Battaile Favors Merge in Winchester Civic Talks
The Winchester council and county officials urged cooperation to improve law and order, a bigger post office, and a Civic Center while planning an annexation lawsuit. They discussed city county relations, a new airport contract by July 7, and a shared steering committee for future unity.
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Respect For Law and Order
Rosenberger
Roy Bayliss
Mr. Rosenberger
Winchester
John O. Marsh
Washington
Cene ‘Ter
Battaile
Understanding Alternating and Direct Current
The article explains that alternating current changes direction about 120 times per second in typical household power, while radar signals use currents that switch billions of times per second. Direct current maintains flow in a single direction.
Demands Met as Price For Safety of Hostages
The director of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons has personally agreed to demands from four armed inmates at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta Georgia. The talks aimed to secure the hostages safety and end the standoff effective immediately.
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Atlanta, Ga
U.S. Bureau of Prisons
U.S
Myrl Alexander
Robert W. Gorman
Atlanta Journal
Alexander
Clarke County to get new school chief age 36
John W. Johnson, aged 36, of Greenbrier area prominent educator, won election as Clarke County school superintendent. He pledged strong reading and language arts programs, emphasis on math and science, continuity of adult education, and relocation challenges due to housing shortages.
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Clarke County
Clarke
Greensville
National Science Foundation Institute
United States Air Force
Phi Delta Kappa
Phi Beta Phi
Rotary Club
Boy Scouts of America
Joan, Lemon
Clifton Forge
Wade, Jr
Louise
Congress Needs New Techniques says Marsh on budgets
Rep. John O. Marsh Jr. urged modernizing congressional budgeting during the Virginia Association of Broadcasters meeting. He warned the executive branch uses about 3,500 computers and grasps forecasting, while Congress remains ill equipped to compete. He cited uncontrollable defense costs and a 1968 budget of 140 billion with 20 billion as controllable.
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Wlliamsburg
Congress
Executive
John O. Marsh Jr
D-Va
Capitol Hill
House Appropriations Committee
Virginia Association of Broadcasters
Marsh
Clarke County Boys to Attend FCA Camp at Black Mountain
Four Clarke County High School students David Bell Tommy Dofflemyer Mike Grave and Bent Farrell will depart June 15 to join the third Summer Conference of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes at Black Mountain North Carolina. David Alexander attends the second camp and returns June 14 with 30 from James Wood and Handley. Coach Floyd Foley and Rev. Charles Ammons lead the Clarke Huddle and thank boosters who funded the trip as officials note the Black Mountain meetings have drawn over 2,000 attendees across the series.
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Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Black Mountain
N.C
David Bell
Tomomy Dofflemyer
Mike Grave
Bent Farrell
David Alexander
James Wood
Handley
Floyd Foley
Charles Ammons
Clarke
First Christmas Card Designed by 16-Year-Old Exley
The first Christmas card was designed in 1842 by William M Exley, a London engraver's apprentice. He printed 100 copies and sent them to friends. The card is now housed in the British Museum.
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London
William M. Exley
British
Truck Plunges Across Rt. 50 in Clarke County Injury Rains Down
Richard Unger, 23, of Ridgeway West Virginia, driver of a well drilling truck, overheat brakes caused a plunge from Rt 601 onto Rt 50 in Clarke County. He suffered head and leg injuries and was hospitalized after rescue squad transport. Police estimate $5000 damage.
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Clarke County
Richard Unger
Ridgeway
W. Va
Memorial Hospital
B. L. Hiatt
Rt. 50
Unger
John H. Enders
Berryville
Echo Village awards door prize to local resident
The Echo Village Restaurant held its first anniversary for the Cozy Room and awarded the door prize to Fred McKee of 337 Weems Lane, Winchester. The prize marked the celebration of the new space opening.
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Echo Village Restaurant
Fred McKee
Weems Lane
Winchester
Virginia Weather Forecast For Today And Weekend
Clear tonight with temperatures from 50 to 56 degrees. Sunny Friday reaching 78 to 84 degrees with light northwest to north winds. Saturday expected to be fair and warm. Rainfall in the last 24 hours ending 8 a.m. today is none.
Rainfall Figures From Past Five Years And Averages
The report lists monthly and yearly rainfall totals for 1963 to 1967 and partial 1968 data. It notes June rainfall to date at 49 and 1968 total at 13.46 inches, with a 55 year January through December average of 36.50 inches and July to December figures for 1968 and prior years.
Wall Street advances as market reopens after holiday
Wall Street resumes gains after a one day recess with the Dow up a few points and the NYSE index rising. Merck and McDonnell Douglas lead advances while Raytheon and Monsanto ease. heavy volume pushes Occidental Petroleum higher and several firms show fractional gains. The AP average climbs to another yearly high as prices strengthen on the American Stock Exchange.
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Chrysler
Standard Oil
New England Electric System
American Stock Exchange
Consolidated Oil & Gas
Condec Corp
Canadian Export Gas & Oil
Airlift International
Alamera Oil, Nuclear Corp. of America
New Idria Mining
Sterling Precision and
Air West Inc
I, Q, ANSWERS 1. Do Not. 2. 4 Girls.
True statements listed include items about letters from C to V and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, with references to the Young Men's Hebrew Association and related terms such as wealth and nectar.
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Young Men’s Hebrew Association
Nectar
War Toll in Vietnam Drops Ahead of Monsoon Season
U S and South Vietnamese reports show 380 Americans killed in combat last week, the lowest in five weeks, with 2,739 wounded, and allied forces tally 2,134 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong dead, the smallest weekly enemy toll since April 27 as monsoon rains begin.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
South Vietnam
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