Rhodesia tourism crisis deepens after air crashes
Rhodesia's tourism drive collapses as Viscount crashes prompt government to halt promotional flights and close major sites. Wankie Game Reserve and Troutbeck Inn face closures. Elephant Hills Hotel damaged earlier. several hundred thousand visitors declined. U.S. and West German arrivals persist amid low prices. A separate Frederick County murder case continues with an 18-year-old suspect held on bond.
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Victoria Falls
Zambezi
David Livingstone
Wankie
Air Rhodesia
Kariba-to-Salisbury
Wankie Park
Africa
Troutbeck Inn
Mozambique
Elephant Hills Country Club
South Africa
Commercia
Rhodesia
Johannesburg
Cape Town
West Germany
Rhodesia Ad Promotes Rhodesian Lifestyle in Salisbury Paper
A New York Times photo advertisement urges emigration to Rhodesia, praising life there and asserting that readers have a right to a part of Rhodesia. It warns against being swayed by others and claims once you are a Rhodesian no other land will do.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
Hartford
Connecticut
Two Virginia Men Shot and Dumped in Creek
Two men from Dante, Edward Clyde Holbrook aged 34 and Paul Herbert Poston 46, were shot and robbed before their bodies were found in a creek off Route 628 near St. Paul, Virginia. A stolen Abingdon truck crashed into their car. the truck's occupants fled in Holbrook's car, which was later found burned. An autopsy had not yet been completed.
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Virginia
Creek
St. Paul, Va
Dickenson County
Here
J.G. Graveley
Graveley
Abingdon
Clyde Holbrook
Paul Herbert Poston
Dante
Holbrook
Berryville Council Set To Review Nuisance Dog Rules And Tax Relief
Berryville town plans to consider revised nuisance dog and animal controls and an elderly tax relief program at tomorrow night’s council meeting. Also on agenda is a public hearing outcome on a permit for a 70 unit apartment complex on Chalmers Court. A 1956 black Chevrolet pickup was reported missing from Route 680 between 7 and 10 p.m. Sunday. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Town Office.
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Berryville
Frederick County
Blanton Allen
Fred Spencer
Chalmers Court
Weather forecast notes warm spell and scattered showers
The forecast calls for mostly sunny and warmer conditions with highs in the 40s in the north valley and 50s to 60s in the south, clear and cold nights, extended period through Friday with a chance of precipitation midweek. Rainfall totals and historical averages are listed.
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Virginia
National Weather Service
ASO Iso
Midwest
California
St. Lawrence Valley
New England
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John F. Burns
N.Y. Times News Service
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Fairfax
Miss Johnson
Commonwealth
Lawrence Ambrogi
Greenwood Fire Hall
Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science
Scott Mason
Louis T. Weis
Rt. 723
Millwood
NYT Photo
Edward
Berryville Council
Council
Funeral Home
Ismalts Florists, Inc
Jim J. Beel
Inwood Chapel
Alton P. Williams
St. James Catholic Church
Charles Town
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Chape
Bernard F. Groves
Complete Insurance Service
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