Planes Returned Demands Spark Vietnam Row
Hanoi and Saigon press demanded the return of combat planes ships and other assets seized in South Vietnam while Thailand defered 130 aircraft decisions to the United States. The new government claimed all property including gold belongs to the Vietnamese people under international law.
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Hanoi
Saigon
South Vietnam
Thailand
United States
Foreign Ministry
Revolutionary Government
PRG
Vietnam
Washington
Pramarn Adireksarn
Virginia ABC Raises Liquor Prices Across State
Virginia ABC stores implement price increases on 106 liquor brands by nickel to 1.25 while 11 items show price cuts from 5 to 80 cents. The agency cites higher distillery operating costs and notes political entanglements over seized aircraft and warships connected to South Vietnam.
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Richmond
ABC
Virginia
Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
Khmer Rouge Destroy Some Embassies in Phnom Penh
Paris AP reports the Khmer Rouge razed several foreign embassies in Phnom Penh leaving no foreign missions functioning in the capital. French sources cite diplomatic dispatches. France also voices concern over a truck convoy reportedly carrying 610 embassy personnel to the Thai border.
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Paris
Khmer Rouge
Phnom Penh
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
da Nang
Viet Cong
Liberation Radio
Duong van
Big” Minh
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Utapao
Thailand
Guam
Bangkok
U.S
North Vietnam
Nhan Dan
France
Mayors to Attend Winchester Apple Blossom Festival Parade
About 100 mayors from Shenandoah Valley towns converge on Winchester for the Apple Blossom Festival. They’ll join Winchester Mayor Stewart Bell for a luncheon, attend Bob Hope’s knighting at Handley, then ride in the Grand Feature Parade with floats and after lunch at the George Washington Hotel.
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Bob Hope
Handley
New Christy Minstrels
Handley Bowl
James Wood
Loudoun St
Ward Plaza
Frederick County Junior High School
Glaize
Pennsylvania Ave
Lohr E. Dunlap
Jeanie Dunlap
Fred L. Glaize III
Winchester Armory
George Washington Hotel
Shenandoah Valley
Winchester
Stewart Bell
Ford to Meet Sadat and Rabin in Separate Talks
President Ford will hold separate meetings with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin about a month apart. The talks aim to revive U S diplomatic momentum toward a Middle East settlement following Kissinger’s failure. Ford to attend NATO summit in Brussels on May 28.
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Washington
Ford
Anwar Sadat
Yitzhak Rabin
U.S
Middle East
Henry A. Kissinger
Cairo
Sadat
Brussels
Belgium
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Ford- Rabin
Ford vetoes farm bill over budget deficit concerns
President Ford vetoed the farm bill saying it would blow past the budget limit of 60 billion dollars and harm consumers and farmers in the long run. Agriculture Secretary Butz called it a test of Ford’s stance on spending while administration and Congress clash over costs and price supports.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
White House
Earl L. Butz
Butz
Weather Outlook for Northern Valley and Virginia
The forecast calls for fair tonight and Saturday with sunny periods. Northern Valley highs in the 70s and lows near 50, Virginia similar with 40s in mountains and upper 60s to mid 70s on Saturday. Noon today 60 degrees, yesterday 59, year ago 52. Sunset 8 06 p.m. Tonight. Sunrise 6 13 a.m. Moonrise 2 06 a.m. Last Quarter tomorrow.
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Northern Valley
Virginia
Winchester
Rainfall Totals and Averages From Local Records
Rainfall over the past 24 hours ends at 8 30 am today with April at .46 inches. 1975 year to date shows 11.59 inches. Average annual rainfall for 62 years stands at 36.76 inches. Monthly and yearly figures from 1970 to 1974 and monthly averages are listed, noting 53.02 inches in 1972 as highest and 17.15 inches in 1930 as lowest in 62 years.
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Richmond
Virginia Electric & Power Co
Vepco
Virginia
Chesapeake
Portsmouth
Portsmouth-Chesapeake
Melvin Kunkle
Kunkle
Portsmouth General Hospital
Welfare rules offer cash for cooperation in identifying fathers
The HEW proposed cutting welfare for mothers who refuse to help locate the father of their children while offering up to 20 dollars a month for cooperation. Adults would need Social Security numbers to qualify and records could be shared with nonwelfare officials to aid in collecting support. Public comment is invited for 30 days ahead of the July 1 effective date.
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Washington
Government Today
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Hospitals curtail surgeries as doctors quit over malpractice hikes
Northern California hospitals largely limit to emergency care as hundreds of doctors refuse renewal amid up to 322 percent insurance hikes. Private hospitals lay off staff. some refer patients to public facilities. Legislature moves a pool plan while insurers offer three month renewals.
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San Francisco
Calif
California
Argonaut Insurance Co
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Brown
Skywriting Turns Sky Into World’s Largest Blackboard
Skywriting decorates the heavens with thousands of messages, often advertising a product or political campaign, creating a vast aerial billboard influencing public attention.
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Washington, N.C
Joan Little
North Carolina
Raleigh
Henry McKinnon
Beaufort County Superior Court
Beaufort County
Russia
Norfolk
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Byrd
Hampton Roads Maritime Association
Moscow
State Corporation Commission
Appalachian Power Co
SCC
Apco
Roanoke
Andrew P. Miller
Russell County
William C. Wampler
Charles J. Horne
Horne
Petersburg, Va
Lee Roy Hargrave Jr
Petersburg
Hargrave
Colonial Heights
Josephine Thomas
Petersburg General Hospital
Annem
Omds Funeral Home
Amherst ST
Dial
Young Winchester
Bob Donnelly
WIN
Omps Funeral Home
Sealmark
APPI
Bernard F. Groves
Braddock St
la Costa
Miss Ford
South End
Harold Bageant
Darrell Sorenson
Susan Ford
Rabin
New York Times News Service
Midwest
Texas
Florida
Upper
Great Lakes
Pacific Northwest
Peave
City of
Frederick
Police
Sheriff
Teeee
Oar
Tel
Front Royal Hospital Bee Enerenese
Virginia Loan
Thrift Corp
West Piccadilly St
Brooks Robinson
Baltimore Orioles
Brooks
National Association of Insurance Agents
Athur, Inc
Boscawen Street
Winchester, Virginia
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