Britain Enters Three Day Week As Coal Strike Bites
London AP reports Britain begins a three day week with rolling power cuts and trains delayed as the coal strike worsens. Government warns of total shutdown in two weeks if talks fail. Trade minister calls miners ransomers while unions push for settlement terms.
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London
Trade and Industry
John Davies
Britain
Lord Wilberforce
Lawrence Daily
Coal Board
Edward Heath
House of Commons
Hutcheson Dies At 65 Former State Senator
Joseph C. Hutcheson, a longtime Virginia State Senate member from 1958 to 196? died at 65 at his Lawrenceville home. A powerful figure linked to the Byrd organization, he lost in a September Democratic primary to James T. Edmunds in the expanded district from Chesterfield County to the North Carolina line. Funeral set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church with burial in Boydton.
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Lawrenceville
Joseph C. Hutcheson
State Senate
Hutcheson
Senate
Democratic
Byrd Organization
Chesterfield County
North Carolina
Kenbridge
James T. Edmunds
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
St. James’ Episcopal Church
Boydton
Red Cross Bloodmobile Visit Scheduled in Winchester
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit the War Memorial Building tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. sponsored by the Exchange Club of Winchester. The drive aims to collect 155 pints of blood and all blood types are needed.
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Red Cross
War Memorial Building
Christ Episcopal Church Parish House
Exchange Club of
Winchester
Nixon Seeks More Data Ahead of Peking Trip
President Nixon, three days from departure for Peking, asks aides for more information and convenes French thinker Andre Malraux to advise on China. He has read materials from State Department and NSC and will consult Harvard scholars Fairbank and Terrill as part of a broad briefing process.
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Washington
Peking
Nixon
Andre Malraux
China
White House
Malraux
Antimemo
Mao
Chou En-lai
Ronald L. Ziegler
Florida
National Security Council
Henry Kissinger
State Department
Central Intelligence Agency
Peoples Republic of China
Harvard
John King Fairbank
United States
Ross Terrill
Atlantic Monthly
Friendship Neighborhood Meeting At 7 30 Tonight
The final session in the initial series of neighborhood meetings for Winchester's Comprehensive Plan will be at Friendship Fire Hall starting at 7 30. Neighborhood leaders Lyle Edward Strosnyder and John B. Cook head the event where residents review Winchester problems and priorities to guide the city plan.
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Winchester
Friendship Fire Hall
Friendship
Lyle Edward Strosnyder
John B. Cook
Rouss
Sarah Zane
Virginia Avenue
Shawnee
Fire damages Morrison Elementary in Front Royal
A 2 story Morrison Elementary School suffered severe fire damage on the second floor with heat smoke and water affecting most of the building. Initial damage was estimated at 100 000 and classes were canceled as officials sought temporary classrooms for 764 students and firefighters fought the blaze through the morning.
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Front Royal School
Front Royal
E. Wilson Morrison
Warren County
Morrison Elementary
C. Warren Turner
Turner
Morrison
D.A. Colan
Robert G. Leonard, Jr
Warren County Schools
Leonard
Streams Rise and Rainfall Exceeds Averages in Weekend Storm
Weekend rainfall totaling 1.72 inches lifted area totals to 4.43 inches for the year and 2.66 for the month. Streams rose above normal with Shenandoah forks at Front Royal eight to nine feet over normal and Harpers Ferry nine feet ten inches, while winds gusted to 25 mph.
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Shenandoah River
Front Royal
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Tet Cease Fire Halts Big U S Air Campaign
The 24 hour allied cease fire during Tet paused one of the war s largest U S air offensives in South Vietnam after six days of strikes. U S Navy and Air Force fighters flew 176 strikes in the prior day with 27 B 52 missions, boosting total raids past 800.
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U.S
Saigon
South Vietnam
Laos
Navy
Nixon
China
Binh Dinh
Cam Ranh Bay
Mekong Delta
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Red China
Peking People’s Daily
Viet Ambassador Diem Set to Speak at Winchester Lions Club
Viet Nam ambassador Bui Diem will be guest speaker for the Winchester Lions Club Platform of Understanding on Feb 29 at the George Washington Hotel. Public talk begins 1 p.m. with Q&A. Fred Ritter coordinates. The visit marks the ninth Lions speaker, following other diplomats and list of invited ambassadors.
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Lions Club
Winchester
Viet Nam
Diem
Alexander Evstafiev
Ritter
Toma Granfill
White House
Japan
Ireland
Cambodia
Germany
China
Russia
Isreal
Jordan
Czechslovakia
Poland
Netherlands
France
Great Britaan
Hungary
Laos
Thailand
Bomb blasts hit Belfast with no injuries reported
Four bombs exploded in Belfast as the Irish Republican Army intensified its campaign against ties with Britain. They damaged a bank on King Street, an office building, a furniture store, and a paint store, with no injuries reported.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Britain
King Street
Richmond Clearing After Weekend Rain Outlook
A low pressure system moved through Virginia bringing rain over the weekend. Clearing conditions are moving in as the system drifts northward. A message for teens with a problem directs to call Concern at 667-0145.
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Richmond
Virginia
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