Gas ads deceive say Front Royal gas is scarce
Front Royal gas station owners dispute Virginia Travel Association ads claiming ample fuel. Stations report many closures and tight August allocations, with locals and tourists competing for limited supply and mixed expectations for a quick relief.
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Star
Front Royal
Virginia State Travel Association
Virginia
Royal Ave
Lyle Kerns
Sunoco
N. Royal
Sixth St
Edwin Harper
Front Royal Chamber of Commerce
Green
Florida
Frederick County Land Commission begins soil classification
In Frederick County the new Land Commission begins classifying soils on prime agricultural land to guide preservation. Scientists Holmes and Davis study soil type, slope, water retention, productivity and map final classifications for 1981 implementation.
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Star
Frederick County
Cee
Frederick County Planning Commission
Richard Googins
The
Soil Conservation Service
Bob Holmes
Mark Davis
Qtr
Spreace
Commission
Gbologins
Holmes and Davis
Frank Brumback
Planning Commission
Olmes
Round Hill
Brumback
Holmes
Davis
Prime Agricultural Land Commission
Lands Commission
Gary DeOms
Charles Orndorff Sr
Kenneth Stiles
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Thompson pleads guilty to breaking and entering and grand larceny
Stanford D Thompson changed his plea from innocent to guilty in Winchester Circuit Court for breaking and entering and grand larceny from Montgomery Ward's. Judge Duncan Gibb imposed three year terms on each count but suspended all but 60 days on both with concurrent run and three year probation after jail release.
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Stanford D. Thompson
Montgomery Ward
Winchester
Duncan Gibb
Thompson
Robbery Reported In Sunnyside As Uniformed Man Seizes Cash
Two local men were robbed of more than 500 dollars after a vehicle with a red dash light stopped them at 1 a.m. The suspect wore a blue uniform with a badge and Air Force style cap and held a blue steel gun. William Elliott, 45, and a companion described a scarred man with a coarse voice and hiccup-like laugh.
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Robert Sager
Frederick County
Elliott
Winchester
Virginia
Shenandoah Peace Coalition remembers Hiroshima victims Saturday
Shenandoah Peace Coalition plans a Saturday event on the Lendoun Street Mall in Winchester to memorialize Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and honor victims with reflections from local peace activist Lt. Copenhaver, a longtime minister and Army veteran.
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U.S
Winchester
Shenandoah
Lendoun Street
Otmenens
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
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By Scott Patton
Kerns
Fred Green
Arco
Chester Stone
Shenandoah Valley
Evening Star
Land Commission
Sylvia V. Long
Dorothea Stefen
Public Works
Stanley Pa
Shenandoah River
Clarke County
Moore Brothers Construction Co
Marlin Dickerson
Virginia Highway Department
Shenandoah Peace Coalition
By Joe Bageant
Army
Ite
Copenhaver
Mennonites
Church of the Brethren
1945
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