Morgan’s Riflemen reenact 1775 Winchester march for bicentennial
The 200 year anniversary observance recreates Daniel Morgan's Riflemen departure from Winchester with 96 volunteers in hunting shirts and bucktails. Historians note Morgan’s men were Virginia’s first to join the siege around Boston and march to Cambridge, highlighting independence values and sacrifices still relevant today.
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Winchester
Blue Ridge
Fredericktown
Great Britain
Daniel Morgan
Morgan
Cambridge
Mass
Frederic Morton
Virginia
Boston
America
Winchester eyes synchronized traffic signals in central district
Winchester plans a modern coordinated traffic signal system for 22 intersections in the central business district bounded by Fairfax Lane Clifford Street Kent Street and Stewart Street. The project would use three dial fixed time controllers with a master controller and actuated left turns plus remote flash and fire preemption. Funding includes a $300000 federal grant with Winchester's share around $45000.
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Winchester
Central Business District
Lord Fairfax Planning District Commission
Virginia Department of Highways
Public Safety Committee
Ben B. Dutton Jr
Highway Department
Fairfax Lane
Clifford St
Kent St
Stewart St
Attendance urged for Winchester zoning meeting
A letter to the editor urges all concerned citizens to attend Winchester Planning Commission’s public meeting on July 17 at 8 p.m. at Daniel Morgan Middle School. The zoning ordinance, hospital parking changes, and map updates are to be discussed, with further meetings planned before final submission.
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the Star
Winchester Planning Commission
Daniel Morgan
Planning Commission
Star
City Council
Spain's Church Moves to Shape Post Franco Era
In Madrid a reforming Spanish church challenges the Franco lineage as clerics push for democratization and freedom of speech. Bishops pace change while confronting Opus Dei links and Catholic state aims as Prince Juan Carlos enters succession talks.
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Madrid
Spain
Franco
Freud
Marx
Marcuse
Mao
Castro
Rome
John XXIII
Opus Dei
Episcopal Conference
Nueva Ripalda
Christians For Marxism
Juan Carlos
Big Business gets a black eye in Gallup survey findings
The Gallup panel finds public trust in big business lower than for most institutions. Young, educated groups show stronger anti business sentiment, with only 25 percent of college-educated youth rating big business highly.
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Princeton, N.J
Big Business
U.S
Debate Over Reorganizing the Drug Enforcement Administration
Congress weighs a major rewrite of federal drug enforcement two years after the DEA formed from three Justice Department units and part of Customs. Critics say narcotics trafficking and addiction rise, while supporters defend the agency and urge reforms without busting it apart.
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Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Congressional
Drug Enforcement Administration
DEA
Justice Department
Customs Service
United States
John R. Bartels Jr
Senate
Congress
FBI
Ford
White House
U.S
Henry M. Jackson
D Wash
Charles H. Percy
R Ill
Abraham Ribicoff
D Conn
Lester L. Wolff
N.Y
Harold R. Tyler
Edward H. Levi
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Winchester Evening Star
Morgan's Men
Loudoun Mall
Helen H. Whiting
W. Clifford St
Evening Star
Thomas T. Byrd
Gona
Lewis 4. Ebert
David H. Smith
Douglas
O'Connell
Eugene P. Miller
By C. L. Sulzberger
N.Y. Times News Service
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Gallup Poll
By George Gallup
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Presidency
Supreme Court
Seeaete Cs
Drug Agency
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Treasury Department
Henry S. Dogin
Watergate
Charles Ruff
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