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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1970
Page
1
U S B52 bombers attacked North Vietnamese positions at eight points along South Vietnam's border with Cambodia and Laos. The raids marked the heaviest strikes by the eight-jet bombers in two weeks, extending from the Mekong delta to the demilitarized zone.
Roy E. Potts III of Berryville is named successor to Russ Potts as The Star sports editor. Potts will assume the post Aug 1 after Russ Potts resigns to head University of Maryland sports publicity. Potts has long local ties including Clarke County High School, Eagles Booster Club and Shawnee Day Lions.
Seoul reports that the United States will not withdraw troops before modernization of South Korea’s 600,000-man armed forces. Defense minister Jung Nae hiuk said talks on troop cuts were postponed until joint modernization plans are agreed. He cited a planned U S aid for an Air Force S2 reconnaissance squadron.
Longtime Democrat Michael Joseph Kirwan of Youngstown Ohio died early today at Bethesda Naval Hospital after over a year of hospitalization from a broken back. He served in the House since 1936 rising to No 2 on the Appropriations Committee and chaired the public works subcommittee and the House Democratic Campaign Committee since 1947.
A June graduate of Clarke County High School, 18 year old Richard Blaine Rothrock of Berryville died after his eastbound 1965 Corvair struck a roadside pole and a tree on Route 7 near Carter's Fruit Market at 12:40 a.m. Rescue units freed him from wreckage and he died at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Ringo Starr says turning 30 is not the end of the world, recalling he once feared 30 at 19. He notes the Beatles, though not performing publicly for over two years, remain active with hit records.
Fidel Castro warned Cuba is beset by economic woes and called for better Communist Party leadership. He spoke on the 17th anniversary of his revolution, noting a record sugar harvest yet short of the 10 million ton goal and ongoing shortages in meat, milk, bread, and clothing.
Thousands of youths in Amman protested Jordan and Egypt backing a U S peace plan for the Middle East amid rising Arab rift. Syria and Iraq rejected the plan while Israel weighed a cautious reply and Soviet backed moves shaped regional reactions.
AP reports heat and high humidity will dominate Virginia as a large wet high pressure area blankets the eastern U S through Tuesday. The fragment mentions Crisman Cleaners closing for vacation August 3 to 6.
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