Boyce School bid opening for expansion project
Clarke County School Board opened bids for Boyce Elementary expansion including a multi purpose room and library addition. Ricketts Construction led with 220 900 dollars, S S Construction 265 990, and Howard Shockey and Sons 232 000 with options for folding partition and screen addition. The board approved 1979 80 calendar and textbook list.
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Sar
Wreer
Boyce
Clarke School Board
Ricketts
S&s Co
Howard Shockey and Sons
George B. Thomas
Crawford Electric
Growers elect new officers amid frost caution in valley
John Sleeter of Round Hill will serve as vice president, with Stanley Bauserman and James Douglas elected as directors from Stephens City and Winchester. Dr. Ross Byers reports buds may be intact after a 25 degree frost, though browning could appear later. He warns ornamentals may suffer and frost could recur as late as May 15 with several more frosts possible.
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John Sleeter
Round Hill
Stanley Bauserman
Stephens City
James Douglas
Winchester
Ross Byers
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Byers
Gardners
Sawmill Destroyed in Round Hill Fire
Firefighters battled a blaze at a Round Hill mill used by 25 workers that sawn 15000 board feet daily. Volunteers and Winchester Rescue Squad aided injured crew to hospitals while power was cut for safe entry. The smaller second building was saved but nonfunctional. This was the 67th alarm for the Round Hill Fire Company this year with 39 calls in 30 days.
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Winchester Rescue Squads
Winchester-Frederick
Keplinger
Power Company
Round Hill
Round Hill Fire Company
Hair Dryer List Being Compiled by U S Officials
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is assembling a nationwide list of hand held hair dryers containing asbestos from manufacturer and retailer data. A partial list has been released as officials warn that asbestos fibers can be blown from dryers onto users. Conair Corp said it stopped making models with asbestos.
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Washington
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Conair Corp
General Electric Co
Gillette Co
Korvettes Inc
Montgomery Ward & Co
Philips Corp
J.C. Penney Co
Schick Inc
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Sunbeam Corp
Hamilton Beach
Clairol
Pilot recounts harrowing 360-degree dive of jet over Michigan
Harvey “Hoot” Gibson, a 16 year TWA veteran, describes guiding Flight 841 from New York to Minneapolis through a five mile dive from 39 thousand feet after two 360 degree rolls. He lowered the landing gear to regain control as the Boeing 727 landed safely at Detroit Metropolitan Airport with 80 passengers aboard.
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Las Vegas
New.ap
Trans World Airlines
Harvey
Gibson
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Langhorne Bond
Earlville
Michigan
Detroit Free Press
TWA
Associated Press
Bond
Detroit
Fire flurry prompts multiple alarms in Clearbrook area
Clearbrook firemen battled multiple incidents yesterday from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. including a grass fire on Apple Pie Ridge near White Hall burning about four and a half acres, a chimney fire off Rt. 11, and flare ups tied to the earlier blaze. Round Hill aided at 2:06 p.m. and no further injuries were reported. Winchester crews later investigated a smoke report on Boscawen and Stewart streets. Stephens City firemen responded to a trailer fire off Rt. 646 near Armel with clothing burning, as investigators from Frederick County Sheriff’s office looked into the case.
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Clearbrook
Apple Pie Ridge
White Hall
Dave Moulden
Round Hill
Moulden
Rt. 11
Kitts
Winchester
Boscawen
Stewart Streets
Stephens City
Rt. 646
Armel
James Ebersole
Frederick County
Eye Care Ad Offers Exams and Contact Lenses
A medical advertisement lists phone contact 703 662 6836 for eye examinations and contact lens fitting. It emphasizes professional eye care services and fittings.
Weather forecast and rainfall data from Virginia area
The forecast calls for sun and warmth tomorrow with a warmer trend through Sunday. Virginia temperatures range from 60s to 70s with nightly lows in the 30s to 50s. rainfall totals are tabulated for April and the past five years, with historical monthly averages and notable extremes.
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Valley
Virginia
National Weather Service
Virginia Printing Buyer Fired In Probe Of State Division
A Virginia Division of Purchases and Supply printing buyer Owen W. Matthews was fired after a state police interview amid a probe into alleged corruption in printing practices. Gov. Dalton said the firing followed a recommendation by Assistant Attorney General Robert P. Kyle, who heads a special monitoring team.
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Richmond
Virginia
Owen W. Matthews
Matthews
John Dalton
Robert P. Kyle
Kyle
Dalton
Islature
Executive Branch
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Winchester Evening Star
Boyce School
Kathleen Devereux
The
State Literary Fund
Clarke County School Board
G. Kenneth Levi
John Milleson
Charles Grubbs
Ivan Armacost
Joseph Cain
Eric Myer
Paget
Steven Kuralekas
Agnes Plumar
Perry
Carl Merl Ellis
Jones Funeral Home Christian Wake
Y Funeral Home
Siritie
Smalts Florists, Inc
By Susan Hodges
Star
Moulden Sai
Arthur Louis
S. Loudoun St
Winchester, Va
Bee
Jonational Weather Service
NOAA
US. Dept. of Commerce
Great Lakes
Wisconsin
Pacific Northwest
Nation
Virginia Printing
Roberts
Philip R. Brooks
Ceorge
First Assembly
Pleasant Valley Road
Zayre
Midland
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