Winchester to Welcome Festival Queen Shenandoah XLVI
Edda Maria Sevilla-Somoza Sacasa arrives in Winchester for the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival events. She will be greeted at the airport, visit hosts, attend a noon luncheon, and participate in coronation preparations and related festivities. The 24-year-old daughter of Nicaragua’s ambassador to the U.S. is to reign as Queen Shenandoah XLVI.
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Somoza Sacasa
Shenandoah
Winchester
William M. Battaile
Tennyson Ave
Civic Club
George Washington Hotel
Sevilla-Sacasa
Shenandoah XLVI
U.S
Nicaragua
Guillermo Sevilla- Sacasa
Lillian Somoza
Handley
Jesse N. Clare
Washington National Airport
Alson Smith
Battaile
Clyde
Chip) Johnson
Handley High School
Stonewall Jackson
John Pennypacker
Hubert Stratton
After Nixon Meeting Agnew's Expanded Role
A chaotic scene erupted as Agnew rushed into chambers shouting a protest against a proposed legal review of the city’s new marijuana ordinance. The incident followed discussions with President Nixon and raised questions about executive influence.
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Chambers
City
White House reshuffle expands Agnew role in domestic policy
Washington AP President Nixon assigns Vice President Spiro Agnew to a new post as vice chairman of the Domestic Council as part of White House staff changes after the Ehrlichman and Haldeman resignations. Agnew will liaise with governors and local officials while Ehrlichman’s duties are redistributed.
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White House
Nixor
Spiro T Agnew
Agnew
John D. Ehrlichman
Nixon
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
Houston
Ehrlichman
H.R. Haldeman
Kenneth R. Cole
Stephen B. Bull
Haldeman
Office of Management and Budget
FBI
Lebanese troops clash with guerrillas around Beirut camp
In Beirut the army and Palestinian guerrillas fought in the Sabra Shatila area near a refugee camp. The exchange included mortar fire and automatic weapons as authorities sought two corporals believed captured to pressure the release of nine arrested guerrillas.
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Lebanon
Sabra- Shatila
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
Jensen
U.S
Popular Democratic Front
Yasir Arafat
al Fatah
Ellsberg defense seeks public Watergate links and judge offer
Ellsberg and Russo lawyers demand disclosure of Watergate ties to the Ellsberg case after Ehrlichman allegedly discussed bribing Judge Byrne. Byrne refused press-closed developments and pledged to release relevant documents. The piece also notes permits for festival street vending in Winchester and a local craft shop listing.
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Los Angeles
John D. Ehrlichman
White House
U.S. District Court
Matt Byrne
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony J. Russo
Ehrlichman
Ellsberg
Byrne
FBI
United States
Connally Switches to GOP in Party Affiliation Move
John B. Connally former Treasury secretary and ex Texas governor announces switching from Democratic to Republican party Reuters reports he made the move ahead of a noon news conference in Houston. The timing follows Watergate era resignations and speculation about a 1976 GOP presidential bid.
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Houston
Tex
John B. Connally
Nixon
Los Angeles Times
Connally
Texas
Red Steagall Named New Firemen’s Marshal in Winchester
Steagall will lead the 268 unit Firemen’s Parade through Winchester at 6 p.m. Friday. He attends the Firemen’s Ball at Greenwood Fire Company and appears at the Country Music Jubilee Show at the Winchester Armory Saturday night. He won recognition with Party Dolls and Wine and has written songs recorded by Glen Campbell and Dean Martin. He is a Texas native who moved to California in 1965 to pursue country music.
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Steagall
Winchester
Greenwood Fire Company
Winchester Armory
Shawnee Fire Company
Alabama
Glen Campbell
Dean Martin
Bobby Goldsboro
California
West Texas University
Handley
Bass to retire from Frederick County School Board
Charles E. Bass, longtime chair and Opequon District representative since 1945, will retire from the Frederick County School Board on June 30. The board also approved transferring Robert Harper from Frederick County Junior High to James Wood High School as vocational agriculture teacher next school year. Harper previously taught in West Virginia and has served as principal at FCJHS since 1969.
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Charles E. Bass
Frederick County
Bass
Opequon
Robert Harper
James Wood High School
Harper
West Virginia
James Wood
FCJHS
West Virginia University
Demand for Outside Prosecutor Denounced
Senate pressure rises on Atty. Gen. designate Elliott Richardson to appoint a special prosecutor free of White House interference. Senator Percy seeks prompt nomination and Senate confirmation with a roll call to follow. Republicans condemn the move as contemptible and a dirty trick amid Watergate fallout. Phlox Wonderland Gift Shop note and C and S Bank brief closing appears as unrelated items.
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Nixon
Senate
White House
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
Percy
Elliot L. Richardson
United States
George Aiken
R-Vt
Norris Cotton
Cotton
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