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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 08, 1970

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Hijackers threaten to blow two jetliners in ongoing crisis

Four nations coordinate through the International Red Cross to press the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine for the release of 180 hostages aboard two jetliners hijacked Sunday. Miss Leila Khaled and six fellow militants are imprisoned in Europe and the Middle East amid rising tensions and mortar fire near Amman.

Associated Press International Red Cross Today Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine Israel United States Switzerland West Germany Britain Red Cross Jordan London Alec Douglas-Home PELP Leila Khaled Trans World Airlines Amman Douglas- Home Egypt Iraq Lebanon Saudi Arabia Kuwait Bonn

Egypt Says Attack Is Near Amid Cease Fire Charges

Cairo reports accuse U S of masking Israeli plans while Israel accuses Egypt of amassing missiles near the Suez Canal. Tass accuses Israel of stalling talks under U N resolutions as Jarring mediates in New York.

Associated Press Egypt U.S Cairo Middle East Gamal Abdel Nasser al Ahram Said Suez Canal Israel United States Tel Aviv Seoul New York Canal Tass Security Council Jordan Canal Zone London Gunnar Jarring Bom Ned

Seven Winchester Councilmen to Take Oath Tonight

Seven Winchester City Council members will take oaths of office at tonight's September meeting in Rouss City Hall at 7 30. Six of the councilors were re elected in June and will be sworn in by Clerk Peyton J. Marshall. The seventh is William M. Mote elected in June. Also on the agenda are annual council elections and a proposed ordinance restricting inoperative cars on property.

Winchester City Rouss City Hall Winchester Corporation Peyton J. Marshall Stewart Bell, Jr Charles A. Dotton, Jr Thomas C. Glass Ben B. Dutton Roy W. Bayliss George H. Garber William M. Mote

Historic St Thomas Chapel Dedicated at Middletown

Historic St Thomas Chapel a pre Civil War church in Middletown was formally dedicated in an interfaith service. Washington DC figure Jeane L Dixon delivered the dedication address inside and urged the chapel be opened to all faiths and races. Restoration by St Thomas Chapel Trust included interior work and new climate systems with exterior work ongoing.

Jeane L. Dixon Washington, D.C St. Thomas Chapel Middletown Saint Thomas Washington Area Dixon St. Thomas James L. Dixon Real Estate Co

Two Gore men charged with assaulting sheriff

Ronald Allen Spaid 20 and Russell Lee Spaid 47 of Gore were charged with assault and battery on Frederick County Sheriff Lacy Anderson and with interfering with a police officer. The incident happened Sunday night near High Top Grocery on Rt. 50 W. in Gore after a juvenile was brought to the sheriff’s car. Both defendants posted $2,000 bond and arraignment is set for Sept. 28.

Gore Frederick County Lacy Anderson Anderson Ronald Allen Spaid Russell Lee Spaid High Top Sheriff Anderson Ronald Spaid Mr. Spaid Winchester

Mrs. Dorothy Allen Former Winchester Leader Dies at 78

Dorothy Gilpin Allen, 78, longtime civic figure and former vice mayor of Winchester, died after a stroke at Winchester Memorial Hospital. A 1913 marriage to Dr. Lewis M. Allen preceded a public career as the first woman on the city council, planning and recreation boards, and Red Cross service during World War II. Her years of community work earned her 1967 Outstanding Citizen of the Year. She was born in Baltimore September 16 1891.

Dorothy Gilpin Allen Winchester Winchester Memorial Hospital S. Washington St Lewis M. Allen She Baltimore Henry Brooke Hattie Newcomer Gilpin St. Timothy’s School Catonsville Briarcliff N.Y Allen Red Cross Grey Ladies The Red Cross Winchester Planning and Zoning Commission

Pope Accepts Resignation of Cardinal Cushing

Pope Paul VI accepted the resignation of Richard Cardinal Cushing archbishop of Boston for age and health reasons. Humberto Medeiros, 64, bishop of Brownsville, Texas, named to replace him. Cushing, 75 in August, has endured asthma bronchial and emphysema and expressed a wish to retire for missionary work.

Vatican City Paul VI Richard Cardinal Cushing Boston Vatican Humberto S. Medeiros Brownsville Tex Cardinal Cushing Cushing South America Office of the Propagation of the Faith

New Management at Dick's Bicycle and Gun Shop

Announcement notes Dick's Bicycle and Gun Shop closes September 12 and reopens tomorrow under new management. Also promoting Howard Johnson's Fish Fry at $1.49 and the Waffle Shop offering home cooked foods.

Dick’s Bicycle & Gun Howard Johnson Waffle Shop

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