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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1972
Page
8
A reporter observes a muted midway at dusk with weathered workers and blinking lights. Vendors, displays, and a vampire girl entice guests while a veteran black former baseball pitcher recalls his long career and a money habit from childhood as the fair winds down in Warren County.
Warren County Sheriff Gary T. Keyser announced that a music festival planned near the Clarke County line requires a permit under a 1971 county ordinance. Promoters must apply 2 days before. 2,500 to 3,000 attendees expected. penalties include up to 300 dollars fine or 30 days in jail or both.
Hampton police radio dispatcher Walter Armstead, a Black newcomer to an all white subdivision, reports vandalism since he moved in. Tomatoes eggs soap and abuse were sprayed on his brick rancher, while a prior owner faced arson threats per ongoing tensions tied to a covenant against Black sales.
The House approved a 4.4 billion public works and economic development bill sending it to the Senate. It retains 100 million to compensate workers hurt by federal environmental directives and offers up to 78 weeks of aid or 60 percent of weekly wages, plus mortgage relief and relocation costs.
Mayor Lindsay orders New York police to eject the five Cosa Nostra families amid a gangland blood feud that has blamed two bystanders. District Attorney Hogan to subpoena mob leaders for a grand jury probe into the East Side restaurant killings.
A Federal Science Ministry commission reports West Germany releases 3.39 million tons of sulfur dioxide and 4.5 million tons of carbon monoxide annually. About 8.1 million tons of inorganic salts enter waterways. Sulfur dioxide from power stations and domestic heating. traffic supplies 80 percent of carbon monoxide. Water pollution blamed on chemical and mining concerns.
A team from Catholic University finishes the second session of the Summer Archaeological Field Program at Randolph-Macon Academy in Front Royal. The project uncovers a 12,000 year old Paleo-Indian house concept and first East Coast animal remains with Smithsonian testing pending.
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