Profiles of Va. Assemblymen by Consumer Council
The Virginia Citizens Consumer Council launches a Ralph Nader style study of 140 Virginia General Assembly members to gauge consumer legislation prospects. Portway and nine William and Mary students will conduct surveys and write profiles after the 1972 session, with proceeds funding the council.
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Consumer Council
Springfield
Virginia Citizens Consumer Council
Virginia General Assembly
Patrick Portway
Fairfax
Council
Portway
House
Senate
William & Mary
Nader
U.S. Senate
House of Representatives
Virginia Council
Eight-Year Term for Wines and Drug Case Dates Set
Berryville man William Roosevelt Wines, 31, received an eight-year sentence for arson in Winchester Court after pleading guilty. James Mitchell Jenkins, 31, was found guilty of arson and faces potential five-year punishment pending defense motions. The fire occurred July 9 at a duplex on S Kent Street. A separate case deferred sentencing for Matthew Bobby Simms after a guilty verdict for armed robbery. In other news, 92-year-old Cornelia Calvert died from injuries in a two-car crash near Berryville, and another local motor-vehicle incident left a Winchester woman hospitalized with her husband treated and released.
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Berryville
Winchester
Winchester Corporation
William Roosevelt Wines
State
Elliot D. Marshall
James Mitchell Jenkins
Jenkins
Claude Hagans
S. Kent
Wines
Hagans
Matthew Bobby Simms
Alexandria
Corporation Court
Charles Town
W. Va
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Cornelia Calvert
Jeffersonian Manor
Calvert
John H. Enders
Gaylord
Wilbur Alger
Salvation Army Kettle Stolen From 34th Street Stand
The Salvation Army hopes the 300 pound red iron kettle stolen from outside Macy's on 34th Street may be returned as a prank or theft. Brigadier Frank Gibson said the five foot diameter pot stood five and a half feet high and collected coins from holiday shoppers for 20 years.
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New York
Salvation
Army
Macy’s
34Th Street
Salvation Army
Frank Gibson
Pote
Train collision claims two Virginia youths in Emory
Two young residents James M. St. John aged 24 of Glade Spring and Laura Lewis aged 21 of Abingdon died in a crash when their foreign car collided with a Norfolk and Western train in Emory. Police and investigators filed the incident report and local hospital officials confirmed the fatalities.
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EMORY
Southwest Virginia
Norfolk & Western
James M. St. John
Glade Spring
Laura Lewis
Abingdon
Nixon approves first cabinet shakeup for second term
President Nixon announces Elliot Richardson as new defense secretary and Caspar Weinberger to HEW. Roy Ash named to head OMB, succeeding Weinberger. Melvin Laird resigns as defense chief. George Romney also steps down from HUD. Dixon says major changes aim to bring Cabinet closer to White House.
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Camp David
Nixon
Elliot Richardson
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Office of Management and Budget
Richardson
Health, Education
Pentagon
Ronald L. Ziegler
Presidential Mountain
HEW
Weinberger
OMB
Ash
Advisory Council
Ziegler
Senate
White House
Management Budget
George Romney
Housing and Urban Development
Romney
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Treasury
John B. Connally
Laird
Catoctin
Workshop Dedication at Northwestern Building
The Northwestern Workshop dedicates its new building at 329 N Cameron St tomorrow at 11 30 am with Newton B Shingleton as guest of honor and Rev Dr E T Clark giving the invocation. Open house to the public runs noon to 4 pm with regional representatives from Winchester Frederick Clarke and Warren Counties attending.
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Northwestern Workshop
N. Cameron St
Newton B. Shingleton
E.T. Clark
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke
Warren
Rae Beatty
Bombs Hit Civilian Area Near Da Nang In Vietnam
Ten U S bombs dropped by American planes near Hoi An and Da Nang killed 19 civilians and wounded 29. The incident, one of the worst in months, prompted an investigation. North Vietnamese artillery continued strikes in Quang Tri, with 31 marines killed and 161 wounded over four days near Cua Viet Estuary.
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Saigon
da Nang
U.S
Hoi An
da’ Nang
Quang Tri Province
Nixon to Meet Thieu Aide as Paris Talks Pause
President Nixon will meet Thieu's special representative Nguyen Phu Duc in Washington or Camp David as Kissinger and Le Duc Tho plan to resume Paris talks. Thieu seeks direct talks and sends Hoang Duc Nha to Paris to join negotiations with Kissinger. Tho also meets Viet Cong envoy Mme Nguyen Thi Binh in Paris.
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Washington
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
Vietnam
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Paris
Nguyen Phu Duc
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Thieu
Saigon
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Kissinger
Ziegler
Duc
Camp David
Hoang Duc Nha
Nha
Tho
Mme
Nguyen Thi Binh
WV ABC Stores Stock Two Brands of Moonshine Whiskey
West Virginia ABC stocked white corn whiskey brands Booneshine and Georgia Moon in about 60 stores. Commissioner Richard Barber says the 106 proof Booneshine and the Georgia Moon product are under 30 days old to reduce risks from illicit home distilling and potential deaths or blindness.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
West Virginia Alcohol Beverages Control Commission
ABC
Richard Barber
Barber
Mountain State
Cincinnati
Georgia Moon
Weather system to end rain with possible mountain snow
A low center moving northeastward in a trough will reach off the New Jersey coast tonight. Colder drier air from the south central States will spread eastward ending rain. Snow flurries may occur in the mountains and on Wednesday. conditions should be fair and colder.
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Richmond
New Jersey
South Central States
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