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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1973
Page
8
Former POW Marshall Hamer urges public understanding of Viet Nam returnees. He recalls starvation, fear, boredom, and constant threat in camps, noting each man reacts differently. He calls for patience, open dialogue, and medical support to ease reintegration.
Dr. Frederick Richardson, University of Miami pediatrics professor, told Winchester Mental Health Association the world could prevent about half of mongoloid children by not having children from women aged 35 or older. He urged scientific study of brain disorders and noted genetic screening advances in the 1970s. He warned federal cuts could jeopardize programs for children and handicapped kids.
Darling Woodall testified he followed a wrong helm order amid a tense wheelhouse before the SS African Neptune struck the Sidney Lanier Bridge killing 10. An administrative judge will wait for more information by March 12 before ruling on license suspension or revocation.
In Moscow, Lenin's name was inscribed on Card No 1 as the Soviet Communist party began a mass exchange of membership cards. This marks the first general purge of the country's elite in 19 years.
Two men pleaded guilty to drug charges in Winchester Corporation Court yesterday. Lawrence Winston Wallace II and Frederick Elias White III faced counts of distributing methelenedioxy amphetamine and sodium amphetamine respectively with presentence reports ordered and cases continued to March 15. Assistant testimony by State Police agent W D Spence linked Wallace.
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors reviewed two departmental progress reports including a 19 page Parks and Recreation year one summary by Bob Fletcher. The panel also heard a landfill status update with state recommendations and approved extending water and sewer service to Lowe's Cos site at Garber Estate.
Rev. Eugene Leonard of Annandale led a meeting at Sacred Heart Winchester with about 56 youths and adults. They discussed forming a Sacred Heart CYO and Northwestern Deanery affiliation with the diocese and planned interim officers and a March Sunday gathering for definite plans.
Middletown volunteers fought a car fire on I 81 north of Middletown. A 1973 model auto owned by Ronald Mowrey of Strasburg and driven by his wife Alice was a total loss due to heater wiring. Enders firemen answered three alarms in Clarke County, at Elsen property Rt 601, Round Hill Orchard, and Old Chapel Rt 340. No injuries or other damages reported.
The Dow Jones industrial average slid to 942.20 as fears over the dollar’s volatility rocked markets. European bourses were mostly closed amid selling pressure and rumors of a joint currency float by Common Market nations. GM led active issues with a sizable drop while Phelps Dodge steadied near 45 as investors awaited Sunday finance ministers’ talks.
A 19 year old Winchester man, Lawrence Winston Wallace III, was arrested by Officer Herbert Holliday on two counts of breaking and entering in the nighttime. Police say the incidents involve the office of Dr. W Reynolds Legge Jr. and the medical building at 1330 Amherst Street, both alleged to have occurred on February 23. Wallace remains jailed in $2,500 bond on each charge. preliminary hearing date not set.
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