Apollo 10 closes moon orbit and heads home to Pacific
The Apollo 10 crew completed a near perfect lunar orbit flight with a 2 minute 44 second engine boost to depart the moon and head for a splashdown near Pago Pago. They warned of a potential near collision with their lunar lander in orbit before mission control approved rest and a safe return path.
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Indian Village Uncovered Near Quicksburg
Archaeologists under Col. Howard A. MacCord reveal seven skeletons and partial burial groups at a Virginia site near Quicksburg. Finds include pottery fragments, animal bones, two circular house patterns, infant and adult remains, and a palisade outline, with about 1200 square feet excavated and a village about 300 feet across.
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Virginia State Library
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Radiation standards for consumer goods still unsettled
A House subcommittee hears Rep. Paul G. Rogers fault health officials for seven months of inaction on radiation standards for consumer products including color TVs. An advisory committee must be appointed before standards can be implemented.
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Man Suffer Burn After Drive In Gasoline Fire
Charles Yost 22 of Berkeley Springs W V received a burn on his right leg from a gasoline can fire at the Winchester Drive In near midnight. Firefighters and rescue squad treated him at Winchester Memorial Hospital and released him. Earlier crews doused a grass patch near a trailer after a car ran out of gas and gasoline was siphoned into a can when a nearby smoker sparked the blaze. No cars were damaged. Fire crews remained on scene about 30 minutes. Later a stove fire at 1625 S Loudoun St was put out with no major damage.
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Miss U S A Contest Ends Tonight in Miami Beach
Miss U S A pageant contestants from North Dakota Virginia Wisconsin Kansas and Pennsylvania share sleepless hours nerves and friendships as the competition narrows in Miami Beach. Beckee Bentz Wendy Dascomb Christine Sachen and Brue Nettie Molly McGugin speak on the experience and pressures of the national contest.
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Pennsylvania
Marlene Vaughn
Charter Creates New Viet Political Front
President Nguyen Van Thieu signed a charter creating the National Socialist Democratic Front to unite six groups into a pro government alliance and push toward a two party system in South Vietnam. Not all leaders joined, notably Gen. Duong Van Minh.
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Case Goes to Grand Jury in U S Treasury Check Theft
William Franklin Hoover, 24, of Rt. 2 Winchester, faces charges for removing a U S Treasury tax refund check from a mailbox on May 16. The case, heard in Winchester Municipal Court by U S Commissioner David G. Simpson, was ordered to go before a federal grand jury. Bond remained at $1000. Hoover released on personal recognizance. Complainant is postal inspector James M. Wright. The next grand jury session is set for Oct. 20 in Harrisonburg.
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James L. Berry
Harrisonsburg
Mansfield Disputes White House Vietnam Claim
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield rejects the White House claim that U S combat in Vietnam has not risen. He challenges the assessment and argues that intensified search and destroy missions and B52 bombings threaten Paris peace talks.
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Heart Surgeon Performs Open Heart on Toddler in Sargent
Dr Denton A Cooley operated on 23 month old Kinsy Byam at Children’s Hospital and the child shows good recovery. Dr Robert Westbrook, local physician, will donate a Tennessee walking horse valued fee to cover the surgery after the family believed insurance would pay but discovered it would not.
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Weather Outlook for Virginia This Weekend
Considerable cloudiness with a chance of showers Sunday. Highs 75 to 80, tonight's lows 54 to 58. Monday: partly cloudy and cooler. Noon 64, low 59. yesterday 75. Winchester skies note sunset 8:27 p.m. and moon phase to day quarter.
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Rainfall statistics and averages for 56 years
Rainfall over the past 24 hours ends 8 30 am with trace. May rainfall to date 1 85. 1969 rainfall to date 9 30. Average monthly rainfall over 56 years listed. January through December values shown. Five year Jan totals 1964 31 63 etc with yearly figures up to 1968. Overall 56 year Jan December average 36 43.
Senate Debates Expanded Financial Disclosure for Judges
Senate leaders weigh new income disclosure rules for federal judges as part of a broader effort to polish judiciary finances. Senators Hart Griffin Allott push for public and confidential disclosures with thresholds for outside income and property. Chief Justice Warren has already begun forming a court administration committee ahead of the next session.
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Illinois
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Kindergarten Graduation Tomorrow at Miss Virginias
Graduation exercises at Miss Virginias Kindergarten in Clarke County will be held tomorrow. Candidates include Robin Lee Karen Williams Sandy Ratcliffe LaJuan Peyton Paula Carey Tommy Turner Annette Moss Kim Jackson Kimberly Underwood Bernice Nelson Christopher Pendleton Pamela Turner Whitney Cooper. The school held its first graduation in 1964.
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Karen Williams
Sandy Ratcliffe
LaJuan Peyton
Paula Carey
Tommy Tur
Annette Moss
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Kimberly Underwood
Bernice Nelson
Christopher Pendleton
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Chicago Grains National Conventions More Than Any City
Chicago has been chosen as the national convention site for U.S. political parties more often in the 20th century than any other city, with Philadelphia second.
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Answers to quiz topics from historical trivia
Eduard Beneš is a Czechoslovak statesman, while an American novelist appears among the items. The list includes Edward Benes, the barrel making note, and mentions tidal ebb. The year 1886 is listed with Alice Durr Miller and Warren G. Harding linked to labor relations and agencies like Interstate Commerce and the Office of War Information.
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