Frederick County Farm Bureau Picnic Invites Local Candidates
The Frederick County Farm Bureau invites all candidates for local offices to the picnic. Dom Patterson and William Truban seek the 27th Senate seat, Sara Smith and Kenneth Stiles seek the 17th House District. The event begins at 6 30 p m at the Kiwanis Club shelter in Winchester Recreation Park.
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Frederick County
Farm Bureau
Dom Patterson
William Truban
Senate
Sara Smith
Kenneth Stiles
Kiwanis Club
Winchester Recreation Park
Revion to Buy Technicon in Friendly Merger Deal
Revion Inc plans a friendly merger to acquire Technicon Corp a Middletown blood testing equipment maker valued at 400 million dollars or 18 dollars a share. Edwin Whitehead Technicons chairman owns 85 percent and will benefit with proceeds funding the Whitehead Medical Research Institute at Duke University.
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Star
Middletown
Technicon Corp
Revion Inc
Technicon
Edwin Whitehead
Whitehead
Virginia
John Dalton
Tarrytown
N.Y
Medical Research
Whitehead Medical Research Institute
Duke University
Durham
N.C
Steer and Heifer Winners Crowned at Frederick County Youth Fair
Sylvia Long reports highlights from the Frederick County Youth Fair where multiple youths claimed top honors across classes. Marietta Cather won Overall Grand Champion Steer Heavy Weight Cross, Lenora Bay senior competition, and junior fitting titles. Edwin Fletcher and Robert Fletcher earned several firsts in heifer and steer divisions. Debbie Sowers and Charles Thompson led senior fitting and female grand titles. Scott Molden, Jeff Molden, Randy Orndorff, Steffanie Smith, and Anna Walker also secured top placings in Hereford, Angus, Charolais, Red Pole and cross breed categories with Walker earning Overall Reserve Champion for her market steer alongside a Heavy Weight Cross Bred second.
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Star
Frederick County
Marietta Cather
David Fletcher
Richard Fletcher
Debbie Sowers
Charles Thompson
Scott Molden
Jeff Molden
Randy Orndorff
Steffanie Smith
Seven Injured In Front Royal Four Car Crash
Seven people were injured in a four car accident around 11 30 a m near High Knob on Rt 55 East. Stephen Gregory Thorsell 21 of Gainesville was stable with a head injury at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Others treated included Richard Siegfried Thorsell 52 and Myrtle Haines Snyder 58 and Richard Kirkland 16.
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Front Royal
Ronkeith Kirtley
Stephen Gregory Thorsell
Gainesville
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Kirtley
Richard Siegfried Thorsell
Myrtle Haines Snyder
Piney Point
Richard Kirkland
Rt. 55
High Knob
Highway Department
Linden
Thorsell
Snyder Auto
Kirkland
Warren Memorial Hospital
Helen Irene Gentry
Snyder
Mary Kin
Free tiny Beltome hearing aid demo offered to readers
A Chicago notice promotes a free non-operating Beltome model to demonstrate how small hearing aid technology can be. The lightweight device weighs under a third of an ounce and can be worn at home, serving as a private preview of real hearing help.
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Chicago
Beltome
Assault and Battery Conviction Upheld in Warren Court
Warren County Circuit Court jurors upheld a June assault and battery conviction against James L. North for striking Patrolman Dennis M. Smedley at J B s Pizza on April 1. North was fined 200 dollars after appealing a General District Court ruling that imposed 125 dollars and a 10 day suspended sentence.
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Wem
Front Royal
Warren County
James L. North
North
Dennis M. Smedley
J.b.’S Pizza
General District Court
Smedley
Donn Hoffmann
David Crump
John Bolton
Bolton
Crump
McCune
Smediey
Hoffmann
Duncan Gibb
Inmate Discipline and Jail Events at Frederick Facility
The article outlines jail discipline challenges as inmates lose freedoms and notes exercise as a discipline lever. It references DeBari and Jack Bellingham observing calmer moods since January and describes a joint confinement program affecting attitudes toward guards. It also recounts a confrontation where Smedley struck North with a flashlight after North struck him, with defense aims to justify the act.
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DeBari
Sae
Jack Bellingham
Lord Fairfax Interchurch Council
Frederick
Clarke
Warren
Winchester
Harman
North
Smedley
Hoffmann
Hoffman
Avtex Union Reach One Year Contract Amid Talks
After extended talks since July the Avtex union approves a one year contract mirroring the prior offer’s terms. Pay ranges were $5.05 to $6.28 with a median of $5.72, reflecting cautious gains in a fragile industry.
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Avtex
Toayne
Payne
Anderson Names Manager For Sheriff Campaign
Lacy Anderson, independent candidate for Frederick County sheriff, nominates J Alvin Johnson as campaign manager. Johnson, a former Frederick County lieutenant and Winchester Police Department investigator, previously served under Anderson and now runs a Sunoco station on North Loudoun Street in Winchester.
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Lacy Anderson
Frederick County
J. Alvin Johnson
Johnson
Department
Winchester
Anderson
Carroll Mauck
Sunoco
North Loudoun St
Weather Summary Northern Valley and Virginia Outlook
Fair tonight with lows in the 60s in the north valley and low 70s in Virginia. Thursday will be hot and humid with mid to upper 80s statewide and a slight chance of afternoon storms. Extended forecasts show pleasant Friday, warm weekend, with mountain thunderstorms and highs mainly in the mid 80s to near 90.
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New England
Michigan
Wisconsin
Upper Midwest
Northern Valley
Virginia Fair
National Weather Service
Virginia
Livestock Sale At Northern Virginia Exchange Tops $326000
The state graded summer feeder sale at the Northern Virginia Livestock Exchange grossed 326,384.50 with 698 head sold. Steers averaged 699 pounds at 71.88 per hundredweight or 502.20 per head, totalling 244,069.23. 212 heifers averaged 609 pounds at 63.72 per hundredweight or 388.28 per head, totaling 82,315.27. A top pen Charolais weighed 555 pounds and brought 87.00, bought by Leon Burkholder of New Holland PA.
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Northern Virginia Livestock Exchange
Leon Burkholder
New Holland
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Ware
Inage
Iowa
Virginia
West Virginia
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The
Clarke County Planning Commit
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Bob DeHaven
Shirley Coal Company
Getten
Peratures
Meere
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NOAA
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Mississippi
P.T. McIntire
Mildred Luttrell
Carlton Emmart
Lindy Heironimus
Livestock Exchange
Ron Clevenger
Steve Wood
Brad Rinker
Janet Tuckwiller
Lance Kauf
Gary Deems
Virginia Belf Cattle Assn
Reggie Reynolds
K. C. Williamson
Howard Dawkins
Dart Drug
Bonanza
Pecenes Rep
Peerty
Oleg Conan
Gzabeth Arden
Delco Plaza
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