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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1973
Page
9
The Senate approved a 2.20 minimum wage plan by 64 to 33 after brief veto doubts. It would raise nonfarm pay from 1.60 and farm pay from 1.30 to 2.20 over a year, extending coverage to domestics and some farm workers while debating teen pay and timing.
Joseph Edward Guess, 38, of Bloomery Star Route, was sentenced in Frederick County Circuit Court to 12 months in jail and a $250 fine after pleading guilty to failing to stop at an accident scene from a Jan. 27 two car crash that killed one and injured two. The judge suspended ten months of the term, calling the case an example for others.
The Virginia State Highway Department ordered Hudson Maintenance Corp of Long Island City to halt work on a Chickahominy River bridge after a citizen reported paint dripping into the river. The firm has about 30 days left on a $46,400 contract and must submit a written plan to prevent further pollution.
Wade Ferguson and Betty Ferguson, from the Winchester Frederick County Chamber of Commerce, completed a working tour of West Virginia and Kentucky. They met with chambers of commerce and travel promotion groups, discussed an apprentice program for amber employees, and explored a tri state chamber executive meeting. They also visited state capitals to study tourism techniques used by localities.
Rockets and cannon shells pounded Prey Veng, 29 miles east of Phnom Penh, wounding five as insurgents hold the city. Government units reported clashes elsewhere including Vihear Suor and Baren with several enemy fatalities. A blast hit the Agence Khmere de Presse office in Phnom Penh caused minor damage.
Several area students earned Dean's List honors for the second semester at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg. Robin Anne Wolfe achieved straight A records, while Victoria Boggs Jean Fansler and Sarah Schroth posted B plus averages of 3.50 with no grade below C.
A federal judge in Richmond held that a Navy policy banning short-haired wigs for reservists at weekend drills violates the equal protection clause. The ruling notes the Navy allows bald men to wear wigs but denies the same for long haired reservists.
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