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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1969
Page
5
The Salem Church of the Brethren at Stephens City is remodeled and will host a Homecoming and Dedication service this Sunday. Sunday School starts at 10 a.m. with worship at 11. A basket lunch follows at noon before the dedication by Rev. Charles Harless. services open to the public.
Richmond AP report states Virginia will implement new accreditation standards for 1,300 public schools kindergarten through high school starting next July. The measure, praised as a major educational advance, was approved with opposition voices from groups opposing sex education in schools.
An admission of sales for the 1970 Needlecraft Catalog and various patterns. Instructions request 50 cents per pattern with 15 cents extra for first class mailing and special handling. Addressed to Alice Brooks and lists options for knitting crochet weaving quilt books and instant gifts with multiple pattern numbers and titles.
Linwood Holton, Republican candidate for governor, opened a Republican Headquarters at 160 N Loudoun St calling the space a work of art. Community members praised the design team Ray Jennings and Sally Crisman for ten days of interior decoration and mobiles.
Virginia Law Enforcement Administration notes only three localities have submitted crime funding applications as Oct 1 deadline nears. Norfolk seeks 59,958 for a Tidewater computerized law enforcement file. Martinsville 2,029 for upgraded communications gear. Cumberland Plateau region 3,000 for a four-county training program.
Five shopcraft unions negotiate with Secretary of Labor George P. Shultz over a possible nationwide rail strike set for 12:01 a.m. next Saturday against six railroads. They seek to avoid a national emergency and press for wage gains totaling about 10 percent annually with shifts, cost of living escalator, and higher pay for skilled work.
Washington reports thousands of laboratory animals including 380 monkeys used in cancer research face destruction to meet federal budget cuts. The National Cancer Institute orders labs to kill animals unless they can transfer them to other nonaffected institutions after a 900000 reduction from a 16900000 cancer virus program. Monkeys, costly and closely related to humans, must be disposed at about 20 per week. smaller animals may be replaced.
Robert Edwards chairman of the Winchester school board is named an official delegate to the Virginia School Boards Assn annual convention October 2 to 4 at the Hotel Chamberlin in Hampton. He is senior vice president of the Commercial and Savings Bank and chairs Region D. The convention theme is The Changing Responsibilities of School Board Members with Dr Leslie W Kindred of Temple University as opening speaker. Friday features work clinics and banquet speaker Charles McDowell of the Richmond Times Dispatch. Saturday includes brief governor candidate presentations on educational planks.
Handley High School will host apprentice classes in carpentry electricity and blueprint reading for interested people. Organizers say a minimum of ten participants per area is needed with sessions every Tuesday at 7 pm. Call Tom Wood at 955-2470 or attend at Jefferson Street entrance.
Ray Jennings design manager at Rubbermaid and Sally Crisman artist add finishing touches to a mural at Republican Headquarters 160 North Loudoun Street. The HQ was opened by Linwood Holton Republican candidate for governor during his Winchester visit Thursday.
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