California as officials note good spirits strong health and eagerness to return home.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
United States
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Travis Air Force Base
California
Clark
Kissinger Arrives in Hong Kong After Hanoi Talks
Henry Kissinger lands in Hong Kong for a two day rest en route to Peking after three days of talks in Hanoi. A USS official notes a breakfast meeting with Le Duc Tho and a 16 1 2 hour discussion with North Vietnamese officials. He will not meet reporters during his stay.
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Hong Kong
Henry A. Kissinger
Peking
Hanoi
USS
Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Vietnam
Tho
Harborside
White House
Nixon
Labor Is His Business in Virginia AFL-CIO
Julian F. Carper, president of the Virginia AFL-CIO and former Middletown councilman, has spent 20 years pushing labor issues at the State Capitol. The mild-mressed advocate lobbies for and against bills affecting workers, arguing labor must gain respectability while maintaining his southern demeanor and public dealings.
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Virginia
Afl-Cio
Julian F. Carper
Middletown
Carper
State Capitol
Twenty More POWs To Be Released In Vietnam
The Pentagon announced 20 additional American prisoners of war would be released by North Vietnam in a few days as a goodwill gesture after Kissinger's Hanoi visit. Defense Department spokesman Jerry W. Friedheim said four Navy and sixteen Air Force personnel are on the list, bringing total US servicemen freed to 155.
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Washington
Pentagon
North Vietnam
Henry Kissinger
Hanoi
Defense Department
Jerry W. Friedheim
Navy
Air Force
North
South
Vietnam
Returnees To U.S. As Cease-fire Brings First Homebound
A group of POWs in a processing line recalls showers with perfumed soap and a lunch lineup including tenderloin steak and strudel. One veteran notes a concussion from a B52 raid on Hanoi. Two returnees await expedited processing due to family illnesses as officials plan a departure for Maj. Glendon W. Perkins and Cmdr. Brian Woods, first homebound since the cease-fire.
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Hanoi
United States
Air Force
Glendon W. Perkins
Orlando
Fla
Navy
Brian Woods
San Diego
Cal
Nixon to Pursue Tough Trade Legislation for Fairer Abroad
President Nixon said he would seek legislation to raise as well as lower barriers to obtain a fairer shake for America abroad after a 10 percent dollar devaluation. He spoke with Treasury Secretary George Shultz in the Oval Office and warned that devaluation is only temporary.
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Washington
Nixon
America
United States
Oval Office
Treasury
George Shultz
Shultz
Schultz
U.S
Virginia Storm Heads Toward State With Rain and Snow
A storm moving from the lower Midwest will bring increased cloudiness to Virginia tonight with rain likely and a chance of snow in Southwest Virginia. In domestic notes, the Frederick County Historical Society announces dues for 1970 at 5 dollars for individuals and 7.50 dollars for couples, with Treasurer Mrs. Howard Lewis at 610 Amhorst St.
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Richmond
Virginia
Lower
Midwest
Winchester
Frederick County
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Inner Circle
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Tex
Robert Gordon
Firemen's Parade
Stennis
Lulu Williams
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