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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1968
Page
10
In Washington D.C. 66 of 1 color television sets surveyed emitted higher radiation than the safe standard at the Health Physics Society meeting. The National Center for Radiological Health reported most sets had no measurable radiation outside the cabinet.
Virginia's State Board for Community Colleges approved policies to suspend or expel rioters on two year campuses. The rules authorize legal action against students, nonstudents, or staff involved in campus law violations and require disbanding of unauthorized assemblies.
About 500 Virginia Presbyterian ministers and officers endorsed the Poor People Campaign during the Synod of Virginia meeting in Staunton. They authorized volunteers to attend the Washington solidarity day, with an estimated 15 delegates traveling to the capital. Dr. James Sprunt of Staunton was elected moderator by acclamation.
Young set returns from schools as summer activities resume. Arlington and Winchester hosts host parties for Debutante Barbara Clagett and Donald Gilpin graduation, with guests from Bethesda, Coral Gables, Lakeville and beyond. Laundry list of visits, camps, and club events follows, including Garden Club, Millwood dances, and Newport Road social rounds.
Gerald McGreal, a night clerk at Kemper Lane Hotel, faced two masked robbers who approached with a revolver. He fired back with a toy gun, ducked for cover, and the assailants fled without stealing. The report notes Petersburg’s origin as Peter's Point from trader Peter Jones.
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