Western Europe Hails Brandt Peace Prize
Western European leaders and major papers praised Willy Brandt after he won the Nobel Peace Prize for pursuing rapprochement with the Soviet bloc. East bloc outlets offered mixed comments while U S reactions were warm, despite opposition in West Germany.
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Brandt
Western
Europe
London
Willy Brandt
Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
East Germany
Poland
Oslo
Jacques
Banks Cut Prime Rate but Market Decline Continues
New York AP report notes Morgan Guaranty Trust and several major banks cut the prime rate to 5 percent from 6 percent, while the stock market fell for a sixth straight session. The Dow dropped 12.78 to 855.65 as uncertainty about the economy lingered.
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New York
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
Bank of America of
San Francisco
Chase Manhattan
Continental Illinois
Chicago
Girard Trust
Philadelphia
Citizens & Southern
Atlanta
Wall Street
British Beer Ads Stir Leftists with Red Revolution Theme
London AP reports Watney Mann’s Red Barrel ads feature Mao likenesses with a beer tankard and slogans like Long Live the Red Revolution. The campaign spurs debate as critics call the approach hypocritical for backing the Conservative party while courting a youth and socialist market.
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London
Mao
Britain
Watney Mann
Red Barrel
Fidel Castro
Nikita Khrushchev
Thieves Take Four Speakers From Bancroft Chapel
Four loud speakers valued at 600 dollars were stolen from the Gospel Hall Drive In Chapel in Bancroft Ontario. The units were used for outdoor summer services and left the site without replacement.
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Bancroft, Ont
Gospel Hall
Traffic offenders in Lexington may donate blood instead of fine
Fayette County allows guilty pleas for traffic offenses to replace a $10 fine with a pint of blood to benefit the Central Kentucky Blood Center. County judge Robert Stephens cites educational value and blood supply, with a court cost of $18.50 still assessed and only cases pled guilty eligible. Reindeer note is unrelated.
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Lexington
Fayette County
Robert Stephens
Central Kentucky
Mediators Press to Reopen Coal Strike Talks
Washington sources report federal mediators push to restart three week old miners strike that halted soft coal production. UMW president Boyle rejects a new strike penalty clause while industry demands it as a condition for a broader contract offer.
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Washington
U.S
Robert W. Donnahoo
United Mine Workers
W. A
Tony”’ Boyle
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Boyle
Prison Escapee Arrested After Bomb Threats
Joseph Lee Sullivan a 29 year old federal prison escapee from Washington DC was arrested by the FBI and police for threats to explode two banks and kill a bank vice president. He allegedly phoned banks and demanded money and was arraigned in Richmond on a $10 000 bond.
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Fredericksburg
Washington, D.C
FBI
Joseph Lee Sullivan
Sullivan
Peoples Bank of
Stafford
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Moore
U.S
Michael Morchover
Richmond
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France
Edward Heath
Jens Otto Krag
Denmark
Olof Palme
Sweden
Emilio Colombo
Italy
Trygve Bratteli
Norway
Oe Elliott Trudeau
Canada
Heath
Krag
Soviet Union
Palme
Brattell
Trudeau
White House
Nixon
Bundestag
Free Democrats
S. Roger Koontz
Frederick County
United States First Armored Division
Roger
Shepherd College
University of Virginia
House of Delegates
Dave Wines
Truban, Koontz
Front Royal
Helsinki Park
Morgan Guaranty
Emmett G. Solomon
Crocker Citizens National Bank of
Congress
Treasury
John Connally
American Bankers Association
National Corporation
Commonwealth of Virginia
F & M National Corporation
Winchester, Virginia
F&m National Corporation
Virginia
W. M. Feltner
F. L. Largent, Jr
North
Cameron Street
Winchester
Northwestern Workshop
Peg and Bill
Cameron St
Warren
PEG and Bill's Restaurant
Charles R. Duvall
Buck’s Commission
Berryville
Hot Point
W.D. Orndorff
Stephens City
George Fletcher
Circuit Court of the
Circuit Court
Frederick County Court House
Main Street
Macedonia Road
Harold O. Lindamood
W.E. Edwards
Jacob Ritenour
Berkeley Springs
W.va
Volkswagen
Lloyd McIntire
Pearl Clagett Farm
Cedar Creek
Oliver
New Holland
Lynn Anderson
Denzil Fawcett
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