Police Week Proclamations Issued by City and County Leaders
Winchester Mayor William M. Battaile and Frederick County Board of Supervisors Chairman Thomas Rosenberger sign proclamations naming May 10 16 as Police Week in the city and county. The proclamations align with a national Congressional designation honoring police service, valor and duty with pledges of continued support in the war on crime.
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William M. Battaile
Winchester
Thomas Rosenberger
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Battaile
William Alexander
Police
Warren Rudolph
Rosenberger
Lacy Anderson
Osborne Renner
Political Crisis Deepens Over Lynch Dismissals in Ireland
Dublin reports a intensifying political crisis as Prime Minister Jack Lynch dismisses two ministers on arms smuggling charges. Opposition presses for dissolution of the Dail while Labor's Patrick Kennedy questions possible ministerial consent. The crisis tests Ireland's partition quarrel and Lynch’s strategy ahead of potential elections.
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Dublin
Ireland
Jack Lynch
Dail
Tony Higgins
Lynch
Patrick J. Kennedy
James Kelly
Defense
Jim Gibbons
Gibbons
Kelly
Army
Marsh Advises Democrats on Nomination Request
Congressman Marsh Jr says weeks ago he asked John W. Williams to not place his name in nomination for the Seventh District Democratic convention despite any loyalty oath action. He also notified city and county chairs and Seventh District General Assembly members. State Central Committee action in Roanoke does not alter his position.
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Washington
Audia. Congres
Marsh, Jr
John W. Williams
Democratic Committee
Marsh
Williams
General Assembly
State Central Committee
Roanoke
Stocks Drift Toward a Moderate Loss
The stock market eased to a moderate loss in the slowest trading of the year as war related demonstrations on Wall Street distracted brokers. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 5.34 points to 717.73 with a volume of 6.93 million shares, the smallest since last December. Virginia offers numerous walking and self guided auto tours.
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New York
Wall Street
New York. Stock.Exchange
Finch Says White House Should Not Censor Agnew
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Robert H. Finch argued the Nixon administration should not censor Vice President Agnew’s public attacks on college presidents and peace demonstrators. In Hot Springs he noted no speech clearance is needed and urged industry support for welfare reform proposals.
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Hot Springs
Robert H. Finch
White House
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Nixon
Finch
HEW
Business Council
Washington
U.S
Cambodia
Council
Maurice Stans
William P. Rogers
Secretary of the Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Secretary of Transportation
John A. Volpe
Sugar Harvest Million Tons Behind Schedule
Miami AP reports Cuba’s sugar crop, central to Fidel Castro’s revolution, trails by one million tons. Radio Havana said seven million tons were gathered, missing the April 20 target. the May 7 target of eight million and a July 15 goal of 10 million remain at stake.
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Miami
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Radio Havana
Sugar Industry Ministry
Castro
Soviets Beefing Up Their Defenses
Moscow defense minister Andrei Grechko says the Soviet Union is strengthening defenses in the east and west due to a series of alarming events. He cites Southeast Asia the Middle East and tensions with China as key factors and accuses the United States of backing Israel against Arab nations.
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Moscow
Andrei A. Grechko
Soviet Union
Grechko
Southeast Asia
Middle East
Far East
China
Kremlin
United States
Israel
Red China
West
Woman Has 24th Child in Slaton Texas
Mrs. Jose Cruz, 41, of Slaton near Lubbock, gave birth to Leonardo, her 24th child, weighing 10 pounds 6 ounces. He and Mrs. Cruz were reported in good condition at Lauf Clinic. Father works for a street contractor. Twenty one children are living. five attend school while others work. the eldest is 23.
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Lubbock, Tex
Jose Cruz
Slaton
Leonardo
Lauf Clinic
Tangier Island Residents Highlight English Heritage
Tangier Island locals, long settled families on the Virginia coast, represent some of the purest English stock in America, according to historical observers noting deep roots and distinctive local culture.
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Virginia
Tangier Island
America
Allen Riding Club to Hold Schooling Show
The Lewis M. Allen Riding Club hosts a schooling show at Clarke County Raritan grounds starting at noon with 12 classes across Green and Working Hunters Jumpers ponies and open Pleasure divisions. Judges MR and MRS John C Hopewell and MR and MRS Leon Warner, ringmaster James Anderson, pony divisions chaired by Mrs Henry Godfrey with Mrs James Anderson and Mrs Fairey Stewart.
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Lewis M. Allen Riding Club
Clarke County Raritan
John C. Hopewell
Hume
Leon Warner
James Anderson
Henry Godfrey
Foxwood
Fairey Stewart
Oer Donald Cline
Dorothy McC. Rice
Greenwood Fire Company
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Roy E. Potts
ITI
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G.T.C. Conn
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Saab
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Allen Riding Club
Berryville
Glen Orchard
Richard Smith
Wickliffe Church
International
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John Bean
Dodge
Studebaker
Charles R. Duvall
R.E. Wyatt
Deutz
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Weems
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