Maids of Honor Named for Apple Blossom Festival
Kathye-Lynn Stratton Elizabeth Reed Toan Ruth Warden Carson and Susan Elizabeth Shokes were chosen as Maids of Honor for Queen Shenandoah XLVI. All from Winchester they will attend the coronation May 4 at Handley High School and serve through the festival weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathye-Lynn Stratton
Elizabeth Reed Toan
Ruth Warden Carson
Susan Elizabeth Shokes
Thelma Clore
Winchester
Handley High School
Miss Toan
V.P.I
Queen’s Court
Elizabeth
City
Charles Toan
Tennyson Ave
Betsey
Miss Carson
Chaplain H. Carson Jr
Mr. Carson
S. Washington St
Ruth
Presbyterian College
Clinton
S.C
Miss Shokes
Handley
University of Tennessee
Edward C. Shokes
Millwood Ave
Thespian
Handlian
Susie
Shenandoah XLVI
Hostage Standoff at Wounded Knee Sees AIM Demands
Nearly 200 Indians control Wounded Knee South Dakota holding about 10 residents hostage and demanding visits by Senators Kennedy and Fulbright to discuss Indian grievances. AIM leader Carter Camp demands investigations into the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Department of the Interior, and autonomy for the Ogallala Sioux.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wounded Knee
S.D
U.S
American Indian Movement
Carter
Ponca City
Okla
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
J.W. Fulbright
Arkansas
Pine Ridge
South Dakota
Camp
AIM
Oglala
Joseph H. Trimbach
FBI
Minneapolis
Senate
Ted Kennedy
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Department of the Interior
William Fulbright
United States
Gibb Declares He Will Not Seek Reelection
Del. Duncan C. Gibb of the 17th District says he will not run again for the House of Delegates citing time demands and campaign stretch. He notes three months of fall campaigning and five months away from the office as the main burden. Local notes reference light snowfall in March and a weather detail from Winchester Laboratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gail Davis
Star
Front Royal
del. Duncan C. Gibb
House of Delegates
Richmond
Troop pullout halted to prod POW releases
The United States suspended troop withdrawals from Vietnam to pressure North Vietnam for the release of prisoners of war. U S officials warned of possible air actions against SAM bases at Khe Sanh if missiles remain. No POW progress reported and meetings adjourned until Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khe Sanh
Safeguards' Condition For Release of POWs
North Vietnam says POW releases will resume once Saigon Joint Military Commission guards its members in South Vietnam cities. Nguyen Thanh Le cites a working plan to protect commission personnel and protests attacks on members in Hue and Da Nang. Rogers and Trinh set urgent talks, joined by Mrs. Nguyen Thi Binh and Tran Van Lam, to discuss cease fire compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
North Vietnam
Joint Military Commission
Saigon
South Vietnam
Nguyen Thanh le
Avenue Kleber
Nixon
Rogers
U. S
Khe Sanh
Demilitarized Zone
United States
U.S
Robert McCloskey
McCloskey
Arraignment Set After Riverton Power Station Seizure
Lyle Franklin Gibson 41 of Front Royal is jailed without bond after seizing control of the Riverton Power Station in Warren County. He held Potomac Edison employee John Thomas at gunpoint for over an hour demanding the station be shut and Front Royal darkened. Thomas aided by a second employee escaped, notified deputies, FBI was contacted, and Gibson surrendered with no resistance. Thomas treated for shock. Gibson faces assault with a deadly weapon and possible additional counts.
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Front Royal
Warren
Gary Keyser
Riverton
Warren County
Keyser
Lyle Franklin Gibson
John Thomas
Potomac Edison
Thomas
Gibson
Wayne Comer
Strasburg Rd
Sheriff’s Office
FBI
Washington
D.C
William Thomas
Winchester
Warren Memorial Hospital
Cecil D. Williams
Sheriff's Department
Williams
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Kathye
Lynn Stratton
Elizabeth Reed
Elizabeth Shores
Donald Newman
John Glover & Sons, Inc
Rt. 11
David B. Grim
Gibb
Winchester Research Laboratory
Elsie Kay
Vietnam
Hanoi
Gilbert H. Woodward
Commission
Camp Alpha
Tan Son Nhut
Ellsworth Bunker
Nguyen van Thieu
Frederick C. Weyand
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Lester D. McClung
Department of Natural Resources’ Forestry Division
Penney
Spaldings
French Shriners
Rouss Fire Co
Thurs
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