Supervisors Approve $2.6 Million Budget for 1965-66
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors approved a 1965-66 budget of 2,686,043 dollars with a real estate tax rate of 2.20 dollars and personal property at 3 dollars. Real estate assessments are set at 30 percent of value, up from 25 percent. Real estate tax revenue is projected at 971,655 dollars, up from 850,000. The attorney general found no statutory authority to revoke the reassessment. The board also heard plans about Zuckerman Co. locating in Martinsburg Pike, amid a signed petition of 343 opposing residents. A separate scrap and steel firm seeks a half-million dollar plant off Route 11, about three miles north of Winchester.
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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Harry L. MccCann
McCann
Frederick County Commonwealth
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Robert Y. Button
Button
Frederick County Tax Payers’ Association
Board of Equalization
Board of Supervisors
Zuckerman Co
Martinsburg Pike
W. E. Beckner
Beckner
Scrap and Steel Company
Rt. 11
Winchester
Joe Zuckerman
Winchester Works On School Desegregation Plan
Winchester school officials are drafting a plan to meet HEW desegregation requirements as four of Virginia’s 138 districts delay action. Superintendent Garland R. Quarles notes the plan will be submitted later and cites minimal federal funding impact for Winchester.
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Winchester
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Garland R. Quarles
Associated Press
Virginia
HEW
Licenses Expire June 30 Hunters and Fishermen
Licenses for hunting and fishing expire at midnight on June 30 and new licenses take effect July 1. They are available at city and county clerk offices. The weatherman called off rain, with cooler tonight around 60 and highs in the 70s. Thursday remains cloudy with little temperature change.
Soviet Unveils Mammoth Plane At Paris Air Show
The Antaeus, a four engine double prop turboprop megaproject, claims 720 passengers or 80 tons payload and 6 600 mile range with 45 tons. It debuted at Le Bourget after a Moscow to Paris flight, counterpoised with future jet transport competition for 1968.
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Soviet Union
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U.S. Air Force
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France
U.S. Air Force Base
Spain
Citizens Plan Emergency Meeting Against Potomac Dams
The Citizens Conference on the Potomac River calls an emergency session at the George Washington Hotel on June 26 to rally support against dam projects. The coalition includes farm labor and conservation groups.
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Citizens Conference
Potomac River
George Washington Hotel
Winchester
Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Potomac Basin
District of Columbia
Spencer M. Smith Jr
Army Engineers
Potomac
Virginia
Smith
Maryland
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Conferees Begin Work On Revised Foreign Aid Bill
The Senate passed a $3.24 billion foreign aid authorization 68 to 20. It adds a two year term, a two year deadline, a 16 member commission to shape policy, and expands OAS role in directing 25 million of military aid from 55 million for Latin America. A House Senate conference to reconcile differences starts Thursday.
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House
Senate
Organization of American States
U.S
Johnson says air strikes hamper Viet Cong, eases escalation talk
President Johnson told Congress members air strikes are hindering North Vietnamese support for the Viet Cong and gave no sign of planning larger bombings on Hanoi. Some Republicans, like Barry Goldwater, urged warning Hanoi of bombing. Fulbright briefed on foreign affairs as GOP support wavers. Dirksen pledges continued support.
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Johnson
Congress
U.S
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
United States
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South Viet Nam
Asia
White House
J.W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hubert H. Humphrey
Fulbright
Melvin R. Laird
R-Wis
Viet Nam
Laird
House
Senate
Errett M. Dirksen
Desegregation Plan Presented for Frederick County Schools
The Frederick County School Board presented a 1966 desegregation plan to the County Board of Supervisors. It asks for full desegregation by 1966 67 with phased steps starting in fall of 1966 for grades one and seven through twelve. The plan awaits HEW review and further federal guidance.
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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Robert E. Ayler
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Ayler
HEW
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Thomas J. Michie
U.S. District Court
Harrisonburg
U.S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Richmond
Federal District Court
ASTO
Senate Moves To Pass Excise Tax Cut Bill
The Senate prepared for quick action on a 4.7 billion excise tax cut bill to repeal wartime levies. Senator Long said passage by nightfall was hoped, with Republican support seen from Senator Kuchel. The bill would phase out auto taxes though a final four point repeal may be tied to manufacturers agreeing to device installations. a 1 percent auto tax would be kept and $190 million from it allocated to auto junkyard disposal.
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Washington
Russell B. Long
DeLa
Senate
Thomas H. Kuchel
Calif
Long
Senate Finance Committee
Johnson
House
Louisiana
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Dconn
Michigan Halls 2 Old Grads Space Ceremony
Michigan welcomes back astronauts James A McDivitt and Edward H White in a campus ceremony to dedicate a new Space Research Building. The Gemini 4 crew receive honorary doctorates as Gov Romney aids with paid time off and class cuts are approved.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White
Michigan
McDivitt
Spacewalker White
White
Atlantic
America
Johnson Air Force
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Jackson
San Antonio
Tex
Ferest
Vandals Sentenced to Reading Instead of Jail
Three Pueblo high school sophomores pleaded guilty to vandalizing the city's new library with paint and oil causing about 3000 dollars in damages. District Court Judge Edward M. Yaklich ordered them to read and write a report on a book each month until they finish high school.
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Pueblo, Colo
Pueblo
Edward M. Yaklich
Planes Make 230 Attacks In S Viet Nam
U S Navy planes hit bridges near Hanoi and other targets in North Viet Nam while 230 attacks were logged on Viet Cong sites in the South in the last 24 hours. Paratroopers missing and civilians casualties reported in Dong Xoai as Viet Cong offensive expands.
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Viet Nam
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Red Capital
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Pong Xoai
Phu Bon
Phuoc Vinh
Vung Tau
Aire Field
Ree
Weather Front Brings Light Rain to Southern Virginia
AP reports a stationary front along the North Carolina South Carolina border causes overcast skies and light rain over the southern third of Virginia.
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Richmond
North Carolinas
South Carolina
Virginia
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