Agnew Denies Guilt in Farewell Address After Resignation
Spiro T. Agnew delivered a 17 minute national telecast denouncing charges as unfounded while acknowledging possible ethical questions. He defended his tax plea, praised Nixon and Ford, urged campaign reform, and said he left public life to restore public trust amid Watergate and Middle East war crises. Two truck occupants escaped injury in a separate incident near Winchester, Virginia.
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Washington
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Middle East
Nashville (Tenn
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
House
Sadat claims missiles ready to strike depths of Israel
Egypt's Sadat said missiles are ready to be launched into Israel at any minute as fighting rages in the Sinai and Syria. Meir countered that Israeli forces are on the western bank of the Suez Canal and would not withdraw without prisoner and land guarantees.
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Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Israel
Golda Meir
Siani
Sinai Desert
Syria
Sadat
People’s Assembly
Cairo
Meir
Jerusalem
Suez Canal
Sinai Peninsula
U.N
Sinai
Area Campaigning The Pace Quickens
With three weeks until the Nov 6 election candidates intensify efforts at rallies and civic events. Wives of state candidates visit the area including Mrs Henry Howell in Winchester and Mrs John Dalton touring Front Royal Shenandoah County and Ward Plaza. Four 17th District delegates campaign in Winchester Frederick Clarke Warren and Fauquier with Fauquier seen as pivotal. Incumbent Raymond Guest from Warren, James Wilkins from Winchester, Alson Smith and S Roger Koontz from Frederick. Forum at James Wood High School drew sharp student questions.
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Lulu Williams
Henry Howell
Winchester
Howell
S. Loudoun St
John Dalton
Front Royal
Shenandoah County
Ward
House of Delegates
Frederick
Clarke
Warren
Fauquier
Fauquier County
Raymond R
Andy) Guest, Jr
James R. Wilkins
Alson H. Smith
S. Roger Koontz
Frederick County
Larry Mullins
James Wood High School
Gas Prices Rise as Price Ceilings Eased by Council
Washington AP reports the Cost of Living Council eased gasoline price ceilings, allowing about one third of independent stations to raise prices up to 12 cents per gallon. The move aims to offset wholesale cost increases and includes automatic pass through after November 1.
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Washington
Cost of Living Council
Charles Binsted
National Congress of Petroleum Retailers
Charles Owens
Council
U.S. Israel arms aid tied to battlefield needs
U.S. officials say future shipments to Israel depend on battlefield needs as airlift targets replace losses in jets tanks bombs and artillery. Israel has lost about 25 U S supplied Phantom jets and faces Soviet resupply in Egypt and Syria, with limited larger deliveries urged by some lawmakers.
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Washington
Israel
Jerusalem
U.S
Administration
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Syria
Egypt
Soviet Union
McCloskey
U. S
Kissinger and Tho Share 1973 Nobel Peace Prize
U S Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese Politburo member Le Duc Tho win the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to end the Vietnam War. They share 120 000 dollars equally, as Kissinger remains at a White House meeting and Tho is unavailable for comment.
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Oslo
Norway
U.S
Henry Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Kissinger
Tho
Nixon
Tito
Yugoslavia
Aase Lionnes
White House
Norman E. Borlaug
Willy Brandt
West Germany
Europe
Nobel Committee
Storting
Henry A. Kissinger
Second Teenager Dies in Stephens City Car Crash
Jay Nelson Gordon 15 of Orchard Ave died at 5 50 pm from head injuries after a one car wreck that killed Gary Lee Driver 18 of Rt 4 Winchester near Stephens City on Rt 709 23 miles south of town. Gregory Scott Lineburg 16 remains in Winchester Memorial Hospital ICU in fair condition.
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Stephens City
Jay Nelson Gordon
Orchard Ave
Gary Lee Driver
Rt. 4
Winchester
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Gregory Scott Lineburg
L.M. Bauserman
Rt. 709
Virginia panel rejects decriminalization of marijuana
The Virginia Drug Abuse Advisory Council ad hoc committee voted 6 to 5 against recommending decriminalizing simple possession. The plan would have kept possession as a misdemeanor with a $100 fine and jail terms only after the third offense within ten years.
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Richmond
Virginia Drug Abuse Advisory Council
Chelsea Fire Leaves 1,100 Homeless in Aftermath
A Sunday blaze destroyed 800 buildings including 62 dwellings and 62 businesses in Chelsea Massachusetts. About 1,100 people were forced to the streets with $100 million plus in damage and no deaths or serious injuries reported.
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Chelsea
Mass
Boston
Abraham Burgin
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Willie Cherry
Kernerstown
N.C
Rt. 522
Virginia State Line
Felix Davis
Buffalo
N.Y
W. J. Shevakas
Beverley Greenhalgh
THE
Associated Press
Norfolk Naval Base
Virginia
Wilkins Shoe Center. Inc
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Salvation Army
Civil Defense
State Division of Employment Security
State Public Welfare Department
Francis W. Sargent
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