Dream Queen Crowned in Douglas Color Parade Feature
Queen Edda Maria crowned as Grand Feature Parade leads from Cameron and Cork streets with Massed Colors unit of 35 flag bearers saluting POW returned, followed by a states flags march. Grand Marshal Mike Douglas arrives to be knighted by Queen Shenandoah XLVI and appears with 56 floats in Handley High School pageant context.
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P.E. Morris, Jr
Cameron and
Cork Sts
Thomas Marchi
Mike Douglas
Winchester Lions Club
Marchi
Winchester Firemen Parade Hype For 270 Units From 10 States
Firemen's Marshal Red Steagall leads a three hour parade at 6 p.m. in Winchester featuring nearly 270 units from 10 states. Awards after the parade honor best apparatus and marching groups at the George Washington Hotel.
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Red Steagall
George Washington Hotel
Winchester
Handley Blvd
Firemen's Parade Tonight Crown for Miss Sacasa at Shenandoah Festival
Miss Edda Maria Sevilla-Somoza Sacasa will be crowned Queen Shenandoah XLVI at 2 30 p.m. with her father Ambassador Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa placing the crown. She will review the 1973 Pageant Shenandoah March of History and preside over the festival weekend events including the Firemen's Parade and Grand Feature Parade. The coronation features a white gown handmade by Nicaraguan seamstresses and a court wearing pink and green outfits, with U S Senator Harry F Byrd Jr. as Queen's Escort.
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Edda Maria Sevilla
Somoza Sacasa
Shenandoah
Carlotta Bolanos
William Battaile
Edda Maria Sevilla-Somoza Sacasa
Senorita
Lillian Somoza
Miss Sacasa
Star
Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa
U.S
Winchester
Red Steagall
Mike Douglas
Sacasa
Julia
Washington
Ruth Warden Carson
Susan Elizabeth Shokes
Kathye-Lynn Stratton
Elizabeth Reed Toan
Susan Comstock
Susan Ebbs
Susan Oates
Barbara Solenberger
Elizabeth Wilkins
Little Pages
William Armstrong Jr
Allen Futral III
Patrick Jones
Eric Lewis
Edward Thompson Jr
Unemployment Rate Holds at Five Percent
The Labor Department reports the unemployment rate at five percent for last month with about 4.4 million jobless and 83.9 million employed. Average weekly earnings rose to 141.72 dollars, and the work week extended by 12 minutes to 37.4 hours, the highest since January 1970.
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Washington
Labor Department
The
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Parade Route Announced
The 46th Shenandoah Apple Blossom Grand Feature Parade starts tomorrow at 1 30 p m from the Cork and Cameron streets corner, moves west to Braddock Cork, north to Piccadilly Braddock, west to Piccadilly Washington, south to Germain, west again, then south on Stewart to Handly Blvd, east to pass the judges, and disband on Valley Ave.
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Cork and
Cameron Sts
Braddock
Cork Sts
Piccadilly and
Piccadilly
Washington Sts
Germain St
Stewart St
Handly Blvd
Valley Ave
Richardson Eyes Outsider for Watergate Probe
Atty. Gen. designate Elliott Richardson pledges to name an independent prosecutor by confirmation hearings. Speculation centers on William T. Coleman as a likely choice while senators press to keep the Watergate inquiry out of the White House. Meanwhile Ehrlichman and Haldeman testified before a grand jury as Martha Mitchell testified under oath in New York about White House leaks. Colson faces a federal elections office charge over a Nixon campaign ad.
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Washington
Elliot L. Richardson
Senate
Richardson
Capitol
Philadelphia
William T. Coleman
Price Commission
Coleman
White House
John D. Ehrlichman
H.R. Haldeman
J.W. Wilson
Martha Mitchell
New York
Associated Press
Mitchell
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Nixon
Democratic
Watergate
Charles W. Colson
Federal Elections Office
New York Times
Kissinger Heads to Moscow for Vietnam Ceasefire Talks
Henry Kissinger flies to Moscow for three days of talks aimed at salvaging the Vietnam cease-fire and arranging for a U S Soviet summit. He signals Vietnam will be a major topic in discussions with Kremlin leaders.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Moscow
Vietnam
Kissinger
Nixon
Congress
Soviet Union
United States
Hanoi
White House
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Edda Maria
Dean Havron
S.ar S.aff
Charles Dunn
Steagall
James Wood High School
Bobby Roy
Lynda K. Lance
Miss Lance
Shawnee
Miss Roy
Edda Sevilla
Stewart Nell
Clyde A
Chip) Johnson
Jack Fretwell
Lynchburg
Greenwood Fire Hall
Craig Morton
J. Kenneth Robinson
West Virginia
Harley O. Staggers
States
District of Columbia
Clifton
Altoona
U.S. Naval
Apple Blossom
Shawnee Fire Company
al Mitchell
David B. Grim
David Smith
Pat Robinson
Shenandoah Conservatory of Music
Frederick County Junior High School
Penneys
Glass Barn
Mi. S
McDonald’s Farm Market
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