3 Units Leaving Vietnam
The U S 9th Marine Regiment and the 1st and 2nd Brigades of the U S 9th Infantry Division were named among the first 25 000 American troops withdrawn from Vietnam. The move, to be completed by August end, signals a phased pullout as other units remain in theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
U.S. 9Th Marine Regiment
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
9Th Marines
da Nang
9Th Infantry
U.S
9Th Division
A Shau
101St Airborne Division
Attac B
Escapee Captured in Westmoreland County linked to Camp 7 break
State police said one of two Camp 7 convicts who escaped May 27 near Riverton was captured early this morning in Westmoreland County where his parents live. Newton is jailed there. he faces Warren County court for the escape. King, 19, remains at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverton
J.S. Conner
Newton
Westmoreland County
Camp 7
Warren County
Paul Jerome King
Wade G. Johnson
Johnson
Overbey
Winchester
Red Cross Bloodmobile to Visit Christ Episcopal Church
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at Christ Episcopal Church Parish House Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 2 45 p.m. to help meet a 301 pint quarterly deficit. Special appeals seek five pints of Renegative blood and four pints each AB positive and AB negative. Call 662 5412 for advance appointments.
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RED Cross
Christ Episcopal Church Parish House
Sara Schroth Wins Handley Star Leadership Award
Sara Schroth, 17, of 112 S Washington St, is named winner of the Star Leadership Award at Handley High School for excellence of character and leadership. She will attend Mary Washington College this fall and aims to teach English after earning a master’s degree. Schroth's honors include National Honor Society membership and a $500 annual award presented at commencement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley High School
Sara Walker Schroth
Joseph A. Schroth
S. Washington St
Mary Washington College
Winchester
Sacred Heart Academy
Handley
National Honor Society
Handley Graduation Honors 177 Seniors At Indoor Ceremony
In Handley High School auditorium 177 seniors received diplomas with 20 students honored for awards. State Sen. J Kenneth Robinson urged youth leaders to step forward and participate in public life amid campus unrest. Scholarships named Cooper and Armstrong Foundation awarded to Suzanne Maria Brown and Robin Anne Wolfe respectively with DAR Good Citizen Award for Wolfe.
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Handley High School
J. Kenneth Robinson
Cooper
Suzanne Maria Brown
M. Louise Cooper
Nancy O. Cooper
Head Start on Reading series by Ruth Strickland
Beginning Monday in the Star will publish a 10 part Associated Press series by Dr. Ruth Strickland Indiana University reading specialist. It aims to guide parents in fostering reading readiness and skills for preschool and early elementary children.
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Associated Press
Ruth Strickland
Indiana University
Band and Chorus Begin 32 Day Tour From Shenandoah
Music students from 45 states gathered at Shenandoah College for a 32 day concert tour that starts with a public 8 pm performance in the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music. The 110 member band and 110 member chorus form the All-Student Groups USA and will depart from Dulles Airport tomorrow at 7 30 pm for Prestwick Scotland and a 12 country Western European tour. Paul B Noble Jr directs the band and Paul S Thompson directs the chorus with several Winchester area students among staff and chaperones.
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Alaska
Virginia
Shenandoah College
Shenandoah Conservatory of Music
Dulles
Prestwick
Scotland
U.S.A
Shenandoah
States
Paul B. Noble, Jr
Paul S. Thompson
James Wood High School
Concorde Salutes Queen on Official Birthday in London
The British version of the Concorde supersonic airliner saluted Queen Elizabeth II on her official birthday and gave Londoners their first direct view of the French-British plane in action.
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London
Evans Officers Questioned Over Evans Collision Negligence
Subic Bay Philippines two junior lieutenants in charge of the destroyer Frank E. Evans are suspected of negligence in the collision with the Australian carrier Melbourne. Ramsey and Hopson testified as Navy and Australian inquiry weighs fault. The board, not a court, has no punitive power and granted a limited recess for counsel.
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Evans
Subic Bay
Philippines
U.S
Frank E. Evans
James R. Hopson
Kansas City
Kan
Land
Ramsey
Hopson
Frederick F. Tilton
Navy
Judge Advocate General
Melbourne
John P. Stevenson
Stevenson
Israel rejects red communique over 1967 lands
Israel rejects the Cairo communique calling for total withdrawal from captured territories. Abba Eban denounces the document as hostile and perilous. Golda Meir warns against new Four Power talks. Border clashes flare as four Israeli soldiers are wounded near the Suez Canal and Jordanian fire hits a settlement south of the Dead Sea.
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Tel Aviv
Middle East
Israel
Cairo
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Square One
Gromyko
Nasser
Abba
Eban
Golda Meir
London
Michael Stewart Friday
Egypt
Jordan
Suez Canal
Dead Sea
Clarke School Board honors Chafin and Everly for service
Clarke County School Board paid tribute to retiring members William Chafin and Julian Everly for exemplary service. The board also approved a resolution and discussed vacancies in multiple subjects at Clarke County High School and a proposed firefighters school funded largely by the state.
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Chafin
Clarke School Board
Berryville
Julian Everly
William Chafin
Clarke County
William Overbey
Industrial Arts
Miss Margaret Ends 50 Years On Main Street Circuit
Miss Margaret Hodgson retires after more than five decades in business at the Margaret L Hodgson Hat and Dress Shop. A Johns Kerr School graduate, she learned millinery in Miss Frances Cline’s shop and later added dresses, keeping shop on the second floor overlooking Main Street. She also served in Washington during World War I.
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Margaret Hodgson
Margaret L. Hodgson
Margaret
John Kerr School
Frances Cline
Bell Clothes
Washington
Cline
Dayton
Miss Margaret
Mamie Brown
Bee Dushane
Ruth Bowers
Main St
Augusta Man Dies After Hitting Truck
An Augusta West Virginia man Herbert Ludwick died at 7 13 p m after a Route 50 crash near Capon Bridge that seriously injured his wife Sylvia and their 11 year old son Terry in Winchester Memorial Hospital the injuries to the wife and son were reported as fair and satisfactory respectively. Ernest Ackerman of Mountain Lake Park Maryland drove a westbound tractor trailer around a curve when the mishap occurred. The report notes the accident occurred near Rotary Club s annual Beef Barbecue event and lists local notices and sales items in the surrounding text.
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Augusta
W. Va
Capon Bridge
Herbert Ludwick
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Sylvia
Terry
West Virginia
Ernest Ackerman
Mountain Lake Park
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Jay
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Dwayne
James W. Carpenter
Carpenters
Boyce
Mary Helen Massie
Sara Schroth
Star Award
Armstrong Foundation, Inc
Robin Anne Wolfe
Wolfe
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Everly
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B. A. Tox Vard
Cooley
Nancy Pennypacker
Rotary Club
Peanut Cellar
Basin Street
Snapp Foundry Products Company
N. Loudoun St
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McKeown’s Folly
High View
McDonald’s
Route 11
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