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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1970

Page

5

Greenwood Volunteers Fire Company Formed and Fund Drive Planned

The Greenwood Volunteer Fire Company formed after Shawnee Ruritan Club support and a 15-member steering group selected land on Greenwood Road for a fire hall. Officers include Dr. Braunschweig as president and Charles Dunn as fire chief, with a training program to begin and a door-to-door fund drive offering annual pledge options.

Greenwood Volunteer Fire Company Shawnee Ruritan Club The Robert S. Hodgson Joe Lohr Paul Riley Roger Kiplinger Rol Dunn Senseng Road Richard Dick Donald Hodgson Temple Homar Tom Malcolm Leonard Williamson Frank DeHaven Donald Perrault Greenwood Road Senseny Road Greenwood Volunteers Fire Company Greenwood Company J. Lawrence Oliver Braunschweig Oliver Williamson Dunn Greenwood Ralph Braunschweig Fire Company Raritan Club

Apollo 13 Switch Flaws May Not Bring Penalties

The AP reports NASA likely will not penalize North American Rockwell and Beech Aircraft for inadequate switches on the Apollo 13 oxygen tank. The fault, blamed by the review board on a mix of mistakes and design flaws, halted the mission and postponed Apollo 14.

Washington Space Agency Rockwell Moon James A. Lovell Jr Fred W. Haise Jr John L. Swigert Jr North American Rockwell Beech Aircraft Corp Beech NASA Julian Scheer North American Thomas C. Paine Paine Office of Manned Space Flight Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee

Chewing Gum Prices Rise Across Industry

New York reports show gum prices climbing as Beech Nut and American Chicle raise wholesale costs. A Beech Nut spokesman notes a 20 pack box moving from 60 to 80 cents wholesale due to higher raw materials and labor. Chicklets fare similarly with re announced prices.

New York Beech Nut, Inc American Chicle Co

Vegetable oil compounds reverse muscular dystrophy in chickens

Dr. Ade T. Milhorat reports that chemicals derived from vegetable oils reversed the muscle disintegration in chickens, a first for a living creature, and envisions possible early human trials pending safety tests. The finding came while testing a lab compound and safflower oil, with oils themselves showing effect. Milhorat presented the results to Mrs. Spiro Agnew for Mrs. Nixon, honorary chair of the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Washington Ade T. Milhorat New York White House Milhorat Richard Nixon Institute For Muscle Disease, Inc Spiro T. Agnew Nixon

30 Millionth Expo Visitor Honored At Expo 70

In Osaka Japan AP reports Shigemitsu Nakabayashi a 29 year old Maebashi bank clerk became the 30 millionth Expo 70 guest. He received two airline tickets for a 10 day Europe trip and 200000 yen about 555 in cash. Expo attendance hit 30 million six days earlier than Montreal 1967 and officials forecast over 55 million by September 13. Robert Louis Stevenson was nicknamed Tusitala by Samoan natives.

Osaka Japan Asia Europe Shigemitsu Nakabayashi Maebashi Tokyo

Real Estate For Sale by Virginia Dept of Highways

Sealed bids for 1.01 acres on the north side of Route 185 near Exit 71 of Interstate 81 in Edinburg Shenandoah County Va must be received by 3 00 p m DST July 15 1970 at the District Right of Way Engineer Staunton. Details from the Property Management Section Staunton 886 6225 Ext 264 or 228. A representative will be on site July 2 1970 11 00 a m to 4 00 p m. The department may reject any bid. Bids must be on official proposal form.

Commonwealth of Va Dept. of Highways Staunton Edinburg Shenandoah Co Dept

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Greenwood Firemen Planning Fund Club Rick Dick Charles Mason Donald Oates William Franklin H.P Briggs & Stratton Winchester Moore Sakrete Karl Folkers Stanford Research Institute Robert Louis Stevenson Tusitala Frederick County Virginia Route 629 Mt. Williams Road Back Creek Ida M. Weston Lacy H. Anderson Ida M. ‘Weston Charles Duvall Chambersburg Marion Fords Ferguson Massey Ferguson Massey Harris John Deere A.C New Grove Ralph W. Horst
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