Central Dispatch System Moves Forward For Front Royal Warren
A planned Cooperative Dispatch Records Data System unites Front Royal Police and Warren County Sheriff with funding from the 1978 Criminal Justice Plan. The project centralizes calls at a single console, improves response times, and expands cross department coordination while preserving separate records.
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Warren County
Division of Justice and Crime Prevention
Craven
Sheriff's Department
Police Department
Lord Fairfax Professor Honored With Education Prize
Dr. Jerome Friga, psychology and sociology professor at Lord Fairfax Community College Middletown, received a Practitioners' Hall of Fame Award from the Center for Higher Education at Nova University Ft. Lauderdale for contributions to educational practice. He presented a paper on General Systems and Interdisciplinary Education and helped develop a new course Interdisciplinary Principles of the Humanities with Dr. John Clevenger. The course aims to integrate knowledge across Physical Sciences, Social Sciences, and Humanities and will meet Tuesday evenings next academic year, with registration by calling 869 1120.
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Jerome Friga
Lord Fairfax Community College
Center For Higher Education
Nova University
Ft. Lauderdale
Florida
Friga
John Clevenger
Lord Fairfax
CIA Experiments Multiply from San Francisco Safe House
Former CIA psychologist John Gittiner testified about a San Francisco safe house where prostitutes and informants were used to gather sexual act data for overseas cultural research from 1956 to 1961. Investigators probe $100 payments to participants while a pseudonymous official, "Philip Goldman," managed funds and receipts.
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CIA
San Francisco
Hall
Gittiner
Agency
Gittinger
California
Kennedy
Gottlieb
Senate Select Committee On Intelligence
Senate Health
Philip Goldman
Goldman
Sundance the four month old Samoyed seeks new home
Sundance, a four month old Samoyed, is friendly and handsome and currently at the local SPCA on Featherbed Lane. He is available for adoption and potential owners can meet him at the SPCA Shelter during business hours.
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Samoyede
Sundance
SPCA
Featherbed Lane
Wilkins Reelected Festival Head
James R. Wilkins Jr. was reelected president of the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival at the annual meeting. He also served as last year's president. David Shetler was elected president-elect, with officers named including vice presidents Harry F. Byrd Jr. and Ken Kisner.
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James R. Wilkins Jr
Wilkins
David Shetler
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Ken Kisner
Roots Sweeps Nighttime Emmy Nominations in 1976–77
Roots dominates the new nighttime Emmy race with 37 nominations including best limited series and 13 acting bids. The 12 hour ABC program led the pack as NBC CBS and PBS share the rest. awards are set for September 11 at Pasadena Civic Auditorium with NBC airing.
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ABC
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Pasadena Civic Auditorium
NBC
Academy
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hearing Set on Killough Suppression Motion in 1975 Hatchet Murder
Frederick County Circuit Court will hear a motion to suppress an alleged confession by James Killough Jr. in the 1975 hatchet murder of 85 year old Blanche Baldwin. A July 6 hearing featured testimony that Killough could stand trial but may not have been competent when giving a February statement. proceedings paused due to absent witnesses. Nearby, Phillip Miller received 12 years for robbing a Kernstown 7-11 with seven years to be served, and Paul Stotler’s sentencing was continued to Aug 31. Glen Mason Allen Hillyard and Larry Haines received 12 months for grand larceny from the same store on New Year’s Eve. fines imposed and probation terms set.
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Frederick County
James Killough Jr
Killough
Blanche Baldwin
John Prosser
Harrisonburg
Robert Connolly
Carroll Mauck
Phillip Miller
Kernstown
Miller
Paul Stotler
Glen M. Mason
Allen Hillyard
Larry Haines
Mason
Hillyard
Haines
Warm, sunny days with scattered storms in southwest
Northern Valley forecasts show mostly sunny weather with highs in the mid to upper 80s to around 90. Virginia remains fair tonight with lows in the 60s to low 70s, and extended outlook favors sunny, warm days mid 80s to low 90s through Monday.
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Change in Virginia school board selection eyed in Frederick County
Virginia Attorney General opens door to a referendum on November 8 to change how Frederick County school board members are chosen. The ballot measure, driven by the Taxpayers Association, seeks to move from appointment by the electoral board to appointment by the county governing body, needing 1,311 valid signatures.
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Virginia
Frederick County
Commonwealth
Lawrence Ambrogi
Anthony Troy
Circuit Court
School Trustee
Frederick County Tax Payers Association
Taxpayers Association
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