Winchester School Plan Outlined Amid Annexation Debate
Winchester plans to send annexed children to county schools with tuition until a new elementary and a proposed intermediate school are built. Superintendent Johnson outlined goals, a 600 pupil elementary near Handley High, and a 660 pupil intermediate to handle larger city enrollment if annexation is approved.
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Pat Robinson
Star
Winchester
Frederick County
Jacob L. Johnson
Handley High School
Handley
Hage Emma
Eeepia
Johnson
Quarles
John Kerr
Virginia Avenue
Melbourne bridge collapse kills twenty four workers
A 2000 ton section of the West Gate Bridge under construction in Melbourne fell 134 feet, killing 24 and injuring 19 with 25 missing. The disaster halted the $47 million project spanning the Yarra River as unions pull workers off site and authorities order an inquiry.
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Melbourne
Australia
Yarra River
West Gate
Soviet Airliner Hijacked Lands in Turkey by Father Son Hijackers
A father and son hijacked a Soviet Aeroflot jet over southern Russia and diverted it to Trabzon Turkey. A hostess was shot dead and two pilots wounded as the plane carrying 50 people landed after being taken into custody. The hijackers Brazinskas Koreyevo 46 and Argedas 18, Russian citizens, surrendered.
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Trabzon
Turkey
Russia
Black Sea
Brazinskas Koreyevo
Argedas
Bombing in Vietnam Scales Down Under Pressure from North
U S Air Force cuts bombing raids in South Vietnam by as much as 70 percent while keeping pressure on North Vietnamese supply routes in Laos. War has de escalated to small clashes with Nixon era Vietnamization, and South Vietnamese air force boosts sorties. A separate report notes a Turkish hijacking of a government Tupolev F27 near Batumi with Russian passengers, pilots wounded, and a Soviet request for return of the plane and hijackers.
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Saigon
Air Force
South Vietnam
Laos
Vietnam
Nixon
Batumi
Black Sea
Sukhumi
Trabzon
PTA Council Opposes Tuition Plan for Annexed Students
The Frederick County PTA Council voted to oppose annexation arrangements that place students living in annexed areas into Winchester city schools on a tuition basis for the first post annexation year. Council members presented a resolution to the commonwealth's attorney and informed the county School Board.
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Frederick County
Winchester
Jacob L. Johnson
Annexation Court
Joseph Jolliffe
Robinson Elementary School
PTA Council
Ptas
Jolliffe
James Wood High School
Robert E. Ayler
Winchester Civil Annexation Case Presses City and County
Frederick County Circuit Court hears arguments over annexation of eastern areas including Fairway Estates Rolling Fields and Green Acres while Frederick Heights sits just east of Interstate 81. Engineer William M Zollman Jr testifies the city has stagnated and lacks vacant land to grow, urging annexation to expand open space and tax base.
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Kline
Fox Drive
Senseny Road
Fairway Estates
Green Acres
I-81
Star
Frederick County
Winchester
John Thornton
Roanoke
Frederick Heights
William M. Zollman, Jr
Zollman
Glen Burnie
Nixon Signs sweeping anticrime bill at Justice Dept
President Nixon signed a broad anticrime measure promising a federal push against the Mafia and terrorist acts. The law grants FBI rapid campus bombing jurisdiction, adds a death penalty for fatal bombings, and allows electronic surveillance for bombing cases. Attorney General Mitchell and FBI Director Hoover attended.
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Washington
Nixon
Justice Department
Congress
FBI
Atty
John N. Mitchell
J. Edgar Hoover
Peace Plan Rejection Is Forcefully Restated
At Paris the Vietnamese Communists reiterated Hanoi's rejection of Nixon's peace plan while U S Ambassador Bruce urged a more considered response. South Vietnam offered new political proposals hinting at options beyond elections to decide its future. Pham Dang Lam supported free elections including the NLF as the best path to self determination.
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Paris
Hanoi
Nixon
U.S
David K.E. Bruce
South Vietnam
Saigon
Bruce
Pham Dang Lam
Vietnam
National Liberation Front
Congress Quits Until Nov 16 In Lame Duck Session
Congress recessed for a month reconvening November 16 as a post election session looms. Lawmakers sent a narcotics trafficking bill with tougher penalties, while easing penalties for some drug users, and approved $2.5 billion for health measures and a $1.6 billion military construction bill. Other items include eight money bills for the current fiscal year and a three year farm program with limits on subsidies.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
White House
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Virginia Skies Cloudy With Showers Likely
A cold front moving eastward across Virginia brings cloudy skies and cooler temperatures with more than a 50 percent chance of showers. Also notes local ads for Christmas club interest, bakery items, a singsong event, and a summer inventory sale at a Winchester outlet store.
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Richmond
Virginia
Winchester Knitting Mills
N. Kent St
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Sir Henry Bolte
Victoria
Milford Haven
Wales
Freeman Fox and Partners
Jordan
TWA
Swissair
British Overseas Airways
Ankara
Soviet Union
Stonewall School
Bruce Porterfield
Edward D. Whitle
Lulu Williams
Shawnee
St Stonewall
Hayes, Seay, Mattern and Mattern
91St
John D. Ehrlichman
Farmers & Merchants
Fort Loudoun Bakery
Evva
the Hammond
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