Senators Aid Mideast End Wounded Knee Siege
South Dakota's two senators fly to Wounded Knee to press for hostage releases amid a two day siege by AIM activists. An anticipated release of one or two captives is expected after talks with AIM leaders as the standoff centers on demands for a Senate probe of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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U.S
Wounded Knee
S.D
South Dakota
James Abourezk
George McGovern
Pine Ridge
Abourezk
Washington
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Rapid City
American Indian Movement
Senate
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Boyd Named Interim County Administrator In Frederick County
James E. Boyd, county director of accounting, was named interim county administrator by the Frederick County Board of Supervisors. He begins March 19 and will serve month to month while a permanent replacement for outgoing County Administrator Roger Alderman is sought. Alderman resigns March 16 to take a county manager post in South Carolina.
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Dean Havron
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
James E. Boyd
Boyd
Roger Alderman
Alderman
South Carolina
Winchester to restrict parking on Loudoun Street
Following a February 15 decision by Mayor Stewart Bell Jr and the Winchester Public Safety Committee the Winchester Police will place no parking bags over meters on the east side of Loudoun Street between Piccadilly and Cork Streets. The restriction takes effect today.
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Stewart Bell, Jr
Winchester Public Safety Committee
Winchester Police Department
Loudoun St
Piccadilly
Cork Sts
Shenandoah Valley Bowl Honors Smith At Winchester Meeting
Alson H. Smith of Winchester received the Shenandoah Bowl from the Valley Travel Association for his valley contributions at the annual meeting. Jack Blacka of Stuarts Draft won the Jim Payne memorial horseshoe award. Warren G. Teates concluded a term as president, succeeded by Harry L. Nash with a slate of officers including C Holt Maloney and J William Ingle III. E H Hutton outlined three Virginia Bicentennial visitor centers for Alexandria York Town and Charlottesville as part of the 200th anniversary observance.
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Roanoke
Alson H. Smith
Winchester
Valley Travel Association
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Jack Blacka
Stuarts Draft
SVI
Jim Payne
Warren G. Teates
Harry L. Nash
Waynesboro
C. Holt Maloney
Luray Caverns
Charles Buser
Skyline Caverns
Carolyn Emschler
Bryce Mountain Resort
J. William Ingle III
E. H. Hutton
Thomas Downing
Newport News
Virginia
Alexandria
York Town
Charlottesville
Hutton
Alson H. (al) Smith
Stuarts
POW Release Talks Pressure Vietnam War Efforts
U S announces North Vietnam handed over a list of 106 American prisoners and two Thai prisoners slated for release over the weekend, while 34 more prisoners held by the Viet Cong in South Vietnam are still unlisted. The move follows U S pressure and Paris talks tensions as Washington suspends troop withdrawals and minesweeping actions.
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Washington
Saigon
U.S
North
South
Vietnam
Laos
Hanoi
Nine Point Declaration Aims At Vietnam Peace Accord
United States and North Vietnam reach a nine point declaration backing the peace agreement. The compromise allows Viet Cong Provisional Revolutionary Government as a full conference participant and clarifies cease fire reporting. U.N. Waldheim excluded from peacekeeping role amid objections. Rogers to attend plenary only with POW assurances.
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Paris
United States
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Provisional Revolutionary
Saigon
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
U.S
March Weather Signals Gentle Spring Arrival
March appears to come in like a lamb with calm conditions yesterday and today. Forecasters warn of the Ides of March and advise against premature outdoor plant protection as daffodils and tulips emerge from the ground.
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Miss March
JWHS
Roslyn Ella Lena Honesty
James Wood High School
Wilbur R. Honesty
Millwood Pike
David B. Grim
MT Wtf
FBI
McGovern
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Kennedy
Fulbright
Shenandoah Valley
Smith
Winchester Evening Star
Harrisonburg Daily News-Record
Elsie Kay
Penney’s
Glass Barn
Peoples Drug Stores
South Vietnam
Nixon
William P. Rogers
Rogers
Nguyen Duy Trinh
Trinh
War
Gibson
Front Royal
Lyle Franklin Gibson
Potomac Edison
Nolle
Warren
Commonwealth
John F. Ewell
Warren County
John Thomas
Thomas
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