4 H Day Camp Opens For Winchester Children Next Week
The 4 H Day Camp for Winchester children who finished 10 Saturdays on the 4 H TV Action Program begins Monday at the Rotary Shelter in Winchester Recreation Park. About 280 youngsters are invited with Debby Brumback as camp director and Ned Conklin assisting. Experts on wildlife forestry and ecology will address the group.
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Rotary
Winchester Recreation Park
Frederick County
Ned Conklin
Frederick County Extension Service
Conklin
Pauline Baccary
Clarence Hill
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
David Ramsey
C.D. Litten
Will Butler
Morgan Accepted by Virginia Tech for Aerospace Engineering
Herbert Wayne Morgan has been accepted by Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg for study this Fall. He plans to study Aerospace Engineering and is a 1970 James Wood High School graduate awarded the Armstrong Foundation Scholarship. He participated in It's Academic team Math Club NHS SCA Homeroom French Club Prom Senior Play Merit Who's Who Science Fair and Boys State.
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Herbert Wayne Morgan
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Virginia Morgan
Rt. 4
James Wood High School
Armstrong Foundation
Science Fair
Valley Avenue Church of Christ
Christian Youth Group
Today in History July 24 1970 highlights
July 24 marks key events from 1946 Bikini Atoll atomic test to 1969 Apollo 11 lunar return. Notable moments include 1704 Gibraltar capture, 1783 Bolivar birth, 1847 Brigham Young Utah pioneer entry, 1929 Kellogg Briand Pact, 1959 Nixon Khrushchev kitchen debate, MLK civil rights campaigns, and the Apollo 11 splashdown anniversary.
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Associated Press
United States
Bikini Atoll
Pacific
Gibraltar
Simon Bolivar
South America
Caracas
Brigham Young
Great Salt Lake Valley
Utah
Herbert Hoover
U.S
Richard M. Nixon
Nikita Khruschev
Moscow
Martin Luther King Jr
Chicago
Special Prisons Sought to Help Young Offenders
Norman A. Carlson, director of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, advocates dedicated facilities for youths. He cites Morgantown West Virginia as a model where 270 inmates are grouped by behavior, with fulltime psychiatric staff and tailor made dormitories. Ninety days before release inmates enter half way houses with job and social help and Carlson notes higher post release success than conventional prisons.
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U.S. Bureau of Prisons
Norman A. Carlson
Morgantown
W.va
Carlson
No Draft Reform This Year
AP reports House Armed Services Chair L. Mendel Rivers sees no major draft reform bills this year as Congress weighs President Nixon’s push to end student deferments. Secretary Melvin Laird says draft calls will average below 10 000 monthly for the rest of the year while aiming toward a zero-deferral all volunteer force. Senate chair John Stennis promises hearings after Nixon's request but none scheduled yet.
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Nixon
House Armed Services
L. Mendel Rivers
Congress
Rivers
Melvin. R. Laird
Laird
Senate
Armed Services
John C. Stennis
Dmiss
First Women Governors Elected in 1920s and 1960s
In American history three women have served as state governors. Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming and Miriam Ferguson of Texas were elected in 1924, followed by Lurleen Wallace of Alabama in 1966.
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Nellie Tayloe Ross
Wyoming
Miriam
Ma) Ferguson
Texas
Lurleen Wallace
Alabama
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George Scheulen
Stephens City
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Va. Tech
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Astounding
Whitman
Colgate
USGA
Nichols
Lamar Sloan
Valley Ave
House
F. Edward Hebert
Dla
Hebert
Valley Mortgage & Investment Corp
Valley Winchester, Va Plaza Annex
Montgomery Ward
Firestone
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