Freight Train Derailment Clears Roanoke to Winston-Salem Link
A Norfolk & Western freight train derailment near Ferrum Virginia halted travel on the main Roanoke to Winston-Salem line. Eleven cars left the track on a curve. five carried new autos down an embankment. No injuries were reported and repairs aimed to reopen the link today.
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Ferrum
Roanoke
Winston-Salem
N. C
Norfolk & Western Railway
Virginia
Lou Phelps
Former Miss America to Address Frederick Pre School Conference
Marilyn Van Derbur the former Miss America and motivational speaker will address the Frederick County Public Schools Pre School Conference on Tuesday August 24 at 2 p.m. in James Wood High School auditorium. The audience includes educators from Frederick Clarke Winchester Shenandoah College and Lord Fairfax Community College invited by the district. The talk centers on motivation and is organized with support from William Battaile and General Motors.
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General Motors
Frederick County
Miss van Derbur
James Wood High School
Clarke County
Winchester
Shenandoah College
Lord Fairfax Community College
Denver
Colo
William Battaile
B & M Chevrolet-Cadillac Corporation
Melton Wright
West Virginia Corridor H meeting to discuss three routes
A Moorefield meeting Thursday at 7:30 p.m. will solicit public comments on three Corridor H highway routes linking Wymer to I-66 and I-81. Virginia officials back Scheme C, which would run to Winchester, while Schemes A and B head toward Strasburg. The project has been in planning for over a decade.
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W. Va
West Virginia Highway Dept
Wymer
Strasburg
Petersburg
Needmore
Baker
Wardensville
Stony River Reservoir
Rt. 42
Korean Zone Not Demilitarized Despite Armistice
Panmunjom Korea The demilitarized zone along the border remains heavily armed with thousands of troops and a web of mines trenches and barbed wire. Gunfire ambushes and clashes have occurred since the armistice with hundreds of deaths on both sides including three North Korean infiltrators killed in June.
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N.Y. Times
Panmunjom
Korea
Ken Harper
Winchester School Board Sets Discipline Code for High School
The Winchester School Board moves toward the 1976 77 opening approving a discipline code for Handley High School and related measures as announced by Star Staff Writer Diane Kimbel.
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Winchester School
Handley High School
Handley
Johnson
Warren Board Deliberates I-66 Sewer Plant and School Funding
The Warren County Board of Supervisors meets to discuss a Highway Department sewer plant for the I-66 Rest Stop area and holds an executive session with Front Royal Town Council on a legal matter. They consider school construction appropriations, sheriff training center participation, a rezoning hearing for Alex Earle, and a refuse contract.
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Warren County Board of Supervisors
Highway Department
Cedarville-Reliance
Weather outlook for Northern Valley with mild temps ahead
Cool and clear tonight with lows mid 50s to around 60. Wednesday will be pleasant and sunny with highs in the 70s to 80s, mountains cooler in the 70s. The extended forecast calls for fair skies and near normal temperatures through Friday with highs upper 70s to mid 80s and overnight lows upper 50s to mid 60s. Rainfall data and long term moon phase details are provided, noting August and yearly totals and average monthly rainfall.
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Virginia
7 11 Manager Shot to Death in Alexandria
Police say night manager James D. Cox Jr. 32 of Alexandria was shot to death during two linked early morning robberies at a 7 11 on Richmond Highway and a nearby gas station clerk wounded. Cox was shot twice while fleeing and attempting to barricade in a restroom.
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Alexandria
Richmond Highway
James D. Cox Jr
Fairfax County
Cox
Clarke Demo Meeting Tonight in Berryville
Clarke County Democratic Committee will meet at 8 at the county courthouse to plan Carter campaign involvement. Reports on Seventh District Convention in Charlottesville and state and national conventions in Norfolk and New York will be given by Powell Duggan Thelma Clare and Richard Dick. John McIntosh serves as county chairman.
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Clarke County
Democratic Committee
Jimmy Carter
Powell Duggan
Charlottesville
Thelma Clare
Norfolk
Richard Dick
New York
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