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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1978
Page
2
The Frederick County School Board unanimously adopted state board grievance procedures for staff using nonbinding arbitration with a three member panel for unresolved cases. A 40 minute executive session discussed possible Middletown elementary school sites with no site chosen.
Sen Muriel Humphrey urged Congress to extend the ERA ratification deadline noting public support and the need for a clear signal to courts on the will of the American people regarding women's equal rights. She spoke at a three day hearing as a Judiciary subcommittee witness.
The Boyce Town Council unanimously approved building permits for two structures on Ford addition lots owned by Paul Kagey, with James A. Clevenger planning to combine four lots into two parcels under grandfather zoning. The council also approved Mae Payton lot sale and considered a public official liability policy with Forum Insurance Co. The panel rejected moving town deposits from local banks, citing local services as worth more than higher interest elsewhere. Attendees included Mayor Lynwood Lanham and Town Recorder Mae Lanham.
Walter Shade of 222 Handley Boulevard Winchester receives the 60-year emblem for three decades of Free and Accepted Mason membership. Grand Master Robert Kennedy Jr. awarded it during a visit to the Grand Lodge of Virginia’s third district covering Winchester Strasburg Front Royal and Berryville. Shade was raised May 22 1918 at Equality Lodge No 44 Martinsburg W V and later joined Winchester Lodge. He has led Winchester Hiram Lodge John Dove Chapter Winchester Commandery and McKinley Order of the Eastern Star among other posts.
Visitors in Vancouver watched 142 motorized tubs race across the Strait of Georgia in the 12th annual world championship. Gary Deathbridge of Melbourne won in record time, beating last year’s mark by two minutes and 35 seconds set by Phil Holt.
Walnut Hall Farms near Boyce hosts the National Combined Training Rally for A riders and B teams August 3 to 6. Seventeen B teams from California Texas and Florida and nine A riders compete with 77 riders and 17 stable managers arriving to stay at Lee Jackson Motel. Dressage Friday cross country Saturday and stadium jumping Sunday open to the public. Virginia B team includes riders from Reston Great Falls and Bedford areas. Foxcroft School hosted Virginia 1972 rally.
A compact weather note outlines today and yesterday temperatures with a forecast pattern. It lists a 76 high 67 low for today and notes an 83 degree reading on a recent date. The conjecture maps 1 through 31 with mixed conditions from partly cloudy to heavy showers and clearing.
Lawyers for two men charged in the rape slaying of 17 year old Roxanne Pullen ask Culpeper Circuit Court for a venue change due to prejudicial publicity. Robert Lee Jenkins and Donald Wayne Hoffman face abduction rape and murder charges with trials set for September. a juvenile is also charged. A pretrial motion hearing is scheduled for August.
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