Council OKays Contract With Parking Authority
The Winchester City Council approved an agreement leasing four city parking lots to the newly created Parking Authority for ten years ending June 30 1974. The city will turn over up to 30000 from on street parking and extra license tax revenue to fund the Authority, which can raise funds and develop off street parking. One council member opposed including the McCormac property in the lease.
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Winchester Parking Authority
Carroll H. Henkel
McCormac
General Assembly
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Richard J. Martin
Monford D. Custer
Robert S. Barbour
John G. Goodwin
del Sewell
Downtown Development Commission
Winches
Fire drill ends with 8500 gallons used at Winchester site
Yesterday Chuck Bachman Shawnee Fire Co. chief led a four hour drill after a blue car hub cap rolling to the Red Cross Office. Firefighters pumped 8500 gallons of water at Winchester Concrete Product Co. assisting Clearbrook Fire Co.
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Red Cross
Chuck Bachman
Shawnee
Visitors learn democracy from Byrd family tour
Four foreign students Nor way Japan and Finland toured Clarke County and met US Senator Harry F Byrd at his Mount Rose Mont home. Pekka Riepponen called the encounter a lesson in democracy noting officials are real democrats and close to people.
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Clarke County
Trond Dokka
Ola Rongen
Norway
Kiyoshi Kondo
Japan
Pekka Riepponen
Finland
Rosemont
U.S
Harry F. Byrd
Berryville Council Denies Water Shortage Claims
Berryville officials told residents there is no current water shortage and none anticipated. Clarke County High School gains extra irrigation water to finish a resodded athletic field before fall football practice. New town officers attended, and ordinances on driver blood tests were updated to match state law. Police logged 78 emergency calls, 43 arrests, and 223 parking tickets in June.
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Berryville
Roy Potts
Clarke County High School
Garland Canter
William Bowerman
John K. Carr
Elbert Magruder
Edward McC. Williams
Willingham
Winchester Civic Center drive launches with Byrd address
Civic Center Drive begins a campaign to raise funds for a 4500 seat Winchester center with a 1000 guest banquet at the George Washington Hotel. U S Senator Byrd will speak at 8 p m along with Huntsberry Wright Pasquali and Fretwell and the drive's leadership includes Adams Wilson Chapman Cather Butcher and Shewbridge. Donations are tax deductible as an extension of the WAR Memorial Building project. The event marks the first meeting of all campaign leaders ahead of the drive.
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Winchester Civic Center
U.S
Harry F. Byrd
Clayton Adams
Curtis Wilson
Bill Chapman
A. Smith
Vo. K
Rodney Sirbaugh
Douglas A. Cather
James E. Butcher
Charles Shewbridge, Jr
George Washington Hotel
Byrd
E.R. Huntsberry, Jr
Melton Wright
Frederick County
Joe Pasquali
Jack Fretwell
Greenhouse Clearance Sale At Fravel Plant and Fish Garden
Fravel Plant and Fish Garden in Stephens City announces a greenhouse clearance with all plants reduced one third to one half. For details call 238 W.
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Stephens City
Star Receives Two Citations at Virginia Press Meeting
Roanoke The Winchester Evening Star earned two citations for excellence at the 82nd Virginia Press Association annual meeting. The paper received honors for front page quality and general make up, marking the tenth state or national recognition in 14 years.
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Roanoke
Winchester Evening Star
Virginia Press Association
The
Star
Reds Ambush Vietnamese Convoy in Mountain Valley
A Viet Cong battalion ambushed a government truck convoy eight miles inland from Tam Ky in Phuoc Chau, killing 17 and wounding 21. It followed an ambush north of Saigon that killed three American officers and 16 Vietnamese, signaling rising Communist activity in the Tam Ky sector.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Tam Ky
Phuoc Chau
U.S
We Mountains
Viet Nam
Prince Axel of Denmark Dies in Hospital
Prince Axel of Denmark aged 75 and uncle of King Frederick IX died Tuesday in hospital while being treated for bronchial disease. He served as chairman of the East Asia tic Company, a trading shipping and industrial trust.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Axel of Denmark
Frederick IX
The
East Asiatic Company, Trading, Shipping and Industrial Trust
Convention Program at San Francisco Republican National Convention
The program outlines today and Thursday events at the Cow Palace. Activities include assembly calls to order, pledges, national anthem, invocations, speeches by George Murphy and Richard M. Nixon, nominations for president and vice president, roll calls, escorts for nominees, and later benedictions.
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San Francisco
Cow Palace
George McNeill Ray
Phoenix
Morton
John Benton Bellamy II
John Gary
J. Clifford Wallace
San Diego
Anti Seeding Group Draws 1000 Names In County Petition Drive
Frederick and Clarke Counties opposition to cloud seeding gathered more than 1,000 signatures. A nominating committee was named to form a permanent group with William English of Apple Pie Ridge as temporary chair. The next meeting aims to unite Maryland and Pennsylvania participants and seek a court injunction against cloud seeding by the Blue Ridge Weather Modification Service.
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Frederick
Clarke
B.H. Cochran
Bill Wyhle
Charles Sandy
Albert Messick
William English
Apple Pie Ridge
English
Leonard Wright
Leslie
Mr. English
Mr. Mogle
Stephens City
Blue Ridge Weather Modification Service
Postponed Cape Kennedy Satellite Launch
Technical problems forced postponement of a three satellite launch attempt from Cape Kennedy to orbit. The mission aimed to lay groundwork for a space network to police the limited nuclear test ban treaty.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
U. S. to Increase Military Power in South Viet Nam
The United States will add about 600 military personnel in South Viet Nam over the coming months. Roughly half will be additional Special Forces to aid advisers and train near the Laos border, bringing total Special Forces to about 1,000 and total U S forces to about 16,000. Officials note North Vietnamese infiltration is continuing, with Soviet Czech and Chinese made equipment found in the northern mountains.
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U. S
South Viet Nam
Washington
United States
Laos
U.S
Viet Nam
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
William Westmore
Robert McCloskey
State Department
McCloskey
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Communist
China
Mikoyan Becomes Soviet President After Brezhnev
In Moscow on Khrushchev recommendation Leonid Brezhnev was relieved as Soviet president after four years in the role. Anastas Mikoyan was elected to succeed him, with Khrushchev praising Brezhnev’s work and Mikoyan pledging to justify the trust and work for communism with the party.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Leonid I
Brezhnev
Anastas I.mikoyan
Supreme Soviet
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev
Mikoyan
City Urges Fast Completion Of Rt. 81 Improvements
A city council approved a resolution urging the State Highway Commission to complete the local Rt. 81 project quickly and open finished sections soon. The 18 mile segment runs from south of Stephens City east around Winchester to the West Virginia line and near Rt. 11. The meeting also covered a cable TV franchise request from Peter McKee, with Ordinance Committee led by Ralph Hardy continuing to review, noting another applicant has applied.
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State Highway Commission
William M. Battaile
Stewart Bell
Bell
Stephens City
Winchester
Red Bud Road
West Virginia Line
Peter, McKee
Ralph Hardy
Goldwater Solidifies Lead as GOP Platform Rises
San Francisco AP reports Sen. Barry Goldwater unopposed in the Republican platform battle, winning support to run for president with 805 votes against Gov. Scranton's 169. Scranton aide Hugh Scott vows no turning back as nominating day nears.
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San Francisco
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Goldwater
Johnson
Scranton
Sen
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Scott
Justice Department
Associated Press
Weather report for Richmond easterly winds and fog
A high pressure system off the Atlantic coast draws southerly winds bringing light fog in the early morning and humid daytime conditions.
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Richmond
Atlantic
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