Locusts Arrive As Experts Warn Yet Urge Calm
The article notes 17 year cicadas appearing on schedule with thousands more to come. Dr. Clarence H. Hill from Virginia Tech advises against spraying now and explains most active cicadas are males swarming over trees while residents should watch for holes in branches.
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Audrey Coleman
Clarence H. Hill
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Hill
Hancock
Hampshire County
W. Va
Fox Drive
Winchester
Woodcock Takes Over UAW Reins
Leonard Woodcock is unopposed for UAW president after Douglas Fraser withdraws. He will lead the 1.6 million member union until the 1972 convention, facing contract talks with General Motors Ford and Chrysler, plus aerospace and agricultural implement negotiations starting mid-year.
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Detroit
Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
Douglas A. Fraser
Woodcock
UAW
Reuther
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Fire destroys Jimmy's Tavern on Valley Avenue
A 2 PM blaze destroyed Jimmy's Tavern at 1951 Valley Ave yesterday. Firefighters from Reuss South End and Shawnee fought for over two hours amid smoke and heat with live wires and fuel tanks, while investigators suspect the kitchen as the origin. No injuries reported. The building was owned by Virginia Apple Storage Inc and leased by Raymond Jenkins. Insurance coverage exists on the property and contents.
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Jimmy
Jenkins
Steck
Mr. Steck
Reuss
South End
Winchester
S.R. Dyke
Pig Tie Tacs Spark Surprising Local Trend Across Cities
Frydman and partner Robert AF originated the idea last March and have sold nearly 1,200 miniature pig tie tacs used as uniforms. Ten people died and twenty one were wounded in incidents linked to the novelty items.
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Frydman
Robert AF
Forest Hills Swim Club Memberships and Local Ads
Community listing includes Forest Hills Swim Club memberships with contact Mrs Ruebush, phone 662-6806. Local ads show Montgomery Ward, Ward's Pastry Shop offering strawberry cream cake, plus plants and gardening supplies. May and June hours posted as Sundays 1 to 6 p.m. and weekdays at 6 p.m. Weber & Sons listed.
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Forest
Hills Swim Club
Ruebush
Ward
Weber & Sons
Madison Rules Under Scrutiny Over Vague Demonstration Policy
U S District Judge Robert Merhige questioned Madison College’s student demonstration rules as potentially vague and open to interpretation after reviewing protest activity at Harrisonburg. He did not rule on their validity but aims to decide by next Tuesday, citing concerns over what constitutes sanctioned or unsanctioned demonstration and possible disciplinary action for welcoming President Nixon.
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Richmond
U.S
Robert R. Merhige Jr
Madison College
Harrisonburg College
Merhige
Nixon
Harrisonburg
Byrd Open to GOP Endorsement for Independent Reelection
U S Senator Harry F Byrd Jr says he would welcome a Republican endorsement of his bid for re election as an independent. Del George Mason Green Jr says Byrd will likely align with Republicans to organize the Senate if elected. Richmond GOP plans to nominate June 26 27 with leaders signaling Byrd support could upset party unity.
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U.S
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Del
George Mason Green Jr
Arlington
Byrd
Green
Virginia
Republican Party
Senate
Sen
Richmond
Warren B. French Jr
I. Lee Potter
French
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Linwood Holton
Washington
South Vietnamese plan to stay in Cambodia beyond June
South Vietnam's military command said its forces will stay in Cambodia as long as necessary to root out Vietnamese Communist forces and sanctuaries, despite Nixon's June 30 pullout deadline. Ky indicated they would remain if Cambodia needs help, depending on a common plan with Cambodians. Top defense officials favor keeping some South Vietnamese troops after June 30 to prevent a rebuilt North Vietnamese base system.
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Saigon
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Neak Luong
Washington
White House
Attack on Israeli school bus kills children in ambush
Arab guerrillas ambushed a school bus near the Lebanon border, killing 10 Israelis including five children and wounding 21. The attack prompted a U.N. Security Council protest and sparked anticipated Israeli retaliation in Lebanon and across the Sinai.
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Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
U.N. Security Council
Israel
Lebanon
Egypt
Red Sea
Foreign Ministry
Security Council
Port Safaga
Suez
Sharm el Sheikh
Sinai Peninsula
Safaga
Bint Jbeil
Yaroun
Aitaroun
Amman
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine General Command
Avenue of Flags Program Honors 74 Veterans at Shenandoah Park
The Shenandoah Memorial Park will host the Avenue of Flags on Saturday May 30 at 1 30 p m to honor 74 veterans interred there The Rev H L Wigfield of the First Assembly of God Church will speak The Color Guard and Firing Squad from Post 2123 Veterans of Foreign Wars will participate in Memorial Day services.
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Shenandoah Memorial Park
H.L. Wigfield Offhe
Weather Drift Brings Warm Humid Virginia Heat
The weather map shows a high pressure center over the Middle Atlantic expected to drift toward the southern Appalachians. A frontal system moving from Canada toward Virginia joins to produce warm humid conditions across the state for several days.
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Richmond
Appalachians
Canada
Virginia
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