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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1970
Page
1
Police reported about 65 arrests and more than 40 injured as up to 1,000 young Black residents roamed Asbury Park. Officials estimated damage up to 1 million dollars with at least 10 buildings destroyed. Police sealed a 21 block area while Chief Thomas S. Smith sought causes.
The Treasury reports a preliminary 373 billion end of fiscal year debt, up from 357 billion last year, with earlier peak near 377 billion before tax payments hit the ceiling. Nixon signed a debt ceiling expansion to 395 billion as spending trims and lower military aid and space outlays shaped the year.
Paris reports say over 3,000 American students faced temporary stranding as Cincinnati study tour agency World Academy and subsidiaries filed for bankruptcy. Groups scattered across Paris Rome Cologne Geneva Vienna Athens and Yugoslavia await return flights while officials estimate a long rescue. In Berkeley police arm with wooden pellet launchers quell campus disturbances after a large anti America rally.
Selective Service director Curtis W Tarr sent local boards a principles list per a Supreme Court ruling. Boards must judge if the registrant’s beliefs are sincerely held and how they govern actions, not judge beliefs as incomprehensible.
The United Transportation Union struck three railroads including B&O, halting train traffic in eleven states. Officials cited failure to settle a long dispute over eliminating about 1,200 firemen jobs nationwide. W H Gilbert spoke in Cleveland confirming the action.
Commenting shortly before noon, Charles D. Anderson of the B and O freight office in Winchester said little is known about the strike and that, so far, it has had no local effect.
The Nixon administration fears the Soviet Union may deploy Russian piloted MiGs to shield SAM-3 missile sites on the Egyptian side of the Suez Canal, raising the risk of a direct Soviet Israeli clash.
Reports from Siem Reap say Cambodian Army patrols found enemy forces had withdrawn from Angkor Wat area leaving the ruins largely undamaged after more than a month of occupation. Elsewhere in Indochina fighting tapered off though U S and Vietnamese units reported casualties.
Richmond AP reports a large high pressure area keeps Virginia sunny and calm. A brief insertion correction notes a misprint about import hooks and packaging in Berryville and Winchester. other small ads advertise summer clothing sales at Macy on Loudoun Street.
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