Frederick County School Board Buys 25 Acre Site
The Frederick County school board bought 25 acres east of Interstate 61 near Stephens City for a junior high school at 1 000 dollars per acre. They plan to select an architect next meeting and aim to award a contract in spring 1968 for occupancy fall 1969, plus convert Stonewall and Gainesboro spaces to classrooms. Twelve new teachers were appointed as enrolment grows, with summer school set for June 12 at James Wood High.
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Frederick County
Stephens City
Robert E. Ayler
Stonewall School
Gainesboro School
Aylor
James Wood High School
Ayler
Staunton Witness Admits Lying in Ice Cream Killings
Staunton Commonwealth's Attorney T C Elder says an informant who claimed to see two men fleeing the High's Ice Cream store after the April 11 double slaying has admitted lying. The two victims, Constance Hevener and Carolyn Perry, were shot during a robbery.
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Staunton (Ap
Staunton Commonwealth
Atty. T. C
Elder
High
Constance Hevener
Carolyn Perry
South Pole Project Seeks Electronics Savvy Volunteers
The Institute of Geophysics at UCLA seeks volunteers aged 20 to 30 with electronics knowledge and a steady disposition to join the U.S. Antarctic research program. The volunteer will winter at the South Pole to study earth vibrations from a polar vantage.
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Los Angeles
South Pole
L.B. Slichter
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
University of California At
U.S. Antarctic Research Program
DE Contest Winner Ellen Lewis Is Congratulated
Ellen Lewis a James Wood DE student who won second in the national DE public speaking contest was congratulated by Vice Mayor Stewart Bell at City Hall. She had won the state title in Richmond and attended the Chicago nationals with escort and recognition from McCrory’s manager Robert Miller.
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Ellen Lewis
Chicago
Stewart Bell
James Wood High School
Archie Manuel
Miss Lewis
City
James Wood
McCrory’s
Lewis
Loudoun St
Richmond
Winchester
City Hall
Mr. Bell
Ellen
Fund Cut Off Ordered in 5 Va Counties
Federal hearing examiner Abraham Gold ordered a cut off of federal school funds for Appomattox Charlotte Essex Mecklenburg and Northumberland counties. The action aligns with prior Sussex and Southampton rulings and may affect 1967 68 funding while 1966 67 funds remain largely intact. Franklin city and Lancaster County also face nonconforming desegregation plans with hearings pending.
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Richmond
Appomattox
Charlotte
Essex
Mecklenburg
Northumberland
Abraham Gold
Sussex
Southamampton
U.S
Harold Howe II
John W. Gardner
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Southampton
Franklin
Lancaster County
Heart's Desire Contest Winner Named in Sears Roebuck Drama
Dorr F. Louks of Rt 5 Winchester wins Sears Roebuck and Company Heart's Desire contest. He claimed an 18.2 cubic-foot refrigerator valued at 499.99 dollars. No bicycle winner yet due to many guesses in the children's contest.
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Dorr F. Louks
Rt. 5
Wincheser
Sears, Roe+buck and Company
Wintry Like Cold Grips Midwest in May
Unseasonable frigid spell spans the nation with Midwest readings near record lows for the date. Chicago hits 38 degrees, 15 below normal and near the date’s record, while snow scatters from the northern Rockies to the Great Lakes and showers move across the Atlantic states. Temperatures range from 6 in Dickinson, North Dakota to 81 in Key West, Florida.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Chicago
Rockies
Great Lakes
Atlantic States
Gulf
Atlantic Coast
Texas
80 Percent Vote Expected in Korean Presidential Election
In Seoul the 80 percent turnout forecast dominated coverage as President Chung Hee Park and opponent Yun Po sun cast votes amid a border crisis. U S and South Korean forces sharpened vigilance along the DMZ with absentee ballots arriving from troops in South Vietnam.
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Seoul
South Korea
Chung Hee Park
U.S
South Korean
Yun Po-sun
Park
Yun
Shinmin
New Democratic) Party
South Vietnam
Pope Paul VI to Visit Portugal for Fatima Anniversary
Pope Paul VI will fly to Portugal for one day on May 13 to join the 50th anniversary celebration of the Vision of Fatima. It will be his fourth trip outside Italy during his four-year papacy, following visits to the Holy Land, India, and New York.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Portugal
Fatima
Vatican
Pontiff
Italy
Holy Land
India
New York
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