Two homicide charges in double shooting death in Winchester
Winchester police report finding two bodies on the second floor at 224 Kern Street after 12 30 a m. Mrs Virginia K Nicholson and John Henry Benson died from gunshot wounds. Jordan Nicholson has been charged with two counts of murder in their deaths.
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Winchester
Fremont and
Kern Sts
Virginia K. Nicholson
John Henry Benson
Jordan Nicholson
Benson
Kern St
Nicholson
Mary Helen Massie
A. Warren Rudolph
S.C. McFarland
Carroll K. Mauck
Mauck
C.D. Pitcock
H.E. Lindamood
Nixon asks Congress for extra 155 million to fight drug abuse
President Nixon labels drug abuse a national emergency and seeks 155 million more for 1972 to boost rehabilitation, enforcement, and international efforts. He proposes a new White House Office of Drug Abuse Prevention and authority to keep addicts in service beyond discharge dates.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Pentagon
Congressional
America
White House
Times Argues Against Document Inspection
The New York Times moves to court to block government demands to inspect secret Pentagon Vietnam War documents. Judge Murray I. Gurfein set a 10 a.m. hearing after a new government bid.
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NEW York
The
New York Times
Pentagon
U.S
Pentagon Vietnam study leak tied to Ellsberg, Times source
Former Times reporter Sidney Zion claims Daniel Ellsberg gave the 47 volume Pentagon study to the Times. The government seeks to block further publication while the FBI and Justice Department consider criminal actions over confidential sources and classified documents.
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NEW York
New York Times
the Times
Daniel Ellsberg
Defense Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sidney Zion
Zion
Pentagon
United States
Vietnam
Ellsberg
Harvard
Cambridge
Rand Corp
Rand
Neil Sheehan
The
Times
Elsberg
Washington
Justice Department
FBI
Department
Asst
U.S
Michael Hess
Gurfein
Robert S. McNamara
Four Methodist ministers transferred in Virginia Annual Conference
Four area United Methodist ministers were transferred as pastoral assignments were announced by Bishop William R. Cannon near the Virginia Annual Conference in Norfolk. Changes involve Lyers to Messiah Alexandria District, Taylor to Highland Petersburg District, Elam to succeed Taylor on Charlottesville District, Yates to Gum Springs Richmond District, with others from Romney and Gainesboro districts and Grover named Winchester District superintendent. Moves take effect June 24 with new pulpits June 27.
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United Methodist
William R. Cannon
Virginia
Danville
Gainesboro
W.S. Gower
Esdras Grover
Winchester
Lyons
Braddock Street
Taylor
Market Street
Yates
Brucetown
Mr. Monger
Four suits seek judgment against Lake Holiday Estates
In Frederick County Circuit Court Earl Armel seeks 13175 to 12968 for work and equipment rental and 5968 for termination injustice. Donald Larrick and Holmes Tavenner demand 6000 and 6500 respectively for unpaid salary, plus claims against Continental Marketing Co. for 6000 each alleging it influenced Lake Holiday Estates to end their employment. W Eugene Bayliss of Lake Holiday Estates defends the actions. The estate develops vacation homes near a planned lake in Cross Junction Frederick County.
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Lake Holiday Estates
Frederick County
Continental Marketing Co
Earl Lee Armel
Lake Holiday
Donald N. Larrick
Holmes Harris Tavenner
Continental Marketing
W. Eugene Bayliss
Bayliss
Cross Junction
Amendment to Cut Off Funds for War Heads for Defeat
In Washington the House faced a vote on an Nedzi Whalen amendment to halt war funding after December 31, 1971. Supporters estimated 150 to 170 of 434 House members would back the measure despite Senate rejection of similar cuts. The debate followed Senate votes against a broader end date for Indochina operations and as lawmakers weighed a possible filibuster of draft extensions.
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House
Senate
U.S
Indochina
Southeast Asia
Lawton M. Chiles Jr
Dfla
North Vietnam
Hatfield-McGovern
Hatfield
Mike Gravel
Alaska
McGovern
Chiles
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
The
Armed Services Committee
Judge orders Boyle to court over miner strike
U S District Judge Gerhard Gesell warned United Mine Workers President W A Boyle to bring 50 000 striking miners in six states back to work by Monday. If not, Boyle may face contempt charges and be required to appear at 9 30 A M to explain whether he ordered a return to work.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
W. A
Tony
Boyle
U. S
Gerhard Gesell
Paul Connolly
Gesell
Jackie Robinson Jr. dies in Norwalk car crash
Jackie Robinson Jr., 24, son of the baseball great, died in a one car accident on the Merritt Parkway near Norwalk while returning from work at a drug rehabilitation center. He had a 1968 heroin possession arrest, and his father said he blamed himself for being away from home.
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Norwalk
Conn
Jackie Robinson Jr
Merritt Parkway
Robinson
Brooklyn Dodger
Youch
Accused Man Held After Slayings Of Wife And Another
Jordan Nicholson 57 was jailed after the early morning gunshots that killed his wife of three years 47 and John Benson 57 at their Kern Street apartment. Police charged Nicholson with two counts of murder and said autopsies would determine exact causes.
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Star
Jordan Nicholson
John H
Ber Rehae
Nicholson
Winchester
Kern St
John W. Rice
Weather brings fair skies and warmth to Virginia
A high pressure ridge from the western Atlantic to Pennsylvania produced generally fair skies and warmer temperatures across Virginia today, easing any chill and signaling stable springlike conditions.
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Richmond
Atlantic
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Winchester Star Classifieds and Notices Snapshot
A mixed cluster of ads and notices including help wanted for a retail salesman, a vote registration call, a sale on oil base antiquing kits at Sherwin Williams, a Strawberries pick your own offer, and ponding notices about a mispriced four band portable radio at Montgomery Ward. The ad urges readers to respond via Box 52 and to catch voting details on page 2.
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Montgomery Ward
Ward Plaza
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