Five Die in Paxton Shootout End To Daylong Manhunt
A daylong hunt ended when Monroe Lampkin 43 was captured near Paxton Illinois after a bloody gun battle that left five dead including state trooper Michael McCarter 32 Paxton patrolman William Caisse 32 and trooper's brother in law Donald Vice 43. Lampkin was wounded in the wrist and arrested on a tip.
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Paxton
Ill
Toc
Opehel
Monroe Lampkin
Les Pauley
Illinois Department of Law Enforcement
Lampkin
Pauley
Illinois
Clyde Lampkin
Gary
Ind
McCarter
Wiliam Caisse
Donald Vice
Cleveland Lampkin
Davis Lampkin
Larry Hale
Illinois State Police
First Livestock Sale At Northern Virginia Exchange Sets High Prices
126 buyers from seven states paid higher prices for feeder cattle at the Northern Virginia Livestock Exchange first state graded feeder calf and yearling sale of 1979. 926 steers and heifers grossed 534562.11 dollars, averaging 83.59 per hundred. Top pen of steers was Herefords at 109.50 cwt. Top heifers were Black Baldies at 86 cwt. Top buyer was R H Mullix of Woodbine Md, who purchased 158 head for 105370.43 dollars. Next sale set for April 20 at 10 am with about 2000 head expected.
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Northern Virginia Livestock Exchange
R.H. Mullix
Woodbine
Brendel Farms
Carl Eshelman
Greencastle
P.T. McIntire
The
Livestock Exchange
Reggie Reynolds
Virginia Beef Cat
Price Watch Opens as AFL-CIO Seeks Consumer Vigilance
AFL-CIO President George Meany urges workers to act as eyes and ears for inflation fighters by tracking price increases nationwide. Alfred Kahn and Meany headline the Operation Price Watch rally in Washington, aiming to test voluntary controls and spur support for possible mandatory measures. COIN joins the effort, focusing on food housing fuel and medical costs driving family expenses. Petersons staff publish Buying Alerts to aid consumer buying power.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
Alfred E. Kahn
Labor Federation
Mr. Kahn
COIN
Kahn
Esther Peterson
Guilty Plea Entered By Peggy May Star Staff
Lynn Franklin Kerns Jr. 18 pleaded guilty in Winchester Circuit Court to marijuana distribution and was sentenced by Judge Duncan Gibb to five years with all but 12 months suspended. Two years probation follows the jail term. Undercover officer M J Ritchie testified about the Oct 21 1978 sting, stating Kerns offered 12 bags for 100 dollars. Kerns claimed no money received, saying he acted to help a friend. Other actions include interdiction hearings for four men on habitual alcohol use continued to June 4 and the case against Dempsey Taylor dropped. Madison Crowser treated at UVa for alcohol. Others named: James Stroudeman Orville Brown Lionel DeHaven. One original defendant has died. Janice M Self trial set for June 4 on bad checks.
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Star
Lynn Franklin Kerns Jr
Winchester
Duncan Gibb
Kerns
M.J. Ritchie
Virginia State Police
Ritchie
Dempsey Taylor
Madison Crowser
University of Virginia Hospital
Charlottesville
James Stroudeman
Orville Brown
Lionel DeHaven
Virginia
Janice M. Self
Weather forecast and rainfall data for the region
The report forecasts sun and pleasant conditions for tomorrow with variable conditions across the Northern Valley including rain and possible thunderstorms today. It lists temperatures from the upper 50s to low 60s, windy periods, and clearing nights with mid 30s to mid 40s lows. The extended forecast covers Wednesday to Friday with mid to upper 60s daytime highs and 40s to 50s nights. Rainfall data and April moon phases are also provided along with long term rainfall averages and notes on weather conjecture.
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National Weather Service
Virginia
Bedding Thefts Reported At Gore Cabin And Motel
The Frederick County Sheriff's Department investigates bedding thefts at a Gore cabin on Rt. 708 owned by a Maryland resident. Missing items include two full-size mattresses, box springs, a sofa set, and a small gold cross from the cabin, plus six pillows and four blankets from the Econo-Travel Motor Hotel at Rt. 50 East and 522 South.
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Rt. 708
Gore
Maryland
Frederick County
Econo-Travel Motor Hotel
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Ford County
Michael McCarter
Rt. 654
Clearbrook
Dave Moulden
Gainesboro
Moulden
George Hughes
North Mountain
Shawneeland
Rt. 600
Fire Department
Howard Dawkins
Farmer Livestock Exchange
Agnes Plumar
Perry
Jones Funeral Home
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Kathleen B. Ratlief
Raymond Burns
Funeral Home
Zoma A. Tate
Austin T. Butler
P. Omps
Funnsal-Home
Winchester Chapel
Peggy May
the Star
Front Royal
Sio
Bernard F. Groves
S_ Braddock St
Medico Dental Building
Stuyvesant Street
Weorrenton
R.L. Henry
W. C. Walther
NOAA
Dept of Commerce
Plains
Southwest
Gulf Coast
Texas
Central Rockies
Washington State
Arthur Louis
S. Loudoun St
Winchester, Va
Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation
Rockingham County
Harrisonburg
P. O. Box
H. F. Evans
Virginia Department of Highways & Transportation
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