French New GOP Head Chosen by Virginia Republicans
Warren B. French Jr. 46 of Edinburg named by the Virginia Republican State Central Committee as state GOP chairman unsalaried after Samuel E. Carpenter resigned as executive director. French notes fund-raising for a new executive director. he has been 7th District GOP chairman and backed Nixon in 1968.
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Richmond
Warren B. French Jr
Edinburg Telephone Company
Virginia Republicans
GOP
Republican State Central Committee
Samuel E. Carpenter
Fairfax
French
Richard Nixon
Agnew Returns to U S soil after Pacific tour
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew lands in Honolulu aboard Air Force Two completing a 32 000 mile swing through Asia to assure leaders of 11 nations the United States will keep its Pacific commitments. Dancers greet him with a traditional Hawaiian welcome and protesters pace the hotel area.
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Spiro T. Agnew
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United States
Pacific
Agnew
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Auckland
New Zealand
Washington
Adm
John S. McCain Jr
U.S. Pacific
U.S
Vietnam
Grand Jury Will Hear Shooting Case In Maryland
Anna Elizabeth Venske 68 of Mountain Falls is ordered held for the grand jury after a preliminary hearing in Frederick County Court on a murder charge. She pleaded innocent at arraignment, bond set at 10000, and remains jailed in Winchester-Frederick County. Sheriff Lacy Anderson and Dr. Douglass O. Hill testified.
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Audrey Coleman
Frederick County
Anna Elizabeth Venske
Mountain Falls
Winchester - Frederick County
The
Commonwealth
Lacy Anderson
Douglass O. Hill
Winchester
Two American Prisoners Executed by Viet Cong Near Hue
U.S. officials report Capt. David R. Devers and M. Sgt. John H. O Neill were dragged through villages, displayed, and executed by Viet Cong after capture on August 13, 1966. Bodies found Christmas Eve in Thua Thien Province along with three South Vietnamese soldiers.
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U.S
Thua Thien
1St Corps
South Vietnam
Devers
O'Neill
South Vetnamese 1St Infantry Division
Virginia inaugurates first GOP governor since Reconstruction
Linwood Holton sworn in as Virginia’s first Republican governor in 84 years and calls for the state to become a model in race relations. He urges bipartisanship and a 1970s Virginia program focusing on environment, health, education, and federal partnership.
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S. Linwood Holton
Virginia
Richmond
Linwood Holton
Holton
Commonwealth
Harold F. Snead
Mills E. Godwin Jr
America
Lincoln
Budget cries from agencies over Virginia plan prompt port talks
Gov Mills Godwin Jr faces protests from Dr Dana Hamel and port leaders in Norfolk Portsmouth and Newport News over a 3.8 billion 1970 72 budget. Critics urge higher funding for community colleges port infrastructure including cranes berths and dredging to keep pace with rivals and growth expectations.
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Mills E. Godwin Jr
Dana B. Hamel
Godwin
General Assembly
Hamel
Newport News
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Virginia
Atlantic
Jack P. Barnes
Sportsmouth
Barnes
James N. Crumbley
Norfolk Port & Industrial Authority
Handley Edges James Wood In Late Heated Clash
Handley beat James Wood 62 to 55 as Steve Boettner soared for a go ahead two pointer. Donnie Ganse pressed the block for James Wood while Larry Sullivan’s Star Photo notes the game with pages 8 9 and 10 providing the fuller story and photos.
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Handley
Steve Boettner
James Wood
Colonels
Donnie Ganse
Star
Larry Sullivan
Break-in at Buncutter Oil Site Tied to Padlock Theft
A midnight breaking and entering occurred at the Buncutter Oil location on Pura Road. The thief gained access by removing a padlock from the warehouse door, and a deputy with the Frederick County Sheriff's Department is investigating.
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Pura
Onde
R. A. Kline
Frederick County
Virginia braces for weekend storm with rain in state
An AP report states a low pressure system over the Gulf of Mexico will move across northern Florida tonight and up the coast Sunday bringing rain to Virginia by late tonight. Cooler air is expected as the low advances northward. A local entertainment note advertises a barbecue chicken special at Echo Village Restaurant this Sunday.
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Winchester Elks Club
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Holton
Assembly
Richmond
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
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