Winchester Walk for Development raises funds for hunger relief
John Eavis and Boyd Fogle send about 11 500 gross to the American Freedom from Hunger Foundation from the Winchester Walk for Development. The foundation retains 15 percent for research and allocates 42.5 percent to Ambato Ecuador and 42.5 percent to a Winchester housing corp led by Rev Bruce Macbeth for a low cost housing project.
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John Eavis
Winchester
Boyd Fogle
American Freedom From Hunger Foundation
Ambato
Ecuador
Bruce Macbeth
Hank Leland
Miller Links Adult Drug Use to Youth Choices
Roanoke AP Atty Gen Andrew Miller told State vocational and industrial arts teachers that drugs rose in popularity among youth because adults abuse drugs at home. He cited parental use of sleeping pills barbiturates alcohol and amphetamines and estimated 10 000 Virginians need rehab. Crisis Center Blacksburg members urged broader earlier drug education including origin chemistry effects and reasons for use.
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Roanoke
Andrew P. Miller
Miller
Radford College
Crisis Center
Blacksburg
Laos War Involvement Revealed By Leaks And Figures
A cascade of leaks and hearings shows the United States extended military and economic aid to Laos, with Thai and Cambodian troops fighting under U.S. funds, CIA helped operations, and Nixon denying combat troops. By 1971, 1,034 Americans were in Laos, many tied to CIA related agencies and Meo tribes.
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Washington
U.S
Laos
United States
Nixon
Associated Press
Saigon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pentagon
Congress
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Bolovens
CIA
Ho Chi Minh Trail
South
Vietnam
Sen. Stuart
D-Mo
State Department
Agency For International Development
Air America
Continental Air Services International
John F. Kennedy
Southeast Asia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Boun Oum
Pathet Lao
Kennedy
Souvanna Phouma
Geneva
W. Averell
Harriman
Roger Hillsman
Johnson
Sen
Mike Mansfield
Montana
South Vietnam
Milk to beer tale from Gert Goedhals in Port Elizabeth
Volleyball star Gert Goedhals reports his doctor advised him to swap milk for beer to reduce sweating and a kidney stone problem. He played for the Netherlands from 1957 to 1964 before settling in Port Elizabeth. The Missouri River length is noted as 2,466 miles.
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Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Gert Goedhals
Goedhals
Netherlands
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NaveNe
NITRO
Nutro Weed
Treat & Feed
Orden: Chemical
Azalea
Nutro Azalea
Treg Ballet
Nutro Rose & Floral Spray
Nutro Home
National Ave
Trail
Souvanna
National Security Council
Melons
Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
Jim McCoy
Record Shop
S. Loudoun St
Serecteci Aan Ae Eae
Police
BermuDa
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