Raritans Win National Welfare and Education Awards
Two area Raritan Clubs earned national honors in New Orleans. Gainesboro Raritan Club received the Welfare Award for flood relief in Virginia and fire victims aid. Capon Bridge Raritan Club won the Education Award for establishing a public library. The Gainesboro delegation included L. D. Williamson and others.
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New Orleans
Gainesboro
Virginia
Arthur Jolliffee
Joshua Place
Mr. Jolliffe
L. D. Williamson
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Pollution debate sparks youth challenge at Kansas conference
At a governor's environmental conference in Topeka Rep. Richard C. Loux says more money won’t halt pollution and cites feedlots and runoff. About 300 students shout back asking why, as Loux notes reducing auto use could curb air pollution.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Richard C. Loux
Wichita
Loux
Three Huckleby children fight mercury poisoning in El Paso
Three siblings Ernestine eight Amos thirteen and Dorothy twenty of Alamogordo New Mexico remain critically ill in an El Paso hospital as a fund drive raises over 300 dollars to aid their father a janitor earning 338 dollars a month. The illness followed consumption of pork from a home slaughtered hog fed seed grain treated with fungicidal mercury. The doctor says the children do not respond to verbal stimuli.
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EL Paso
Tex
Ernest Huckleby
Alamogordo
N.M
Ernestine
Amos
Dorothy
Meir Welcomes Nixon Plan to Sell Weapons to Israel
Israeli Premier Golda Meir welcomed Nixon's pledge to maintain the arms balance by selling weapons to Israel while Arab press condemned the move and urged actions against U.S. interests. Nixon said the U.S. would provide arms to friendly states as needed.
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Associated Press
Golda Meir
Nixon
Middle East
Israel
U.S
Cairo
al Ahram
United States
France
Libya
Beirut
al Rayah
London
Abdussalam Jalloud
Britain
Idris
Tripoli
Pravda
Endurance Hiker Reaches Continental Divide Milestone
Aspen Colorado AP reports Chuck Betcher 23 a Colorado College student from Aspen becomes the fourth person to hike the Continental Divide in Colorado from Wyoming to New Mexico boundary on record.
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Aspen
Colo
Chuck Betcher
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
50 000 GIs Set To Withdraw
AP reports the third Nixon withdrawal reduces U.S. troop strength in Vietnam to 434 000 by April 15. About 3 000 Marines from 19 units will depart by Sunday, with main withdrawals from Fighter Attack Squadron 542 and Attack Squadron 223 to El Toro California. Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361 to Santa Ana and the 3rd Amphibious Track Vehicle Battalion to Camp Pendleton.
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Saigon
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Marine Air Base
el Toro
Calif
Santa Ana
Camp Pendleton
26Th Marine Regiment
4Th Infantry Division
Resolution on Charter Amended by Stephens City Council
After no public comments at the Town Office hearing, Stephens City Council approved a resolution amending the 1948 Town Charter. The change allows all Town officers to be residents of Stephens City and Frederick County.
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Stephens City
Frederick
Saranac River canal locks serve pleasure boats and canoes
Two lock sets on the Saranac River in New York facilitate boat traffic for recreational craft. One lies between Lake Oseetah and Lower Saranac Lake, the other between Lower and Middle Saranac Lakes.
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Saranac River
New York
Lake Oseetah
Saranac Lake
Middle Saranac Lakes
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Paul Moore
Rappahannock
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Shenandoah College
Winchester Memorial Hospital
J.V Arthur, Inc
G&cc Investments
Mike Cullers
Nicholas Googin
Women’s Auxiliary
C&s Bank
Earth
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Rouss
Berryville
Flint Hill
Winchester, Virginia
Front Royal Middletown
Buddy M. Allgood
Fort Benning
Allgood
Matt Min
Meir
Palestine
Bern
Amsterdam
Geneva
Justice and Police Ministry
Algeria
W. Piccadilly St
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
F.D.I.C
Bargain Corner
S. Loudoun St
Winchester, Va
U.S. Army
Long Binh
Central Highlands
Mekong
Merlin
Walt Disney
Ling
Drumatians Technicolor
Walt Disney Production
Dustin Hoffman
Mia Farrow
John and
Mary
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Wight
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