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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1975
Page
10
The House approved 237 to 176 a bill letting Turkey purchase 185 million dollars worth of U.S. weapons. The measure ends embargo pressure after months of dispute with the Ford administration, with Senate already having a similar bill and a path to a conference or presidential action.
The House bill would let Ford recommend credit sales to help Turkey buy arms for NATO obligations, while Turkey halted U.S. base operations after a prior bill failed. Ford warned another rejection could close bases. opponents argued the embargo failed to push Cyprus peace talks and would ease with a certification of refugee resettlement progress.
A weekend schedule lists concerts, sales, shows, and meals across several venues. Events include Sunergo Quartet at Mt View Church of the Brethren Inwood West Virginia, yard sale and bake sale at Eagles Club 123 N Braddock St Winchester flea market at Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad, standard flower show at War Memorial Building, spaghetti dinners at North Mountain Fire Co Mountain Falls and First United Methodist Church, and Godspell performances at Shenandoah College auditorium. Sunday features another Standard Flower Show and a Godspell show at Shenandoah College.
Virginia State Board of Education weighing new accreditation standards that would tie a high school diploma to demonstrated competencies in reading writing and arithmetic. localities could set their own levels with mid 1978 as a target date for implementation.
A SUB-DISPATCHING office was added to the Double Tollgate Substation south of Winchester making it a key nerve center of the Potomac Edison system. Actress Eva Gabor was named grand marshal of the 17th National Tobacco Festival in Richmond.
The Winchester Retail Merchants Association opposes placing Winchester's War Memorial in the Kent and Boscawen Streets municipal parking lot. Astronomers forecast a total lunar eclipse viewable across North America tonight.
Los Angeles AP reports two Symbionese Liberation Army members face arraignment on 11 counts tied to the 1974 kidnapping and robbery spree with newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst. Harris faces a possible life sentence. Hearst awaits federal trial and may differ on joint proceedings.
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