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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1975
Page
3
Saturday events show Farm Craft Days at Belle Grove in Middletown from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. A Xi Chi Chapter sponsored yard sale runs 10 a.m. at 305 Amherst Street. A Muscular Dystrophy Carnival is set for 2 p.m. behind Sunnyside Grocery in Sunnyside.
Virginia state police report 110,896 speeding arrests in January to June, a near 50 percent rise from 1974 and far above 1973. Col. Harold Burgess cites driver apathy and energy concerns as factors, with most arrests for exceeding the 55 mph limit despite overall traffic up 4 to 5 percent.
President Ford moved to arrange a White House meeting with exiled Soviet author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn after previously avoiding the encounter. Sources say Ford signaled willingness at a Capitol Hill reception, but Solzhenitsyn demanded a written invitation and had not yet replied.
On this date in 64 A D the Great Fire of Rome began. In 1776 New Jersey declared independence, in 1792 John Paul Jones died in Paris, and in 1914 the U S Army created an aviation section. Also noted are 1932 Seaway treaty, 1940 Roosevelt nomination, Chappaquiddick in 1969, and 1969 to 1974 varied political events with Solzhenitsyn talks and Ford meetings.
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