Council Gets Record 7.7 Million Budget
Winchester's Finance Committee backs a record balanced budget of 7,775,901 for 1972-73 with no local tax increase. The total city budget for the new year tops 1,024,764.34, up 15.17 percent from the current 6,751,136.66. The current year's rise follows annexation and raises real estate and personal property tax rates to 2.70 per 100 value.
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City Council
Winchester
Stewart Bell, Jr
James H. Fleming
Wayne A. Whitham
Finance Committee
William M. Battaile
Council
Rouss City Hall
Bell
Whitham
Virginia
General
W.P.A
Transpo 72 Opens With Ground Transport Marvels
Washington AP reports Transpo 72 opens with government and business leaders attending. The nine day exhibit features ground transport wonders incl monocab tracks air cushion vehicles and multiple People movers plus an air show with parachute drops flyovers and aerobatics by British Venezuelan and U.S. teams. A Boeing Dash Eighty prototype heads to the Smithsonian. Public budget talks follow the opening with Winchester officials detailing a balanced 1972 73 plan including a $250000 surplus and no tax increase while noting wage freeze policy and minor pay steps for city staff. Mrs Pat Nixon toured Moscow with Mrs Gromyko during the summit visit.
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Washington
United States
Renton
Wash
Baltimore
Smithsonian Institution
Transpo
U.S
Dulles International Airport
Nixon and USSR Leaders Sign SALT Pact Tonight
Moscow reports Nixon and Kosygin reach agreement on SALT set to sign tonight. One part treats antiballistic missile limits as a treaty needing Senate ratification, while a companion executive agreement freezes U S offensive missiles at current levels. Officials acknowledge remaining trade talks snag.
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Nixon
Ussr
Moscow
U.S
U.S. Senate
United States
William P. Rogers
Alexei Kosygin
Ziegler
Zim Tokyo Loses Two Crew After Atlantic Explosion
The 600 foot container ship Zim Tokyo was struck by an explosion 120 miles east of Cape Henry Virginia. Two crew members were blown overboard in 20 to 25 foot seas as gale winds reach 40 knots. Coast Guard cutters Cherokee and Madrona plus a rescue plane rushed to aid, with a noon arrival expected.
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Portsmouth
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Cape Henry
Cherokee
Madrona
Snake enters Frederick County Junior High hallway
An unexpected visitor, a four foot black snake, was found in the Frederick County Junior High hall between seventh and eighth periods. Betty Via, the algebra teacher, fled to the office. Principal Robert Harper retrieved the snake with a hook and released it in a nearby orchard.
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Frederick County Junior High
Betty Via
Robert B. Harper
Tanks Destroyed as Guided Missiles Stop Kontum Assault
U S forces using new electronically guided missiles halted a tank attack on Kontum City in the central highlands, destroying 12 enemy tanks. On the My Chanh front north of Hue South Vietnamese marines repelled a fourth assault as 192 North Vietnamese troops were reported killed. Air action targeted Haiphong area with bridges and a power plant attacked near Vinh, a Navy A4 jet missing near Vinh.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Kontum City
Highlands
My Chanh
Hue
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Vinh
Quang Tri
Budget Comparisons for This Year and Next Fiscal Year
A local budget review compares the approved current year spending with the proposal for the upcoming fiscal year. It highlights key allocations, anticipated revenue, and projected deficits. The review notes changes in departments and potential impacts on services.
No Changes Proposed to Winchester Tax Rates for 1972-73
The proposal states no changes in current tax rates for fiscal 1972-73. Winchester rates listed include Real Estate Personal Property Motor Vehicle License Fee Business License Fee Utility Tax Local Sales and Use Tax.
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Winchester
Youth found shot to death near Martinsburg
The body of 18 year old Leland Davenport a Riverheads High School senior disappeared while working a 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. shift at an Interstate 81 service station five miles south of Staunton has been found near Martinsburg West Virginia. He was shot twice in the chest and $185 was taken from the cash register. Virginia state police FBI Augusta County authorities and West Virginia state police are investigating with the last sale recorded as 39.90 including a tire and gasoline.
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Staunton
Martinsburg
W. Va
Augusta County
John Kent
Kent
Leland N. Davenport
Riverheads
Interstate 81
West Virginia
Virginia
FBI
Davenport
Soviet Nixon Meet Yields Joint Trade Commission
Moscow AP reports the Soviet Union announced a plan to create a joint Soviet American commission on trade questions after talks between Nixon and top Kremlin leaders. Tass said the move signals progress on tough trade issues amid negotiations since Monday. The U S delegation offered no immediate reaction. The Russians seek multimillion-dollar grain sales and credits to boost industry, while Washington demands settlement of lend lease debt before favorable deals.
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Leonid Zamyatin
Smith
Semenov
Moscow
Nixon
Valentin Zorin
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Tass
United States
U.S
Jury clears defendants in heart donor death case rise
Richmond Virginia AP jurors find four defendants not liable in landmark trial over the death of Bruce Tucker after his heart was removed for Virginia's first heart transplant. Experts testified death defined by brain activity, despite supported heart function, and plaintiff William Tucker plans appeals.
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Richmond
David M. Hume
Law and Equity Court
Hume
Medical College of Virginia Hospital
William E. Tucker
Bruce O. Tucker
Joseph G. Klett
Orange
Virginia
Klett
Tucker
L. Douglas Wilder
Bruce Tucker
A. Christian Compton
Wilder
Virginia Supreme Court
William Tucker
U.S. District Court
MEV
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Star Staff
Federal Pay Board
Pat Nixon
Red Square
Andrei Gromyko
America
Mrs. Nixon
Gerard Smith
Vladimir Semenov
Helsinki
Dairy Corner
First Assembly God Church
Springcrest St
Fleet & Company
Corrigan
Pleiku
Ham
Kresge
People’s Drug Store
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