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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1970
Page
16
A Virginia General Assembly quorum in Northern Virginia held brief floor sessions amid a weekend tour sponsored by local communities. The Senate passed six minor bills, largely technical, while the House advanced four routine measures.
The FDA gave food and drink makers six months to prove brominated vegetable oils used as stabilizers in some citrus drinks are safe. HEW officials said no evidence shows harm, following a cyclamate ban. Canada also cut approved oil levels amid safety reviews of 680 additives.
Planning for the Winter Camporee of the Shawnee District BSA features Ray Ward Bill Campbell Camporee Director Bob Kellas Lewis Boyer Scout Executive John Lumpkin with committee members Henry Lowry Jack Johnson M E Royston William Pitcock Walter Skeeter Knee Don Anderson Joe Cartwright Bill Duncan Donald Jones and George Stickely listed as camporee organizers.
Shawnee District Boy Scouts of America schedules a Winter Camporee for Jan 31 to Feb 1 at Powers farm south of Stephens City. Up to 200 Scouts will camp in tents with a Fun in Pioneering theme led by Scout Executive John Lumpkin.
Commerce Secretary Maurice H. Stans ordered a Federal Register notice signaling possible new or revised flammability standards for children's sleepwear underwear and dresses. Data show under six year olds suffer more clothing fires, with rules potentially taking effect late summer or early fall under the Flammable Fabrics Act of 1953 amended in 1967.
Federal grand jury in Cleveland will investigate the Yablonski family slayings as three Cleveland men face murder charges in Pennsylvania. Warranted suspects, Claude E. Vealey, Aubran W. Martin, and Paul E. Gilly, allegedly plotted July 19 to travel to Clarksville for the killings. Extradition battles loom while FBI divers search the Monongahela River for a weapon.
Encyclopaedia Britannica credits William G Morgan as originator of volleyball in 1895 while he served as physical director at the YMCA in Holyoke Massachusetts.
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