Collins Receives Emergency Coordinator Post for Amateur Radio
Michael A. Collins W4ACC Rt 3 has been named Emergency Coordinator of the Amateur Radio Emergency Corps in Frederick County. He will organize local amateurs, set operating procedures, and plan drills to provide disaster communications with both fixed and portable stations and liaison with Red Cross Civil Defense and police and fire units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael A. Collins
W4acc
Rt. 3
Frederick County
F.E. Handy
American Radio Relay League
U.S
Canadian Association of Radio Amateurs
Collins
Amatuer Radio Emergency Corps
Winchester Man Suffers Hand Injury in Crash
George Craige 24 of 714 S Cameron Winchester admitted to Winchester Memorial Hospital in fair condition after a one car crash on Rt 621. His car left the east shoulder skidded across the highway hit an embankment and rolled over several times. Brother Roy Craige of Gaylord discharged after treatment. Accident occurred 5 30 p m Sunday about 3 5 miles east of Berryville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Craige
S. Cameron
Winchester
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Craige
C.W. Turner
Roy Craige
Rt. 2
Gaylord
Berryville
Floyd Ben
Terrance Powell
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Winchester Volunteer Rescue
Hogue Creek
George Smallwood
Tommy Thomas
Dog Friendly Berlin Beach Lets Dogs Swim at Lake Grunewald
Dog loving residents visit the Hundebadestelle bathing beach on Lake Grunewald where hundreds of dogs swim on hot summer days.
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Hundebadestelle
Lake Grunewald
Allens Bay Hotel Buys Martinsburg Shenandoah to Create Gateway Inn
Mr and Mrs Joseph Allen owners of Duff s restaurants and Quality Court Motel Winchester purchase the 101 room Shenandoah Hotel in Martinsburg West Virginia. The Gateway Inn Inc will rename the property and invest 100000 in renovations. Francis Bradt remains manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Allen
Winchester Motel
Shenandoah Hotel
Martinsburg
W. Va
Allen
Francis Bradt
Martinsburg Hotel Corp
B. A. Poland
Gateway Inn, Inc
Lacy I. Rice
Joseph Wagner
G. Francis Caton
Duff’s
Quality Court
Winchester
Wallace on Virginia Ballot for 1968 Presidential Race
Wallace and Reagan chosen unanimously by 230 Virginia Conservative Party delegates at Petersburg convention to appear on the 1968 ballot. 12 candidates for state and local offices also presented. The party opened a $4 a month club aiming to raise 120,000 annually for the Wallace Reagan ticket.
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Petersburg
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Virginia
Wallace
California
Ronald Reagan
Edward J. Silverman
Blackstone
Wallace - Reagan
Virginia budget hearings open on 3 billion requests
Three days of hearings in Richmond begin on a record 3 billion dollars in requests from state agencies for the 1968 70 biennium. Gov Godwin vows serious surgery, no tax increase, and focus on education as universities explain why they seek 1.6 billion from the general fund with capital outlay up sharply. He notes urban problems and urges regional planning.
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Richmond
Godwin
Virginia
General Assembly
Norfolk
Virginia Municipal League
Virginia Metropolitan Areas Study Commission
General Fund
Senate
State Capitol
Weekend Fires Cause Light Damage
Three area fires caused only minor damages over the weekend. At 114 W Whitlock Ave a grease fire on a stove was put out with minor stove damage. A trailer fire four miles northeast of Berryville destroyed the structure. In Winchester a short circuit in an extension cord at 222 E Baker St caused a small fire with minor damages.
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W. Whitlock Ave
John H. Enders Fire Company
Berryville
Winchester
Emory Sherman
Baker St
Mayor Battaile backs petition for local housing handling
Winchester Mayor William M. Battaile endorsed the Communications Workers of America petition urging Congress to fund jobs housing and education for the poor. He favored government guidelines for public housing but local control of the burden, with Police Chief Funk agreeing locals know needs best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CWA
Winchester Meyer
William M. Battaile
Center
Communications Workers of America
Russell A. Miller
F. M. Funk
Winchester
Maj
Battaile
Congress
George Meany
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Joseph A. Beirne
Dockets Read at Court Opening and Sentencing Set Today
Frederick County Circuit Court opened with criminal and civil dockets read. Walter Wilson and George Fincham, both of Middletown, had sentencing continued to Wednesday for breaking into Town and Country Store on June 12. Bailey and Lillie face sentencing for breaking and entering at Stonewall School on June 18. Clem to stand trial Sept. 20 on nine Frederick County charges. FBI reports 3.25 million serious crimes including 10,920 homicides in the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Circuit Court
Walter Franklin Wilson
George Franklin Fincham
Middletown
Rt. 50 East
David Lee Bailey
Cali
U.S
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Winchester area GOP adds Burkholder Harman as co chairs
Edward C. Shokes announces Frederick County co chairmen for Delmer Robinson Jr. James Gordon Harman Sr. joins Mrs. Burkholder as co chairmen. Burkholder long active in local campaigns and education groups while Harman, a CPA, hails from Petersburg and studied at VPI.
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Robert C. Burkholder
James Gordon Harman
Frederick County
Edward C. Shokes
Delmer Robinson, Jr
Virginia House of Delegates
Fremont Street Nursery
Winchester Educational Forum
Burkholdler
James Gordon Harman, SR
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Winchester Fire School
Star
Mary Helen Massie
Red Cross
Fire and Police Departments
MR. Handy
Handy
Allens Bay Hotel
Queen and
Martin Sts
Martinsburg Community Hotel Corp
GOP
Robinson
Delmer Robinson
MR. Harman
Burk
York
Dublin
Georgia Military College
Milledgeville
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Harman
U.S. Army of Occupation
France
Germany
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Winchester Kiwanis Club
George St
James
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