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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1971
Page
14
The Agriculture Department defends its proposed regulations to implement the 1970 Food Stamp program amid ongoing critiques. Officials say the plan aims to streamline eligibility and improve benefit delivery while maintaining program integrity.
Radford College students and President Charles K. Martin plan repeated 100 student sessions to address academic and social rules amid three days of unrest. Protesters questioned reforms as 124 protest letters poured in and officials prepared a structured forum to hear voices.
The Nixon administration reversed on dropping the $15 million rat control program for 1972 after congressional pressure. HEW officials say re-evaluation justified continuing the effort, which operates in cities like Baltimore New York Chicago Atlanta Cleveland Milwaukee and Seattle and includes education and removal of breeding sites. Baltimore’s five year program costs under $1.5 million and has reduced active exterior rat signs. no rat bites were reported after program completion in areas cleaned.
Debbie Shelton of Norfolk Virginia says her year as Miss USA 1970 winds down with the May 22 finals. She plans to marry Cuban exile Vici Castro and settle as a law student’s wife, noting travel and interviews have been tiring but life after title seems exciting. The 22 year old brunette earned 10000 in cash and mink coat prizes and personal appearances, and expresses anticipation for a homemaker life.
Public auction in Frederick County Virginia on June 5 1971 at 10 a.m. offers a 0.52 acre lot along old U S Highway 50 west of Winchester. The property includes a two story eight room house a smaller one story dwelling and a smokehouse with terms requiring one third cash and the remainder in two annual installments at 7 percent.
U S Sen William B Spong Jr says the proposed Blue Ridge power project may worsen Kanawha River pollution in Charleston West Virginia. He warns in a letter to EPA Administrator Ruckelshaus that discharges from Blue Ridge Reservoir could violate the Water Control Act and leave Southwest drawdown levels unacceptable.
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