Merger Works With Right Planning in Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach city manager Roger M. Scott says merger with Princess Anne County has yielded benefits like free biweekly garbage pickup and streamlined services. The article details governance changes, tax shifts, a new municipal building, and plans to merge public works with utilities into a department of community service.
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Jack Davis
Virginia Beach
Roger M. Scott
Hollywood
W. Russell Hatchett
Princess Anne County
Hatchett
Old Virginia Beach
City of
Scott
North Carolina
Chesapeake Bay
Vicemayor
Frank Creasy
The
Norfolk Ledger Star
Winchester
Frederick County
Senate Debates $6.3 Billion Housing Bill With Direct Tenant Subsidy
The Senate considered a $6.3 billion housing bill to fund direct rent subsidies for public housing tenants for the first time. The measure, led by Ed Brooke, would have HUD pay part of rents exceeding 25 percent of income and boost per room costs up to 45 percent, with $3 billion more for urban renewal over two years.
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Washington
Senate
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Massachusetts
Edward W. Brooke
Brooke
HUD
New York
South Vietnamese irregulars suffer heavy losses near Cambodian border
A company of 130 South Vietnamese civilian irregulars led by Green Berets suffered over 50 percent casualties in a six hour clash six miles south of the Cambodian border. Seven killed and 62 wounded among the irregulars. four Green Berets wounded. U S bombers then hit North Vietnamese bases along the border with about 750 tons of explosives. Eighty three miles north of Saigon, U S and South Vietnamese forces reported enemy casualties as the campaign prep for a November push continues.
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Saigon
Thien Ngon
U.S
Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
Forum Warns Annexation Could Cost County More
State Senator J Kenneth Robinson told the Winchester Educational Forum that if the city annexes part of Frederick County after a merger fails, taxpayers would pay more than for the proposed city county consolidation. He noted annexation could take about 25 percent of tax revenues yet leave county costs largely unchanged. The discussion covered merger prospects, annexation procedures, and legal steps, with panelists including Councilman Stewart Bell and School Board members.
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Norfolk
J. Kenneth Robinson
Winchester Educational Forum
Winchester
Frederick County
Stewart Bell
William H. Lawrence III
Jacob Johnson
Robinson
Kremlin to Reply Soon on US Soviet Talks
The Kremlin said it will reply soon to Nixon's bid to start U S Soviet talks on curbing the nuclear arms race. The pledge came from Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko to Secretary of State Rogers Monday night, delaying the long promised disarmament parley. State Department spokesman McCloskey said the statement was acceptable as worded.
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United Nations
N.Y
Kremlin
Nixon
Andrei A. Gromyko
William P. Rogers
U.S
Gromyko
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Frederick County Board Approves Senseny Road School Addition
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors approved adding six or more rooms to Senseny Road Elementary School with construction to begin once financing is secured. Superintendent Dr. Melton F. Wright says the project costs about $200,000 for six rooms and a large room, with occupancy hoped for Fall 1970. Chairman C. E. Bass urged a minimum of ten rooms and questioned six, as area and acreage will determine final size.
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Senseny Road
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Melton F. Wright
C. E. Bass
Bass
Nixon laying out 662 million SST program for 5 years
President Nixon announced plans to request 662 million dollars over five years to fund the supersonic transport program. He argued the SST will keep the United States as world leader in air transport, despite opposition that calls it impractical costly and noisy.
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Washington
Nixon
United States
LST
White House
Congress
John A. Volpe
Volpe
U.S
Boeing Corp
Ridge of high pressure settles over Virginia
The AP reports a stationary ridge over the east coast will keep Virginia cold at night and mild by day through Wednesday. The pattern suggests persistently cool nights with days hovering in the mild range as winds shift little.
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Richmond
Virginia
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