U N General Assembly Opens 24th Session in New York
The United Nations General Assembly opens its 24th session in New York with issues including the Middle East disarmament and Northern Ireland. Angie Brooks is elected president. U Thant backs Big Four talks and U S Soviet private diplomacy continues.
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United Nations
APY
U.N. General Assembly
Middle East
Northern Ireland
Angie Brooks
Assembly
Nixon
New York
U Thant
World Organization
U.S
Andrei A. Gromyko
William P. Rogers
Thant
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Irish Republic
U.N
Security Council
J C Penney Store Marks Founder 94th Birthday
Local store notes founder James Cash Penney is 94 today with Penney still serving as a board director. In Pardeeville Wisconsin Craig Jones retains his world watermelon seed spitting title with a 33 feet 314 inch throw at the World Watermelon Eating and Seed Spitting Championships. Corky Grimes wins grand championship in 19 seconds for seedless slice.
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J.C. Penney
James Cash Penney
Richard J. Martin
Mr. Penney
Pardeeville
Wis
Craig Jones
Jones
Corky Grimes
Appeal for CF Funds Opens Here
The Blue Ridge Chapter of the National Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation launches a Winchester Frederick area solicitation to fund CF research. The chapter backs the UVA Cystic Fibrosis Center in Charlottesville where about six related-disease patients are treated for every CF case.
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Rosemary
Winchester-Frederick Uniy
The
National
Blue Ridge
CF Research Foundation
National CF Research Foundation
Winchester
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
National CF Foundation
U. Va
Winchester Firm Wins Pentagon Data Contract
The American Academy of Computer Training, based in Winchester, received a Pentagon contract worth 130 860 dollars for editing data and key punching and verifying documents from the Army. Classified work will be done at the Pentagon by academy personnel, with the rest completed in Winchester by September 1970. Old biplanes from wartime flying schools, now modified, make up about half of the 6 000 aircraft used in crop dusting.
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Pentagon
American Academy of Computer Training
L.N. Gautier
Department of the Army
Mr. Gautier
Academy
Winchester
Gautier
States Must Be Responsive to New Federalism
Southern governors heard that for Nixon's New Federalism to succeed, states must gain greater participation and authority in domestic programs. Nils A Roe urged that opportunity, authority, and responsibility are essential for federal state local partnership, and cooperation with local levels is needed to tailor programs. Governor Scott urged more federal funds for higher education, while Patterson proposed preschool funding. Maddox Ellington warned of rising education costs and urged balance among people leaders and university administrators.
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Williamsburg
Nixon
Nils A. Roe
Congress
Heuten Ee
Boe
South Dakota
Robert Scott
North Carolina
Scott
Delaware
Russell Peterson
University of College
Ellington
Louie B. Nunn
Kentucky
Lone Sailor Recalls Sharks Dining On Laundry At Sea
Bill Verity, 43, recounts a 114 day solo Atlantic crossing in a 20 foot craft. Sharks reportedly ate his laundry during each wash tow, and his weight dropped from 195 to 165 pounds on the voyage. He finished near Puerto Rico after a Coast Guard cutter lent lumber to repair a failing rudder.
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Bahamas
Bill Verity
Atlantic
Verity
Ireland
Ft.Lauderdale
Fla
Brendan the Bold
America
Legane
Puerto Rico
U.S. Coast Guard
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