Two Memorial Day programs set in Winchester area
Memorial Day weekend brings two main ceremonies in Winchester. The Winchester Veteran's Council will hold its 11 a.m. program at the U.S. National Cemetery, joined by veterans groups. A 1:30 p.m. ceremony is planned at Shenandoah Memorial Park on Front Royal Road. S. Roger Koontz, principal, will deliver the main address.
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Winchester
Veteran's Council
U.S. National Cemetery
Shenandoah Memorial Park
Front Royal Road
Winchester Veteran's Council
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Conrad Hoover
Stonewall Jackson
Disabled American Veterans
Mosby Barracks
The
Veterans of World War I
W.F.W. Davis-Williams
S. Roger Koontz
George J. Jurkowich
U.S. Army
V.F.W. Post
Anthony Wadsworth
Gainesboro
Fate of Ivy Lodge debated at public meeting in Front Royal
Public meeting discussed Samuels Library plan to remove Ivy Lodge to allow a new facility. Officials cited space needs and service improvements while historians urged preservation of the 1825 era building. Memorial Day events and local activities were scheduled as a holiday approached.
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Samuels
Star
Front Royal
Ivy Lodge
Samuels Library
Samuels Library Board of Directors
Bernard Samuels
Courtney Carbaugh
Library Board
Donaldson
Blue Ridge Hunt Pony Club
Walnut Hill Farm
Boyce
Belle Grove
Middletown
Carter presses SALT talks as talks move to Washington
President Carter shifts directly into Soviet American strategic arms talks as Gromyko arrives for White House discussions. Officials anticipate progress toward a new SALT treaty this summer and a possible five year underground test ban with Britain, while key disputes over missiles and Backfire deployment remain unresolved.
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Washington
Carter
Andrei A. Gromyko
White House
Gromyko
New York
Moscow
Cyrus R. Vance
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vance
Vance-Gromyko
United Nations
Africa
U.S
Prom night at James Wood sees familiar prom tradition
Prom details appear in Living Section. The notes say prom faces may change but the event remains the same as James Wood hosts a senior dance tonight. Warren County High clinches Region I baseball title and advances to state. Handley High wins State AA Boys Tennis Championship.
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James Wood
Ceer Eee Een Erreees
Warren County High School
Handley High School
Five Die in Oklahoma Escapees Gun Battle Finale
In Caddo Oklahoma two escaped convicts ending a month of terror killed five, including three state troopers, in two gun battles. The fugitives Claude Dennis and Michael Lancaster fired on officers before being cornered at a residence. Trooper Pat Grimes died, Summers and Hughes were among the wounded.
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Oklahoma Highway
Hoyt Hughes
Oklahoma
Caddo
Okla
Hoyt
Claude Dennis
Katherine
Charles Catterton
Mattie Hullum
Dennis
Michael Lancaster
Russell Washington
Washington
G.D. Busby
Houston
Pappy"’ Summers
Enid
Billy Young
Woodward
Lancaster
Summers
Ernest Slack
Paul Johnson
Slack
Pat Grimes
Moore
Edmund
Oklahoma City
Red Cross Grain Arrives in Kolwezi Amid War Sweep
A Red Cross train delivered 120 tons of cornmeal to Kolwezi, supplying about 15,000 people for ten days. French forces continue a sweep for rebels after the May 13 seizure, with paratroopers digging foxholes around the city.
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Kolwezi
Zaire
Red Cross
Frederick Steinemann
Angola
Foreign Legion
Defense Ministry
Paris
France
Police Seek Identity of Traffic Victim Near Berryville
An unidentified black man in his late 20s to early 30s was killed on Rt. 7 about five miles east of Berryville at 2 a.m. He wore dark brown pants a yellow striped shirt and a faded denim jacket. An autopsy will be performed and the driver’s identity remains withheld.
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Berryville
Rt. 7
Here
M. E. Swiger
Swiger
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