West Virginians face light turnout amid long primary ballot
Voter checks show light to moderate turnout as heavy primary ballots, rain and machine troubles slow early voting across West Virginia. About 500000 expected voters amid 18 to 21 year olds newly enfranchised. races include Humphrey Wallace presidential contest and governorship and 4th Congressional district. monitors to deter fraud.
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Clearbrook Names New Fire Chief
The Clearbrook Volunteer Fire Company board appointed Bill Miller as Fire Chief. Assistants named were Richard Jobe and W H Lawrence III. Miller succeeds Raymond Miller who resigned due to new employment.
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Clearbrook Volunteer Fire Company
Bill Miller
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Richard Jobe
W.H. Lawrence III
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Kenneth MacDonald Dies at 70 Actor in Perry Mason
Kenneth MacDonald 70 longtime TV actor who portrayed a judge in Perry Mason died Friday. He appeared in films including The Ten Commandments and The Caine Mutiny.
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Kenneth MacDonald
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Nixon escalation drives gold price to record high in Europe
In London and European markets the dollar weakened while free gold jumped to 54 dollars per fine ounce amid Nixon's Vietnam actions. Traders cite port mining and intensified bombing as catalysts, with the London market described as very sensitive and active. Official gold backing remains pegged at 38 dollars per ounce.
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North Vietnam
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Rock Musical Sunday in Upperville
A rock musical pageant will be held Sunday at 4 PM in Trinity Episcopal Church Upperville. The Sunday School Choir and Columbia, Maryland students join to present Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by Rice and Webber. Instrumental solos include trombone drums and dulcimer. Public invited.
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Trinity Episcopal
Morris Levine, Levine Department Stores Founder, Dies
Morris Levine 71 co founder and former president of Levine Department Stores died Monday. His chain started with one store near Graham Texas and expanded to 146 stores in 11 states.
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Dallas
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Certification For Set-Aside In Progress
Farmers are urged to complete certification for 1972 set aside programs for corn grain sorghum barley and wheat by June 30 with processing beginning after July 1. No grazing is allowed May 1 to Sept 30 on set aside acres, and harvesting is limited to designated oilseed crops or emergency hay.
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Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Dorothy Emmart
Clarke County
Virginia McClure
Frederick County
Clarke
Protests erupt on many campuses after Nixon port mining move
Antiwar demonstrations broke out on more than a dozen campuses after President Nixon announced orders to mine North Vietnamese ports. Across Berkeley and New York, violence occurred with police clashing, arrests reported, and scattered property damage.
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Nixon
University of California
Berkeley
Columbia University
New York City
Santa Barbara
Calif
Isla Vista
U.S. 101
Gaeta
Notre Dame Academy Horse Show Set for Saturday
Notre Dame Academy students present the annual spring Junior Horse and Pony Show at Colony Farms Middleburg starting 9 a.m. rain or shine. Events include Small Pony Hunter Large Pony Hunter Junior Hunter and more with trophies and ribbons. Lunch and refreshments available. Call 687-6112 for details.
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Colony Farms
Rt. 50
Middleburg
Office of Notre Dame Academy
Fredericksburg Native Named SCC Comptroller
Frank M. Williams Jr., 47, of Fredericksburg, will become the State Corporation Commission comptroller on May 16. He replaces Norborne P. Greer Jr., 57, who retires due to poor health. Williams has served as assistant director of the division and on the motor carrier staff since 1949.
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Richmond
Frank M. Williams Jr
Fredericksburg
State Corporation Commission
Williams
SCC
Norborne P. Greer Jr
Magnificent Machine Cardiac System Powers the Body
Physicians at the Arizona Heart Institute describe the heart beating 100,000 times daily, pumping 4,300 gallons of blood through 60,000 miles of vessels in a single human body.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Arizona Heart Institute
County Budget To Be in Star Tomorrow
The Frederick County budget will appear in the Star on Wednesday with an editorial analysis. A second ad runs May 17 and a public hearing on budget and tax rates is set for May 24 at 7:30 p.m. in the Courthouse. Real estate and personal property tax rates are $3.40 per $100, unchanged for real estate and down $1 for personal property. Mayor Frank Rizzo says he hopes to stay 20 years and may seek a charter change to exceed term limits.
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Star
Board of Supervisors
Philadelphia
Frank Rizzo
Byrd seeks study to preserve Dismal Swamp in Va and NC
Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. urges a thorough study of preserving the Great Dismal Swamp straddling Virginia and North Carolina. He testifies for a bill cosponsored by four regional senators, warning of fire risk from drainage and encroachment while stressing unspoiled area's value.
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Harry F. Byrd Jr
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Virginia
North Carolina
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