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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1976
Page
2
Clarke County supervisors discuss urgent courthouse repairs as water damage and roof leaks prompt bids. Road to the county park also under review with construction to start later this summer pending highway priorities.
The Queen Shenandoah XIV, Mary Frances Crosby, was crowned at Handley High School this afternoon and will ride in the Firemen's Parade at 5 PM. She and a royal retinue attend the Queen’s Ball and other festivities, with appearances planned through tomorrow’s Grand Feature Parade.
Winchester prepares for a larger security presence as 39 officers are joined by two National Guard units eight Frederick County Sheriff's deputies and state police this weekend. First aid at parade points Handley High School and Volunteer Rescue Squad staff plus nine squads from other Virginia towns. A Mobile Cardiac Unit stands by for cardiac cases. Seating bleachers and 49 portable restrooms added at AutoPark Handley Library Handley Blvd and nearby areas.
Two former Secret Service agents say high radiation levels were found in the U S ambassador’s Moscow mansion during Nixon’s 1959 visit and Nixon may have been exposed. They reported findings to supervisors, Nixon’s personal physician, and said they were not debriefed later.
The forecast calls for a chance of rain tonight with lows in the 50s. Saturday brings periods of rain and a possible thunderstorm, with highs in the 60s. An extended outlook shows showers Sunday and Tuesday, partly cloudy and warmer Monday, highs near 70 and lows in the 40s.
Front Royal Police charged Charles W. Hartless 18 of Brinklow's Trailer Court with larceny of a car owned by Alvin B. Stokes. Juvenile petitions were filed against two youths, ages 15 and 16, in the same theft. The car was taken Apr 14 from near Stokes Clothing Store on E Main St and recovered the next day heavily damaged. Hartless is also charged by the Warren County Sheriff's Department with vandalizing 40 speakers at the Front Royal Drive-In during the same period. Police report two youths aged 15 and 17 were charged with attempted rape of a 16-year-old girl on Osage St Tuesday. they are jailed in lieu of $2,000 bond.
Raymond P Nut Michael a long time Hampshire County resident filed for County Magistrate. He was educated in county schools and ran Carlton and Pioneer Restaurants and Romney Western Auto. He has been on the Romney Town Council, now serves as Mayor and Police Judge, and is a World War Two veteran.
A brush fire of about one and a half acres burned yesterday just north of Bentonville between the railroad and Rt 340. Assistant Fire Chief Durston McIntosh blamed passing trains as sparks from diesel engines ignite dry grass. The fire affected land owned by T N Morrison and drew South Warren Fire Department crews.
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