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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1969

Page

5

Upperville Man Killed in Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel Crash

A Marine sergeant with Atlantic Fleet in Norfolk was killed in a head on collision on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. Dennis R. Mowbray 21 of Bridgeville Delaware was identified as the victim. In Loudoun County Edward Allen 54 of Upperville died when his car left U S 50 west of Middleburg. Mildred Louise Amburger 22 of Tazewell County died in a collision on Virginia 650 near Bluefield two miles west of Bluefield Virginia. Virginia highway deaths tally 430 this year 447 last year. The first European to sail Long Island Sound Adriaen Block in 1614 navigated Hell Gate and entered the sound.

Associated Press Atlantic Fleet Headquarters Norfolk Chesapeake Bay Bridge Dennis R. Mowbray Bridgeville Del Middleburg Edward Allen Upperville U.S. 50 Loudoun County Bluefield Mildred Louise Amburger Tazewell Virginia Tazewell County Long Island Sound Adriaen Block Hell Gate East River

Misses Pattern 4932 Dress Pattern Sale Ad

Sewing advertisement for Misses sizes 8 to 16 patterns with pattern number 4932. Includes fabric yardage for size 12 and mailing details to Anne Adams at Winchester Evening Star, plus prices for pattern and sewing books and a Spring-Summer Pattern Catalog. Addresses and order instructions provided.

Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star Pattern Dept West 17Th St New York N.Y

Handley High DE Students Awarded at Banquet

Handley High School Distributive Education students received top honors at the Employer and Employee Banquet at the Lee Jackson Restaurant. Glenn Webster earned Superior DE Student and Outstanding DE II Student awards. Maxine Feagans was Outstanding DE II. Jean Everett and Dale Anderson tied for Outstanding DE I. Steve Cooper won the Student Scholar Award. Local officials announced plans for a Dowell J. Howard Vocational School east of Winchester, targeting a September 1970 opening, with about a dozen programs planned.

Handley High School Lee-Jackson Glenn Webster DECA D.E Richard Harper Town and Country Webster D.E. Ili Larry Goodyear McCrory S. Maxine Feagans Winchester School Jacob Johnson Johnson Dowell J. Howard Winchester

District party slate lists county exec committee members

Democratic leaders urge unity after the primary while publishing the complete county executive committee roster. The list includes Stonewall Earl Bailey Stephenson Charles Duvall Clearbrook Grover Teets etc and district members from Shawnee Opequon Middle town Back Creek Lake Nasser note. Million mile Nile project referenced with Aswan Dam creating a 310 mile long lake by 1975.

County Executive Committee Stonewall Earl Bailey Stephenson Charles Duvall Clearbrook Grover Teets Jre Nat Brown Jackson Ave Shawnee Henry Renner Valley Ave Orin Ritter Rt . 1 Bufflick Rd Reid Lunsord Wade Emmart Gainesboro Ray E. Boyce Linden Unger Alson H. Smith Fox Drive Frank Whitacre Cross Junction Opequon Lucian Brumback Rt. 4 Ken McDonald Stephens City Ray Rinker Will Owings Middletown Back Creek W.lee Brill Star Tannery Ellsworth Lake Nasser Egypt High Aswan

Nixon prices out postal reform plan and labor talks

Blount and Nixon defend postal reform to modernize the service without cutting jobs while predicting a need for 250 000 new workers over ten years. The proposal includes employer union negotiation rights and a binding three member arbitration panel to resolve disputes, with strikes still prohibited.

Nixon Blount

Escapee Charged in Auto Theft

A warrant is issued for Raymond Richard Harris for auto theft after he and another Camp 1 convict escaped from a work detail on April 9. Harris is accused of stealing a 1963 Mercury from the Brown Kingree residence on Middle Road. the car was later found near Washington. An all points bulletin remains active.

Raymond Richard Harris Camp 1 J.S. Conner Harris Brown Kingree Middle Road Washington Charles Jackson Troop Er Conner

Proposals to curb tax advantages in foundation financing

Study explores limits on tax benefits for merger financing plans. Earlier agreed ideas include a 5 percent tax on income foundations earn and tighter deductibility rules for appreciated property gifts to private foundations. Proposals also call for stricter reporting and an IRS audit office, plus bans on grants to individuals.

Internal Revenue Service

Canada buys Alaska Highway from U S in 1946

The Alaska Highway, opened in 1942, was sold by the United States to Canada in 1946 for 108 million dollars. The project cost 139.8 million dollars and spans about 1 523 miles.

Alaska Canada United States

Apollo 10 flight cited as stepping stone to moon

George Low cited Apollo 10 as a pioneer mission with concerns over LEM communications, cabin pressure loss, and fuel-cell issues. He warned of possible delays to July if readiness is not assured, while wives of the astronauts shared elation over a successful wrap to the mission.

George Low Apollo Spacecraft Office LEM Moon

Apollo 10 Hailed in Russia Praise for US Moon Flight

Soviet newspapers and Moscow residents praised the Apollo 10 mission and astronauts for bravery and humor. Pravda called the crew courageous, while Leonid Sedov and others noted successful systems, space broadcasts, and a playful onboard performance with Sinatra.

Moscow America Molodtsy Pravda Soviet Communist Party Leonid Sedov Soviet Academy of Sciences Sedov Soviet ‘Commission For Space Earth Trud paiPers T. Borisov Troika

Interplanetary Travel Is the Long Range Goal

SPACE CENTER Houston AP After the moon the long range goal is planetary travel says Dr Thomas Paine administrator of NASA. He calls inter planetary travel reasonably straightforward with life in the solar system to be extended and demonstrated through future missions. Apollo 11 is the next step with Armstrong Aldrin and Collins set for July 16 launch and moon landing while Collins orbits.

Paine Cape Kennedy Neil A. Armstrong Michael Collins Edwin E. Aldrin Jr Armstrong Aldrin Collins Moon

Hijacker in Command on Miami Flight to Cuba

Northeast Airlines Captain Ted Connors says he led the air crew while his wife Kathleen Connors handled ground actions during a hijack on a Miami to New York flight. A Latin hijacker held a pistol to Mrs. Connors and forced a diversion to Havana, with the jet returning to Miami by 4:10 p.m.

Miami Northeast Airlines Ted Connors Connors Filer Cuba New York Havana

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Trans Princeton Eugene Cernan Tom Stafford John W. Young by_ Hane Handley DE Steve Cooper William Baker Rubbermaid Commercial Products, Inc SAAB Sweden P.O.E Krueger Motors Sunnyside Station U. S Barbara Young John Faye Stafford Barbara Cernan Russia Hijacker Gatt Miller’s Hardware N. Loudoun St
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