Census figures show Winchester city loss and Frederick County gain
Preliminary 1970 Census in the Winchester Frederick County area shows Frederick County population at 28537, up 6596 since 1960, while Winchester declines to 14593 from 15110. The area gained 6079 people overall with all gains in the county.
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Winchester
Frederick County
U.S. Department of Commerce
Betty D. Funkhouser
Winchester - Frederick County
Funkhouser
Census Bureau
Thailand to send volunteers for Cambodia aid
Thailand approves large scale military aid to Cambodia and will deploy volunteers. Troops must be Thais of Cambodian descent, drawn mainly from about 500,000 Thai Cambodians living along the border. The cabinet settles on military assistance after PM Thanom's earlier mixed proposal.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Cambodia
Thanom Kittikachorn
Continued B52 Use Possible
The White House signaled B52 bombers could stay in operation after June 30 to protect U S troops in South Vietnam. Most sorties have been in the Fishhook area of Cambodia, with no tactical air support for South Vietnamese after the deadline.
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Washington
White House
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Pentagon
Fishhook
Ronald L. Ziegler
San Clemente
Calif
U.S
Nixon
Ziegler
California
Air Force One
Rafael Caldera
Vietnam
Senate
Indochina
Democrats
Peruvian Earthquake Kills Thousands Across Coastline
Government rushes aid after a weekend quake devastates a 600 mile coastal stretch. Death toll passes 1,000 with fears up to 30,000 dead. 200,000 homeless as landslides and floods erase villages. Huaraz and Chimbote center relief efforts with paratroopers and hospital ships deployed.
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Lima
Peru
Huaraz
Chimbote
Andes
Independencia
Bolognesi
Juan Velasco
Army Engineers
Soviet Soyuz 9 Lifts Off With Two Cosmonauts
Two cosmonauts, Andrian Nikolayev and Vitaly Sevastianov, launch Soyuz 9 from Moscow at 10:09 p.m. local time for an eight hour flight. Tass reports the crew adapted to weightlessness and began an eight hour rest after five orbits, with orbits between 129 and 137 miles.
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Moscow
Tass
Andrian Nikolayev
Vostok 3
Soviet Union
Valentina Nikolayeva- Tereshkova
Nikolayev
Vitaly Sevastianov
Leningrad
Neil A. Armstrong
United States
Alexei Leonov
Hardin Reports Farm Economy Upswing in 1969
Agriculture Secretary Clifford Hardin told President Nixon that the farm economy rose in 1969 with higher net income per farm and record assets and equity. He cited steps to curb overproduction, a broader omnibus farm bill, and rural development plans to stem urban migration.
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Washington
Clifford M. Hardin
Nixon
White House
Hardin
America
House Agriculture Committee
U.S
Largent Named To Va. Crime Commission
Del. F L Largent Jr of Winchester is appointed to the Virginia State Crime Commission by Speaker John Warren Cooke. The 11 member panel will study needs for a Bureau of Drug Abuse and Narcotics and a Central Crime Laboratory with a report due by November 1, 1971. The commission meets in Richmond.
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del. F.L
Jim) Largent, Jr
Winchester
Virginia State Crime Commission
House of Delegates
John Warren Cooke
General Assembly
Virginia
State Department
Bureau of Drug Abuse and Narcotics
Largent
The
State Bar Association On
Richmond
Outpost Overrun By Enemy Near Tun Tavern Base
North Vietnamese troops overran part of a South Vietnamese artillery base at Tun Tavern in the northwest, with at least 46 South Vietnamese killed and 84 wounded. North Vietnamese losses were reported at 57. The attack began before dawn and left some bunkers in enemy hands. Allied advisers suffered casualties.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S. Marine
Tun Tavern
Philadelphia
Marine Corps
66Th
Cambodia
da Krong
Dewey Canyon
Schroeder
Mekong Delta
U.S
Cambodian Fishhok
Hearing Tonight on Proposed Winchester Budget
A public hearing will be held tonight at Rouss City Hall in Winchester at 8 o clock on the proposed city budget of 4 605 193 for 1970 71. The plan keeps tax rates unchanged and balances with 2 003 91 in Reserve for Contingencies. The school budget request totals 2 047 758, up 171 685 from last year’s 1 876 073.
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Winchester
Rouss City
Finance Committee
Council
Virginia Weather Outlook Maps Warm Moist Air In
A southerly flow of warm moist air from a high pressure system off the coast brings clear to partly cloudy conditions across Virginia today and possible mountain showers.
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Richmond
Virginia
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Mich
Chevy Burr
Lisa Gallaty
Paulette Gallaty
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Clarence Hill
Hill
House
Charles A. Vanik
Ohio
Southeast Asia
Peruvian
Va. Crime
Commission
the Homestead Restaurant
E. Boscawen St
Ole McDonald's Farm Market
Rt. 11
Earl E. Whetzel
del. F.L. Largent, Jr
Howard Johnson
Cadillac
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Oldsmobile
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