Downtown Plan Study Fund Approved By City Council
The council approved 12,200 for an engineering study by Alexander Potter Associates to examine the Loudoun Street Corridor plan. The move aims to address water and drainage issues and a future downtown redevelopment including traffic changes, parking removal, and tree lined avenues, with support from the Retail Merchants Assn. and Jaycees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Potter Associates
Jaycees
Assn
William Battaile
Potter Associates
Loudoun Street
Town Run
Five Day Weather Outlook Returns to Usual Pattern
The forecast shows a brief warm spell at the start of the period followed by cooler days and a chance of rain this weekend. A local salesman notes this weather wave mirrors prior patterns, advising readiness for shifting temperatures and showers.
City budget seen without tax hike for 1967-68
Finance Committee chairman Stewart Bell Jr says the 1967-68 budget will be presented with no tax increase. The city plans a $3,199,054 budget, up from 1965-66, despite tax changes and a new local sales tax. The council approves a Commercial Street extension and considers a Duncan Brothers Tire rezoning proposal to M-1. Public Safety seeks ideas to curb traffic fatalities and pedestrian safety.
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Finance Committee
Stewart Bell, Jr
City Hall
Commercial St
Loudoun
Cameron
Winchester
Street Committee
Marvin Gore, Jr
Council
Public Safety Committee
Ben Dutton, Jr
Defer Action On Former Health Site Delayed to June
The Winchester Common Council postponed a decision on the former health building on Brad dock Street for one month after a unanimous vote. The Winchester Parking Authority had announced demolition would proceed unless preservation occurred. About 10 to 12 letters favored preservation and council members urged continued discussion with historical groups before June.
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Braddock St
Common Council
Winchester Parking Authority
Roy W. Bayliss, Jr
Council
Winchester
City Welfare Head Resigns in Winchester
Marsha L. Parcell resigns as superintendent of the Winchester Department of Public Welfare effective June 1 with Friday as her last day. Magda A. Hays of Winchester named acting superintendent. Hays joined the agency in May 1964 and is a Radford College graduate married to engineer Gilbert Hays.
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Marsha L. Parcell
Winchester Department of Public Welfare
City Council
Health and Welfare Committee
James Fleming
Fleming
Parcell
Henry County Welfare Dept
Martinsville
Magda A, Hays
Winchester
Hays
Welfare Agency
Puerto Rico
Radford College
Gilbert Hays
Harris Intertype
Concert Pianist Philippa Schuyler Killed in Vietnam Crash
American concert pianist and former child prodigy Philippa Schuyler was killed when a U S Army helicopter evacuating Vietnamese children to Da Nang crashed near shore. One Vietnamese child and a U S soldier were missing. seven children and several crewmen were rescued. Schuyler had planned to depart Vietnam on Saturday to aid Catholic children from Hue amid sectarian tensions.
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DA Nang
South — Vietnam
Philippa Schuyler
U.S
Air Force
Marine
da Nang Bay
Miss. Schuyler
Vietnam
Saturn
Hue
Miss Schuyler
Manchester
N.H
Harlem
George Schuyler
Streamlining Of Reserves Given Okay
A committee of regular Army National Guard and Reserve generals voted 11 to 10 to drop 15 National Guard divisions and four Reserve brigades. The plan, backed by McNamara, would shift combat units to the National Guard and service support to the Reserve, with 42 brigades overall to aid state response. Congress and governors oppose, while final approval rests with Johnson, Resor, and McNamara.
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Washington
Regular Army
National Guard
Robert S. McNamara
Péntagon
Congress
Reserve Forces Policy Committee
Guard
Reserves
Pentagon
Army
Army Reserve
Harold K. Johneson
Staley Resor
McNamara
Capitol Hill
Air Guard
Air Force
Pleasant Virginia Outlook From High Pressure Front
Richmond AP reports a high pressure area moving in from Tennessee brings mostly sunny skies and pleasant temperatures across Virginia today. The clear weather is expected to continue with mild daytime highs and light breezes.
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Richmond
Tennessee
Virginia
Alabama family among victims in central Texas crash
An Alabama couple and six others including four of their eight children died in a highway crash 15 miles east of Goldthwaite Texas on U S 84. A North Carolina trucker and the remaining four children were injured, authorities said. Earl T. Waller 36 of Athens Alabama led a 1954 model car turning onto the highway when the collision occurred.
Staggers Attacks Boyd Over Rail Strike Letter Ethics
Chairman Harley O. Staggers assailed Secretary Alan Boyd for releasing a letter warning that a rail strike could be disastrous. He questioned the timing and ethics as Boyd defended the action while prepared to testify on the shop craft dispute. The exchange followed Boyd’s press letter cited by Staggers. R. J. Reynolds to drop Beverly Hillbillies cigarette ads on CBS citing the industry code.
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Washington
Harley O. Staggers
D.w.va
House Commerce Committee
Alan
Boyd
Staggers
Congress
Winston-Salem, N.C
R. J. Reynolds: Tobacco Co
CBS
LBJ Signals 1968 Bid At Democratic Dinner
President Johnson laid out his 1968 re election plans at a lavish Democratic dinner for about 3000 attendees. He argued the Great Society and antiwar aims require perseverance and urged voters to back his leadership against Republican opposition. Johnson praised party unity while critics Robert Kennedy and J W Fulbright were noted elsewhere with Fulbright hospitalized for bronchitis.
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Washington
Johnson
Vietnam
D-N.y
J.W. Fulbright
D.ark
Kennedy
California
Fulbright
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Hubert H. Humphrey
Senate
Mike Mansfield
House
John R. McCormack
D-Mass
Tax Bill Passes After LBJ Rebuke Overfinancing Rider
The Senate approved the tax bill restoring major business incentives while attaching a rider linked to President Johnson's election financing plan. The rider blocks key financing provisions unless new spending guidelines are set, leaving the plan technically alive but retrievable only with changes. Senate and House conference will resolve differing business tax incentive terms.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
House
Congress
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate House
Haiphong airfield raids intensify as three carriers strike
U S jets from Enterprise Hancock and Kitty Hawk bombed the Kien An airfield near Haiphong and two nearby power plants. One Skyhawk was shot down and the pilot missing as Marine units clash at Khe Sanh. Heavy strikes also hit Hanoi region targets with B 52 support.
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Saigon
Haiphong
U.S
North Vietnam
Kien An
South Vietnam
Air Force
Enterprise
Hancock
Kitty Hawk
Kep
Hanoi
Hoa Lac
Phuc Yen
Gia Lam
Cat Be
3Rd Marine Regiment
Khe Sanh
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Lulu Williams
Piccadilly and
Cork Sts
Ben B. Dutton
W. Woodhull Baker, Jr
Marvin Gore
Wayne Whitham
George Garber
Garber
Sarah Zane Fire Co
Rouss Fire Co. Thurs
Winchester Evening Star
Malcolm Davies
Star
Duncan Brothers Tire Company
Kent St
Millwood Ave
Kent
B&o
The
Planning Commission
Carroll Henkel
City Welfare
29Th Infantry
Maryland
Howard Johnson
MIG
Mary Katherine Seal
Fairmont Ave
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Shenandoa Hills
Jim Hamilton
Flays Boyd
LBJ
Robert F. Kenne
Denny's Comm
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