Center Denies Utah Anthrax Germ Hazard
Deseret test center commander Brig. Gen. John G. Appel says a Utah ground plot was contaminated with anthrax 15 years ago but poses no hazard to people or animals. Rep. Richard D. McCarthy argues the area threatens wildlife and passersby. Appel notes the site remains contained and danger declines over time.
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Salt Lake City
Deseret Test Center
Utah
New York
John G. Appel
Appel
Dugway Proving Ground
Richard D. McCarthy
D-N.y
Dugway
Moon has room to park spacecraft on planned lunar landing site
Apollo 10 imagery shows a landing area near the moon’s equator with small craters and a ravine along the east edge. The primary site appears smoother than surrounding terrain though a 12 to 2 mile crater and rille shape loom nearby, with a rougher secondary site pictured for comparison.
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John Dietrich
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cub Scouts Honor Soldiers at National Cemetery Ceremony
The Shenandoah Area Council Pack ID will honor dead soldiers buried in the National Cemetery. At 4 p.m. the Cub Scouts of Pack Mm visit the cemetery to place miniature American flags on the graves.
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CUB Scout
Shenandoah Area
NATO Nuclear Guidelines Discussed by Laird Allies
U S Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird and six NATO colleagues began talks in London on guiding principles for using nuclear weapons in Europe to deter a Soviet attack. The study by Britain and West Germany weighed options like a demonstration blast and maritime or land mine use, while Healey urged stronger conventional forces as Canada plans part of its Europe force pullback to two thirds by 1972.
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London
U.S
Melvin R. Laird
NATO
Europe
North Atlantic
United States
Britain
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Turkey
Denmark
Denis Healey
Soviet Bloc
Healey
Canada
Amateur Golfers Find Fun Stacking Up With Pros On Tour
Two amateurWomen golfers Mardell Wilkins and Diane Patterson join the professional tour this summer traveling from California to Shreveport Dallas and Louisville. They describe the road as a shoestring adventure and note their initial practice round scores and backgrounds in tennis and even a stint as trapeze artists. Diane credits a Los Angeles Times ad for tryouts and recalls catching flyers for Ringling Brothers before turning to golf.
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Diane Patterson
Mardell Wilkins
Jack Davis
California
Shreveport
Dallas Civitan
Louisville
Mardell
Vista
San Diego
Diane
Bell
Los Angeles
Pebble Beach
Iand
Los Angeles Times
Ringling Brothers
No Star Tomorrow Memorial Day Public Notice
The Star will not be published tomorrow Friday May 30 in observance of Memorial Day a national holiday.
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Farmers & Merchants National Shady Grove Gift Shop Bank
May Boyce
Virginia
Savel
Wilkins Shoe Center Inc
Memorial Day Observances Set With War Dead Tributes
Warm Memorial Day forecast with a chance of showers. Two services honor veterans tomorrow with Gen. Charles L. Bolte retired USA speaking at National Cemetery at 11 a.m. and Rev. Edward M. Garrett Jr. giving a 1 30 p.m. tribute at Shenandoah Memorial Park. Winchester Veteran's Council sponsors. Golf fans await the O Sullivan Open at Winchester Golf Club through the weekend.
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Charles L. Bolte
USA
National Cemetery
Winchester
Shenandoah Memorial Park
Edward M. Garrett, Jr
Wesley Methodist Church
Winchester Golf Club
Viet Cong strategy meeting crushed during Saigon cease fire
U S forces hit an enemy strategy meeting 28 miles northwest of Saigon during a Buddhas birthday cease fire. About 50 Viet Cong were killed, one American dead and seven wounded. U S forces used tanks artillery and air power to seal off the area. Twenty seven AK47s and nine rocket launchers captured.
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Saigon
U.S
U.S. 25Th Division
Buddha
Father Gerloff Assigned to Sacred Heart
The Rev. Charles W. Gerloff, pastor of Holy Angels Church in Portsmouth, is reassigned to Sacred Heart Catholic Church. He succeeds Rev. Philip F. Farrell, moved to St. James in Hopewell. 46 diocesan priests were transferred effective June 7 by Bishop John J. Russell. Gerloff, a Norfolk native, was ordained in 1945.
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Charles W. Gerloff
Holy Angels Church
Portsmouth
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Philip F. Farrell
St. James
Hopewell
John J. Russell
Richmond
Gerloff
Norfolk
Nixon Attacks Renewed in Paris Peace Talks
North Vietnam and the Viet Cong renewed attacks at the Paris peace talks, accusing the Nixon administration of intensifying the war. They rejected U.S. plans as fundamentally different from the National Liberation Front proposals and called for unconditional U.S. troop withdrawal.
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Paris
North Vietnam
Nixon
Vietnam
Negot
Iator
Ha van Lau
Henry Cabot Lodge
National Liberation Front
Lau
U.S
South Vietnam
NLF
Tran Buu Kiem
United States
Kiem
New York
John V. Lindsay
Edward M. Kennedy
D.mass
Convict Escapes From Fishers Hill Detachment
A 26 year old inmate Wade H Ewell of Road Camp 7 escaped a work detail at Fishers Hill near Strasburg yesterday around 130 pm. He is described as Negro 5 ft 8 in 160 lbs, wearing brown prison clothing. Two other Camp 7 inmates Arthur M Newton 18 and Paul J King 19 escaped from a Riverton detail, both at large.
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Strasburg
Double Toll Gate
Fishers Hill
Wade H. Ewell
Arthur Maurice Newton
Paul Jerome King
Riverton
Bark Mill Theatre Presents Two Blind Mice May 27 31 1969
The Bark Mill Theatre will stage Two Blind Mice from May 27 to 31 1969. Shop Montgomery Wards Memorial Day Sale runs Friday with hours 9 to 6.
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Montgomery Wards Memorial
Bark Mill Theatre
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