Demo Candidates Vow Voter Push Ahead of Tuesday Primary
Three candidates for Virginia senator intensified last minute campaigning across the state. Milton Colvin Del Clive DuVal and George C. Rawlings Jr. pressed through Upper Peninsula Richmond Chesapeake Portsmouth Virginia Beach and Fredericksburg as they urged voters to back their plans for jobs housing and schools. DuVal faulted the Nixon administration for delays and urged cutting space and transport programs to fund public needs.
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Milton Colvin
Del
Clive Duval
George C. Rawlings Jr
Colvin
Washington and Lee University
Upper Peninsula
Richmond
DuVal
Fairfax
Chesapeake
Portsmouth
Rawlings
Virginia Beach
Fredericksburg
Virginia
Familiar Name Will Be Missing
In Winchester, Frederick and Clarke counties voters choose among three candidates in a Democratic primary. The Byrd name will not appear on the ballot for the first time in decades, as Byrd runs as an Independent for reelection. The winner faces Republican Del. Ray L. Garland in November, and Sen. Byrd opposes the primary winner on Election Day. Candidates are George C. Rawlings Jr Clive L. DuVal II and Dr Milton Colvin. Rawlings previously beat Rep. Howard W. Smith in a 1966 Democratic primary but lost to William L. Scott in the general election.
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Winchester
Frederick
Clarke County
Byrd
U.S
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
del. Ray L. Garland
Roanoke
George C. Rawlings, Jr
Fredericksburg
Del
Clive L. DuVal II
Fairfax
Milton Colvin
Lexington
Rawlings
Howard W. Smith
House of Representatives
Virginia
William L. Scott
Voter Rights Reminder Amid Social Security Card Talk
Election officials stress that failure to present a Social Security card at the polls next Tuesday does not deny the right to vote. They say the SSN is mainly for a central registration roster in the State Capitol. Moose members announce a family picnic Sunday at Moose Park. Eagles Club Jam session Sunday July 12 at 2 p.m. features Ronnie and the Variations.
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States Capitol
Eagles Club
Ronnie and
the Variations
Orangemen Parade Sparks Tense Belfast Weekend
Belfast braces for heightened clashes as Orangemen plan marches marking ancestral victory. About 250 000 protesters slated for weekend parades across 19 cities amid security by 20000 troops and police. Prime Minister Chichester Cark urged Catholic cooperation to keep peace. Ten killed and hundreds wounded in recent violence.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Freed Bishop Walsh Leaves Nightmare Behind in Hong Kong
In Hong Kong Bishop James Edward Walsh, 79, gained freedom after decades as a prisoner in China. He received Holy Communion for the first time in 12 years, planned to call his Maryland relatives, and spoke of returning to celebrate Mass amid improved health and spirits.
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Hong Kong
James Edward Walsh
Mary Walsh
Cumberland
William A. Walsh
Maryland
Bishop Walsh
Red Chinese
Shanghai
China
Maryknoll Hospital
Carmelo Orlando
Orlando
86 Captives Return to North Vietnam
Sixty two prisoners of war and twenty four fishermen arrived in North Vietnam aboard two junks, completing the era’s largest repatriation. The returnees, many disabled or sick, left from a Saigon landing ship and headed for shore amid a 15 hour cease fire around a coastal zone near the Ben Hai River.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Cua Tung
Bén Hai
North
South Vietnam
Associated Press
Jay Sharbutt
Vung Tau
Phnom Penh
Kiri Rom
Cambodia
IV Corps
Can Tho
Death Brings Outpouring of Tributes in Virginia
Richmond AP reports tributes pour in for former Governor Thomas B. Stanley. Gov. Linwood Holton orders state flags at half staff and plans to attend funeral if Monday services are held, but cannot attend if it falls on Tuesday due to a Louisville trip.
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Richmond
Thomas B. Stanley
Virginia
Linwood Holton
Stanley
Holton
Louisville
Adams wins Outstanding Farm Cooperator Award in Frederick County
E W Adams Jr owner of a 300 acre Gainesboro livestock farm, plus 350 rented acres, is honored by the Lord Fairfax Soil and Water Conservation District for applying tile and open drainage, contour strips, and irrigation. He runs 100 beef cows, six brood sows and 50 sheep, and participates in local farm groups.
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E.W. Adams, Jr
Gainesboro
Frederick County
Lord Fairfax Soil and Water Conservation
District Board of Directors
Echo Village
Bryan Hepner
Mr. Adams
Adams
Winchester
Frederick
Georgia DeHaven
Lord Fairfax
Frank Whitacre
Whitacre
Polly Scott
Quarles School
Madison College
Robert Tudor
Northern Virginia
The
Seil Conservation Society of America
Former Va Governor Stanley Dies at 79 in Martinsville
Thomas Bahnson Stanley Virginia governor during early desegregation orders died at 12:30 am in Martinsville five days before his 80th birthday. A former congressman and legislator he guided finance to a sizeable state surplus but faced political turmoil over massive resistance to school integration.
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Martinsville
Thomas Bahnson Stanley
Virginia
Stanley
U.S. House of Representatives
Martinsville -General Am
U.S. Supreme Court
Prince Edward County
Garland Gray
Sussex
Gray
South
Ted Dalton
U.S
John S. Battle
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Dry inland weekend ahead for Virginia
Weather from Richmond shows dry air behind a moving low pressure system off the coast bringing clear and warm conditions for Sunday and Monday. A Sunday special advertises barbecue short ribs at 1.85 dollars, plus a private mobile home rental for a couple, and a sale on gowns and cocktail dresses at a Margaret L Hodgson Shop.
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Richmond
Virginia
Margaret L. Hodgson
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South Vietnamese
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Star
Ernest W. Adams, III
Progressive Farmer’’ Magazine
National Magazine
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Frederick Farm Bureau, Inc
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