Truck overturn blocks Rt. 50 west in Martinsburg area
A single vehicle crash on Rt. 50 west five miles west of Winchester damaged property estimated at 18000 dollars. Henry L Wal ters 23 of Rt 1 Inwood WV suffered elbow abrasions as a 1965 tractor towing a tanker-trailer loaded with concrete rolled onto the shoulder and overturned. Westbound lanes were blocked about three hours. Trailor and contents valued at 8000 with tractor 10000. owner William Dunham Martinsburg. Round Hill firefighters sprayed the scene. Damages to a house and car on S Cameron St were also reported with no charges.
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Rt. 50
Henry Lee Walters
Rt. 1
Inwood
W.va
Winchester
S. L. Lee
James Wood High School
Fox Drive
Rt. 522
Gainesboro
Hayfield
Lee
S. Cameron St
Ralph Hite
Gineva Smith Wilson
Handley Blvd
Paul P. Costello
Rockville
District planning districts defined for Virginia state areas
The Virginia Division of State Planning and Community Affairs announces 22 Planning Districts with Winchester and Frederick County in District 7. District populations vary from 38 000 to 889 000 with local governments to form Planning District Commissions. The Associated Press notes boundaries in four districts will change while the total remains 22.
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Virginia
Division of State Planning and Community Affairs
Westmoreland
North Cumberland
Richmond
Lancaster
Loudoun
Prince William
Fairfax
General Assembly
Commonwealth
T. Edward Temple
Kidwell
Associated Press
James Wood High School Class of 1959 10 Year Reunion Notice
Invitations have been mailed to James Wood High School Class of 1959 for a reunion on July 12 at the Moose Home. Reservations close June 30. Call Shirley Duncan at 667-1563 if you did not receive an invitation.
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James Wood
Moose Home
Shirley Duncan
Insecticide Blamed in Rhine River Fish Kill
Dutch scientists report an insecticide polluted the Rhine killing millions of fish and threatening water supplies in Dutch and German cities. West German officials sought confirmation as fish deaths stretched 12 miles in Rhine land Palatinate and Amsterdam restricted Rhine water for now.
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Rhine River
Dpuesseldorf
Germany
Rhine
North Rhine-Westphalia
Bingen
St. Goarshausen
West German State
Rhineland’ Palatinate
Amsterdam
Nationalization Announced Land Take Over in Peru
Hundreds of American led South Vietnamese commandos reinforced Ben Het camp near Dak To amid 15 minute firefights with North Vietnamese forces. Reports note two regiments across the border and ongoing artillery bombardment with substantial allied and enemy casualties.
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Saigon
Ben Het
U.S
Dak
U.S. Command
Laos
Cambodia
Dak To
Creighton W. Abrame
Vietnam
Republic of Vietnam
Abrams
South Vietnam
Mekong
Israeli jets hit guerrilla stronghold in Jordan
Israeli jets bombed an Arab guerrilla stronghold in Jordan after guerrillas attacked an army patrol in the Beisan valley. The 25 minute assault targeted Adasiya an uninhabited cluster of huts opposite Ashdot Yaaqov near the Sea of Galilee.
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Tiberias
Israel
Jordan
Beisan
Adasiya
Ashdot Yaaqov
Sea of Galilee
Crucial Vote On Surtax Called Off
Washington AP reports House leaders canceled the planned vote on President Nixon's surtax extension as August provisional measures loom. The move stems from head counts predicting defeat of extending the 10 percent surcharge beyond June 30. No new date is set. emergency withholding legislation may be proposed to bridge until passage.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Congress
Grocer Charged in Stabbing Deaths of Wife and Children
A 40 year old grocer Rafael Torres was arrested in Jersey City and charged with stabbing to death his wife Maria 40 and seven of their nine children Lillie 19 Annie 10 Victor 11 Fay 12 Carrie 17 Ann 19 and Maria 20 Police said Raymond 15 was wounded and Rafael 14 was visiting at his grandmother's home The stabbings occurred between 1 and 3 am with a hunting knife.
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Rafael Torres
Jersey City
Marie Torres
N.J
Maria
Vic
Tims
Lillie
Annie
Victor
Fay
Carrie
Ann
Raymond
Jersey City Medical Center
Rafael
Peru to nationalize major landholdings in sweeping reform
President Velasco announced a nationwide agrarian reform replacing large private estates with agrarian industrial cooperatives. The law expropriates foreign holdings including Cerro de Pasco and W. R. Grace interests and aims to create farmer communities like Inca era, prompting U.S. tensions and protests by the National Agrarian Society.
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Lima
Peru
Juan Velasco
U.S
Cerro de Pasco Mining
W. R. Grace & Co
Washington
Velasco
International Petroleum Co
ICC
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
United States
Casagrande
Pacific Ocean
National Agrarian Society
Melcher Wins Montana House Seat in Defeat of Mather
Democrat John Melcher won Montana's 2nd District in a Tuesday election, defeating Republican William S. Mather by over 2,000 votes as unofficial results came from most precincts. Melcher, a Forsyth veterinarian, succeeds James Battin who was appointed to a federal judgeship by Nixon.
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Helena
Mont
John Melcher
Nixon
Montana
U.S
House of Representatives
Melcher
Forsyth
Wiliam S. Mather
Mather
Billings
James F. Battin
Downtown Stores Mark Casual Days in Winchester
The Winchester Retail Merchants Association runs a three day Casual Days promo with 26 downtown merchants. Free car washes entertainment and giveaways include balloons candy and an Indian hand wrestling contest with prizes. The event aims to boost traffic during a slow retail period.
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Winchester Retail Merchants Association
Winchester
Casual Days
Bill Shendon
McCrory’s
Great Society
Weather in Virginia Sees warm humid air and scattered storms
A southwest flow of warm moist air dominates Virginia bringing hot humid conditions with widely scattered thunder showers. Additionally an advertisement notes Montmorency Cherries and a local pick up service with prices and contact numbers.
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Richmond
Virginia
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William Dunham
Martinsburg, W. Va
Round Hill
Mary Helen Massie
Frederick County
Clarke, Warren, Shenandoah
Page Counties
Winchester Council
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Stan
Howard Johnson
Dennys
Dalton Cleaners
Stephens City
Strasburg
Harry F. Byrd Jr
William B. Spong Jr
Senate
Otto F. Oteka
Subversive Activities Control Board
Montmorency Cherries R. & T
Jares
Grocer
Fred R. Harris
D.okla
Democratic National Committee
Democratic Party
Harris
Tion
Montmorency Cherries
J.K. Robinson
Merriman’s Sane
Clarke County Motors
Berryville
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