Virginia governor and queen ride fire truck parade highlight
Gov Linwood Horton and Queen Merie Ellen Fong rode a Shawnee Fire Co. truck during the festival parade along Handley Blvd as Del Reeves praised the governor. The two hour and 25 minute procession featured color guards, fire engines, flowers, bands and honorary fire chiefs in convertibles.
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Doug O’connell
Virginia
Linwood Horton
Merie Ellen Fong
del Reeves
Shawnee Fire Co
Handley Blvd
Mr. Reeves
Gov. Holton
Miss Fong
Apple
Greatest Apple Blossom Parade Opens Festival Highlight
The 43rd Apple Blossom Festival showcases 56 floats and 90 bands in the Grand Feature Parade, billed as the biggest and greatest in festival history, with Mary Helen Massie credited for the star color photo.
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Mary Helen Massie
Pat Robinson
High Point
Nixon orders surprise U S Cambodia offensive
President Nixon announces a fast moving U S and South Vietnamese push into Cambodian sanctuaries against North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces. He says the action aims to save American lives and enable a phased withdrawal, despite Senate backlash and uncertain duration. The White House estimates six weeks to two months of fighting with about 40,000 enemy troops engaged.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
Cambodia
Vietnam
United States
Senate
White House
Canrdota
Traiks
Sea Crest Springboard
South Vietnam
Moscow
Peking
Lon Nol
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Bleachers Collapse Injures Fifty At Verona Circus
A section of bleachers collapsed at a Sells & Gray Circus show in Verona injuring about 50 people. One spectator Gladys Wilberger of Crimera required hospitalization for a fractured ankle. The incident occurred around 8 15 p m behind the Verona Fire Department Building on U S 11. Most injuries were cuts and bruises. Audience of 1300 remained calm. show resumed within 30 minutes.
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Verona
Gladys Wilberger
Crimera
Staunton
Wilson Storney
Sells & Gray
Verona Volunteer Fire Department
U.S. 11
Storey
Weather outlook for Virginia stays cloudy with possible showers
AP reports a southwest flow of warm moist air will dominate Virginia through Saturday keeping skies cloudy with a threat of showers across the state.
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Richmond
Virginia
Coronation of Merie Ellen Fong Queen Shenandoah XLIII
Merie Ellen Fong was crowned Queen Shenandoah XLIII at Handley amid a festive pageant. Gov. Linwood Holton and Sen. Hiram Fong attended with dignitaries including Sen. Harry Byrd Jr and Ambato Mayor Ricardo Callejas, while Dutch dancers from Sneek entertained. The theme was Love Makes the World Go Round and the 68-member Advendo Band traveled far for the festival.
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Jack Jones
del Reeves
Len Dawson
Jesse Owens
Penny DeHaven
Ricardo Callejas
Ambato
Ecuador
Monica Cobo
U.S
Hiram Fong
Hawaii
Cameron and
Piccadilly Sts
Winchester
Parts
Stewart Sts
Handley Blvd
Mariemma Velez
Puerto Rico
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Callejas
Handley
George Washington
Glaize Packing House
Lulu Williams
Star
Merie Ellen Fong
Linwood Holton
Harry F.byrd, Jr
Finch Denies Welfare Plan at Risk Amid Hearing
Welfare Secretary Robert H. Finch denied reports that the Nixon administration plans to abandon its welfare reform. Senators Williams Harris and others pressed for details amid questions about complex legislation and a questionable HEW presentation showing potential income loss if a family member works.
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Washington
Robert H. Finch
Nixon
Senate Finance Committee
John J. Williams
Del
Finch
Williams
Fred R. Harris
Okla
Health Education and Welfare Department
Vietnamese forces push deep into Cambodia in Parrot's Beak action
South Vietnamese troops with American advisers swept through Bo Ba Tay and toward Svnyreng in the Parrot's Beak. By nightfall they held much of the lower Parrot's Beak area with American air support and artillery. Military spokesmen reported about 375 enemy dead, 300 from air strikes.
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BO BA Tay
Cambodia
Svnyreng
Parrot’s Beak
Saigon
South Vietnam
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Wally Schirra
Firemen's
Queen Shenandoah XLIII
S. of
Apple Capital
Walter M
Wally) Schirra
Shenandoah
Advendo Band
Volendammer Dafficers
Sneek
Holland
New York Times
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