Winchester Council delays housing ordinance work session
The Winchester City Council postponed public reading of the proposed Minimum Housing Ordinance until the next regular meeting. It did pass an ordinance restricting inoperative automobiles on commercially zoned property and introduced a taxi driver age reduction to 18. A work session with city officials and committee representatives will be set. Governor Holton approved a highway safety program funding driver training at Dowell J. Howard Vocational School.
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Winchester
Public Improvement Committee
Wayne A. Whitham
Qét
Whitham
William M. Battaile
Public Safety Committee
Ben B. Dutton, Jr
Dowell J. Howard Vocational School
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Godwin to Head Byrd Committee in 1970 Bid
Former Gov Mills E Godwin Jr will lead a five member steering panel backing U S Senator Byrd Jr in his independent reelection bid. The group includes E Blackburn Moore Ned R Thomas Fitzgerald Bemiss and Lewis Powell Jr with D Latham Mims announcing the appointments. Registration for the 1970 Winchester Fire School is set for tonight at 7 at South End Fire Hall with classes on Woodstock Lane on Oct 13 and Oct 4.
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Mills E. Godwin Jr
U.S
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Byrd
George C. ‘Rawlings
Fredericksburg
Virginia Electric & Power Co
Rawlings
Democratic Women’s Club
Virginia Beach
House of Delegates
Vepco
Godwin
E. Blackburn- Moore
Berryville
Ned R. Thomas
Arlington Board of Supervisors
Fitzgerald Bemiss
Richmond
Lewis F. Powell Jr
American Bar Association
Winchester Fire School
South End
Woodstock Lane
Frederick County Suspect Surrenders in New Orleans Robbery Case
Billy Lake Clem 23, a Frederick County man sought for questioning in the Senseny Road Country Store robbery, is held in New Orleans charged with carrying a concealed weapon. An all points bulletin had been issued after the Wednesday night heist. $2000 in cash and checks were taken. Warrants allege breaking and entering and grand larceny.
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Frederick County
Senseny Road
New Orleans
Billy Lake Clem
Osborne Renner
Joseph Bolden
H.B. Crem
Prietor
Sheriff’s Office
Clem
Nixon Averts Railroad Strike Bid In 11th Hour Talks
The Nixon administration seeks a last minute wage settlement to avert a nationwide rail strike by about 500 000 workers starting at midnight. Union leaders insist talks stall while railroad negotiators warn wage demands could bankrupt the industry and consider a 60 day delay if needed.
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Washington
Nixon
W. J. Usery
Afl-Cio
Usery
Harold Crotty
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes
John P. Hiltz
Brotherhood of
C. L. Dennis
United Transportation Union
Charles Luna
Richard Smith
Smith
Dennis
Luna
Hiltz
National Railway Labor Act
Hawse Named Fire Chief As Groves Steps Down
Bernard F. Groves Jr. resigns as Winchester fire chief and is succeeded by assistant chief John J. Hawse. City Council made the appointment during annual elections and appointments after oath of office for six reelected councilmen and one new member William M. Mote. Mayor William M. Battaile is reelected council president with Wayne Whitham as vice president for two years.
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Bernard F. Groves, Jr
Winchester
John J. Hawse
Corporation Court
Peyton J. Marshall
William M.mote
Stewart Bell, Jr
William M. Battaile
Wayne A. Whitham
Mr. Bell
B.M. Porrero
J. Randolph Larrick
Wendell L. Seldon
Stuart R. Dyke
Air
Kennedy Seeks 2.6 Billion Tax Plan To Cut Deficit
Treasury Secretary David M. Kennedy urged Congress to approve 2.6 billion dollars in new taxes for fiscal 1971. He backed President Nixon’s antipollution tax on lead additives in gasoline, projecting 1.1 billion dollars in revenue for the rest of 1971 and about 1.6 billion for a full year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Congress
Nixon
Kennedy
United States seeks urgent U.N. meeting over hijackings
The United States asked the U.N. Security Council for an urgent session at 3 p.m. EDT to address a wave of airliner hijackings. A British BOAC jet with 66 passengers and 10 crew was hijacked and diverted to Beirut, where guerrillas threatened to blow up the plane unless fuel was supplied.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
U.N. Security Council
Associated Press
Middle East
Beirut
Jordanian Desert
British Overseas Airways Corp
Popular Front
Leila Khaled
London
BOAC
Miss Khaled
Switzerland
West Germany
Jordan
Military personnel urged to avoid commercial flights
Amid rising hijackings the Army Navy and Air Force issued directives advising personnel with access to sensitive information to travel by train bus or surface routes when military flights are unavailable. Navy and Marine commands outlined procedures including civilian clothing civilian IDs and sealed documents to prevent tipping off status.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Air Force
Pentagon
Marine
Ces
Chief of Naval
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Pat Robinson
Ernie Nesselrodt
Polly’s Cab
Council
Virginia General Assembly
Frederick County Board of Isers
MR. Dutton
Linwood Holton
Winchester Highway Safety Commission
Kennedy Airport
New York
Byrd Committee
THE
D. Latham Mims
Harrisonburg
Virginians
Mims
Nixon Administration
Avert
Crotty
Hawse
Groves
Richard Comer
Gary McDonald
Mideast
Cuba
Virginia
Dick’s Bicycle & Gun Shop
Howard Johnson
Wate
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