Virginia Tech Clears Building After Antiwar Protest
Baton worn police and dogs forcibly evicted over 100 antiwar protesters from a Virginia Tech building after overnight occupation. All students were arrested for trespassing and suspended. President T. Marshall Hahn Jr. warned that anarchy must be dealt with and the university had no alternative but to use force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Virginia Tech
T. Marshall Hahn Jr
Hahn
Williams Hall
Tech
William McKeeferie
Montgomery County
Christiansburg
McKeeferie
Sandy Hawthorne
Senate
U S Announces First Cambodian Withdrawals
The U S Command announced the first American troop withdrawals from Cambodia. South Vietnamese forces began a drive along Highway 1 toward Phnom Penh, about fifty miles from the capital.
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Saigon
U.S
Cambodia
Highway 1
Phnom Penh
Associated Press
David Rosenzweig
Svay Rieng
Kompong Trabek
Mekong River
9Th One
Saigaora
4Th Division
Se San
Pleiku City
Melvin R. Laird
Senate Ready to Open Vote on Cambodia War Funding
The Senate prepared for a broad war debate tied to a proposed amendment to cut off U.S. funding for Cambodia operations by June 30. President Nixon set withdrawal timelines as a South Vietnam frontline drive and troop withdrawals were reported amid heavy fighting and casualties.
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Washington
Senate
Southeast Asia
U.S
Cambodia
Mike Mansfield
Nixon
South Vietnam
Mansfield
Laos
GOP
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Robert J. Dole
Kansas
Vietnam
Scott
White House
Sen
George McGovern
D-S.d
Congress
General Dillard Killed in Vietnam Helicopter Downing
Maj. Gen. John A. B. Dillard commander of the U S Army Engineer Command in Vietnam was killed when his helicopter was shot down. He is the sixth American general killed in action in Vietnam and the incident occurred in the central highlands near Pleiku. One survivor was seriously injured among ten Americans aboard.
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Saigon
John A. B. Dillard
U.S. Army Engineer Command
Vietnam
U.S. Command
Dillard
Illard
Corte Madera
Calif
Central Highlands
Pleiku
Proposed Tax Structure and Fees Overview
The schedule lists real estate, personal property, motor vehicle license, business license, utility tax, and local sales and use taxes. It shows the values and rates with no change indicated for each item, including the property and license fees, utility tax, and sales tax set at 2.20 or 2.50 per 100 dollars and 10 percent and 1 percent rates, respectively.
Bond Issue Approved for New Winchester Elementary School
City Council approved a $1 million bond for a new elementary school to replace John Kerr Elementary and heard a $2,047,758 school budget from the Finance Committee. The March request outlined total next fiscal year expenditures of $3,232,758, including the bond and a Dowell J. Howard Vocational School loan.
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John Kerr
Council
Winchester School Board
Dowell J. Howard Vocational School
Bell
Finance Committee
Beil
Blackmun Confirmed U S Supreme Court Justice Without Opposition
The Senate voted 94 to 0 to confirm Rochester Minnesota jurist Harry A Blackmun to the Supreme Court. Blackmun, 61, said he respects the responsibility of the post and declined to issue a broad statement. He has said he is neither liberal nor conservative and opposes labels.
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Senate
Rochester, Minn
Blackmun
High Court
Rochester
Nixon
White House
Gerald L.warren
Haynsworth
Carswell
Israel Withdraws From Lebanon After 30 Hour Push
Israeli forces retreat from Lebanon after a 30 hour drive against Fatah guerrillas on Mt Hermon slopes. About 300 troops with 27.5 miles of guerrilla area return to Israel after night occupation. UN demanded pullout 12 hours earlier. Troops report fatigue and no civilian harm policy.
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Rajiyeh
Israel
Mt. Hermon
U.N. Security Council
New York
Lebanon
Fatah
al Fatah
Beirut
Winchester Finance Committee OKs 4.61 million budget for 1970-71
The Winchester City Council Finance Committee endorses a 4.605 million dollar fiscal 1970-71 budget with no tax rate changes for the coming year and schedules a public hearing for 8 p.m. June 2. The panel trimmed requests by about 219 thousand dollars and cites rising wages and prices as key drivers behind the higher figures. The current real estate tax rate remains 2.20 per 100 value and the utility tax stands at 10 percent.
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Winchester
Finance Committee
Stewart Bell, Jr
James H. Fleming
Wayne A. Whitham
Bell
Council
Virginia
Weather Roundup and Local Commerce Notes
Virginia remains partly cloudy and warm with humidity as a high pressure system dominates. Local business blurbs mention Elizabeth Baker Thomas at Foremost Beauty Salon, Howard Johnson's fish fry at $1.49, Schaefer Beer specials, and Ole McDonald's Farm Market near Ward Plaza offering fresh produce and plants.
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Richmond
Virginia
OLE McDonald's Farm Market
Ward Plaza
Rt. 1
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VPI
U.S. Senate
Old Mill Country Store
W.P.A
Committee
Oks
U.S. Court of Appeals
Clement F. Haynsworth
Greenville
D.C
G. Harrold Carswell
Tallahassée
Fla
Abe
Judge Blackmun
By Pat Robinson
Star
Department of Taxation
Elizabeth Baker Thomas
Beauty Salon
Howard Johnson
Schaefer
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