Handley and James Wood Graduate Classes Celebrate
563 seniors at Handley and James Wood High Schools received numerous scholarships totaling $29,950 plus more than $51,000 in college financial aid. Awards named include the Armstrong and Cooper Trust, with recipients Steve Barley Jo Ann Strother Brenda Willingham and Dale Simpson among honorees. Addresses by educators highlighted ceremony as seniors showcase achievements amid crowded program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley
James Wood
Armstrong
Armstrong Foundation
Steve Barley
W.E. Barley
Jo Ann Strother
Harry R. Strother
Gainesboro
Cooper
M. Louise Cooper Trust
Brenda Willingham
Catherine Willingham
Bruce St
Robert T. Greene
State Department of Education
Laurie Brown
Dale Robert Simpson
Virginia General Assembly Recesses Over Reapportionment Plan
The Virginia General Assembly ready to recess again awaiting U S District Court ruling on reapportionment for the House of Delegates. Democratic leadership expects the four judge panel to take judicial notice of related challenges.
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Richmond
House of Delegates
Virginia General Assembly
U. S. District Court
Mary King wins Star Leadership Award at Handley High
Mary King received The Star Leadership Award during Handley High School graduation exercises. Judge Robert Woltz presented the $500 award. King, daughter of Reginald and Mary King, plans college with journalism and education options and has been active in school clubs and activities.
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David Thomas Newlin
Leonard S. Newlin
Val Vista Heights
David
Shenandoah Region
Antique Automobile Club of America
Shenandoah College
Mark Eyre
Erica Lynn Johnston
Charles E. Johnston
Ridge Ave
A.A.U.W
Jean Jacobs
Robert Lynn Allan
Winchester
Mary Margaret King
Handley High School
Robert Woltz
Mary
Reginald C. King
E. Whitlock Ave
Junior Evening Star
About Face On Vote 18 In Virginia Senate
In Richmond the Virginia Senate refused to suspend rules for an immediate vote on ratifying the federal amendment lowering the voting age to 18. The measure, with 23 copatrons in the Privileges and Elections Committee, failed to reach the required two thirds on a suspension motion after a 24-12 tally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia Senate
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
New North Vietnamese Highway Hit by Bombers
U S B52s struck a new North Vietnamese highway linking Laos to northern South Vietnam in raids near Khe Sanh and the A Shau valley while an armored column clashed 5 hours south of the DMZ leaving three NVA killed and seven U S wounded one armored vehicle destroyed and two damaged The operation targeted supply depots as Hanoi builds up forces in the area.
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Saigon
Laos
South Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Khe Sanh
A Shau
5Th Mechanized Infantry Division
James D.entremont
Big
Cam Ranh
Drug Charges Lodged Against 7 Persons Here
Winchester police arrested two adults and five juveniles at a Franklin Street residence on drug charges after a two month investigation. James David Huff 22 and Patricia Ann Huff 24 face possession with intent to distribute charges and bonded $2,400 each with June 15 hearings. A warrant exists for a third suspect. Juveniles aged 15 to 17 are charged with possession of a schedule III drug.
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Winchester
Franklin St
A. Warren Rudolph
James David Huff
Franklin Sr
JW Winner Excels in Music Football and Leadership
Jay Calvin Meyers the 17 year old Star Award winner at James Wood High School is praised for leadership in sports and music. He plays trombone and is active in band and basketball while ranking 25th in a class of 382. Meyers plans to study computer engineering after visiting local tech centers and banks.
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Jay Calvin Meyers
Jay
James Wood
Gan
VPI
Controlled Data Corporation
Washington, D. C
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Texas
Calvin Meyers
Hagerstown
Meyers
Winchester
Darvill Subdivision
Territorial
Economics Laboratory, Inc
Winchester Evening Star
Star
Jack F. Davis
Beagle Freed After Grease Trick At City Pipe
A Beagle trapped in a water pipe near the Wood Lane disposal plant was freed at about 8:30 a m after City Game Warden Irvin Cleveland and a plant worker greased the dog’s neck and head and pulled it free. The dog was unharmed, fed, and sprayed for ticks before returning to the SPCA shelter. owner unlisted and seven days remain for claims before adoption.
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SPCA
Irvin Cleveland
Wood Lane
Mr. Cleveland
Robert Godenour
Two Die as Coal Roof Falls at Eastern No. 2 Mine
In FAIRVIEW West Virginia two workers were killed when the roof collapsed at Eastern Associated Coal's Federal No 2 mine. Two others were rescued and hospitalized in fair to good condition. The fatalities were Don Levelle 41 Mannington and Richard ? 43 Cassville. Robert Lee Strakal was recovered moments after the fall. The mine employs about 430 men and seven were working in the affected section.
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Fairview
W.va
West Virginia
Eastern Associated Coal Company
Don Levelle
Mannington
Marion County
Richard
Cassville
Mongalia
Eastern
Pennsylvania
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Ewing Studio of Dance
Vicki Lee Giannini
William F. Giannini
William C. Meyers
Bloomery
American Legion
Richard Eddy
LaJuana
Sue Catir
Robert Catir
Rt. 1
White Post
Deborah Lee Branner
Robert Lee Branner
Rt. 3
Dale Simpson
H. Lee Simpson
Rt. 6
Wanda Hazel Wilkey, Jr
C. M. Wilkey
Lanny Drive
Donald Ganse
Robert G. Ganse
Valley Ave
Conrad Hoover
Elks National Foundation
Virginia State Elks Association
William Eaton
William O. Eaton
Virginia Ave
Diana Noia
Fiore Noia
Battle Ave
Madison College
Beth Austin
Judy Perry
Beth
Theodore Austin
Sheridan Ave
Judy
William L Perry
Montague Ave
West Virginia Wesleyn
DAR
Tuberculosis & Health Association of Northern Virginia
Susan Cooper
Stuart E. Cooper
Berryville Ave
Luenna Barnes
Paul W. Barnes
American University Academy For the Performing Arts
David Baker
Assembly
Mary King
Glee Club
Vivace
Chapel Choir
Thespian Club
National Honor Society
Booster Club
Executive Council
Quill and Scroll Society
Honor Court
Monitor Commission
Monogram Club
Handiian
Tri-Hi-Y
Virginia
House Privileges and Elections Committee
James M. Thomson
Alexandria
Thomson
Del
George E. Allen
del. A. L. Philpott
Henry
Senate
New N. Viet Highway
U Minh
Mekong
Cambodia
Neak Luong
Vietnam
Star Leadership Award
Robert K. Woltz
Clarke County
Mary Helen Massie
Grease
Hunter
RED Cross Bloodmobile
Kiwanis Club of
Christ Episcopal Church Parish House
Lee-Jackson Restaurant
McKeown's Folly
High View
W. Va
G.W. Motors
Montgomery Ward
E. Cork
BSA
Berryville
The
Power Co
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