Zany Air Race Opens With 400 Contenders in London
About 400 contestants start from the Post Office Tower and Londres to reach New York as fast as possible using helicopters boats and even rickshaws. Prize money totals 144000 dollars across 21 categories including supersonic jets. The event marks the 50th anniversary of Alcock and Brown's 1919 transatlantic flight.
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United States
Abernathy to Lead Marchers After Jail Release in Charleston
Rev Ralph David Abernathy freed on 500 bond says he will lead a march Sunday for striking orderlies nurses aides and hospital workers. He urges President Nixon to intervene as curfew and violence persist in Charleston amid the Poor People’s Campaign dispute and picketing arrests.
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Judge May Make Mental Commitment Hinted By Virginia Official
Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Button says judges may decide on mental institution placement without physicians' testimony via judicial certification. Virginia weighs appealing a federal ruling that bars retrying a man whose juvenile conviction is overturned at adulthood.
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Senator Scott urges phased withdrawal of Vietnam troops
U S Senate Republican whip Senator Hugh Scott urged President Nixon to begin unilateral U S troop withdrawal from Vietnam proposing 25 000 to 50 000 troops be replaced by trained South Vietnamese forces The move follows a similar call from Senator George Aiken and aims to pressure for bargaining leverage in Paris while drawing criticism from the White House.
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Lady Jockey Barbara Jo Rubin Leads Grand Feature Parade
Barbara Jo Rubin rides atop a float in the Grand Feature Parade and wears racing silks with pigtails visible under her cap. Earlier she attended the Festival Sports Breakfast where speaker Jay Dizzy Dean addressed attendees.
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Governor Godwin Faces Intense Budget Requests Across Virginia
Gov Mills E Godwin Jr nears mid tour in Virginia as agencies seek funds totaling tens of millions. Virginia Tech requests about 35 million plus 34.6 million from general funds for 1970 72. Radford College seeks 3.7 million, UVA proposals near 24 million, and other state facilities list capital needs. The group travels next through Northern Virginia Richmond and Petersburg.
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Virginia Tech
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Tech
Radford College
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Radford
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C. C. Smith
Virginia Military Institute
Western State Hospital
Staunton
Woodrow Wilson Rehabil
Petersburg
Stock Market Makes Comeback on Friday Gains
The Dow Jones average rose 7.95 points to 957.17 as the market ended a volatile week with a sharp gain. Week gains totaled 33.17 points after a pause on Thursday. Wednesday and Tuesday posted notable rises while 770 of 1,584 NYSE issues advanced and 559 declined. Trading volume fell to 13.07 million shares.
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