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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1969
Page
12
Mrs Glaize and Mrs Armstrong prepare staff packets for a 1969 70 United Fund rally at 7 30 PM tomorrow night at the Winchester Golf Club. The gathering aims to explain worker responsibilities and provide background on the nine UF agencies.
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors unanimously approves a resolution urging Gov. Godwin and the General Assembly to support funding for the Shenandoah Valley Music Festival. The measure cites seven years of summer symphony from Orkney Springs and backing for the Old Dominion Symphony Council’s state-aid plan for 1970-72. Chairman Thomas Rosenberger notes other Valley counties have endorsed the move.
The Associated Press reports Black Monday demonstrations in Chicago Oklahoma City Seattle led by Rev. Jesse Jackson of Operation Breadbasket with about 3 000 in Chicago. He challenged 4 000 promised jobs and noted only 2 800 of Chicago's 90 000 skilled trades jobs are held by blacks.
Chesapeake police and Tidewater agencies investigate the stabbing death of 20 year old Brenda Gray Keeter who died after being followed or chased while driving home from a Great Bridge store. She fled toward her house after abandoning her car and was stabbed twice.
In Napier South Africa two cars collided on the main street. Both drivers left their vehicles and greeted each other with a kiss. Mrs C van Dyk identified her father in law Hendriek van Dyk at once after the collision. The damage was not serious.
The Army will spend about $1.3 million daily through Nov. 3 on Safeguard antimissile research to keep the project alive while Congress decides on funding. Western Electric, as prime contractor, received $55 million under a $249.65 million contract for testing interceptor missiles radars and subsystems at White Sands NM and Kwajalein Marshall Islands.
In Ann Arbor, more than 50 opponents of military courses occupied the University of Michigan ROTC building for 31 hours. Windows were broken, furniture overturned, and doors were chained shut before about 300 rallied outside. Police cordoned the site with no arrests.
A Seaford youth, 16 year old Robert W. Cannon, was shot in the left arm by Virginia state trooper R H Griffin after pointing a shotgun at the trooper following a high speed chase that began in Melfa Virginia and ended four miles north of Pocomoke City Maryland. Maryland state police detained Cannon and two younger passengers. the car had been stolen at Federalsburg and the three were charged with assault and auto theft.
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