Irregularities Reported in Virginia Highway Dept say Pennington
Del Pennington reports to Gov Godwin evidence of collusion and bid rigging in Virginia road contracts. Former inspectors and contractors describe inflated project costs, bribery, and pre filled qualification exams, with payments to keep rivals from bidding.
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Richmond
Richmond News Leader
General Assembly
Godwin
State Highway Department of Virginia
Carl Shires
Hugh Robertson
del. W.A. Pennington
Buckingham
Virginia
Pennington
Robertson
Shires
Highway Department
Graham Festival Sports Marshal Named Otto Graham
Otto Graham will serve as Sports Marshal for the 40th Shenandoah Valley Apple Blossom Festival. He will address the Sports Breakfast at the Lee Jackson Restaurant on May 4 and ride in the Grand Feature Parade. Graham receives the Key to the City and will present the FCA charter.
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Otto Graham
Washington Redskins
Sonny Jurgenson
Otto
Jim Hamilton
Jim Laise
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Washington
Graskins
All-ham
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
Graham
Lee“Jackson
Redskins
Sammy Baugh
Jack Dempsey
Graeham
William Battaile
FCA
Razzle-Dazzle Girls Warned Off Ski Slopes
In Moritz Switzerland authorities warn razzle dazzle skiers to avoid slopes due to dangerous outfits. Instructors refuse to teach girls wearing gold or silver lame or shiny lacquered trousers. One instructor says such outfits are too risky and likens a fall to sliding butter in a hot pan.
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St, Moritz
Switzerland
Apple Blossom Honorary Fire Chief Contest Opens
Town crier Robins report spring arrivals as Mrs. Elmore Letterman spots about twenty robins in Greenwood Heights yard and nearby fields. The Shenandoah College auditorium hosts the Honorary Fire Chief contest at 7 30 tonight led by Arthur W Spaid with rehearsals completed yesterday by eleven city and county misses in stage positions for street and evening wear. A half hour of Jazz Ensemble music from Shenandoah Conservatory begins the program.
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Elmore Letterman
Greenwood Heights
Shenandoah College
Arthur W. Spaid
Shenandoah Conservatory of Music
Rhodes Jewelry Co Ad Highlights Fine Jewelry
Local jeweler Rhodes Jewelry Co promotes diamonds silver and branded lines including Stieff Kirk Gorham Towle Reed Barton International Lunt Wallace and more. Free city delivery offered. address 21 E Boscawen and phone 662-7141.
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Rhodes Jewelry Co
Stieff, Kirk, Gorham, Towle
Reed & Barton
International
Lunt, Wallace
Free City
Boscawen
Rising Costs Threaten Medicare
Washington AP report cites Wilbur D. Mills warning that rising hospital costs may force diverting Social Security funds from retirement to Medicare. Mills notes possible solutions such as increasing the Medicare tax or tapping the retirement fund as hospital expenses rise. AHA testified hospital per diem costs could reach $57.93 by next September, an 18.6 percent year rise with more increases expected.
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Washington
Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Arkansas Democrat
Mills
The
American Hospital Association
Committee
Pressent Johnson
AHA
Koreans Demand Modern Rifles After U S Singapore Sale
Seoul officials and Defense Minister Kim Sungeun urged U S officials to provide updated automatic rifles for Korean troops and Vietnam deployments. The Hankook Ilbo criticized the Singapore sale of 23 000 AR15 rifles as betraying allies while noting the need to replace World War II M1s along the Korean truce line. The State Department confirmed the November approval of the cash sale with rifles valued at 87 to 100 dollars each.
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Seoul
South Korea
America
United States
Singapore
North Korea
Vietnam
Kim Sung- Eun
U.S
Chung Il-kwon
Washington
Kim
Our
State Department
U.S. Munitions and Arms Control Agency
Grand Jury Moves Into Kennedy Probe
A Orleans Parish grand jury subpoenas attorney Dean Andrews Jr in the Kennedy assassination inquiry. Prosecutor Jim Garrison seeks to prove a New Orleans conspiracy behind the Dallas shooting and questions Shaw, Ferrie, and an informant.
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New Orleans
Lee Harvey Oswald
Orleans Parish
Déan A. Andrews Jr
Jim Garrison
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Clay Bertrand
Oswald
FBI
Garrison
Clay L. Shaw
Bertrand
Analias
Shaw
International Trade Mart
Louisiana
Criminal District Court
Criminal Dist
Bernard Bagert
Bagert
David W. Ferrie
Ferrie
District Attorney’s Office
Andrews
James L. Alcock
Jefferson Parish
Warren Commission
Powell Sues to Seat Powell in Harlem Election
Attorneys for Adam Clayton Powell file suit in U S District Court seeking immediate seating and a permanent oath for Powell after the House barred him. Powell campaigns from Bimini where he defends his bid against James H Meredith while CORE and SCLC pledge support.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
House
Harlem Democrat
U.S. District Court
Powell
John W. McCormack
A. Philip Randolph
Percy E. Sutton
Manhattan
Hulan Jack
Bimini
New York
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Meredith
Harlem
Congress For Racial Equality
Politi
Cal
California
East
Floyd McKissick
Core
McKissick
All America
Martin Luther King
Southern Christian Leadership Movement
Atlanta
King
Jackie Robinson
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Trade-in Sale Kicks Off Friday at Patton's Furniture
Patton's Furniture announces a trade-in sale starting Friday with specials listed on page 12. The event offers incentives for customers trading in old furniture toward new purchases.
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Patton’s
Fahnestock to Run for Sheriff in July Democratic Primary
David A. Fahnestock of Rt. 4 announces he will seek the Democratic nomination for Frederick County sheriff in the July 11 primary. Deputy Lacy Anderson also seeks the sheriff post in the primary. Incumbent Robert L. DeHaven will not seek reelection.
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David A. Fahnestock
Rt.4
Frederick County
Lacy H. Andereson
Murl G. Hannum
Robert L. DeHaven
Treasure Box End-of-Season Sale Notes
The Treasure Box advertises an end of season sale with items priced from 25 cents to 2 dollars. The promotion lists a Friday date around March 10 and highlights bargain prices for shoppers.
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Old Bethel Methodist Church
S. Loudoun St
British Censors Ban Japanese Experimental Film
London AP reports censors banned Yoko Ono's Number Four an experimental 90 minute film featuring rear views of naked men and women walking. Ono and 500 supporters plan to picket the Board of Film Censors protests.
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London
Yoko Ono
British Board of Film Censors
Vietnam War Casualties Hit New Weekly High
Saigon AP reports the previous week brought 1,617 American casualties including 232 killed with 1,081 wounded and four missing. Communist losses reached 1,736 as defections under the Vietnam open arms program rose to a weekly record of 1,168. The U S 9th Infantry Division began Operation Palm Beach in the Mekong Delta with 1,500 men sweeping paddy land near Dong Tam and reporting 42 Viet Cong killed while suffering 9 dead and 4 wounded in ground actions.
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Saigon
U. SS
Red Labs
Ia Drang Valley
South Vietnam
U. S
Mekong Delta
U. S. 9Th Infantry Division
Dong Tam
Delta
Warm, fair weather expected in Virginia today
AP reports high pressure over Indiana and the East Coast with a stationary front keeping Virginia warm and dry. Clear skies, light winds, and above normal temperatures forecast across the region.
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Richmond
Indiana
East Coast
Virginia
Winchester Savings & Loan Ad Offer
Savings insured by Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation. 4 1/2% dividends. Save by 10th earn from 1st. Corner Boscawen and Washington, Winchester.
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Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation
Winchester Savings & Loan Corner
Boscawen & Washington
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Charles Turben
Stephenson
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
Lamar Sloan
George St
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L. W. Turner
Virginia Schuller
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