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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1976
Page
14
Seven kittens at the Warren County Humane Society need affectionate homes as they fatten up. The tabby Persian blends include both males and females about four weeks old. Distemper shots are needed. Shelter hours are daily 9am-noon and 1-5pm at Rt 618 off Rt 619, south of Front Royal. Phone 635-4734.
Richmond officials will ask the Supreme Court to end the 1972 ban on council elections, though a 1972 annexation background and a Voting Rights Act challenge loom. The city seeks a quick path to a new election under a single member district plan, possibly not in 1972.
The CDC excluded 17 metals as Legionnaires disease causes amid 27 deaths in Pennsylvania. Nickel carbonyl tests were invalid due to contamination found in all 14 specimens, including three control samples, requiring repetition. Sunderman said post mortem contamination likely caused the results.
A Cradock, Virginia woman is diagnosed with viral pneumonia, not Legionnaire's disease. Public Health Service officials cite three factors including travel to Philadelphia, absence of hotel cases, and abnormal liver function patterns to rule out Legionnaires.
Paul Purcell Clark, 21, who escaped a highway work crew in Albemarle County and allegedly assaulted a woman, surrendered to Deputy Ronnie Rhoads around 12:30 a.m. He faced new assault charges while still in unmarked work clothes. Clark had two months left on a 12 month petty larceny sentence and was held at the state unit in Troy. Police had pursued him with dog teams but found no trace.
The Star reports that wives of Kiwanis members formed the Woman's Kiwanis Club of Winchester with twenty five members at the initial meeting. July parking meter receipts in Winchester totalled 4201 dollars, down 369 from the previous July.
The C P Telephone Co of Virginia board approved a $38 000 appropriation for extra central office equipment in the Winchester exchange. The new Gainesboro exchange will serve Whitacre Gainesboro and Cross Junction areas with initial service to 100 families.
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