Ford Gamble Pays Off and Cambodian Crew Freed
President Ford's risky operation to rescue 40 American seamen in Cambodia succeeds, boosting his political standing and international credibility amid Vietnam and economic woes. Defense Secretary Schlesinger calls the action a meaningful defense of seas freedom while allies weigh the broader impact. Ford announces the rescue on national television after learning the crew is safe.
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Ford
United States
Vietnam
U.S
Gerald Ford
White House
Capitol Hill
Richard M. Nixon
Defense
James Schlesinger
Warren GOP Mass Meeting Tonight in Fire Hall
Warren County Republicans plan a 7 o'clock mass meeting and nominating convention at the Fire Hall. Constitutional office nominees will be chosen and delegates to the 17th Legislative and 17th Senatorial District Conventions will be elected for the May 31 events.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Energy crisis deepens as prices rise and oil reliance lingers
Virginia energy chief Lawson warns the nation faces a worsening crisis with rising prices and gas shortages over six months. The AP report includes Virginia Electric & Power Co as a defendant in a dismissed race discrimination suit and other political notes from Virginia.
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Richmond
Louis R. Lawson Jr
Virginia
Lawson
House Appropriations Committee
Virginia Electric & Power Co
Vepco
Bremo Bluff
U. S. District Court
J. Calvitt Clarke Jr
Willis L. Thomas
William Burton Gaines
Clarke
Thomas
Warren County Board Adopts School Calendar
Warren County School Board sets 1975-76 calendar with September 2 opening and pre school teachers starts a week earlier. It approves textbooks for six years, a summer band program, a Bicentennial landscape project, and a field trip. budget delays may delay contracts. Fire damages a Browntown car owned by Fred L. Mitchell at Bumountain.
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Front Royal
Warren County School Board
Warren County
State Board of Education
15Th St
John W. Russell
Board of Supervisors
C.A. Norton
Durston McIntosh
Fred L. Mitchell
Browntown
Bumountain
Weather forecast for Northern Valley and Virginia regions
Thunderstorms and showers by tonight with 60s lows. Friday highs reach 70s. Virginia sees ongoing showers with 60s tonight and upper 60s to 70s Friday. Extended outlook for Saturday to Monday calls for partly cloudy skies, warming highs in the 70s to low 80s and 50s to start. Noon high 74, low 53. Sunset 8 19 p m. First Quarter May 18.
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Northern Valley
Virginia
Norecast
Winchester
Rainfall totals and averages for past 62 years
Report shows rainfall metrics including May 1975 total 3.72 inches year-to-date 14.75 inches and average annual 36.76 inches. Five-year January–December figures span 36.16 to 53.02 inches with 1972 the peak and 1930 the low. An old advertisement promotes T-4-L for skin itch and foot odor.
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