Virginia Senate Advances Budget With $10 Million Additions
The Virginia Senate adopted amendments adding 10 million to the 3.12 billion budget bill without debate and approved the overall appropriations 38 to 0. Finance Chairman Hagood led a package of general and special fund increases mainly for higher education facilities, funded largely from federal money and welfare programs.
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Richmond
Virginia Senate
General Assembly
James D. Hagood
Senate
Assembly
Hagood
L. M. Kuhn
House
Senate Finance Committee
Bristol
George M. Warren, Jr
House Privileges and Elections Committee
Town Crier Encourages Optimism as Temps Stay Above Normal
Town notice reports five day stretch with temperatures expected to average above normal. Also advertises Battletown Inn Berryville opening with weekend barbecue and baked ham specials, plus free coffee at Angus House 522 North.
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Eusesaasecetene
Angers
Angus House
Honorary Fire Chiefs Named for Winchester Apple Blossom
Virginia Lee Stine and Joy Elaine Nesselrodt were chosen as Apple Blossom Festival Honorary Fire Chiefs for Winchester and Frederick County. The event at Shenandoah College drew a full house with four city and six county contestants in the In-Town Honorary Fire Chief Contest. Stine and Nesselrodt represented the Reuss Fire Co. and Stephens City Fire Co. respectively, and will lead their fire companies in the May 2 parade.
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Virginia Lee Stine
Joy Elaine Nesselrodt
Winchester
Frederick County
Shenandoah College
Miss Stine
Reuss Fire Co
Miss Nesselrodt
Stephens City Fire Co
Chief Funk Hospitalized. Georgetown Care Planned
Chief Francis M. Funk, Winchester police chief since 1967, entered Georgetown University Hospital for treatment of a benign chest tumor and planned a stay of at least two weeks. Capt. Warren Rudolph will serve as acting chief during his absence.
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Francis M. Funk
Georgetown University Hospital
Funk
Warren Rudolph
Winchester
J. Thomas Boyd
Police Department
Fank
Woltz Confirmed as Added Judge in 17th Circuit
Robert K. Woltz a Winchester attorney was confirmed by the Virginia House of Delegates as an additional judge for the 17th Judicial Circuit. His nomination followed House Democratic caucus approval and he will serve alongside Judge Elliott D. Marshall in Frederick Clarke Warren and Shenandoah Counties.
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Robert K. Woltz
Winchester
Virginia House of Delegates
17Th Judicial
House
Woltz
Scully and Woltz
Elliott D. Marshall
Front Royal
Frederick
Clarke
Warren
Shenandoah
Bus Collision in Mojave Desert Kills Twenty on I-15
A Greyhound bus and an automobile collided head on on Interstate 15 in the Mojave Desert. Twenty people died and twelve were injured as the bus carrying 32 passengers burst into flames after the crash. The car was reportedly in the wrong lane and the driver killed.
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Baker, Calif
Greyhound
Interstate 15
Mojave Desert
Jim Almer
Kenneth Burkhardt
California Highway Patrol
Baker
Calif
No Clue to Fate Of 21 Salt Miners
A rescue team surveyed the warm salt mine depth after a fire trapped 21 miners two days earlier. They found mostly abandoned areas and equipment, with no signs of the miners, while crews prepared for further descents and checks aided by coal miners from Madisonville.
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Calumet
Noth‘ing
Robert Fahs
Cargill, Inc
Fahs
Cargill
Madisonville
Minneapolis
National River Plan for Potomac with 1.2 Billion Price Tag
President Johnson urged Congress to back a 1.2 billion conservation program to protect water and air, curb oil pollution, curb strip mining, expand parks, and designate the Potomac as a national river along with other wilderness areas. He called for stronger aircraft noise controls and waste treatment funding.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
America
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Stewart L. Udall
Udall
Potomac River
Maryland
Virginia
138 Reds Killed In Savage Battle Near DMZ
U S Marines and South Vietnamese forces fought 500 Communist troops near Dong Ha for seven hours. Allied troops reported 138 enemy dead, with 15 Marines killed and 124 wounded. At Khe Sanh Rangers killed 27 attackers. a North Vietnamese commander shot himself to avoid capture. General Cushman leads northern forces. Lt Gen Rosson active from Hue north.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
North Vietnam
Dong Ha
Dmz
Khe Sanh
Leutenant
Robert Ohman
Marine Fortress
Ohman
William C. Westmoreland
Robert E. Cushman
Westmoreland
William B. Rosson
Des Moines
Iowa
Hue
Luncheon On General Assembly Session Set At Hotel
Reservations open for a Chamber of Commerce luncheon to discuss the current General Assembly. State Senator J Kenneth Robinson and Delegate F L Largent Jr will answer questions at the Garage Washington Hotel. The event will be taped by Cable television for 8 p.m. Monday.
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Chamber of Commerce
General Assembly
J. Kenneth Robinson
del. F. L. Largent, Jr
Garoge Washington Hotel
Police Probe Bomb Scare Hits Handley High
Winchester police continue the investigation into a bomb scare that cleared Handley High School yesterday morning. A 10 a.m. call prompted an intercom alert to return to homerooms and be escorted home. Fire Inspector William Godenour reported fire crews investigated as classes reopened today.
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Winchester
Handley High School
Ise
William Godenour
Handley
Potomac Named National River Plan Aimed At 195 Mile Green Belt
A federal master plan proposes designating the Potomac as a national river to create a 195 mile green belt from Washington to Cumberland. It calls for public ownership of river banks and 67 000 acres of land with a 65.5 million land cost over 10 years and 77.6 million to finish development. The plan includes state and local involvement and would merge the C O Canal into the scheme with park service administration and local zoning to prevent river valley spoilage.
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Washington
Potomac
Cumberland
Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Udall
National Park Service
C&o
Harpers Ferry
W.va
Congress
Warm fair weather expected in the Old Dominion
A high pressure system centered over the Atlantic coast was forecast to bring warm clear conditions to Richmond today.
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Richmond
Alantic
Old Dominion
Spaghetti Feast Tonight At Echo Village Restaurant
The ad announces an all you can eat spaghetti and meat balls event priced at 1.19 at Echo Village Restaurant. A correction note follows referencing a separate grocery price for lard at 49 cents per 3 lb from Boyer's Cash Grocery.
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Echo Village
Boyer’s Cash Grocery
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