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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1970
Page
12
Democratic senatorial candidate George Rawlings studies campaign material during a Winchester stop yesterday. Beside him are Retta Hutchinson of Staunton campaign manager, Helen Catlett of Winchester co chair for Winchester and Frederick County, and Michael Berstein of Arlington.
Democratic senatorial candidate George Rawlings visiting Winchester and Mt. Jackson slams Senator Harry Byrd Jr. as recumbent and afraid to stand up for beliefs. Rawlings vows debates only with all three candidates and predicts Virginians tire of Byrd's salary and retirement support.
An advertisement from the Winchester Evening Star promotes the 1971 Needlecraft Catalog with instant fashions and crochet patterns. It lists Pattern 7387 for a crochet shell stitch skirt and lacy vest in sizes 2-12, priced fifty cents with 25 cents extra for air mail handling. It invites readers to send orders to Alice Brooks at the Needlecraft Dept. in New York and mentions several craft books and kits priced around fifty cents to a dollar.
Jack C. Williams was elected president of the Gainesboro Raritan Club for the coming year. Officers elected with him include Lloyd Combs as vice president Linden Lewis as secretary Hilton Clark as treasurer Allen Myers as assistant secretary and Guy Owens as assistant treasurer._installation will occur at the December meeting with duties starting January 1971.
Gen Lazaro Cardenas longtime leftist leader who nationalized oil in 1938 and expropriated U S and British holdings died of cancer at his Mexico City home aged 75. He pushed land reform and social programs aiding peasants and workers and supported Latin America movements including Fidel Castro.
The Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin will hold its Fall public meeting November 5 and 6 at the Belle Meade Motel in Harrisonburg. Officials from federal and state agencies will present water quality and planning reports, with Soil Conservation Service detailing erosion controls on November 6. A Verona reservoir site tour in Augusta County is featured.
Pueblo Army Depot employees report frequent sightings of antelope, eagles, quail, coyotes, prairie dogs, pheasants and even New Mexico roadrunners at the facility. The sightings highlight the depot’s proximity to diverse habitats and wildlife activity.
Rossie Wills of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service will visit the War Memorial Building to accept applications and grant retail authorization for the Food Stamp Program. The county starts Dec 1 with applications open Nov 16. about 25 grocers attended the briefing to learn eligibility and identification requirements for stamp acceptance.
U S and South Vietnamese forces report killing 129 enemy fighters and capturing 30 in clashes south of Da Nang while suffering light U S casualties. The enemy threatened a Special Forces camp 26 miles southwest of Da Nang and the town of Thuong Duc, under mortar and rocket siege.
John Tyler of Virginia who became president after William Henry Harrison died was nicknamed the accidental president and His Accidency in contemporary accounts.
A fire bomb struck a small Norfolk grocery in a mainly African American neighborhood injuring co owner Mildred Polen 55 badly with burns to hands legs and face and Diane Polen 38 with burns to a hand and foot. Police said the attacker could be identified but no charges were filed. Interior damage was minor.
Four African window cleaners at Pretoria city hall may receive danger money for cleaning 226000 square feet of glass from suspended gondolas. The council proposes an extra 1.26 dollars per week for this specialized team.
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