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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1975
Page
1
Clarke County hosted a four day bluegrass festival at Watermelon Park with a sea of pickers and fans. The event concluded shortly before nine last night after days of campground jams and stage performances offering a beloved annual mountain music experience.
The 3.5 million strong CGT began a 48 hour general strike against Jose Lopez Rega and conservative policy. Cabinet resignations failed to halt walkout. Public transit halted, hospitals limited to emergencies, many businesses not reopening until Thursday amid projected $800 million economic cost.
Israeli forces blasted refugee camps near Tyre and Rashadiyeh in southern Lebanon by air and sea, killing at least 13 and destroying huts. Lebanon's premier said authorities are negotiating for the safe release of U S hostage Col. Ernest R Morgan. The raids followed a Jerusalem bombing and involved clashes with guerrilla bases.
Ford asks Congress to shrink the highway trust fund and cap it on Interstate completion and maintenance. States could raise gasoline tax by one cent, with the federal tax cut from four to three cents in those states. The plan consolidates grant programs and shifts about 2.7 billion dollars from the trust fund to general revenues by 1977.
A Berryville man Reginald Holmes was injured when a concrete roof section collapsed at Capitol Records in the Industrial Park just before noon. Roy Easter, a construction foreman, estimated the block weighed four tons and said part of a crane fell through the building. Shockey Construction is building a distribution center at the plant. The incident occurred during a national Fourth of July weekend with 474 traffic deaths reported.
Council minutes for June 23 show Wiltshire winning by six to five, but Councilman Dutton says he voted for Mrs. Way. Bly refused to comment while minutes are not released, and Foreman abstained due to city school system employment. The school board plans a July 21 meeting to set new officers.
Reagan is a hot topic on the chicken dinner circuit while GOP lawmakers prepare for 1976 races linking their fortunes to Ford. White House operatives push coordinated support with the Ford campaign to avoid a repeat of Nixon era isolation and losses.
The ninth annual Bluegrass Festival at John A. Miller's Watermelon Park near Berryville drew crowds estimated at 25 000 over the holiday weekend. Star Staffer John McManus wraps up the festival on page 13 and Star Photographer J Miles Cary captures festival scenes on page 8. Wire from Warren on page 18.
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