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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1970
Page
1
North Vietnam and U S reporting tentative settlement after a 95 day walkout. U S planes hit anti aircraft sites in North Vietnam that had fired on American aircraft since the bombing halt fifteen months ago. Officials stated the strikes were limited and targeted.
In Richmond advocates push matching bills in the House and Senate to restore a nine dollar rebate to offset the food tax as Gov. Holton seeks to honor his campaign pledge. Democrats call it fiscal delusion while Republicans press the relief move amid ongoing partisan battles.
Col. Frank Borman, Apollo 8 commander, will resign from the space program on July 1 and join Dallas financier H. Ross Perot to form the American Horizons Foundation. The pair aim to use mass media to inform the public and mobilize participation in solving national problems. Borman will also become vice president of Perot’s Electronic Data Systems.
General Electric and two unions reach a preliminary contract after a 95 day walkout that shut 135 plants. The deal adds about 80 cents hourly over 40 months, includes a cost of living clause, and awaits ratification by 88,500 GE IUE workers and 16,000 UE workers along with a likely pattern for 10 more unions.
Richmond AP Two liberal Democrats George C. Rawlings Jr. of Fredericksburg and Charlottesville lawyer A D Edelson join the race for the Democratic nomination to succeed Harry F. Byrd Jr. in the U S Senate. Byrd offers no clear re election plan amid party switch rumors.
Town warns that today is the final day to purchase 1970 dog tags ahead of annual wardens’ checks. Tags available at Winchester and Frederick County Treasurers offices with specified hours, license due January 1 and a one month grace period before summonses. The Hospital Follies of 1970 opens with 165 cast, tonight and tomorrow final performances at 8:30, tickets remaining.
Weekend events include an auction at Penney’s and live entertainment at the Peanut Cellar Inn. Greek food served at Open Hearth Restaurant on Rt 11 S. Wards Pastry Shop offers lemon coconut cake and blueberry pie. Snags Sport Shop advertises reduced coats jackets and ladies loafers at five dollars per pair.
The New York stock market posted its broadest one day drop in a month as declines beat advances 1071 to 275 with 220 unchanged. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 10.49 points to 748.35, a 1.38 percent decline, amid ongoing inflation fears and a cooling economy.
Hospital administrator Carl S Napps restricted visits to spouses of patients and parents of child patients due to a higher incidence of flu like illnesses in the community and among hospital staff. Health officials say reports show a slight rise in flu like infections but not an epidemic.
A ridge of high pressure moved eastward into Virginia behind a departing cold front. Temperatures were expected to drop as skies cleared. Back from vacation and noting business hours at Wenzel's Antiques in Burtington, West Virginia with a Sunday opening.
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