Evacuees Cross Thai Border From Phnom Penh
The last 550 foreigners escaped Phnom Penh crossing into Thailand amid reports of a desolate city with decomposing bodies and abandoned goods. Some evacuees described killings and kindness from Khmer Rouge victors while others recounted the journey to the border on a 200 mile road.
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Phnom Penh
Thailand
Khmer Rouge
Bangkok
U.S
United States
Washington
South Vietnam
Associated Press
George Esper
Peter Arnett
Marc Bonnefous
Bonnefous
Red Cross
Denis D. Gray
Chhay Born Lay
Douglas August Sapper III
Saigon
Saigon General Post Office
North Vietnam
Laos
Dailey Named Winchester Fire Chief Candidate
Harold E. Dailey of Fairfax, a 26 year volunteer veteran, is recommended to Winchester City Council for the city’s first full time professional fire chief. He leads Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Service battalion and runs a Washington firm. The council vote is planned after committee approval.
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Fran Coombs
Harold E
Gene) Dailey
Fairfax
City Council
Winchester
City of Fairfax
Albert Ramond
Seldon
Dailey
Fairfax County
Gene
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Service
Fairfax Volunteer Assn
Fairfax Volunteer Fire Chief Assn
Fairfax County Fire Commission
WPI & SU
John J. Hawse
Council
Boyce Drops Police Budget Then Raises Tax to Fifty Cents
Citizens at a public hearing in Boyce urged revising the police cost with about 60 attendees. The council voted to suspend police service temporarily and set a 50 cent tax levy, instead of 1.25, to fund town needs as reassessments raise bills.
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Boyce
Recorder
New Classified Deadline Announced for Ads
Classified advertising must be submitted by 3:15 P.M. the day before insertion. New typesetting procedures require this deadline. Star Action Classified Advertising Dept. requests cooperation and provides contact at 667 3200.
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Star Action Classified Advertising Dept
Call
First Va Tax Rebate Checks Mailed by IRS
The IRS said Virginia’s first federal income tax rebate checks will go out Friday with about 342,980 Virginians receiving rebates totaling $41.5 million by next week. The maximum rebate is 200 dollars, phased by income, with some refunds combined with regular tax refunds.
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Richmond
IRS
Four Month Price Decline Reversed as April Rises
Wholesale prices rose 1.5 percent in April reversing a four month decline. Farm prices led gains with livestock up 11.6 percent and fresh fruit and vegetables up 12 percent. Industrial prices edged up 0.1 percent, led by lumber fuels and power. The overall index reached 172.1 with 1967 as base.
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Washington
Labor Department
Ford Administration
Brezhnev Extends Peace Message On V-E Day Anniversary
In a Kremlin ceremony and a Tass report, Leonid Brezhnev urged deeper U.S. Soviet ties as a path to universal peace. He linked Vietnam war end to potential détente and improved relations with the United States.
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Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Ford
Tass
Kremlin
Soviet Communist Party
Vietnam
Indochina
Brezhnev
U.S.S.R
United States of America
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Christoph Froehder
Robert McDonald
Berryville
Clarke County
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