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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1970
Page
1
Virginians will vote on four separate proposed revisions to Virginia's constitution next Tuesday. Each proposal stands alone and requires a majority for approval. The four cover general revision, limits on debt for capital projects, revenue bonds without a public vote, and related fiscal mechanisms.
Four proposed constitutional amendments appear on the November 3 ballot. First asks general revision as agreed by the General Assembly in 1969 and 1970, with four specific items. Second proposes repealing section 60 to let the legislature decide on lotteries. Third allows general obligation bonds for capital projects with a cap of 1.15 times annual income and sales tax revenues, pending voter referendum. Fourth allows revenue bonds with full faith and credit pledged if Governor certifies sufficient revenue, capped at 1.15 times annual revenues.
The polling place for Neffstown precinct in Frederick County has shifted from H F Nelson Inc 725 N Loudoun St Ext to the E Earl Shade garage 740 N Loudoun St Ext. The new site sits 150 feet north of the old location on the east side of Rt 11 Martinsburg Pike opposite the Jackson Ave entrance.
Gary Wayne Jones, 19, of 828 Woodland Ave., sentenced to life in prison for the Jan 7 fatal stabbing of Lawrence E. Wadsworth, owner of Wadsworth's Grocery at 413 E. Cork St. An appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals was announced.
In Santiago Chile police search for assassins of Gen Rene Schneider as authorities plan a large funeral and state honors. A requiem Mass will be held at the cathedral, then a coffin to the army mausoleum after a 12 block caisson procession amid curfews and emergency measures.
South Vietnamese forces press into Snuol in a new dry season offensive aided by American artillery. About 17,500 troops operate along three highway corridors with reported light combat as clashes kill two North Vietnamese and one South Vietnamese.
A high pressure ridge builds over the middle Atlantic bringing variable clouds and mild temperatures to Virginia. The brief AP item notes the day’s calmer weather without significant precipitation.
Gen Aharon Yariv says Egypt and the Soviet Union built an advanced missile system inside an 18 mile standstill zone west of the Suez Canal. He estimates 500 to 600 launchers in about 40 batteries, with 3,000 Soviet personnel present. He notes ongoing Egyptian artillery moves and potential U S armor sales. Israel says it observes the cease fire.
Two U S consuls flew to Soviet Armenia to interview Maj Gen Edward C D Scherrer and Brig Gen Claude M McQuarrie Jr after their Beechcraft crossed into Soviet air space during a tour of eastern Turkey. The plane and crew remain detained as the incident is investigated.
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