Nixon birthday trip interrupted by demonstrators at Eisenhower home
President Nixon and Mrs. Nixon visited Northampton to celebrate his birthday at the Eisenhowers’ apartment. Several hundred demonstrators booed as Nixon ignored chants calling to end the war while supporters cheered. The visit lasted about two hours and included gifts from family and friends.
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Nixon
Massachusetts
Trivia
Northampton
Julie
David Eisenhower
Eisenhowers
Richard Nixon
Dickie
Ronald L. Ziegler
Eisenhower
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Frederick County 4 H Photography Project Starts Monday
A new five session 4 H Photography project begins Monday at the county Extension Office with Ned Conklin leading the opening session. Guest instructors include Larry Sullivan and Miss Mary Helen Massie among others. Special programs from Eastman Kodak Co. will run throughout the series.
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Ned Conklin
Larrry Sullivan
Gallery
West Piccadilly St
Mary Helen Massie
Sullivan
Conklin
4-H
Eastman Kodak Co
Hints From Heloise Crafting Butter Pasts From Potatoes
A reader shares quirky kitchen hacks from 1970. Carved raw potato ends imprint designs into softened butter pats, then freezing makes cute, long lasting pieces. Other tips include lining trays with adhesive paper to create wipe clean, attractive serving dishes and using crepe paper streamers as bows for gifts.
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Gals
General faults halt of bombing in Vietnam gravest wartime error
Brig Gen L A Marshall, syndicated columnist, calls the bombing halt on North Vietnam a gravest error in wartime. He says the move gave the North 30 percent advantage and came at the wrong time. He predicts progress could turn better with about 250000 US troops through 1971.
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L.A. Marshall
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Sikh Rejected by London Ambulance Service Over Bearded Religion
A Sikh applicant was refused work with the London Ambulance Service because uncut hair and a beard clash with practical resuscitation. The Community Relations Council investigates, amid broader Britain immigration integration issues. Public transport officials allow turbans if neat, while five Muslim girls face school exclusion over traditional trousers. Ramadan leave led to pay forfeitures for Pakistanis in Peterborough. The Community Relations Board, funded to fight prejudice, notes 10 percent of Britons are prejudiced and 17 percent more prone.
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London Ambulance Service
Race Relations Board
Staffordshire
Peterborough
Community Relations Board
Royal Opera House
Britain
Virginian Is Viet Casualty
A Northern Virginia warrant officer is identified as among the latest Vietnam war casualties. Army Warrant Officer James R. Whitmore, son of Mr and Mrs Robert A Whitmore of Arlington, was killed in action.
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Northern Virginia
Defense Department
Army
James R.whitmore
Robert A. Whitmore
Arlington
Historic Va Church Burns Amid Fire Damages 75 Percent
Ashland reports major blaze at historic Slash Christian Church the oldest in Hanover County and among the nation's oldest. Flames started by a furnace explosion near 11 p.m. Friday damaging about three quarters of the frame building dating to 1729. The church on Virginia 656 southeast of Ashland has hosted Disciples of Christ worship since 1842 after a Church of England origin. Notables linked include Patrick Henry a Scottish minister former minister and early parishioner Henry Clay. Civil War era used as a hospital.
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Henry Clay
Yablonski Burial Spurs Union Reform Push
In Washington PA and Norfolk VA reports, supporters vow to press reform after the Yablonski family was buried. They map strategy for UMW reforms while a $60,000 reward awaits tips on the killer. A Norfolk judge approves a white high school project replacing Booker T. Washington High, with integration limits set at 40 percent Negro enrollment.
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Jock
Yablonski
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
UMW
Joseph Rauh Jr
Washington, D.C
W.A
Tony” Boyle
Yablonskis
Polish National Alliance
Charles Owne Rice
Pittsburgh
Norfolk, Va
Norfolk
Booker T. Washington High School
Today In History January 10 1970 Highlights Past Events
On this date 1946 the United Nations General Assembly met in London. Other events include 1776 Common Sense published, 1861 Florida seceded, 1870 Standard Oil formed, 1942 Japanese invasion of Dutch East Indies, 1952 Flying Enterprise sank, 1961 Georgia desegregation at University of Georgia, and various notes on Aswan dam work, Congo rebels, and Sweden-North Vietnam ties.
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United Nations
London
Thomas Paine
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Union
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Co
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Ohio
Sweden
North Vietnam
Valuable Real Estate for Sale by Virginia Dept of Highways
Sealed bids for 6 918 acres fronting 811 along Route 612 adjacent to I 81 Exit 59 Verona Augusta County Va due by 3 00 p m January 26 1970 at the District Right of Way Engineer Staunton with details via Property Management Section Staunton phone 886 6225 ext 264 or 228. The Department reserves right to reject any bid N bids on official proposal forms only.
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Dept. of Highways
Staunton
Verona
Augusta Co
Dept
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