Top Award for Erle Edwards
Retired Frederick County Judge W. Erle Edwards received the citizen of the year award at the 54th Winchester Frederick County Chamber of Commerce banquet held at Lee Jackson restaurant. Rep. J Kenneth Robinson led the presentation praising his 30 years of service including 7000 cases in a year and overcoming tuberculosis in 1926. Kilpatrick and Richard Rodman spoke as featured guests.
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Frederick County
W. Erle Edwards
Winchester - Frederick County
Star
Chamber
Kenneth Robinson
Edwards
Winchester
Cross Junction
Virginia budget outlines $5.2 billion 1972 74 plan
Gov. Linwood Holton unveils a $5.2 billion two year budget pegged on higher personal and corporate income taxes and a 2 cent motor fuel tax. The plan aims to boost education and public welfare while funding road building and regional planning despite a large anticipated deficit.
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Richmond
Linwood Holton
Virginia General Assembly
Holton
State of the Commonwealth
Assembly
Virginia
Budget highlights show Holton plan boosts education funding
Gov Holton's 1972 74 budget proposes 2.2 million for Lord Fairfax Community College operations and a 20 thousand planning grant. State education totals rise by about 22 percent plus higher education up 47 percent. Federal aid would grow 86 percent with shifts to School Food and Vocational programs.
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Lord Fairfax Community College
Budget reveals sharp rises in aid and prison costs
The proposed 1972 74 budget projects Old Age Assistance recipients rising from 15 438 in 1970 71 to 23 900 in 1973 74 and nursing home costs climbing to 388 19 per month by 1973 74. Prison expense for 6 537 inmates would hit 41 million, with executive and assembly costs increasing. Highways funding relies on over 1 billion in special fund revenues including federal grants and fuel taxes.
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Holton
General Assembly
Virginia
Tornado Deaths, Injuries Hit Alabama Town Near Ft Rucker
A southeast Alabama tornado killed three people and injured scores, damaging Pine Brook and Dogwood Acres trailer courts and the Lowe Army Airfield helicopters. Ft Rucker Army base treated 15 serious injuries and 50 to 65 minor injuries as rescue crews aided by local and Army personnel worked through the night.
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Ozark
Ala
Alabama
Dale County Sheriff’s Office
Public Information Office
Ft. Rucker
Lister Army Hospital
Army
Enterprise
C. F. Skipper
Creation
Skipper
Pine Brook
Dogwood Acres
Rucker Reservation
Lowe Army Airfield
Rucker
Army Aviation Center
Enterprise Hospital
Nixon plans new phased Vietnam troop withdrawals
President Nixon announced further South Vietnam pullouts, reducing U.S. forces to about 69,000 by May 1 and bringing home roughly 70,000 more in the next three months. He said 23,300 troops would return between February 1 and May 1, with another withdrawal announcement before May.
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Washington
Nixon
South Vietnam
Communists Increase Attacks Across South Vietnam Fronts
In a three day surge, Communist forces launch 86 ground attacks across South Vietnam. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong units strike Qui Nhon militia posts and threaten major towns as U S aircraft engage SAM sites near Ban Karai pass. casualties rise on both sides.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Air Force
Ban Karai Pass
Demilitarized Zone
Qui Nhon
Binh Dinh Province
Coup in Ghana Overthrows Civilian Government
Army officers seized control in Ghana on Wednesday night accusing Prime Minister Kofi Busia of malpractice and economic mismanagement. Col Ayitey Acheampong led the coup, a veteran officer who previously served as a regional administrator after the 1966 coup.
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Lome
Togo
Ghana
Ghana Radio
Kofi Busis
Accra
Ayitey Acheampong
Russian student leaves U.S. after airport self harm incident
Merab Kurashvily, a 36 year old Russian exchange student, flew home from Kennedy airport after U S authorities and Soviet officials resolved a six hour delay over interviews. Investigators called the departure voluntary noting he left of his own accord following a self inflicted throat and wrist slashing on Sunday. The Aeroflot plane finally departed at 2 37 a m after security and officials spoke with him. He had been treated at Jamaica Hospital in Queens earlier.
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New York
Kennedy
U.S
Samuel Zutty
U.S. Immigration Service
Merab Kurashvily
Karashvily
Kurashvily
Jamaica Hospital
Queens
Port Authority
Weather returns to warm moist Virginia with low pressure nearby
Southerly winds push Virginia into warm moist conditions as a low pressure trough nears from the west. The report notes open at a new Clarke Chrysler-Plymouth location on Rt 7 near I-8 and weekend price reductions. Correction issued for yesterday's ad listing phone 662-2500.
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Richmond
Virginia
Rt. 7
I-8
Clarke Chrysler-Plymouth
Clarke
Chrysler Plymouth
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Kilpatrick
U.S. Supreme Court
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Supreme Court
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Winchester Elks Club
Red Cross
Dick Eddy
The
Elks
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda
Bulletin
Mekong Delta
Delta
Margaret L. Hodgson
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