Research Plant Virologists Meet at Fruit Laboratory
The Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory hosted the annual meeting of research plant virologists led by Dr. James E. Martin of Virginia Tech. About 20 scientists from across the United States and Canada discussed growing virus free fruit trees and sharing propagating material with nurserymen for commercial orchards. Dr. E D Hickey guided a tour of research plots highlighting viruses in fruit trees and the heightened risk to dwarf trees, with note on Prunus stem pitting in eastern peach orchards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. D. Hickey
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Hickey
J. L. Apple
North Carolina State
Virginia
James E. Martin
College of Agriculture
V. P. I. and
State University
Blacksburg
IR-2
United States
California
Washington
Missouri
Wiscon
Ottawa
Canada
New York
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Strother Death Investigation Sees Mixed Messages
Medical Examiner Dr. Douglass Hill said Strother was definitely assaulted and an autopsy confirmed foul play after his body was found near Richard Cather’s property on Sept. 2. Sheriff’s deputies learned of the report only yesterday due to a mix up while Strother was buried Sept. 6 at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglass Hill
Strother
Frederick County
Richard Cather
Cather
Sheriff’s Office
Jones’ Funeral Home
Fairfax
Mt. Hebron
Full-Scale Watergate Probe Blocked by House Panel
The House Banking Committee rejected 20 to 15 a proposal for a full scale inquiry into Watergate. Chairman Patman argued the probe would look at campaign finance movements and bank dealings rather than the break-in itself. Opponents said it risks defendants’ rights and could be a political witch hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Watergate Hotel
House Banking Committee
Wright Patman
D-Tex
House Committee
Frank J. Brasco
D-N.y
Garry Brown
R-Mich
Patman
Democratic National Committee
GOP
Quickie Bank
Minneapolis
U.S
Mexico
Bernard Barker
Dwayne Andreas
Kenneth Dahlberg
Campaign Finance Committee
Barker
Miami
Brown
Congressional
White House
Gordon Liddy
Strike Ends in Washington DC Teachers End 14 Day Walkout
Public school teachers in Washington DC accept a contract granting an immediate 7 percent pay raise ending a two week strike affecting 140000 students. The deal includes a 5 percent raise next September and immunity from reprisals, with bachelors degree pay scales rising from 8350 to 12965 and masters scale from 9190 to 14930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D.C
Nixon Gromyko affirm arms control accords in White House
President Nixon and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko formalized a pact to curb the nuclear arms race. The ceremony in the East Room finalized a treaty limiting defensive missiles and an interim agreement freezing most long range arsenals for five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Andrei Gromyko
White House
East Room
Moscow
Gromyko
U.N
Strong 5.0 Quake Shakes Hollister California
A 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck three miles outside Hollister at 11:31 p.m. PDT, rattling windows in nearby Monterey County. No major damage or injuries were reported, with UC Berkeley seismographs confirming the quake's size. Hollister, population about 9,000, sits near the San Andreas Fault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollister
Calif
Monterey County
San Benito County
University of California At Berkeley
Disappearance of F111 Triggers Withdrawal From Combat
U S fighter-bombers withdraw F111s after five day delay revealing one F111 vanished on first mission. F4 Phantoms widen strikes west of Hanoi while Laotian border buildup observed. Thai bases Udorn Ubon Korat hit. Udorn base mortared. Casualties reported among Thai, American, and Thai personnel.
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Saigon
United States
Thailand
Hanoi
Laos
U.S. Command
Ubon
Udorn
Korat
Na San
Yen Bai
Bangkok
U.S
Air Force
Vietnam
McGovern and Agnew Clash Over Corruption Charge
Senator George McGovern attacks the Nixon administration as corrupt while Vice President Agnew defends Nixon’s record. Agnew calls McGovern’s charges reckless and unhelpful as both campaigns plan new events across multiple states. Shriver shifts focus to urban housing, citing busing policies as harming inner cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McGovern
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Agnew
McGovern
Washington
New York City
ITT
Richard Nixon
Spiro Agnew
Indiana
Montana
Boston
Sargent Shriver
Midwest
Shriver
Senate approves largest defense bill since World War II
The Senate approved a 74.6 billion dollar defense spending bill the largest since World War II defeating a Proxmire bid to halt bombing in Indochina. It adopted the Mansfield end the war language though Nixon deemed it nonbinding.
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Senate
Washington
U.S
Indochina
William Proxmire
Congress
Nixon
Charles Mathias
Rmd
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Mittee
Mathias
Mike Mansfield
Hanoi
Proxmire
D-Wis
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Paul Fridlund
Prosser
Washington State
James Martin
V.P.I
John Fulkerson
Cooperative State Research Service
Washington, D.C
David B. Grim
E. D. Hickey
P. E. Morris, Jr
Star
George Strother
Carroll Mauck
Manor House
Safeway
Valley Ave
Girard Smith
Anatoly Dobrynin
Henry Kissinger
California City
By R. Gregory Nokes
Associated Press
House
Philip Hart
D-Mich
Pentagon
Hart
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