Tax Increase Seen If City Seeks Bonds
Winchester faces about 5 million in annexation costs which could raise the tax rate by as much as 50 cents and raise water and sewer rates. City Manager Wendell Seldon testified on finances and projections if annexation proceeds as requested. The case centers on Winchester's plan to annex 5.8 square miles of Frederick County and extend city services including water and sewer, parks, transit, schools, and infrastructure.
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Star
Winchester
John Thornton
Frederick County
Wendell Seldon
Seldon
John S. Davenport III
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Handley Library
Shenandoah College
Recreation Department
Linden Drive
Pineville
Wea Villa
Booby trap kills nine Americans near Da Nang
In Quang Ngai province a Viet Cong booby trap using a dud 155mm shell killed nine Americans and wounded five while one South Vietnamese soldier also died. An American helicopter gunship accidentally killed eight South Vietnamese and wounded 23 in the Mekong Delta during gunfire support.
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Saigon
da Nang
Mekong Delta
U.S
Americal Division
198Th
Quang Ngai Province
Nguyen Cao Ky
Europe
United States
Paris
London
Harvard Center Is Bomb Target in Cambridge
A bomb blast heavily damaged Harvard University's Center for International Affairs library after a threatening call and leaflets denouncing the center as a tool of U.S. policy circulated among undergraduates. Police pegged damage at about 40 000 dollars. no injuries were reported.
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Center For International Affairs
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Center
U.S
Harvard
Radcliffe
Harvard Square
Students For A Democratic Society
Weatherman
SDS
Archibald Cox
Cox
Joseph Saiato
Southeast Asia
C.F.I.A
U.S. Army
Center
Bus Train Collision Kills 42 Schoolboys Near Seoul
A train crashed into a school bus carrying 42 boys on an excursion near Onyang, 45 miles south of Seoul. The bus burst into flames and was dragged about 100 yards. Twenty three others were burned with five listed in critical condition. Police reported the unmanned crossing and the tragic fate of the students.
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Seoul
Onyang
Hydrangea blooms profusely at Loudoun Street home
Mrs. Lillian Rhodes of 532 N Loudoun St reports her hydrangea blooming again this spring. In June the plant produced blue and pink flowers, with the blue blooms turning dark pink as water on. Now three new blue blooms appear alongside the existing blooms on the bush.
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Lillian Rhodes
Loudoun St
Rosson sees limited enemy attacks ahead in Vietnam
Gen William B Rosson warned any new enemy strikes aimed at swaying U S congressional elections would be modest and short. He forecast stronger supply runs from monsoon relief in southern Laos and northeast Cambodia possibly boosting combat activity, with Vietnamization progressing unevenly across regions.
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Washington
William B. Rosson
Vietnam
U.S
Rosson
Association of the United States Army
U.S. Army
Pacific
Laos
Cambodia
Highlands
I Corps
III Corps
Saigon
Mekong
U.N. Opens Anniversary Session as World Leaders Arrive
The United Nations hosts a 25th anniversary session with about 40 heads of state and 100 ministers expected. Police deployment includes 8 000 officers guarding the meetings and security perimeter around the U N headquarters. Fiji joins as the 127th member, reflecting expansion since 1945.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
World Forum
World Organization
J. Edgar Hoover
William C. Sullivan
FBI
Alexei N. Kosygin
Fidel Castro
Nixon
Edward Heath
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
William P. Rogers
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
Middle East
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
United Nations
Pacific
Fiji
Typhoon Hits Philippines Killing Dozens and Cutting Lines
A typhoon with 115 mile per hour winds struck the Philippines causing 25 deaths about 40 missing and nearly 30000 homeless. Communication lines were knocked out across many areas hampering casualty reports as the storm lashed a 400 mile stretch of the nation.
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Manila
Philippines
Frontal system to drift east over western Virginia today
A frontal system stretching across the western edge of Virginia was set to move slowly eastward today bringing cloud cover and chances of showers. A TV notice announced an Annexation Summary at 7 p.m. on Channel 6 with Howard Johnson's fish fry at $1.49 all you can eat.
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Richmond
Virginia
Howard Johnson
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Samuel H. Reaves
Winchester Transit Service
Paper Mill Road
Valley Ave
Fox Drive
Ward Plaza
Winchester Municipal
South Vietnam
Vatican
Paul VI
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Angela Yvonne Davis
California
Manhattan
University of California At Los Angeles
mid-Mahattan
Annexation
Channel
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