City Budget Aims for 1967 68 With 3.4 Million Total
City Council receives a proposed budget of 3,478,235 dollars for fiscal year 1967-68 with no tax rate change. Major capital projects include Streets 59,900 Airport 30,000 Recreation 27,136 and Fire School 5,000, funded by 335,861.50 for capital expenditures. The budget calls for an 8.73 percent increase over the prior year and lists a school budget of 1,635,745 with ongoing projects and loan repayments to the Winchester Parking Authority. The public hearing is set for June 13 seeking final approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.P.A
Stewart Bell, Jr
Marvin E. Gore, Jr
James H. Fleming
P . Ye
Winchester Parking Authority
Valley Distributors
Palace Hotel
Education dominates city budget with 47 cents per dollar
The finance plan sets a $3,478,235 total city budget for 1967-68, with 47.03 percent ($1,641,000) for education. Instructional spending rises 14.8 percent to $1,146,112, including a textbook rental program, new teacher pay scales, and a full-time secretary.
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B.A
B.S
Announcer BOB WYANT to host Apple Blossom Air Show
Lynchburg's Bob Wyant will announce the Apple Blossom Air Show at Winchester Municipal Airport Sunday at 2 p.m. Wyant has nine years of Virginia to Pennsylvania air show experience and 1200 flight hours as a private pilot. He is active in Civil Air Patrol and has flown over 200 search missions. Wyant will introduce Bevo Howard Scotty McCray and Dean Ortner.
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Bob Wyant
Lynchburg
Winchester Municipal
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Wyant
Cial Air Patrol
Bevo Howard
Scotty McCray
Dean Ortner
Fleet & Co Week-and Pit Stop Special Offer
Johnson's 66 Service advertises a Tuesday May 30 promotion at Gerrard and Loudoun Streets offering a free Coke-8 pack with an oil change and lubrication service.
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Fleet & CO
Johnson’s 66
Gerrard & Loudoun
Johnson
Gerrard & Loudoun Sts
Soviet Urges U S Britain to Pressure Israel for Peace
Moscow says the Middle East crisis hinges on Western powers restraining Israel and credits Egypt and Syria with striving for peace. A Soviet spokesman, Leonid Zamyatin, said the Kremlin sees no doubt Israel provocations require action by the United States and Britain to stop them, noting parallels to Vietnam era guarantees.
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Moscow
Middle East
United States
Britain
Israel
Kremlin
Egypt
Syria
George Brown
United Nations
West
Hanoi
U.S
Warm Sunshine Aids Virginia Weather Outlook
A dry high altitude air mass from the northwest brings sunshine and warmth to Virginia. Current conditions are expected to hold through Saturday with continued pleasant weather across the Old Dominion.
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Richmond
Virginia
Old Dominion
Americans Repel Ambush In Central Highlands Fight
About 150 American soldiers of a company endured a brutal ambush by North Vietnamese forces in Pleiku Province near the Cambodian border. Five Americans were killed and 46 wounded, with battlefield reports indicating roughly half the company was killed or wounded. North Vietnamese casualties were reported at 71.
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Saigon
U.S
4Th Division
Demilitarized Zone
Pleiku
Wheeler
House votes to extend draft four years amid heated session
The House approved extending the draft law by four years in a 362 to 9 vote, amid sharp debate and interruptions. Proposals clashed with a separate bill granting presidential power to revise draft policy and a Congress final say on a lottery system. Debate continued despite disruptions as amendments were rejected.
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Washington
House
Congress
Johnson
Senate House
Pike
U. S
Charles S. Joelson
D. N.J
New England Endures Hurricane Force Winds and Flooding
Hurricane force winds pounded the New England coast with high tides and heavy rain. Cape Cod to Portland reported tides 22 to 3 feet above normal. floods reached up to three feet in streets. Power outages and damaged crops were reported across several states. Cape Cod Natl Seashore warned winds near 75 mph. parts of Vermont and New Hampshire saw significant snowfall.
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New England
North Atlantic
Nantuckey Island
Midwest
Plains
Maine
Massachusetts
Rhodes Island
New Hampshire
Cape Cod
Portland
Boston
Connecticut River Valley
Cape Cod National Seashore
Provincetown
Mills Urges Outsider Panel on Spending and Taxes
Washington AP report shows Chairman Wilbur Mills of the House Ways and Means Committee calling for a commission of outsiders to review government spending and taxation. He argues for a long term tax reduction policy and warns against financing existing programs through taxes without assessing their value. He favors eliminating programs with poor cost-benefit returns.
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Washington
Congress
Wilbur D. Mills
D. Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
Stonewall Jackson Headquarters Named National Historic Landmark
Stonewall Jackson Headquarters on N Braddock St Winchester has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark. Secretary Udall announced the site reflects exceptional value in U S history after evaluation by the Advisory Board on National Parks Historic Sites Buildings and Monuments and studies by the National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings. The Winchester building, Gothic Revival, served as Jacksons headquarters before his Valley Campaign and is now a memorial museum run by Stonewall Jackson Memorial Inc.
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Stonewall Jackson
N. Braddock St
Stewart L. Udall
Secretary of Interior
U.S
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Udall
United States
Advisory Board On National Parks Historic Sites
National Survey of Historic Sites and
Board
National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings
Thomas J
Tonewall
Jackson
Winchester
Stonewall Jackeson
Weekend Special Blueberry and Boston Cream Pies
Ward's Pastry Shop advertises a weekend special featuring blueberry pie and Boston cream pie. The deal highlights freshly baked pastries and a focus on classic flavors for customers.
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Boston
Ward's Pastry Shop
New Addition at Gaunts Page Shown
A brief note references a new addition at Gaunts with a pointer to page 3 for details.
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Gaunts
Egypt says war would begin if Israel attacks
Egypt claims its military actions thwarted an Israeli plan to attack Syria and has blocked Israeli shipping in the Gulf of Aqaba. An Egyptian editorial signals a willingness to endure a blow first, while AP reports Egyptian anti aircraft fire and Mirage jets returning to Elath. Britain’s Foreign Secretary Brown discusses Moscow’s desire to defuse the crisis and notes cross talks with Soviet leaders. Damascus says Syria rejects French peace proposals as Arabs resist Western guardianship. Foreigners, including American families, begin evacuation.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Egypt
Israel
al Ahram
Cairo
Mohamed Hassanien Helkal
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Syria
Gulf of Aqaba
Heikal
Associated Press
Hanns Neuerbourg
Aqaba
Gulf
Britain
Moscow
Middle East
London
Alexai N. Kosygin
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Andrei A. Gromyko
Brown
Soviet Union
United States
France
Kremlin
Damascus
Nasser
Republican Mass Meeting at Holiday Inn East
A Republican mass meeting is scheduled for Saturday May 27 at 2 P.M. at the Holiday Inn East. The event invites party members and supporters to participate in local campaign planning and discussions.
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Holiday Inn - East
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Doug O'Connell
William M. Battaile
Other Council
Council
Handley Board of
Trus Tees
Handley’ S
Handley Board
Barry’s Drug Store
Russia
Muddy Mekong Delta
John Wheeler
Central Highlands
Otis G. Pike
D-N.y
THE
Dublin Lake
Dublin
N.H
Monadnck
Jackson HQ
Stonewall Jackson Memorial, Inc
Kinney’s
Berryville Florist
Rhodes Drug Co
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