Connally Seen As GOP Favorite For 1976 Nomination
Frank van der Linden reports a Republican view at a Washington meeting that ex Democratic Texas Governor John Connally is the leading 1976 GOP presidential candidate. Nixon aides praise him while critics call him crude and bossy. Potential rivals include Agnew Reagan Rockefeller Percy Baker Cotton.
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Washington
Texas
John B. Connally
Republican National Committee
Connally
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nixon
Soviet
Russia
China
Big John
Japan
Western
Europe
Treasury
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Agnew
Dent
California
Ronald Reagan
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Illinois
Charles Percy
Tennessee
Sen
Howard Baker
Reagan
Rockefeller
Percy
Baker
New Hampshire
Norris Cotton
Cotton
New England
Massachusetts
Teddy Kennedy
White House
Roanoke Wins Major Annexation Award From Virginia Supreme Court
The Virginia Supreme Court awarded Roanoke 4.5 square miles and 2,600 residents from Roanoke County and ordered a new annexation trial to expand Roanoke and possibly absorb Salem. The decision raises Roanoke's population to about 94,751 and hints at future growth through consolidation rather than further suits. County officials seek voluntary regional settlement to avoid further court action.
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Virginia Supreme Court
Roanoke
Roanoke County
Cochran
Supreme Court
Windsor Hills
Clifton A. Woodrum
Winchester Lions Club Broom Sale Net $3000
The Star Files notes the Winchester Lions Club sold 2,700 regular size brooms in its annual sale and grossed $3,000. Dr. Melton Wright was elected President of the Winchester-Frederick County Community Chest. Also mentions a 25 years ago reunion for Handley Class of 1938 and the Battle of Opequon fought eighty four years ago.
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Winchester Lions Club
Melton Wright
Winchester-Frederick County
Opequon
Crystal clarity from the furnace of adversity
George Whitfield told of a workman who passed glass through three furnaces to become transparent. Those who endure harsh life with the right spirit gain a crystal-clear personality, power, poise, and resourcefulness. They do not grow bitter but rise above hardship.
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George Whitfield
Whitfield
Two Women Bound Over On Murder Charges In Virginia
Two Norfolk women Linda Cary Grant 23 and Pamela Blair 21 were bound over to the Southampton Circuit Court grand jury on murder charges in the death of Sandra Jean Harrell Jones 18. A third teen, June Reed 16 of Newport News, was certified to the grand jury on murder after a juvenile court hearing. All three linked to the Pagans motorcycle gang.
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Courtland
Norfolk
Southampton Circuit Court
Sandra Jean Harrell Jones
Entivenpton
Linda Cary Grant
Pamela Blair
June Reed
Newport News
Baird Cabell
How to Score Memory Genius Quiz Results
A guide explains scoring from 100 questions over 10 days with daily averages. It defines memory aptitude levels and directs readers to page 2 for correct answers. It lists ten sample questions spanning history, sport, weights, artists, abbreviations, raisins, fish, naval history, milk preservation, and labeling laws.
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Hellas
Ben Hogan
U.S
U.S. Navy
Elders Demonstrate Icing Sport in Shenandoah Valley
Four Mormon elders from Harrisonburg pause missionary duties to try icing on a steep hill. Sam Kocherhans of Lovell Wyoming sits on a block of ice and slides down, wiping out. Also pictured are Ron Stuart, Robin Covert of Ogden Utah, and Mike Gifford of Glen Dale California.
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Harrisonburg
West
Shenandoah Valley
Sam Kocherhans
Lovell
Wyo
Ron Stuart
Robin Covert
Ogden
Utah
Mike Gifford
Glen Dale
Calif
Blacks Hit Lily White Leadership in Virginia Municipal League
Richmond Vice Mayor Henry Marsh III said the Virginia Municipal League executive committee plans to keep its leadership all white despite a black caucus push for integration. Marsh noted blacks now comprise 30 percent of the urban area VML serves, but the leadership remains lily white and may prompt future withdrawal.
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Norfolk
Virginia Municipal League
Lily White
VML
Richmond
Henry Marsh III
Marsh
League
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Portsmouth
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Winchester Evening Star
Jack F . Davis
Thomas T. Byrd
Eugene P. Miller
Douglas B. O’connell
Winchester
Pagans
I.Q
Winchester Rt
Stuart M. Perry, Inc
Berry Ville
Walter
Olds
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