Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Closes Its 48th Run
The 48th Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival completed with sunshine for coronation day as Susan Ford was crowned queen. President Ford rode in the parade, while crowd excitement and volunteer hospitality defined the event despite a rain night delaying Sunday in the Park. Notable moments included Bob Hope's Grand Feature Parade appearance and the Stag Luncheon at the Glaize Packing House with Redskins players Mike Luby, Joe Theismann, and Larry Brown among speakers.
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Susan Ford
New Christy Minstrels
Gerald R. Ford
Apple City
Handley High
Glaize
Washington Redskins
Larry Brown
Joe Theismann
Bob Hope
Mr. Hope
Queen Susan
Mike Luby
Frank Armstrong III
Department of the Queen
Harold Bageant
David C. Jenkins Jr
James Wilkins
Mary Ann Clowser
Winchester
Mothers forget vaccines as diseases fade and outbreaks loom
Health officials warn that many two year olds and under four year olds have not completed immunization series. Virginia reports 52 percent of two year olds uncamped, nationwide 2 of 5 under four unfinished. DPT polio measles and rubella boosters required by law. serious illnesses can be prevented.
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Don Stenhouse
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Virginia Department of Health
Virginia
Should the two dollar bill return
James A. Conlon urges reinstituting the $2 bill to cut production costs and reduce the abundance of $1 bills, but Treasury and the Federal Reserve oppose it. Currency in circulation totals $76.8 billion, with $360.65 per American. High denominations remain legal, while inflation pushes money printing costs from $7.76 to about $11 per 1000 bills.
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James A. Conlon
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve Board
Conlon
Letters to the Editor on Sheriff's Department education credits
A reader corrects Jim Ackley’s April article by noting multiple Frederick County Sheriff’s Department employees hold college degrees and others are pursuing degrees. The letter extols field deputies as the department’s backbone, detailing responsibilities from crime scenes to civil processes and court duties alongside Sheriff Anderson’s administrative role.
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the Star
Jim Ackley
Frederick County
Sheriff's Department
Lord Fairfax Community College
Anderson
Board of Supervisors
State Compensation Board
Department of Welfare and Institutions
James Wood Concert Band Tours New York Trip Highlights
Thank you note from the James Wood Concert Band and Jazz Ensemble after a New York exchange with Monroe Woodbury High School. The trip included stops at Schaefer Brewery Allentown PA Radio City Music Hall in New York City West Point and a concert at Monroe Woodbury High School with standing ovations.
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James Wood
Monroe-Woodbury High
Central Valley
New York
Winchester
Schaefer Brewery
Allantown
Woodbridge
New Jersey
Radio City Music Hall
Rockettes
Monroe-Woodbury
West Point Military Academy
James C. Gordon
William Stevenson
Frederick County Jr. High
Roosters
Daniel Schoemmell
Frederick County Land Use Plan Sparks Tax and Open Space Debate
In Stephens City opinion by Emmitt L. Scothorn residents question a proposed county land use plan. They warn it could restrict open space land, depress land values, and raise taxes without clear disclosure or option mailing. The 1975 plan offered 45 percent agricultural tax relief, but many landowners were overtaxed due to lack of notice.
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Frederick County
Berg
Board of Supervisors
Sandy- Madigan Administration
Emmitt L. Scothorn
Stephens City
Moose Citations Honor Winchester Star For Civic Support
The Loyal Order of Moose presented the Winchester Evening Star with Distinguished Service Citations for assisting Moose projects and local civic enterprises. Clarke County vehicle licenses rose by 87 from last year with officials predicting a 20 percent rise in tag sales for the year.
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Loyal Order of Moose
Winchester Evening Star
Clarke County
Belgium Parliament Dissolves Amid King Leopold Crisis
In 1950 the Belgium parliament dissolved to tackle the fate of exiled King Leopold. A Tennessee sale offered one million photos of Casey Jones, famed engineer of the famous railroad wreck, as Casey Jones day was marked and a three cent stamp issued by the post office department.
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Belgium
Leopold
America
Tennessee
Casey Jones
Casey
Engineer
Post Office Department
Burtons I O U From Straus Over Campaign Reform
William Safire analyzes how Philip Burton leveraged a three year statute of limitations change to shield 1970 71 campaign contributions by Ashland Oil from Robert Straus and the DNC. The piece critiques post Watergate morality and warns of a double standard in prosecuting Strauss and Burton.
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Washington
Philip Burton
California
Congress
I.C.U
Burton
Robert Strauss
Democratic National Committee
Hays
Bill Frenzel
Golden Valley
Minn
Phil Burton
Frenzel
Bob Strauss
Campaign “Reform
Strauss
Ashland
Nixon Finance
Maurice Stans
John Connally
Slans
King
I.O.U
New York Times News Service
Pearl Harbor Day Remembered With Desperate Moments
On December 7 1941 the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor left the battleship Arizona a tomb for 1000 crewmen and damaged seven other ships. Navy crews fought back with makeshift weapons as Hawaii faced invasion and a nation braced for war.
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William Clemons
Wheeler Field
Robert Overstreet
Pearl Harbor
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Department of Justice
Wilbur Mills
Navy
Alvin Kramer
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U.S
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Roosevelt
Hirohito
George C. Marshall
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Douglas B. O'Connell
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Eugene P. Miller
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