Dollar Market Booming Amid Eurocurrency Flows
Speculators shift from West German marks to dollars in Europe while hedging the pound and franc. Eurodollar deposits rise as central banks plan to recycle $5 billion poured into West Germany in anticipation of a mark revaluation. The mark retreats to 4 to 1 dollar in Frankfurt and Zurich, and eurodollar rates fall from crisis highs.
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London
Europe
West Germany
Frankfurt
Zurich
Switzerland
United States
Basel
WPA Seeks To Lease County Parking Facilities
The Winchester Parking Authority asks the Frederick County Board of Supervisors to lease two county parking facilities with the Authority reimbursing the county from the lots revenue. A 10 year term was mentioned but left indefinite. Richard J. Martin urges county owned portions along Cameron Street and Boscawen Street and the Court House Plaza lot be leased.
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Winchester Parking Authority
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Richard J. Martin
WPA
Cameron St
Boscawen St
Courte House
City Hall
Weather dip at Winchester Fruit Lab cools to 39
The Mercury records a morning low of 39 degrees at the Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory with Sunday at 46. Forecast calls for a low in the 40s tonight, then a rise to the 60s and low 70s tomorrow, warming modestly on Wednesday.
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Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Frederick County American Independent Party Meeting Notice
Special notice for a Frederick County American Independent Party meeting at Baker's Restaurant Gore Virginia on Monday May 12 at 8:00 p.m. Also a correction for a real estate ad listing the last house as 1750 down and 125 a month from Plaza Real Estate Agency 2400 Valley Ave. phone 662 4116.
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Frederick County
American Independent Party
Baker’s Restaurant
Gore
Plaza Real Estate Agency
Valley Ave
ABC Board Member Quits. Luray Man to Finish Term
The Virginia ABC Board member Warren Wright resigned effective immediately citing health. Gov. Mills E. Godwin Jr. appointed Ralph Johnson Davis of Luray to finish Wright’s term through March 21, 1970. Davis, a Page Valley National vice president and former House candidate, said he would assume duties after settling affairs in Luray.
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Richmond
Mills E. Godwin Jr
State
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
ABC Board
Warren Wright
Godwin
Ralph Johnson Davis
Luray
Wright
ABC
Davis
Virginia House of Delegates
Page Valley
Governor’s Office
Mitchell Seeks Fortas Resignation as Fortas Faces Impeachment Pressure
Atty. Gen. John Mitchell reportedly met with Chief Justice Earl Warren to urge Justice Abe Fortas to resign. Newsweek says Nixon ordered disclosure of more facts, amid impeachment moves by Rep. Gross and a call from Sen. Mondale that Fortas step down.
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New York
John Mitchell
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
Abe Fortas
Newsweek
Mitchell
Nixon
Warren
Justice Department
Fortas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Louis Wolfson
H. R. Gross
Lown
Gross
Wolfson Foundation
Walter F. Mondale
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Mondale
Countdown Starts Tonight On Apollo 10 Moon Shot
Apollo 10 crew Thomas Stafford John Young and Eugene Cernan prepare for a 93 hour countdown spread over 54 days toward a lunar orbit mission. The test aims to extend to within 50,000 feet of the moon and pave the way for Apollo 11 in July.
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Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Navy
John W. Young
Eugene A. Cernan
Stafford
Young
Cernan
Earth
Nauts
Berryville Youth Dies In Crash On Route 7
James Aubrey Leake a 17 year old Berryville resident died at the scene of a motorcycle auto collision on Route 7. Fred R Rayburn 19 also of Berryville was in satisfactory condition at Winchester Memorial Hospital with a fractured leg and shock. Trooper L W Turner said the motorcycle was westbound while car driver Sarah Baker Higgins 26 of Winchester attempted a left turn into a Clarke County driveway.
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James Aubrey Leake
Main St
Berryville
Clarke County Motors
Fred R. Rayburn
Winchester Memorial Hospital
John H. Enders
Young Leake
L.W. Turner
Route 7
Sarah Baker Higgins
Virginia Ave
Winchester
Clarke County
Attacks Hit 159 Allied Posts in Vietnam Night
Saigon reports 159 allied positions and towns shelled by rockets and mortars in the largest 24 hour attack period since February 1968. Casualties included at least 17 U S soldiers killed and 136 wounded. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces pressed infantry assaults near Saigon and Da Nang with heavy losses on both sides.
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Saigon
da Nang
South Vietnam
U.S
Nixon to Address Nation on Peace Prospects Wednesday
President Nixon met with Gen. Creighton Abrams and top officials to review Vietnam and will address the nation Wednesday night on peace prospects. Abrams flew in from Vietnam and met with Nixon, Defense Secretary Laird, Gen. Wheeler, and Kissinger to discuss enemy activity, South Vietnamese training, and U.S. force levels.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Creighton
Abrams
Melvin R. Laird
Earle G. Weeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Henry A. Kissinger
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
South Vietnam
Ziegler
Saigon
Bailey Family Birthday Bond Across Generations
Charles C. Bailey of Cleveland visited his brother William Warren Bailey on William's 103rd birthday. The brothers are the youngest and oldest siblings in a family of eight, with the elder hosting a birthday party at Millwood Avenue. A birthday bouquet of bird prints was exchanged as a gift.
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Charles C. Bailey
Cleveland
Ohio
William Warren
Pot.) Bailey
Mr. Bailey
Bailey
Irene Bailey
Millwood Ave
Mary Helen Massie
Rogers Heads 17 Day Asia Trip To Talk With Thieu
Secretary of State William P. Rogers begins a 17 day Asian tour with plans to meet South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu in Saigon and discuss war developments and Paris peace talks. He will attend SEATO Bangkok and CENTO Tehran sessions amid heightened security and Viet Cong influence theories.
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Washington
William P. Rogers
Asia
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Paris
Bangkok
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Seven Nations
Central Treaty Organization
Tehran
Rogers
Andrews Air Force Base
Honolulu
Saigon
Nixon
U.S
Ho Chi Minh
Weather in Virginia Turns Cloudy as Warm Air Advances
A southerly flow of warm moist air moves from Texas toward Virginia. Increasing cloudiness develops across the region as the air mass shifts eastward.
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Richmond
Texas
Virginia
Peter's Watch Center Closes Thursday with FBI and Saturday Sale
Local notice states Peter's Watch Center will be closed Thursday and FBI and Saturday events are planned. Real country ham available free for slicing, plus lawn ornament sale at Virginia Ham House with contact 662-0869.
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Peter’s Watch Center
FBI
SAT
Virginia Ham House
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Luray Man
General Assembly
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Bernard Levin
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Fla
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Handley High School
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