Mitchell Heads Star Awards Committee
Attorney Robert T. Mitchell Jr. chairs the Star Leadership Award selection committee with 422 Stonewall Ave. The program selects one graduating student from Winchester Frederick and Clarke counties for leadership and character. The Star and publisher U S Sen Harry F Byrd Jr present a $500 award to aid further education or a business career in the community. Senate Byrd started the awards in 1954.
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Robert T. Mitchell, Jr
Stonewall Ave
Winchester
Frederick and
Clarke
Star
U.S
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Sen
Byrd
Mitchell
H. Brian Landes
George St
Donald H. Neale
Wilkins Drive
Robert E. Swink
Whittier Ave
John D. Hardesty
Berryville
John L. Enberg
Main St
Alexandria
Hall, Monahan, Engle, Mahan and Mitchell
Braddock Sr
Nancy
Robert
Theodore Mitchell II
Thomas Jackson Mitchell
Amy Elizabeth Mitchell
Albert Mitchell
Shenandoah County
Winchester Parks and Recreation Board
Christ Episcopal Church
Winchester - Frederick County
Walk Schedule for Tomorrow at Winchester Amphitheatre
Tomorrow’s rain or shine walk starts 6:30 a.m. at Winchester-McCormac Amphitheatre, with a 25 mile route to raise funds for LIVE Inc and American Freedom from Hunger Foundation. Checkpoints include Handley High, Merriman’s Lane, Frederick County Junior High, and other sites, cards stamped at each stop, waivers required, sponsor money due by June 1, and jeeps aiding walkers.
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Winchester-McCormac
Winchester Recreation Park
Winchester
Live, Inc
Walk
Virginia Atty
Andrew P. Miller
Handley High School
Handley
Merriman’s Lane
Frederick County Junior High School
Animal Hospital
Dowell J. Howard Vocational School
Quarles Elementary School
Pentagon restroom blast blamed on antiwar group aborts casualties
A bomb exploded in a Pentagon restroom causing structural damage and a ceiling collapse but few workers were nearby. An antiwar group claimed responsibility. FBI and police searched the complex as guards tightened security ahead of protests. A note to The Weather Underground was linked to the attack.
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Washington
Pentagon
Daniel James
James
FBI
Defense Department
Air Force
Robert C. Seamans Jr
Jack Pickrell
Air Force Message Center
William F. Kelly
New York Post
Secretary of the Air Force
Post
New York
U.S
Vietnam
New York Times
Wbcn-Fm
Boston
Weather Underground
U.S. Capitol
Wreckage Clearance After N and W Trestle Collapse
Crews worked through the night to clear 14 of 63 derailed Norfolk and Western freight cars after a trestle at Karo Landing collapsed near Front Royal. The southbound 63-car train from Hagerstown to Roanoke derailed, dumping cars into Gooney Run. no injuries were reported. Officials probe the cause as repairs begin on the bridge and track.
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Front Royal
Norfolk &Western Railroad
Karo Landing
Here
Shenandoah
No& W
N &W
Hagerstown
Roanoke
Warren County
Robert Sealock
Gooney Run
Byrd urges eight year limit on federal judge terms
Washington senator Harry F. Byrd Jr urged a Senate sub committee to approve a constitutional amendment ending lifetime tenure for federal judges. He proposed reconfirmation by the Senate every eight years and argued judges should be accountable to the people. Kuykendall and Godwin backed the plan, warning of judicial overreach and the centralization of power.
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Byrd
the Star
Washington
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Senate
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Winchester
Virginia State Bar
Mills E. Godwin, Jr
Kuykendall
Congress
North Vietnam Tanks Repelled Near Kontum City
About 2,000 North Vietnamese troops aided by seven medium tanks attacked Kontum’s outer defense in five waves Thursday night. South Vietnamese forces and U S aircraft repelled the assault, with fighting reaching within two miles of the provincial capital, though officials called it a probe rather than a capture attempt.
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Saigon
Kontum
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Midway
Hanoi
Kep
China
U.S
An Loc
655 Seeking Diplomas in Area Schools
Area high schools project 655 graduates this year, down from 665 last year. Handley 189 candidates. James Wood 354. Clarke County 112. Clarke County up 28 percent, Handley and James Wood down. Baccalaureate set for June 4. Handley graduation June 7. James Wood and Clarke County also note ceremonies.
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Handley
James Wood
Clarke County
James Wood Andd
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U.S. Department of Justice
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Germany
Willy Brandt
Moscow
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Brandt
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N&w
United States
Supreme Court
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Richmond
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