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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1969
Page
16
The Senate prepared to approve 11 of 12 cabinet nominees with Alaska Governor Walter Hickel likely to win confirmation Tuesday after a briefing on oil lease conflicts. Kennedy and Packard cleared after trust arrangements. Other nominees include Laird Rogers Stans Romney Finch Volpe Blount Mitchell and Hardin.
Clarke County students will have school as usual this week per Wade G Johnson superintendent. Dismissal today is at the regular time. Winchester students have a holiday today and tomorrow for grading and record prep. Johnson notes Clarke also had a holiday reported Saturday.
The Virginia State Crime Commission and the State Law Enforcement Planning Council schedule joint hearings in Roanoke on January 24, Fairfax on January 28 and Norfolk on January 29, with a Richmond session by the planning council on January 30. Gov. Mills E. Godwin Jr. backs the Omnibus Act of 1968 to secure federal funds via a statewide plan. The meetings seek to explain the act and gather enforcement improvements.
President elect Nixon and his family attended an All-American inaugural concert at Constitution Hall. The event featured An dre Watts, Anna Moffo, the National Symphony Orchestra and the Salt Lake Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Nixon mingled with performers, posed for reporters, and praised Watts as magnificent.
Marvin B. Milam, former planning and zoning official in Winchester, is appointed Harrisonburg city manager effective March 3. Milam, 39, will fill the vacancy after the death of W. A. Woodward who served 12 years. Milam has been Tamaqua borough manager since 1962 and previously held roles in Winchester and Roanoke. He is married with four children.
In a speech, Nixon urges candor about weaknesses and a path to unity. He says government cannot solve all problems alone and calls for shared effort with citizens to build a stronger nation while preserving Kennedy and Johnson programs. He emphasizes helping the left behind and asking everyone to contribute one act at a time.
A Sussex County crash on U S 460 killed three Richmond residents Carol David 66 Ruby David and Bessie S Kocen. John Ernest Islip 20 of Richmond died from injuries after a collision at Afton Avenue and U S 1 in Richmond. Ira James Womack 22 and Johnny Whitfield 19 of Hampton died when their car hit a median on Magruder Boulevard. Elmo Marshall Combs 39 of Abingdon was killed when struck by a car on U S 19 north of Abingdon.
Virginia employment commissioner William L. Heartwell Jr. urged private industry to lead in job training to meet new state labor needs. He said 178,000 workers will be available this year, with 50,000 entering the labor market and unemployment around 2.8 percent as the workforce grows about 3 percent in 1969.
Moscow states it is willing to begin a serious exchange of opinions with the United States on reducing nuclear missile systems for both attack and defense. The announcement, issued as President Nixon took office, calls for mutual restriction and reduction of strategic delivery means and prompt entry into force of a treaty to curb nuclear proliferation.
The Star’s Jack F. Davis and photographer Mary Helen Massie were honored by the Virginia Press Association in Natural Bridge Saturday evening. Davis was runner-up for a series on the invasion of the thistle in Clarke County and for local column writing. Massie received honorable mention in the combination news and picture competition for her taffy making feature.
Albert Kamm, jewelry manager at Shirokiya in Honolulu, watches a clerk hand a tray of diamonds to a shopper. A young man bolts with about $3,000 in gems, tosses the tray into the air, but Kamm dives, recovers the tray, and the thief escapes.
Eugene Gunter advertises non habit forming fatigue relief product Zippies priced at 1.98 dollars. The Gaunt's Drug listing appears with an old style parenthetical date notation.
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