Five drown in dam collapse near Winchester on Memorial Day weekend
Five people, including three children, drowned when an aluminum boat capsized at a dam near the Winchester Water Treatment Plant on the Frederick Warren county line. The victims included Ralph Richard Snyder 28 Falls Church his two year old son Richard James and Arthur Snyder 33 Strasburg and his children Thomas 11 and Patricia 8. A 17 year old juvenile was later taken into custody in connection with a Sunday slaying in Front Royal.
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David Newlin
Winchester
Frederick- Warren
Ralph Richard Snyder
Falls Church
Richard James
Arthur R. Snyder
Strasburg
Arthur Snyder
Thomas
Patricia
K.N. Longerbeam
Longerbeam
Snyders
Waterlock
Woodstock
Maryland
Front Royal
Dennis Lee Walden
McLinden Drive
Lynn C. Armentrout
William Battaile
Tennyson Ave
William Ellis
S. Washington St
Warning Sign Considered at Dam After Drownings
A warning sign near a small dam by Winchester Water Works is being considered after a second drowning incident in two weeks. Game Warden James Simpson and Warren County Administrator William O'Brien will inspect the site, with authorities weighing visibility and strong backwater currents at the dam.
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Susan Burke
Front Royal
Winchester
James Simpson
Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Warren
William G. O’brien
Burcham
Simpson
Warren County
NLRB Judge Rules in Rubbermaid Discrimination Case
NLRB administrative law judge Joel A. Harmatz found Rubbermaid Products in Winchester guilty of discriminating against an employee for union activity. Five other employees were dismissed. The case involves the AFL-CIO International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers and May 22 1974 election results. The ruling orders cease and desist actions and compensation to Gilbert Smalley for lost wages.
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Lulu Williams
Rubbermaid Products
Winchester
Joel A. Harmatz
National Relations Board
International Assn. of Machinists
Aerospace Workers
Afl-Cio
National Labor Relations Board
Washington
Rubbermaid
NLRB
Harmatz
Mayo Eaton
Olan Teeter
Robert
Gilbert Smalley
Smalley
U S Laos Reach Eight Point Plan On AID Return
The United States and Laos agree on an eight point plan to return the U S A I D compound to Laos control by June 30 and have all U S and third country AID staff withdrawn. Chapman and Steven Johnson negotiated with Pathet Lao leaders amid a student protest.
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Vientiane
Laos
United States
U.S
Steven Johnson
Pathet Lao
Seth Pethrasy
Foreign Ministry
Economics and Plans Ministry
Chapman
Ford to reveal next energy step on TV at 8:30
Secretary Kissinger indicated in Paris that President Ford will announce tonight a second tariff on each barrel of imported oil as part of the energy program. The move aims to curb U.S. oil consumption.
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Washington
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
International Energy Association
Paris
U.S
Oval Office
White House
United States
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means
Kissinger Proposes Producer Consumer Commissions On Raw Materials
Paris report says Kissinger urged creating producer consumer commissions to reopen the energy talks. The plan signals a shift toward potential controls on price volatility, while denying support for price fixing or Shah Pahlavi’s indexing concept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
U.S
Kissinger
International Energy Association
Ford Administration
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
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Bur
B. L. Burcham
Abby
Algeria
J. Miles Cary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
National Cemetery
Shenandoah Memorial Park
Col
Vergil H. Bates
USAF
del. Alson H. Smith
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