Winchester to provide GE water sewer cheeper than county
City Manager Wendell L. Seldon said Winchester will supply water and sewer to the new General Electric plant at Kernstown cheaper than the county can and residents would not pay. The county benefits from added taxes, while no county tax money is spent. The sprawling $20 million facility triggers negotiations with the Frederick County Sanitation Authority which must build sewer lines costing about 850000 after prior county loans. Seldon emphasized the city’s long standing policy to provide utilities to industry on the same basis as other firms and that GE was informed of terms since initial contact.
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Winchester
Wendell L. Seldon
General Electric
Seldon
Kernstown
Frederick County Sanitation Authority
County Board of Supervisors
County Sanitation Authority
S. Roger Koontz
Gainesboro
T.G. Adams
City Water Works
Industrial Development Corporation
Bill Stops Aid Unless Nixon Releases Funds
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to cut off foreign aid after April 30 unless President Nixon spends $4.5 billion in Congress approved domestic funds. The measure attaches to a $1.55 billion four month military aid bill covering 64 nations and bans rehabilitation spending without approval.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nixon
Congress
North Vietnam
Senate
Departments of Agriculture, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development
Health
Sen
J.W. Fulbright
Foreign Relations
White House
Britain in Smugglers Paradise as Civil Service Strike Hits
London and Britain face a 24 hour civil service strike with air and sea ports closed and honesty boxes at arrivals. Heathrow and Dover expected to shut, prisons and courts affected, stock market dealings disrupted, and driving tests postponed during a nationwide protest against wage limits.
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London
Britain
Heathrow
Dover
London Stock Exchange
Ford
Snow Drifts Close Virginia Highways Across Regions
Snow covered large sections of Virginia highways with accumulations from half an inch to three inches. All roads remained passable though some areas require snow tires or chains including Orange, Floyd, Augusta, Highland and Bath counties. The National Weather Service warned snow would spread across Northern Virginia as a low pressure system moved northeast.
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Richmond
Virginia
Fredericksburg
Floyd County
Virginia Department of Highways
Floyd
Orange
Louisa
Highland
Bath
Augusta County
Afton Mountain
Staunton
Waynesboro
Augusta
National Weather Service
Norfolk
Roanoke
Cape Hatteras
N. C
Two Teens Involved in Fatal Richmond High Shootout
In Richmond, Armstrong High School students exchanged gunfire in a hallway just before classes. Wayne Phillips, 16, was killed and Felita Gardner, 14, wounded. suspect Michael W. Dance, 18, surrendered and faces murder and felonious assault charges with bond set at 12,000.
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Richmond
Richmond High School
Armstrong High School
East End
Wayne Phillips
Felita Julia Gardner
Michael W. Dance
Dance
Phillips
Gardner
Draft Lottery Set for March 8 in Washington
A standby military draft lottery will be held March 8 for men born in 1954 who reach age 19 in 1973. For the first time, lottery numbers will not imply immediate induction, though those numbers below the processing ceiling may be inducted in 1974 as a standby pool.
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Washington
Selective Service
Renner Named Year's Top Police Officer
Chief Deputy Osborne H. Renner of the Frederick County Sheriff's Department was named Police Officer of the Year by the Exchange Club of Winchester during Crime Prevention Week. Renner, who attended a courtroom security course in Roanoke, did not attend the luncheon. his wife Ruth accepted the award. The proclamation praised his courteousness, loyalty, honesty and fairness, noting his commitment to public rights and careful analysis of cases. Renner has 12 years with the department and became chief deputy in 1968, with training in arson investigation, demolitions, and explosives.
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Exchange Club of
Winchester
Osborne H. Renner
Frederick County
Massie
Renner
Harry Carpenter
Raymond C. Sandy
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Frederick County Sheriff's Department
Middletown
Middletown High School
Sheriff’s School
Agreement on System to Reopen Viet Talks on Peace Violations
The United States and North Vietnam agreed on a reconvening system for the Vietnam conference to address peace violations. Either side can veto unless six other members back recall, creating a de facto veto and a high bar to restarting talks.
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Paris
United States
North Vietnam
Washington
Hanoi
Washington-Hanoi
Robert J. McCloskey
U.S
Vietnam
Suspension Announced as POW Releases Halted
Saigon reports North Vietnam and the Viet Cong suspend POW releases delaying the Paris accord steps. The U S delegation cites liaison flight issues and insists immediate release of U S prisoners. Washington notes 163 released, 422 still captive across Vietnam and Laos.
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Saigon
United States
North Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
Bui Tin
Joint Military Commission
Hanoi
U. S
Hhus
North
Laos
Vietnam
Provisional Revolutionary Government
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Revolutionary Government
Paris
Reward Offered for Bomb Threat Information at Abex Plant
Abex plant manager Charles B. Mallory announced a 1000 dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person calling bomb threats. Calls began October 14 at 3 40 am with evacuations and police responses. additional threats were made to Frederick County and the city police. Mallory urged any information to be reported to the city police or to him at Alex, and listed two public contact numbers for the concern.
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Charles B. Mallory
Abex
Frederick County
Mallory
Alex
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Reds
Elizabeth O’hara
Judy
Jethro
Capitol
William G. Whitehurst
R-Va
Viet Cong
U.N
Cambodia
Andrei A. Gromyko
Kurt Waldheim
Waldheim
World Organization
William P. Rogers
Nguyen Thi Binh
Canada
Mitchell Sharp
N. Viet
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