U S Destroyers Head for Black Sea Amid Naval Tensions
The U S and Soviet navies test each other with show of force as the destroyers O Hare and Mullinnex prepare to enter the Black Sea for four days. A seven ship Soviet squadron visits Cienfuegos Cuba after cruising the Caribbean.
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O’hare
Mullinnex
Black Sea
Cienfuegos
Caribbean
United States
Mediterranean
Russia
Cuba
Gulf of Mexico
U.S. Navy
U.S
Dr Whitacre Heads Star Leadership Awards Panel
Dr Samuel N Whitacre a long time local general practitioner serves as chairman of the Star Leadership Awards selection committee for 1970 guiding the honors process and judging nominees.
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Samuel N. Whitacre
Poetry Column to Begin Tomorrow
A new Poetry Column The Rhyme s Den will debut in the Star tomorrow with weekly Wednesday appearances. The Winchester Poetry Workshop runs since September as a non profit inviting local poets and students, meeting the third Wednesday each month at 7 30 p m in Room II Gregory Building Shenandoah College. It lists Mrs Edward Hauck as director and Bruce Souders as advisor and invites submissions to Mrs Hauck Rt 1 Box 19 Winchester. The Star notes a 17 year history of a prize for graduating seniors at John Handley James Wood and Clarke County High Schools with a 500 check funded by Dr Whitacre and named leaders and civic sponsors. Byrd Jr is publisher and originator of the award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Poetry Workshop
Gregory
Shenandoah College
Edward Hauck
Bruce
Winchester Evening Star
John Handley
James Wood
Clarke County
Noisy Campus Protest Recedes as Activism Shifts
Eighteen days after Nixon sent troops to Cambodia protests began fading at many colleges while some campuses press for quicker end to Indochina war. UCLA staged Music for Peace with Handel and a 350 voice choir. Virginia and Connecticut groups planned co ordination centers and protests continued at Michigan State University with trespass charges.
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Associated Press
Ee Nixon
Cambodia
Indochina
Brandeis University
Waltham
Mass
University of California At
Los Angeles
UCLA
University of Connecticut
Storrs
David Howe
Eight Indictments in Frederick County Circuit Court
A Frederick County Circuit Court grand jury returned eight indictments against seven men. John Henry Wright of Alexandria is charged with grand larceny theft of a 1969 one ton truck from Denny's Furniture. Ernest Carlton Wright faces the same charge and is jailed at Quantico with a capias issued for his appearance. Benjamin Butler is counsel for the defendant.
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Frederick County
John Henry Wright
Alexandria
Dennis Cole
Denny’s Furniture
Nnc
Benjamin Butler
Ernest Carlton Wright
Commonwealth’s
Lawrence Ambrogi
Quantico
Robert K. Woltz
Virginia Avenue School picks new principal A Thomas Edwards
The Winchester School Board appoints A Thomas Edwards current Bedington Elementary principal Martinsburg W Va as the new Virginia Avenue School principal succeeding Charlotte DeHart who retires July 1 after 43 years in the city system. The board also re appoints staff approves the 1970 71 calendar and sets Aug 27 as the fall start.
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Winchester School Board
A. Thomas Edwards
Bedington Elementary
Martinsburg
W. Va
Virginia Avenue School
Charlotte DeHart
Laird Acknowledges Limited Laos Incursions by U S Forces
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says American troops have entered Laos only in reaction to fleeing enemy forces or in rescue and air strike support. He rules out large scale ground operations and notes advisers sometimes accompany South Vietnamese troops into Laos.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Laos
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pentagon
U.S
South Vietnam
Ho Chi- Minh Trail
Florida White House
Vietnam
Thailand
J. W. Fulbright
White House
Laird
Nixon
Cambodia
Cambodian
Kent University
Virginia Weather Outlook Warmer Through Wednesday
A cold front across Pennsylvania and a high pressure area over the southeast give Virginia fair and warmer weather through Wednesday. The system should keep conditions mild with gradually rising temperatures and light winds across the state.
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Richmond
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Church Restoration Aims to Reopen St Thomas Chapel
An Episcopal church in Middletown is being restored to its original brick-and-plaster design with arched side windows inspired by York Cathedral. A Belle Grove Plantation ball this Saturday funds the project as plans target a September reopening concurrent with Lord Fairfax Community College’s opening.
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Belle Grove Plantation
Middletown
St. Thomas Chapel
St. Thomas
Lord Fairfax Community College
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Winchester
York
England
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Star
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State St
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Ole McDonald’s Farm
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