Miss Virginia Contest Sets Finalists Tonight
Roanoke AP report names Jewell Anne Catron Miss Poulaski County and Barbara Jane Yost Miss Roanoke Valley as preliminary winners entering the Miss Virginia finals tonight. Catron, 19, blue eyed blonde, weighs 123 pounds and is a Longwood College sophomore. Yost, 18, a Roanoke Valley graduate, will enter Radford College this fall after Patrick Henry College.
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Roanoke
Jewell Anne Catron
Poulaski County
Barbara Jane Yost
Roanoke Valley
Miss Catron
Longwood College
Miss Yost
Patrick Henry College
Radford College
Dear Abby Advice Columns on Love Trust and Health
A compilation of Abigail Van Buren’s Dear Abby letters on romance and marriage. A widow seeks to marry a dying man’s husband, a nurse discusses smoking and a breakup, and a wife questions her husband’s lack of sex prompting medical or relationship advice.
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Abigail van Buren
Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Synd., Inc
Abby
Word Puzzle Clue Set and Answers
A compact clue list includes items such as Roman poet and emperor, Belgian stream, waste allowance, strata term, Chinese bronze coin, saddle pads, dinner course, and other scattered crossword references with several historical and classical terms.
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California
Newark Riot Reflections From Young Black Residents
In Newark riot scenes, young Black men explain anger over systemic job barriers and police treatment. A cab driver arrest, sniper violence, and curfew draw in National Guardsmen while residents describe a cycle of oppression and mistrust.
U.S. Set to Add 80 000 to 100 000 Troops in Vietnam
Pentagon sources foresee an up to 100000 troop boost in Vietnam bringing total U S forces to about 540000 550000 within a year. Westmoreland and McNamara frame a plan including 20 30 thousand more over three months and a move to brigades and smaller units as the main building blocks.
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U.S
Vietnam
Pentagon
Robert S. McNamara
William C. Westmoreland
McNamara
Westmoreland
Ft. Hood
Tex
198Th
United States
Hawaii
9Th Infantry Division
White House
Boy With Ava Gardner Voice Held For Theft
A 12 year old in Culver City used a voice like Ava Gardner to order hundreds of dollars in merchandise by telephone. He identified as the actress and got items from Columbia Studios and Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Police arrested him on grand theft suspicion, later releasing him to his parents.
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Culver City
Calif
Ava Gardner
Miss Gardner
Columbia Studios
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Columbia Movie
Henry C. Coffey
Flood of Youth Into Job Market Near Peak
The Labor Department projects a 1968 peak of about 21.5 million youths aged 16 to 21 in the labor force with unemployment around 15.2 percent. Despite a nationwide youth employment campaign led by Vice President Humphrey, the surge strains jobs after two years of modest gains and rising early 1960s unemployment.
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Washington
Labor Department
Hubert H. Humphrey
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Last Pioneer Pilot Dies
Murphy, N C AP The man believed to be the last pioneer pilot of the Wright brothers era has died at 83 Harry Nelson Atwood who set early flight records died Friday in a hospital near Murphy He flew a 1911 cross country trip of 1256 miles from St Louis to New York City in 28 hours 58 minutes making 11 stops and won about 10000 prize money mostly to cover trip costs
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Murphy
N.C
Wright, Brothers
Harry Nelson Atwood
Wright
Wright Brother
Dayton
Ohio
Atwood
St. Louis
New York City
Pope Paul VII to Visit Istanbul and Ephesus
Pope Paul VII announced a July 25 two day journey to Turkey. He will visit Istanbul then travel to Ephesus to tour the House of the Madonna where Mary is believed to have spent her last year.
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Vatican City
Paul VII
Istanbul
Turkey
Ancient
Ephesisus
Aegean
Izmir
Virgin Mary
Gypsies’ westward spread from India to Europe by 1300
The article notes that Romani people originated in India and began migrating westward around 1300, eventually reaching Europe. It highlights the historical movement and geographic spread of the Gypsy population.
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India
Europe
Transition To Silverless Coins Complete
The Treasury announces completion of the move to silverless coins begun in 1965 and ends selling silver to domestic users. Future sales of up to two million ounces weekly will occur at market price around 1.70 per ounce. Silver coins retain value near face, with 90 percent silver dimes quarters and half dollars worth their value when price hits 1.38. Silver dollars contain $1 in silver at 1.29 per ounce. Violations face up to 10,999 fine and five years imprisonment.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
Junkyard Pan Sign Causes Ellwood City Chuckle
In Ellwood City auto junk yard, a sign reads Rust in peace drawing a light moment from local readers and visitors. The playful phrase echoes a pun on Rest in peace and the yard's salvage vibe.
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Ellwood City, Pa
Ellwood City
Auto Junkyard
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