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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1973
Page
3
A Virginia Democratic platform committee met in Williamsburg for its second of three hearings to gather suggestions for this year's platform. A Fredericksburg session is planned for Sunday as part of the process.
The Postal Service begins paying a multi million dollar debt to more than 500000 current and former workers for illegally withheld overtime pay, following a court decision. A Virginia party committee meets to discuss platforms on crime, government costs, a state lottery and a longer governor term.
The Stonewall Democratic Club will host a family picnic Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Clearbrook Recreation Park. Club members and Stonewall District residents are invited. swimming facilities will be available and attendees should bring enough food for their own families. Beverages and eating utensils will be provided.
The Virginia Employment Commission reports July shows nine indicators up, seven down, two flat versus June, with 15 of 18 compared to July 1972 improved. Unemployment rate slips to 2.6 percent as hiring edges higher and initial claims drop.
Scoutmasters and Cubmasters gather Monday at 7:30 p.m. at Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad HQ to organize School Night for Scouting set for Sept 25 at 7:30 p.m. in 14 local schools. Robert Kellas notes the effort to enroll new Cubs and Scouts in one evening as BOYPOWER 76 drives expansion. Uniform Day is Sept 24 with members wearing uniforms at schools to recruit non members.
Phnom Penh sources report Col. Am Rong stating insurgents have lost many men near Kompong Cham and cannot seize the city. Fighting persisted around the besieged area as clashes flare on multiple fronts.
At a joint appearance with the Ocean View Democratic and Social Club retired Rear Adm. Levi J. Roberts sparked a GOP rift by saying blacks should be barred from welfare from conception to the grave. Del. Albert Teich Jr. withdrew his support and Mrs. Kathryn N. Ogg distanced herself, stating candidates speak for themselves.
Preservation of Historic Winchester hosts a Grand Event at Glen Burnie from 3 to 7 p.m. with Herbert Smoke Apple Jacks and Jills John and Margie Lewis and 18th century music. An auction of donated items starts at 4 30 p.m. Admission is the membership fee.
Col Richard N Rollason chairman of the Warren County Planning Commission told Rotary members Warren County was over residentialized in the 60s perhaps more than any county. He said the June zoning ordinance limited external over development and that the county board of supervisors and Planning Commission had to zone the county as used. He argued better late than never and urged planning to prevent hills from becoming half acre house suburbs.
Daniel A. Beard of the Winchester Juvenile Probation House outlined Braddock House a new facility to open Oct 15 at 524 S Braddock St. It will house eight to ten juveniles aged 14 to 18 for 12 to 24 weeks with intensive individual and group counseling.
Berryville Presbyterian Weekday Kindergarten starts Monday for four year olds. Teachers are Mrs Cleo Russell and Mrs Betty Sheetz. Several openings remain. call 955 2198 or 955 1896 to enroll a child who turns four by November 30.
Mills Godwin Jr. will campaign in the Winchester-Frederick Clarke-Warren area on September 14 and 15 as he tours the western portion of the 7th Congressional District. He will visit Luray Caverns New Market Aileen Inc Edinburg Woodstock and Strasburg before stops at Lord Fairfax Community College Middletown Stephens City and a Front Royal reception.
A 44 pound lobster, claimed as the biggest on record, was hauled from Long Island waters off New York in 1956. Fishermen reported the giant catch during a late summer fishing run near Montauk Point.
A Senate Watergate transcript shows Charles Colson urged using newspapers to discredit Daniel Ellsberg rather than courts. Colson and E. Howard Hunt discussed exploiting Ellsberg to embarrass the New Left, leading to Hunt’s White House hiring.
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