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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1973
Page
1
President Nixon announced a 60 day freeze on all consumer prices except wages rents interest and dividends and farm raw products. The policy bars price increases above those in the June 18 base period and awaits congressional action to extend or modify the plan.
The Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church announced Winchester area clergy changes during its Roanoke meeting. James H. Boice Jr. was named to First United Methodist Winchester, replacing George W. Burroughs to Noland Memorial Newport News. William A. Burroughs moves to North Frederick Charge succeeding Allan Reading. Linden sees James M. Becker appointed to Linden Methodist Charge, while other ministers were returned. Six new district superintendents were named by Bishop Goodson across Alexandria Eastern Shore Portsmouth Richmond Roanoke Staunton districts: Butsler, White, Haley, Hughes, Smith, Van Dyck.
Viet Cong issues cease-fire for all units in South Vietnam to take effect at noon Friday Saigon time. A joint communique signed by United States, North and South Vietnam and Viet Cong in Paris calls for the orders to be issued by Saigon and Viet Cong commands. A corresponding Saigon order is planned.
The Loudoun Street Pedestrian Mall plan faces delays as final plans by F. Eugene Smith & Associates are not complete and contracts are renegotiated. The $252,250 project would be financed by city funds and property tax revenues, with traffic restrictions to preserve church access and address merchant concerns.
Jeb Stuart Magruder testified at Senate Watergate hearings that President Nixon had no knowledge of the wiretapping plan. He said Mitchell approved the final $250000 bugging proposal on March 30, 1972, at Key Biscayne, Florida, and that Liddy proposed it earlier. Magruder claimed logs were shown to Mitchell and Strachan saw them, with disagreements over their usefulness.
Frederick County supervisors voted to allow a shopping center and Ramada Inn east of Winchester to hook onto city water and sewer lines until area-wide cooperation is agreed. The Sanitation Authority had urged no action until city and authority reach an agreement.
Barrie Trinkle, 13, of Fort Worth Texas, won the 46th National Spelling Bee after 17 rounds with 518 words spelled. She defeated Stephen Hayes, 14, of Oxon Hill Maryland, in the final to clinch the title spelling onomastics and vouchsafe.
Thirty eight passengers remain stranded in two aerial cable cars high in the Sandia Mountains after a haul cable slipped from its track. Rescuers push a crane with bulldozers and hoists bring food and blankets as officials say the riders are in fine condition. The top car is about 600 feet above ground and the lower car about 250 feet, with thundershowers passing the area.
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