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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1973
Page
1
PREMIER GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS ANNOUNCED GREECE WILL BE A PRESIDENTIAL REPUBLIC AND HE IS ITS FIRST PRESIDENT A PLEBISCITE WILL RATIFY THE MOVE WITH A GENERAL ELECTION TO FOLLOW BY 1974 THE KING IS ACCUSED OF COLLABORATING WITH FOREIGN FORCES AND MURDERERS AND HAS LIVED IN EXILE IN ROME SINCE 1967
The U S government provided Cambodia with a small squadron of UH1 Huey gunships for close air support. The arrival follows a U S Senate move to cut bombing funds and a Cambodian armed forces reorganization amid Mekong supply corridor actions and Viet Cong shelling near Saigon. Cambodian pilots trained in Thailand are praised for flight and maintenance performance.
Two young hijackers took a SAM airlines plane from Aruba toward Lima Peru with 89 aboard. The owner paid 50 000 in ransom for freedom of all aboard and the aircraft’s abandonment at the next stop. Women and children were freed, 11 men escaped, and 9 more were released.
Dr. Samuel Whitacre, named as a possible Democratic candidate, said he is “honored to be considered.” The 17th District Democratic Committee listed Whitacre and four others as nominees for two seats. Democrats meet June 9 in Front Royal to select two candidates. incumbent Duncan Gibb is not seeking reelection. Republicans nominated incumbents Raymond Guest Jr. and James R. Wilkins. The 17th District covers Winchester, Frederick, Clarke, Warren and Fauquier counties.
Washington AP reports the U S unemployment rate remained at five percent in May with 4.4 million unemployed. The labor force stood at 84 million, seasonally adjusted, amid a robust economic expansion. The data cast doubt on reaching 4.5 percent by year end under current policy.
Front Royal FMC plant faces potential shutdown after Local 371 voted 586 520 to reject a three year contract. Union locals in Nitro and Parkersburg WV also opposed ratification while Lewistown Meadville and Marcus Hook supported. An Advisory Council in Washington seeks a day to day arrangement as talks continue.
Nixon and Pompidou concluded a two day summit in Reykjavik Iceland with a plan to strengthen the transatlantic alliance for the 1970s. The leaders left without firm accords but signaled a possible NATO wide summit with North America and Western Europe and noted improving personal relations and mutual compliments.
The National Weather Service reports more than 700 tornadoes through May 29, the highest for January through May since records began. The prior first five month high was 504 in 1957, while the yearly record is 928 in 1967. The agency also notes the hurricane season begins today and lasts through November.
Four major oil dealers in Winchester say future gas and oil supplies are uncertain. A Gulf distributor reports current allocations at 70 percent low lead, 121 percent regular, 134 percent high test, with potential shortages by month end. Oil firms urge filling furnace tanks now as fall supply may be scarce.
Senate Watergate chair Sam Ervin says he read secret White House documents showing a Gestapo mentality at top Nixon levels. Archibald Cox asked to halt hearings, but Samuel Dash and others resist. Ervin plans to seek intelligence agency guidance on releasing the papers amid broader espionage inquiries.
An Icelandic tugboat was rammed three times by 10 to 20 British trawlers in waters east of Iceland, leaving the vessel in danger of sinking. A government spokesman called the act aggressive and noted heightened tensions.
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