Virginia General Assembly faces long session in Richmond
On the final session day in Richmond, lawmakers race to finish more than 180 measures including no fault insurance and wiretapping. The Senate and House clash over district court elections, while votes on housing law, college bonds, auto inspection fees, and retirement bills move forward amid conference committee wrangles.
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Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
House
Senate
Virginia
Justice Department
General Assembly
Returnees Speak On Camp Life And Amnesty
Returned American POWs in San Francisco and Texas presented cautious views on prison camp conditions and the amnesty for draft evaders. Capt Mark A. Smith warned the full truth could shock the public, while Sgt Ken Wallingford urged not allowing evaders to return. Navy Capt James A. Mulligan urged national unity and patriotism amid antiwar unrest.
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Barton Reppert
Associated Press
Indochina
United States
Army
Mark A. Smith
San Francisco
Smith
Hawthorne
Calif
Letterman General Hospital
Pentagon
Ken Wallingford
Austin
Tex
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Virginia
Navy
James A. Mulligan Jr
Lawrence, Mass
Rogers Heads For Paris Conference On Indochina
Secretary of State William P. Rogers flies to Paris for the 13 nation Vietnam conference amid hopes for a brief session and an official endorsement of the cease fire. US officials seek a short, limited, four to five day meeting and avoid broader wrangling over Laos Cambodia and South Vietnam. Some communists show reservations to UN Secretary General Waldheim as chairman.
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Washington
William P. Rogers
Paris
Vietnam
Indochina
U.S
Rogers
Laos
Cambodia
South Vietnam
United States
United Nations
Kurt Waldheim
Waldheim
Week Ends on Fair And Chilly Note
The Winchester area saw a fair and cold week ending with sun breaking through after the threat of the first real snowstorm. Highs reached 44 on Tuesday and 42 on Monday with lows of 17, 30, 35, 21, and 23. Rain totals for February rose to 1.92 inches with .01, .02, and .03 inches on Wednesday Thursday and Friday respectively.
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Winchester
Shelling at JMC Site Kills 10 Vietnamese
Communist gunners killed 10 Vietnamese today when shells struck near a Joint Military Commission conference room and hit a building under remodeling for the ICCS. Field reports place the strike at Tri Ton in the Mekong Delta, 125 miles southwest of Saigon. six children and two teachers died in a school yard nearby.
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Saigon
Joint Military Commission
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Tri Ton
Mekong Delta
Military Commission
U.S
Can Tho
J.G. Whitted
International Commission
Highway 13
An Loc
Myers
Inflation Rise and Vietnam War Toll Highlight US News
The Federal Reserve raised its discount rate from 5 to 5.5 percent citing inflation as a driver. Across Vietnam, shelling killed two South Vietnamese soldiers and wounded six as cease fire violations rose. U.S. pilot Steven Myers described the downed helicopter mission and questions from parties involved.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Youth Hostels HQ at Delaplane to launch training program
Frank D. Cosgrove executive director of American Youth Hostels outlines plans for a new Delaplane Virginia headquarters and a 62 acre site to train and operate hostels. He notes hostelers vary in age and pursue travel under supervision with inexpensive overnight housing.
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Frank D. Cosgrove
National Staff of American Youth Hostels, Inc
Delaplane
Dick Shuman
Front Royal
American Youth Hostels, Inc
Jim Warren
Northern
Virginia
Libyan jets threaten to shoot down El Al planes
Libyan fighters patrol the Mediterranean with orders to target Israeli airliners, a Lebanese newspaper reports. Al Yom says the move is a response to the Libyan jetliner downing, with Col. Kadafiauthorized retaliation. Libyan and TWA spokesmen declined comment.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Mediterranean
el al
al Yom
Egypt
Muammar’ Kadafi
Revolutionary Command Council
Trans World Airlines
TWA
Europe
Cairo
Tel Aviv
Kadfai
Sinai Desert
Tripoli
Libyas Revolutionary Command Council
Kadafi
Suez Canal
Beersheba
Defense
Moshe Dayan
Dayan Says All Sides At Fault In Libyan Jet Crash
Defense Minister Moshe Dayan announced after examining the black boxes that three factors caused the Libyan airliner disaster. He cited airline errors misread Cairo control and Israeli misinterpretation and supported an international probe and a Cairo Tel Aviv hotline. Air Chief Elazar admitted ordering the plane shot down. The crash near the Suez Canal killed 106.
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Tel Aviv
Moshe Dayan
Israel
Egypt
Dayan
David Elazar
Air Force
Mordechai Hod
Elazar
Suez Canal
Cairo
Suez City
Flower Themed Classifieds and Events Listings
A collage of small ads and notices: service jobs at Amherst Diner seeking a night waitress, market prices for potatoes at B and M Market in Stephens City, a theatre show at Bark Mill Theatre with a contact number, a helpline for communication troubles, and a Wesley United Methodist Church spaghetti supper on Saturday from 4 30 to 6 30 on Van Fossen Street.
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Wesley United Methodist Church
van Fossen St
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Robert P. Joyner
State Industrial Commission
Joyner
Joseph P. Rushbrooke
Knoxville
Tenn
U.S. Navy
Jerimiah Denton
Virginia Beach
James Mulligan
Denton
Hanoi
Wallingford
Brooke Army Medical Center
San Antonio
JMC
Arthur F. Burns
Burns
Shayon
Amherst
Stephens City
Jean Brodie
Bark Mill Theatre
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