POWs Describe Brutality of Hanoi Hilton Torture Camp
Four former POWs testifying at Portsmouth Naval Hospital recount years of torture and near starvation at the Hanoi Hilton. Capt. James Mulligan and Lt. Cmdr. William Tschudy describe dark cells, handcuffing, and forced confessions as medical neglect and threats to families were used to break them.
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Portsmouth
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
James A. Mulligan Jr
Hanoi Hilton
Mulligan
Cmdr
William M. Tschudy
Allen C. Brady
John H. Fellowes
Navy
United States
Hanoi
Fellowes
Brady
U. S
GE Names Firm To Build Plant At Kernstown
GE selects M B Kahn Construction Co Inc of Columbia to build a $7 million lightbulb plant at Kernstown. Foundation work starts next week with limited production planned for January 1974. Project will employ mostly local workers.
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General Electric Co
Columbia, S.C
Kernstown
M. B. Kahn Construction Co., Inc
Cliff Chitham
Chitham
Frederick County
Planning Board Receives Rezoning Request Referral
Clarke County supervisors referred Shenandoah Retreat rezoning to the Planning Commission for re examination after a county planning consultant urged review of all pending applications. About a dozen attendees left after the decision as the meeting focused on the next fiscal year's budget.
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Berryville
Shenandoah
Planning Commission
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Board of Supervisors
Robert L. Plavnick
John D. Hardesty
Communists Step Up Siege of Ranger Base Near Hue
News from Saigon reports Communist forces intensified the siege of Tongle Chan ranger base 50 miles north of Saigon and shelled four outposts around Hue. The base endured heavy shelling with over 1,300 rounds and a ground attack, while government casualties rose.
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Saigon
Hue
Tongle Chan
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Saigon Command
Sentencing Delayed for Watergate Figure McCord Jr
Washington AP reports sentencing of James W. McCord Jr. was postponed to June 15 by Chief Judge John J. Sirica. The delay allows McCord to complete Senate Watergate testimony and respond to a grand jury inquiry related to the case.
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Washington
James W. McCord Jr
White House
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
McCord
Senate
Millards Pre Easter Sale Announced
Perfection Fabric Outlet advertises 10 percent off all ready to wear with a correction noting last night's Star listed Women's Dresses as $5 each or 2 for $9. Call Concern at 667-0145 or 635-8430 for help.
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Millards
Nixon imposes ceiling on meat prices nationwide
President Nixon orders a ceiling on beef pork and lamb prices effective immediately. The move aims to curb soaring food costs amid housewife protests and meatbuyer boycotts while Congress debates broader price controls. Leaders of a nationwide boycott vow to press on despite the action.
Meat Boycott Plans Continue Despite Price Ceilings
Organizers of a meat boycott say they will proceed with a week long action starting Sunday despite President Nixon imposing ceilings on beef pork and lamb prices. Farmers groups and cattlemen associations convene to decide further action while Fight Inflation Together members press on citing high prices. Judy Braiman notes the buyers strike remains necessary to curb costs.
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William Gillen
Associated Press
Nixon
National Farmers Organization
American National Cattlemen’s Association
Denver
June Donovan
Los Angeles
Fight
FIT
Judy Braiman
Rochester
N.Y
The
Consumers Association of New York
Scenery Defended at Hearing on High Voltage Line
Residents and groups from Warren, Rappahannock, Culpeper, Fauquier and Frederick counties opposed VEPCO’s 14 mile 500000 kilovolt transmission line at a Little Washington hearing in Warrenton. The State Corporation Commission heard 24 protesters and heard estimates of $1.29 million in property tax losses from Warren County if the line proceeds.
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Washington
Switzerland
Little Washington
State Corporation Commission
Warren
Rappahannock
Culpeper
Fauquier
Frederick
VEPCO
Warrenton
Richmond
Harwood
Linden
Warren County League For Environmental Protection
Joseph H. Ball
Ball
Harrison Named City Treasurer of Winchester
Thomas M. Harrison a Farmers and Merchants Bank executive was appointed by Court Judge Elliott D. Marshall to fill the unexpired Winchester City Treasurer term. He begins April 1 through January 1974 and thanked Winchester residents for their support while asking continued backing of other qualified applicants.
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Thomas M. Harrison
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Winchester City
Harry Carpenter
Harrison
Corporation Court
Elliot D. Marshall
Carpenter
Winchester
Marshall
Cunningham and Davis Named to Virginia Probation Board
Gov. Linwood Holton named W. K. Cunningham retiring corrections director and Margaret B. Davis Hampton Institute assistant professor to the Virginia Probation and Parole Board. Cunningham had asked Holton to appoint him to a new state post earlier this month.
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Richmond
Linwood Holton
W. K. Cunningham
State Division of Corrections
Margaret B. Davis
Hampton Institute
Virginia Probation and Parole Board
Cunningham
Holton
Local stores advertise sales and events in brief notices
Coffee Mugs 10c and new shipment of house paint available at A&N Store. Safeway advertises a corrected price on Dinner Rolls 49c per dozen and 10 percent off spring merchandise plus winter reductions. Margaret L Hodgson Shop & Ellie's Bridal Shop host a fashion show in Shenandoah Downs on Sun Apr 1 at 2:30, with proceeds to the Charles Town Hospital Building Fund. tickets at the door.
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Margaret L. Hodgson
Ellie
Shen
Downs
Sun
Charles Town
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Tschudy
U.S. Navy
Jeremiah Denton
Virginia Beach
North Vietnam
Kathryn Johnson
Denton
Philippines
Burlington
N.C
Elon College
Jim
Lulu Williams
Ranger Base
Joint Military Peacekeeping Commission
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Nguyen van Thieu
San Clemente
Calif
Thieu
Vietnam
Congress
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
William Proxmire
D-Wis
House Agriculture Committee
W. R Poage
D-Tex
Cost of Living Council
Gail Davis
Thomas P. Harwood, Jr
Preston C. Shannon
State Commission
Junie L. Bradshaw
League
Col
R.N. Rollason
Warren County Planning Commission
Warren County Board of Supervisors
Warren County
Wingate Appraisal Co
Rollason
Cunningham, Davis
A&n
N. Loudoun
Safeway
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