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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1970
Page
21
The USS Command reports 4 Americans killed in action last week, 33 nonbattle deaths, with allied forces killing 1,083 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong. South Vietnamese battlefield deaths reach 256, the lowest in a month, while overall casualties rise to 43,861 Americans killed and 290,746 wounded.
The Winchester Education Association urges parents to visit city schools during American Education Week with programs and visitation hours to be announced. Kenneth West emphasizes collective action to shape schools for the 70s, with NEA American Legion and PTA backing the observance.
Pat Nixon makes day long Florida campaign stops for William Cramer and GOP hopefuls, with receptions in St. Petersburg and Fort Myers. She promotes Governor Claude R. Kirk Jr. and faces Democratic rival Reuben Askew in a tense Florida race. The First Lady follows Vice President Agnew who campaigned here last week.
Clarke County Farm Bureau held an annual meeting at Boyce Fire Hall with guest speaker Largent discussing the 1928 state Constitution revision. Officers were reelected and delegates named for the November Richmond state convention. Policy resolutions urged a slow vehicle emblem, local revenue surtax, landsuse tax, beverage container deposit, and reduction of Clarke County livestock personal property tax.
Democratic congress candidate Murat Williams backs Virginia's proposed new Constitution and criticizes his Republican opponent J. Kenneth Robinson over unemployment. He cites Winchester area's 4.9 percent jobless rate and 1100 people out of work, urging Virginians to vote yes on November 3.
Robinson Healing Arts Group designates Dr. Dennis P. McCarthy and Dr. William B. Crawford as co chairs for the Healing Arts Committee to back Republican J. Kenneth Robinson in the 7th District race. Robert C. Green serves as treasurer. directors include physicians, pharmacists, a nurse and a D.V.M. from Winchester and other Virginia towns.
The Dow Jones average stood at 758.76, down 0.89 points midmorning as investors weighed weak third quarter earnings and a higher consumer price index. Analysts cited GM strike potential to curb fourth quarter activity and urged caution across the market.
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