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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1969
Page
7
Yesterday a Eastern Airlines Flight 9 from New York to Miami was diverted to Cuba after a hijacker forced the aircraft to change course with a grenade. Passengers endured a 16 hour ordeal before landing.
Washington reports Pat Nixon will assume First Lady duties with strong energy and endurance. The article notes her modest, private background plus the public spotlight, her planned projects for education and youth, and her disciplined, practical approach to fashion and housekeeping. It highlights her readiness to host, comfort, and serve alongside husband Richard M. Nixon.
Norborne Development, Inc. received a charter to build a $1 million convalescent and nursing home on five acres in the Pleasant View area of Martinsburg West Virginia. The facility will house about 100 patients in private and semi private rooms with physical therapy land rehabilitation recreation rooms social halls barber shops and beauty parlors. Construction is slated for completion in 1970.
Handley High School students and parents meet tonight at 7 30 in Room 200 to hear about the newly announced European travel program. A similar session will follow next Monday evening in James Wood High School library. The program is part of the elective summer curriculum with credit, arranged by Educational Tour Consultants of Winchester.
Firemen were alerted at 5 10 p m yesterday to 567 Fox Drive the George Helmstetter home after residents detected a smoke odor they could not locate a fire. They found a dryer fuse in the fusebox burning and removed it with no further damage reported.
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