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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1970
Page
3
The Winchester Memorial Hospital installed a 12 ton gas fueled outdoor incinerator with three burners 200 000 BTU and 350 000 BTU per hour. Inspectors and officials state the unit is smokeless odorless and reduces air pollution while meeting state and federal standards.
The 17 year cicadas, misnamed locusts, emerged across the East and Middle West with heavy concentrations in parts of Indiana and northeast Indianapolis Fall Creek. New York State, Michigan, North Carolina and Washington area outbreaks were reported mild to moderate with little damage to fruit trees. Pennsylvania entomologists noted cicadas in 40 of 67 counties while Britain reports over40 percent of elderly living with children.
Berryville scouts finish a weeklong journey with stops at Camp Drum Ottawa Montreal and Niagara Falls. Scoutmaster William Jackson and Assistant Scoutmaster C T Hardesty III led twenty five members including Rickey Childs Wayne Hardesty Johnny Milleson Teddy Barker Mike Sealock Chuck Jackson Terry Cornwell David Levi and others guesting at Radar Squadron Lockport Air Force Station before the return home.
Easter will become commander of VFW Post 2123 Raleigh on July 1 after his May installation at the Post Home by Elmer Lauck. Other officers installed included Carper Braithwaite Taylor Ridley Harman Shull and trustees Kline Rinker Cooper. The post earned awards at a Martinsburg VA ceremony, and Harman and Compton received hospital awards for their work.
AP reports waning public anger over inflation as shoppers curb protests while retailers improve price controls. University of Michigan data show consumer sentiment still falling, driven more by economic slowdown and unemployment than by rising prices.
Encyclopaedia Britannica notes ice cream uses nearly 70 percent of milk or its equivalent for storage during spring and early summer when production peaks and prices drop. This pattern keeps dairy markets balanced amid seasonal swings.
Four men identified as James Shird 22 Leon Bullock 17 George Bailey 18 and David Banks were captured after a bank robbery at the Quantico Marine Base. They fled in a stolen military truck, held two Marine MPs and a Navy nurse as hostages, and were stopped on Interstate 95 near Springfield. One suspect and one MP were wounded. three suspects arraigned in Alexandria. Banks treated at Fairfax hospital. Police and FBI did not disclose the robbery amount.
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