Traffic Signal Vote Fails To Convince Winchester Council
Winchester officials wrestled with a 62 name petition for a traffic signal at Rt. 50 and the James Wood High School exit after studies said a signal was unnecessary. Council considered moving the exit opposite Fox Drive and adding merge lanes or caution lights as possible solutions. The February highway study logged 8 399 vehicles in 12 hours at the Amherst Fox Drive James Wood intersection.
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Winchester
Rt. 50
James Wood High School
George H. Garber
Highway Department
Wilbur Smith and Associates
Fred Hildebrand
Amherst St
James Wood
Council
Public Safety Committee
Fox Drive
James Wood and
Amherst St. - Fox Drive
Kennedy mulls 1976 bid amid Chappaquiddick fallout
In a Boston Globe interview Senator Edward Kennedy weighs how Chappaquiddick and past losses affect his reelection and possible presidential run. Observers note lingering doubts could dent votes, even as Ford’s strength and Kennedy’s appeal keep him a plausible nominee.
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U.S
Edward Kennedy
Boston Sunday Globe
Senate
Massachusetts
Chappaquiddick
Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Mass
Mary Jo Kopechne
Gerald Ford
Ford
Pay Cut for Some Senators in Honoraria Total
Congressional Quarterly reports 22 senators will forfeit income above 15 000 under the new campaign finance law effective January 1 1975. Top earners include Howard Baker Jr William Proxmire Mark Hatfield and Hubert Humphrey with honoraria totals from 40 000 to nearly 50 000 in 1974.
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Congressional Quarterly
Washington
House
Baker
William Proxmire
Wis
Mark
Hatfield
Ore
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
Humphrey
Senate
Shirley Chisholm
New York
Agriculture
Banking
Currency
Housing
Ways and Means
Representatives
Senators face new cap as 1974 honoraria revealed
A 1974 ledger shows 22 senators earned more than 15000 in honoraria from speeches writings radio and TV before a federal limit took effect. Birch Bayh adjusted his to exactly 15000 while others like Baker Proxmire Hatfield Humphrey Jackson and Mondale posted earnings ranging from 28600 to 49650, with Packwood and Gravel near the threshold.
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Honoraria Cornucopia
Secretary of the Senate
Birch Bayh
Ind
Howard H. Baker Jr
Tenn
William Proxmire
Wis
Mark O. Hatfield
Ore
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
Henry M. Jackson
Wash
Herman E. Talmadge
Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Edward W. Brooke
Mass
Harrison A.williams Jr
N.J
Barry Goldwater
Ariz
John V. Tunney
Calif
Walter F. Mondale
Robert Dale
Kan
Gale W. McGee
Wyo
James L. Buckley
N.Y
John G. Tower
Texas
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
R Conn
James Abourezk
S.D
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Jennings Randolph
W. Va
Robert W. Packwood
Agnew Shift Tied to Greek Junta Letter Emerges
Senate CIA probe widens after discovery of a Sept. 27, 1968 letter by Louise Gore detailing Spiro Agnew's abrupt support for the Greek military junta. The unpublished note, from Maryland campaign circles, raises questions about funding links to Nixon-Agnew.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Senate Committee
Central Intelligence Agency
Maryland
Agnew
Louise Gore
Junta
National Press Club
Nixon- Agnew
Nixon-Agnew
Church Committee
Winchester years ago highlights span politics art and farming
A digest from ten years ago notes Ringo Starr's 25th birthday, Hill Burton funds for a public health building, Clarke County apple production rising since 1937, a girls' swim program aiding 150 children, and foreign policy questions linking CIA activity to Greek junta influence. It also covers Miss Gore's letter, Agnew's shifted stance, Thomas A. Pappas's CIA ties, and a call to attend "Youth on Stage" in Winchester on July 19, 1975.
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Ringo Starr
Beattle
Hill-Burton
Winchester
Clarke County
Winchester Business and Professional Women’s Club
the Star
Winchester Evening Star Establishment and Rates
The Winchester Evening Star is recorded with establishment details dated July 4 1896 and listing Thomas T Byrd as general manager. A postal by mail subscription option shows 16.00 per year and 6.50 for six months with 430 tree mos referenced.
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Winchester Evening Star
Thomas T. Byrd
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Tennessee
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Morris K. Udall
Arizona
Barbara C. Jordan
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Nixon
Mike McCormack
Banking and Currency Committee
Jewish National Fund
American Bankers Association
Institute of Scrap Iron and Steel
International Union
National Cable’ Television Association
American Paper Institute
American Podiatry Associations
Grocery Manufacturers of America
National Executives Conference
Retail Clerks International Association
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
CIA
Sen. Frank
Church of Idaho
Athens
Miss Gore
Fairfax Hotel
Elias Demetracopoulos
Greece
Demetracopoulos
Church
Congress
Thomas A. Pappas
Boston
Pappas
Projunta Athens
Apogeomatini
Lewis H. Ebert
Orato Douglas
O'Connell
Dewid H. Smith
Meeetare
Eugene P. Miller
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