Local Firm Hit by Fire During Storm
Thunderstorms swept the area causing minor damage and power outages to 150 families and about 40 phones. Six lightning alarms triggered warnings but only Chem-Pak, Inc. suffered major damage from a lightning strike to a power line, starting a fire at 13 Gates Ave. Fire inspector S.R. Dyke reported the blaze was contained after the meter blew out. Power was restored within about an hour. no exchanges were knocked out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu Williams
Pat Robinson
Middletown
John L. Boettner
Potomac Edison Power Co
Mr. Boettner
Mark Rucker
C&p Telephone Company
Chem-Pak, Inc
Gates Ave
Winchester
S.R. Dyke
Federal Deficit Estimated At 26 Billion for 1972
The Office of Management and Budget says the fiscal 1972 deficit will reach about 26 billion dollars, the highest since World War II but 12.8 billion less than January predictions. The 1973 deficit is now seen at about 27 billion, with higher tax withholdings and no revenue sharing action helping improve the outlook. The national debt stands near 430 billion, and lawmakers eye tax reform proposals.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Office of Management and Budget
Treasury
Wilbur Mills
Ways and Means Committee
China Greece Establish Diplomatic Relations
Tokyo AP reports China and Greece agreed to establish diplomatic relations today. They will exchange ambassadors within six months and recognize each other’s sovereignty, noninterference, equality, and mutual benefit. Greece recognizes the PRC as the sole legal government of China.
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Tokyo
China
Greece
Peking
New China
People’s Republic of China
Welsh family to see three graduates at James Wood event
Mr and Mrs Noble W Welsh of 834 N Loudoun St celebrate their daughter Mary and son Charles receiving diplomas at James Wood High School. Their granddaughter Sharon Madagan, daughter of Douglas Madagan, Paper Mill Rd, also graduates. Call Concern at 6670145.
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Noble W. Welsh
N. Loudoun St
James Wood High School
Mary
Charles
Sharon Madagan
Sharon
Douglas Madagan
Paper Mill Road
Madagan
Welsh
Jets strike near China as Hanoi bridges fall
Eight U S Air Force jets flew within 50 miles of the Chinese border and blasted two Hanoi rail bridges with five 2000 pound laser guided bombs. Other bridges on the northwest and northeast lines remained intact, with future attacks planned. The Ticonderoga joined the 7th Fleet to hunt submarines, and a Marine F4 Phantom was lost near Phu My with two crewmen killed. Kontum was largely cleared of North Vietnamese forces, while Fire Base Bastogne and An Loc remained contested.
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Saigon
Hanoi
China
U.S
Ticonderoga
7Th Fleet
Vietnam
Tonkin Gulf
North Vietnam
Phu My
South Vietnam
Pleiku
Kontum
Saigon Command
Bastogne
Hue
An Loc
Ransom Recovered in Nevada Skyjacking Case
Nevada authorities recovered the full $200,000 paid in a hijacking incident after a United Air Lines jet was forced to land. The hijacker parachuted from the plane Friday night and the $203,000 total seized includes the restitution. The investigation continues as other extorted sums remain unreturned.
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Nevada
United Air Lines
U.S
Western Airlines
William Holder
Mary Karkow
Algiera
William Hahneman
Florida
Honduras
Eastern Air Lines
Pennsylvania
Central America
Alexandria
Reno
Robb D. Heady
Economic Problems Admitted by Hanoi But War to Go On
North Vietnam admitted severe economic strain from intensified U S bombing but vowed to continue war efforts. Nhan Dan said the economy cannot be paralyzed by enemy bombings and urged utmost organization of resources and transport despite damage. The report framed resilience as essential to sustaining support for the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanoi
Hong Kong
North Vietnam
U.S
Nhan Dan
Radio
Beasley Assumes Mantle of Ala. Chief Executive
Lt. Gov. Jere Beasley took on Alabama governor duties after Gov. George C. Wallace was hospitalized. Beasley, arriving at his office, said he would coordinate with the governor and serve the state during the holiday as Wallace remains unable to govern.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jere Beasley
Alabama
Beasley
George C. Wallace
UN Opens Conference on Man's Environment
Stockholm AP report on the first United Nations conference on the environment with Secretary General Kurt Waldheim urging a shift from military spending to fight pollution and poverty. Delegates from 112 countries discuss a new U.N. agency to coordinate global environmental defense and funding, amid partial Soviet bloc participation debates.
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Stockholm
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Waldheim
Maurice Strong
U.N. General Assembly
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Hungary
Bulgaria
East Germany
United Nations
Strong
Earthwatch
Graduation Ceremonies for Area High Schools Tonight
Handley James Wood Clarke County High hold commencement for 354 112 and 189 graduates. James Wood starts at 7 30 with Zuckerman Carroll and Peer. Clarke County on the lawn at 7 with Green Mackintosh Ramsburg Waters Jones Batterton White Taylor. Trustee sale notice cancelled.
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Handley
James Wood
Clarke County High School
Handley High School
Donald Louis Zuckerman
Stephen Lewis Carroll
Terry Lane Peer
Frederick County School
Melton F. Wright
James C. Gordon
Regena Ann Green
Charlotte Regina Mackintosh
Robert Shearer Ramsburg
Carolyn Jean Waters
Marsha Roxanne Jones
Roy J. Batterton, Jr
Rudolph White
Josephine Baptist Church
Roy D. Taylor
Berryville
Stone’s Chapel
Daylight rocket strike hits Cambodian Defense Ministry
A direct hit on the Cambodian Defense Ministry kills two and wounds at least two others during a daylight attack in Phnom Penh. Two rockets also hit near Lon Nol's villa as ballots are counted in Cambodia's first presidential election. Lon Nol leads initial tallies with 51 percent.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Defense Ministry
Lon Nol
Long Defense Ministry
Norodom Sihanouk
National
National Assembly
Tam
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Frederick County
Rt. 7
Senseny Road
W.J. Sorokin
Catherine Shell
Madeline Myers
Handley Ave
Madeline Meyers
Memorial Hospital
Annie
Jodge
David Smith
Lighting Bolt
David B. Grim
THE
Associated Press
New York
Anthony Colombo
Joseph Colombo Jr
Pizza Hut
Gerald Goodman
J.A. Massie, Jr
Lon Nol's Villa
Keo An
Phnom Penh University
Sihanouk
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