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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1968
Page
7
A fire wrecked the 13-room McGaheysville Elementary School built in 1909 forcing an unexpected week off for students. Firefighters saved the gym, cafeteria, mobile classroom and a nearby frame church as ice blocked hydrants in subfreezing temps. Officials expect to use surviving buildings for classes next week.
Washington AP reports the new unified budget may reach 190 billion dollars for the coming year with increases slated for Vietnam war costs and domestic programs. Officials expect total defense outlays around 73 billion and anticipate a deficit under 20 billion without tax hikes.
The commission will determine whether Congress salaries rise from 30000 and set scales for executive leaders and federal judges. Appointed this July, the nine member panel must deliver proposals by year end and present them with the 1970 budget message.
Subtract two inches from your waist with angle seaming and sew this slip of a dress in shanting crepe cotton. Pattern 4710 Misses' sizes 10 to 18, size 14 bust 34 uses 25% yards of 35 inch fabric. Pattern 65 cents each plus 15 cents mailing. Send to Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star Pattern Dept New York. Include name address zip size and style number. Catalog offers over 100 styles and a free pattern coupon.
Florence's National Library reopens after 14 months of restoration. A team dubbed the mud angels of students scholars craftsmen and monks recovered more than 300 000 volumes from flood damaged stacks. Only 10 000 to 20 000 books were totally lost.
Defense Department reports Army Sgt. Charles T. Cooke of Covington and Marine Sgt. Donald F. Webb of Portsmouth killed in action in Vietnam.
The EnCyc Britannica estimates William Tweed, a political boss of New York City’s Tweed Ring, plundered city funds in the 1870s totaling up to 200 million dollars.
A collage of reader questions and tips: zip jackets with shower curtain hooks for easy use by children, potato peeling with a cooking spoon, turning belts inside out by threading strings, organizing birthday cards in a 12 pocket shoe bag, using a paint brush to sweep dry spills, testing cake doneness with uncooked spaghetti, repairing wear on sheets by folding and blind stitching, and snow cleaning a garage floor as a quick wash alternative.
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