Miss Vickie Ritter Crowned Queen of the Greens in Winchester
Miss Vickie Ritter was crowned Queen of the Greens at the TeensAge Club Burning of the Greens in Winchester Municipal Park. She received congratulatory kisses from Stan Shoemaker the King of the Greens and Winchester Mayor William M. Battaile. Trophies and gifts followed at the War Memorial Building. last year’s King and Queen were Buddy Strawderman and Dee Dee Schroth.
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Winchester Municipal Park
Stan Shoemaker
King of the Greens
Winchester
William M. Battaile
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War Memorial Building
Buddy Strawderman
Dee Dee Schroth
Sirhan Began Trial In Guarded Los Angeles Court
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan 24, a Jordanian charged with Kennedy murder, faces a lengthy Los Angeles trial with heavy security. About 200 witnesses may testify. defense and prosecution teams total six lawyers. Judge Herbert V. Walker presides as proceedings rely on closed circuit viewing for most spectators.
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Los Angeles
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan
Kennedy
Ambassador Hotel
New York
California
Los Angeles Hall
Cooper
U.S. Atty
Matt Byrne
U.S. District Court
Francis Whelan
Russell B. Parsona
David N. Fitts
District Attorney’s Office
Train Ride Christmas Gift Captures Family Adventure
A Martinsburg man gave his wife and young daughter an unusual present a Christmas train trip they had never taken before. Tickets from Martinsburg to Cumberland and back accompanied a day of riding through winter scenery including tunnels and trestles with lunch in Queen City.
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Martinsburg
Cumberland
Queen City
Iron Horse
Lebanese Israelis Meet at Border Over Guerrilla Attacks
Lebanese and Israeli officials held border talks supervised by United Nations observers to discuss complaints under the 1948 armistice. Beirut says guerrilla incursions originate from Lebanon, while Israel rejects a Lebanese proposal for U N observers into Israel.
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Associated Press
Israel
Lebanon
Mixed Armistice Commission
United Nations
Beirut
Hussein Ouweini
U.N
Saigon Education Minister Killed by Grenade Attack
Saigon Education Minister Le Minh Tri, 46, died in a hospital after a grenade demolished his car on a downtown Saigon street. The first major South Vietnamese official killed by terrorists in over a year, Tri had been appointed three months ago to head the education ministry.
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le Minh Tri
Tri
U.S
Khe San
Chance of Snow Again Forecast By Weatherman
The weatherman predicts snow tonight amid variable clouds and a chance of light precipitation. Cold snaps marked the first six days of the year with lows at 15 degrees and similar levels in 1968. a low in the 20s is forecast tomorrow with windy, moderately cold conditions and a light precipitation outlook for Thursday and Saturday.
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Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Congress Opens 91st Session Faces Belt Tightening
Washington AP reports the 91st Congress starts with aims of fiscal restraint and centrist policy as it certifies Nixon as President-elect, debates pay raises, and schedules Cabinet nomination hearings. Senate leaders plan early nuclear treaty talks and possible filibuster changes, with committee reshuffles and party organization vacancies to fill.
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Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Johnson
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J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Appropriations Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mike Mansfield
Great Society
Kennedy
Lodge named as U.S. Paris negotiator clouds Vietnam talks
Saigon officials wary as Henry Cabot Lodge’s appointment as chief U.S. representative at Paris talks dampens hopes for an early conference. Harriman presses to start talks before Nixon’s January 20 inauguration amid procedural deadlock and seating disputes. Ky and Lam report mixed feelings, stressing Lodge’s hardline image and close ties with Thieu’s regime.
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Bonn
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South Vietnam
Pham Dang Lam
Laird Names Chafee Seamans and Resor to Top Defense Posts
Secretary designate Melvin Laird named Rhode Island Governor John H. Chafee as secretary of the Navy and MIT professor Robert C. Seamans Jr. as secretary of the Air Force. Stanley R. Resor was renominated to remain secretary of the Army in a surprise reappointment pending Senate confirmation.
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Washington
Baden to Give Top Citizen Award at Dinner
The Rev. John Baden rector of Christ Episcopal Church will award the Outstanding Citizen Award at the Winchester Frederick County Chamber of Commerce 51st Annual Dinner Meeting. Hal Boyle Pulitzer Prize winning AP columnist and narrator for the event will speak at 7 p.m. at the George Washington Hotel. The evening will also feature introductions of the chamber’s new directors for 1969.
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John Baden
Christ Episcopal Church
Winchester-Frederick County
San Francisco State Teachers Strike Across Campus
San Francisco State College ends holiday recess as the AFL-CIO American Federation of Teachers local votes an immediate strike in solidarity with student protesters. Governor Reagan vows to deploy force if needed to protect education and campus operations amid rules banning rallies on the central campus.
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California
Afl-Cio American Federation of Teachers
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Sacramento
8. I. Hayakawa
Mile of Dimes drive supports March of Dimes funds
The Mile of Dimes project on Loudoun Street by The Winchester Association of Life Underwriters will donate 500 dollars to the March of Dimes campaign. Donald Unger and his 11 year old son assist as Thomas Streit, project chairman, clips a donation to a line while Rex Simpson holds the canister in a Star Photo by Mary Helen Massie.
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Loudoun St
Winchester Association of Life Underwriters
Donald Unger
Donald
Thomas Streit
Rex Simpson
Children’s Wear 20 to 50 Percent Off at The Stork Set
Store promotes discounts across children’s apparel with price cuts ranging from 20 to 50 percent. Savings appear on outfits, outerwear, and accessories for infants and youngsters. Shop window showcases highlight sale terms and participating items.
Wallace votes spark push for electoral reform in Nixon victory
In a joint session Congress counts Nixon 301 to 191 over Humphrey as Agnew is elected, but Sen. Muskie and Rep. O'Hara challenge North Carolina elector Lloyd W. Batley for casting a Wallace ballot. They urge invoking an 83 year old law to reject votes not regularly given. Bailey, a GOP elector, broke with his slate to vote Wallace.
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Richard M. Nixon
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Senate
Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edmund Muskie
Dmaine
James G. O’hara
Lloyd W. Batley
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George C. Wallace
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Bailey
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O’hara
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Maine
Humphrey
Cold Dome Keeps Virginia Cold As Warmer Air Moves In
Eastern Virginia experiences continued cold conditions due to a cold dome. A later southwestern flow is easing the chill as warmer air begins to move toward the state from the south.
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Richmond
Virginia
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