Testimony Links Angela Davis to Guns in Escape Try
Grand jury testimony released by court order ties Angela Davis to a teen who smuggled guns into a Marin County courtroom for a 1969 escape attempt that left four men dead. Davis, 26, is jailed on murder kidnapping and conspiracy counts. witnesses described guns bought by her and her proximity to the shooters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angela Davis
San Rafael
Calif
Miss Davis
UCLA
Marin County Grand Jury
Civic Center
Superior Court
Harold J. Haley
San Quentin
James McClain
William Arthur Christmas
Jonathan Jackson
Haley
Jackson
David Lifsen
Frank Blumenthal
Eagle Loan
San Francisco
Lifsen
Nancy Conrad
Western Surplus
Los
USC study says Santa Barbara Channel spill caused little lasting damage
A 12 month USC led study funded by Western Oil and Gas Association found minimal permanent harm to marine life from the 1969 Union Oil blowout in the Santa Barbara Channel. Researchers led by Dale Straughan reported whales seals fish and microscopic life largely unaffected. only barnacles among observed life suffered notable impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara Channel
University of Southern California
Western Oil and Gas Association
Union Oil Co
USC
Dale Straughan
Warren Road Project Hearing Set for Jan 28 in Front Royal
A public hearing at 10 a.m. January 28 at the Warren County Courthouse in Front Royal will discuss proposed improvements on Route 340 in Warren County. Plans call for a second underpass under the Norfolk and Western tracks and a small bridge across Flint Run to divide the highway for dual lane traffic.
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Warren County
Front Royal
Norfolk and Western Railway
Karo
Limeton
Flint Run
Former Resident Freed of Shooting Charge
Alfred Richard Elliott, a former Gainesboro man, was freed of a felonious shooting with intent to maim charge in Frederick County Court. The incident involved firing into a Gore man Philip Holliday’s car on Nov 14, 1969. Judge W Erle Edwards dismissed the charge after a preliminary hearing for insufficient evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesboro
Frederick
Alfred Alfred Richard Elliott
Philip Holliday
Gore
Maryland
Charles McIlwee
W. Erle Edwards
Best Baseball Bats From Northern White Ash
The article notes northern white ash provides ideal hardness resilience and weight for bats. It states top bats come from second growth trees with 12 to 15 inch diameters for greater wood resilience than older larger trees.
UNICEF Goal Topped Here
The Winchester Christian Youth Organization reported UNICEF volunteers collected 400.16 dollars during Halloween night surpassing a 350 dollar goal. The effort involved local residents and youth groups coordinating donations at community venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Christian Youth Organization
Unicef
Glee Club Concert Feb 8 at Shenandoah Conservatory
The Virginia Polytechnic Institute Men's Glee Club performs on February 8 at 8 p.m. in the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music auditorium. Sponsored by Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the men’s professional music fraternity on campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Polytechnic Institute Men’s Glee Club
Shenandoah Conservatory of Music
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
Tri-Hi-Y Names Adult Sponsors at James Wood High
The Tri-Hi-Y club at James Wood High selects Mrs Frances Unger Mrs Suzanne Pettit and Mrs Nancy Harper as adult sponsors for the year. The group requires a three person sponsor team for the Ace Award. Mrs Harper and Mrs Pettit are James Wood teachers and Mrs Unger is active in the community. Miss Jane Cather remains school sponsor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wood High School
Frances Unger
Suzanne Pettit
Nancy Harper
Y.M.C.A
Harper
Pettit
Unger
Army wrestles with bulked manpower shortage in Vietnam
Pentagon officials attribute a large Army manpower gap to a shortfall of draftees and slowed Vietnam withdrawals after the Cambodian incursion. The deficit left a crack airborne division short a full brigade as troops rotated out of Vietnam. The shortage rippled through units outside Vietnam as replacements arrived.
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Washington
Pentagon
Vietnam
82Nd Airborne Division
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Jordan
82Nd
United States
Europe
Weiss Attends Richmond Meeting Of Conservation Districts
Arthur D. Weiss of Clarke County serves as vice chairman of the Lord Fairfax Soil and Water Conservation District and newly elected director of the state body. He attended his first Richmond meeting focusing on cooperation among Virginia districts. The Lord Fairfax District spans Frederick Clarke Warren and Shenandoah counties with a Planning District headquartered at Front Royal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur D. Weiss
Clarke County
Lord Fairfax Soil & Water Conservation District
Richmond
Weiss
Area Soil & Water Conservation Districts
Lord Fairfax Planning District
Virginia
Lord Fairfax
Frederick, Clarke
Warren
Shenandoah
Front Royal
Winchester
Clarke
Frederick
Page
General Assembly
Poff Calls Reapportionment Plan Unworkable
Roanoke congressman Richard H. Poff labels a proposed 6th District realignment unworkable and unacceptable. The plan would redraw lines to include Botetourt Allegheny Rockbridge Roanoke Nelson Albemarle Cumberland Fluvanna Goochland and Powhatan counties and faces possible court challenges. Poff doubts he will be out of the political arena in 1972 amid Senate House committee discussions.
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Roanoke
Richard H. Poff
House
Senate
Privileges & Elections
Roanoke Times
Botetourt
Allegheny
Rockbridge
Nelson
Albemarle
Cumberland
Fluvanna
Goochland
Powhatan
P&e
Poff
6Th District
Capitol Hill
Federal
U.S. Supreme Court
Widow Bequeaths 86 Acre Woodside Estate to Sierra Club
Edna Bloss Thorne, a 93 year old San Francisco widow who died in June 1969, leaves an 86 acre Woodside estate valued at about 1 million dollars to the Sierra Club Foundation as a nature preserve. The land includes redwood, oak and chaparral groves, with natural terrain southwest of Redwood City in San Mateo County, 25 miles south of San Francisco.
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Miss Davis
Jackson
San Quentin
Robert H. West
George Jackson
California
Redwood City
Calif
San Francisco
Sierra Club Foundation
Edna Bloss Thorne
San Mateo County
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Nancy Mangabeira Unger
Santiago
Chile
Giovanni Enrico Bucher
Peter D. Fleming
Santa Barbara
Warren Road Project
Department of Highways
Staunton
Luray
Virginia Department of Highways
VPI Glee Club
Mr. Weiss
Clarke County Agricultural Stabilization& Conservation Committee
Miller's Hardware
Loudoun St
Leaves Estate
Thorne
Winchester Printers, Inc
Pifer Printing
N. Braddock ST
Leggett
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