Gun Show Weekend by Shenandoah Valley Gun Collectors
The Shenandoah Valley Gun Collectors Association hosts a Fall Gun Show at Winchester National Guard Armory on Saturday and Sunday with over 100 tables of guns and accessories from early flintlock and percussion through modern sporting arms. Proceeds fund a Frederick County log cabin museum restoration. The event draws enthusiasts from Canada and Florida and runs with the North-South Skirmish Association Fall Skirmish. hundreds are expected and the public is invited.
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Shenandoah Valley Gun Collectors Assn
Winchester National Guard Armory
Canada
Florida
Frederick County
Global farm and fish output stalls in 1969 FAO reports
The FAO survey notes no net rise in world food production in 1969 for the first time in 12 years as population climbs 2.7 percent yearly. Fisheries fell 3 percent, with declines in underdeveloped regions while the Far East showed relative strength and India posted a 5 percent gain.
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U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
FAO
Far East
China
Japan
India
Middle East
Africa
South Africa
Nixon urges colleges to share Hoover extremism tactics with students
President Nixon asked college presidents to pass along a letter from FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover listing eight tactics used by campus extremists to recruit students. Hoover cautioned that some campuses face serious issues yet expressed confidence in the majority of students.
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Washington
Nixon
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Hoover
Patterson appeal seeks release or new trial in Roanoke knife slaying
Attorneys for 17 year old Paul Edward Patterson petitioned for his release or a new trial in Roanoke Hastings Court. They assert the jury was biased by knowledge of a prior conviction. Ten of twelve jurors discussed the case among themselves despite orders not to talk.
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Roanoke
Paul Edward Patterson
Patterson
Roanoke Hastings’ Court
Hich
Charlottesville
Re-Entry Radio Blackout Could Be Solved by NASA Tests
NASA researchers at Wallops Station on Virginia's Eastern Shore announced a successful re-entry experiment using water and freon to cool the ionized gas around a Scout rocket during high speed Earth re-entry. The aim was to restore radio communications during the blackout period that has plagued human spaceflight since the beginning.
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Wallops Station
Rockey Launch
Virginia
National Aeronautical Space Administration
NASA
Lewis Honored for High Merit Test Performance
Charles Richard Lewis Jr a James Wood High School senior received a letter of commendation for his top two percent score on the 1970 National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Rank among 35 000 seniors nationwide. local semifinalists include Paul Gustafson and Judith Perry. Also notes serviceperson Herman Lancaster Sr killed in action in Southeast Asia.
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Charles Richard Lewis, Jr
James Wood
Lewis
Charles R. Lewis, Sr
Rt. 3
Winchester
United States
National Merit Scholarship Corp
Paul F. Gustafson
Judith L. Perry
Handley High School
Three Smyth Men Charged After Virginia Whisky Raid
Three Smyth County men were arrested after a raid on a state ABC operation describing it as the second largest illegal whisky still found in Virginia. Eldon R. Mabe aged 45 and Eldon R. Mabe 22 along with Ernest D. Sullivan 23 were charged with manufacturing and possession of illegal whisky.
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Smyth County
ABC
Virginia
Eldon R. Mabe
Ernest D. Sullivan
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Latin America
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N. Braddock ST
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Washington (Ap
Newport News
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22Nd Street
Charles Lewis, JR
Friend
Winchester Armory
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Buick
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