Frederick County approves 5.6 million school building plan
The Frederick County School Board proposed a 5.6 million project to renovate James Wood High School and add a new Apple Pie Ridge elementary school for 1,000 students. Hayes Seay Mattern of Roanoke will design. A new primary school for Stephens City housing about 800 students is planned.
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P.E. Morris, JR
Frederick County School Board
Hayes, Seay, Mattern
Wright
Kline Elementary
Apple Pie Ridge
Kline
Bryarly
White Hall
Round Hill
Stephens City
James Wood High School
Wallace Plea Goes Unheeded by Demos at DNC
In Miami Beach Alabama Governor Wallace addressed the Democratic National Convention with calls to cut foreign aid and end busing. Although he drew cheers from Alabama Michigan Florida and Texas delegates he failed to sway the crowd toward his Wallace for President banner while McGovern was set to be nominated. A few boos surfaced mainly over busing but were muted by overall support for McGovern.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Alabama
George Corley Wallace
Wallace
Democrats
George McGovern
Michigan
Florida
Texas
McGovern
Laurel
National Welfare Rights Organization
Running Mates Eyed Modest Predictions For Talks
The United States returns to the Vietnam peace talks with modest expectations. Secretary of State Rogers hopes a Paris reopening brings movement from Hanoi toward ending the war while Marshall Green cautions the struggle remains hard bitten. Kissinger notes a possible new approach but not guaranteed. Analysts see no shift in Hanoi's public stance as Thao travels to Paris. Washington insists on a coalition government rejection.
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Washington
United States
Vietnam
William P. Rogers
Rome
Paris
Hanoi
Marshall Green
State Department
Green
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
North Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
South Vietnam
le Duc Tho
Kissinger
Saigon
Rogers
U.S
Moscow
Peking
McGovern Secures Platform Rebuffs Wallace at Convention
At the Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach, George McGovern won a platform aligned with his views despite Gov. George C. Wallace’s wheelchair appeal. Delegates rejected Wallace amendments while McGovern-led planks favored withdrawal from Vietnam, tax reform, income grants, and school busing as a path to quality education. The platform emphasizes open meetings, gun controls, anti trust measures, and abolishing capital punishment with strict military spending controls.
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George Co. Wallace
Alabama
Teans
Miami Beach
Fla
George McGovern
George C. Wallace
Vietnam
Wallace
McGovern
National Welfare Rights Organization
McGovern to Choose Running Mate Ahead of Nomination
Senator George McGovern plans to ask a reluctant Edward Kennedy to join the ticket as the Democratic convention wraps after a lengthy session. Aides name Leonard Woodcock Thomas Eagleton Abraham Ribicoff and Reubin Askew as other potential running mates amid security concerns outside the McGovern hotel. The platform calls for total U.S. withdrawal from Indochina and bus programs to desegregate schools.
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Miami Beach
Fla
George McGovern
Edward M. Kennedy
McGovern
California
Connecticut
Abraham A. Ribicoff
South Dakota
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edmund S. Muskie
Kennedy
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
Thomas F. Eagleton
Missouri
Florida
Reubin Askew
Gunmen Kill Three as Belfast Tensions Rise
In Belfast gunmen killed three people as Protestant marchers prepared to parade. A 19 year old Protestant and a 16 year old Catholic were slain in separate incidents, a hooded man found shot in Belfast. British forces flooded 18 cities to prevent clashes as 100,000 Orange Order members marched. The death toll rose to 420 over three years.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Portadown
Orange Order
Winchester Jaycees sponsor Red Cross Bloodmobile event
The Winchester Jaycees will host a Red Cross Bloodmobile visit on Tuesday July 18 from 10 a.m. to 3 45 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church Parish House. Wayne A Koehler says the theme is you have an opportunity to save a life can you refuse.
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Winchester Jaycees
Red Cross
Winchester
Christ Episcopal Church Parish House
Wayne A. Koehler
The
Jaycees
Winchester Council Hears Loudoun St Tax Plan for Downtown
The Winchester City Council discussed a 58 cent per 100 assessed value tax on abutting Loudoun St. property owners to fund downtown improvements including a Loudoun St Semi-Mall. The plan includes penalties for late payments and a Jan 1 1973 effective date. Bell noted June floods prompted disaster designation by state and federal authorities.
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Star
Winchester City
Loudoun St
Piccadilly
Cork Sts
Finance Committee
Bell
Winchester
General Assembly
Council
Virginia
Long Road Ending in Victory for UVA Student Leader
Kevin Mannix 22 year old UVA law student who helped organize Students for McGovern at the university travels from Virginia to Miami Beach as a Virginia delegate hoping McGovern secures the Democratic nomination. He led campaign efforts since March 1971 and later chaired state McGovern groups while planning for roanoke and national convention delegates.
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The
Star
Miami Beach
Virginia
Kevin Mannix
Mannix
University of Virginia
George McGovern
South Dakota
Uva
Joel Broyhill
McGovern
Henry Howell
Howell
Charlottesville - Albamarle
Citizens For McGovern
U S Officials to Emphasize Meat Imports Need
U S Treasury Secretary George Shultz and officials meet with 12 meat exporting nations to press for greater meat sales to the United States. They promise the American market is open and ready to absorb all shipments.
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Washington
Treasury
George Shultz
Shultz
U.S
Department of Agriculture
Cost of Living Council
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
President For
Consumer Affairs
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Edmond Muskie
Miami Beach Convention Center
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