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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1970
Page
14
Han dey Elementary and Winchester Intermediate School students in sixth grade may pay their $4 instructional fee at their school today through August 26. Payments accepted from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. City School Supt. Jacob L. Johnson announced the program.
Winchester School Board will seek bids to replace the roof over the original portion of Virginia Avenue School after a committee report. The board also approved schedule changes at city schools, a substitute teacher pay raise to 18 per day, underwrote Handley High School Gavel losses, renewed the hospital plan, and approved a dental accident program and drug education for seventh grade. Ken West pressed for teacher status amid court decisions. the board pledged support on dress codes.
Tracy Rudacille, 15, daughter of Ronald and Mrs Rudacille of Limeton, was crowned Miss Warren County Fair 1970 at the Warren County Agricultural and Industrial Fair opening. She will be a Warren County High School sophomore. Mary Beth Shuffler crowned her. Debbie Atkins and Connie Settle were first and second runners-up.
Fire last night heavily damaged the rear seat of Raymond Webber’s car at the corner of N Loudoun Street and Jackson Avenue. Winchester Fire Inspector S R Dyke said firefighters were called at 9 05 p m and the blaze was confined to the rear seat with quick control.
Roman Catholic Bishop James Walsh who was freed from a 12 year Communist prison by the Red Chinese on July 10 will travel Sunday to Rome for an audience with Pope Paul VI. Accompanying him is Sister Patricia Fitzmaurice, chief surgeon at Maryknoll Hospital where he recuperated. After a week in Rome he will fly to Cumberland Maryland for a reunion with his five sisters and a brother.
Senator Edward Brooke pursues a third Senate challenge to halt the Safeguard antimissile system. A final vote is set for Wednesday after a pact barred delaying tactics on expanding to two new sites. The $322 million plan advances amid SALT talks with the Soviet Union and opposition from Cooper and Hart.
Mrs Robert Smalley of the Northern Virginia Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association invites local artists to enter a national competition for the 1972 Christmas Seal. A $1000 prize awaits the chosen design to combat respiratory diseases and air pollution, with entries due October 1 and information available from the Front Royal TBRD office.
Via, former Warren County High School guidance counselor, becomes counselor at Lord Fairfax Community College. Dr. David Palmer, dean of students, announced the appointment. Via holds a music bachelor from Shepherd College and a master's in guidance and counseling from Atlanta University, with further study at the University of Virginia. He is active in professional organizations and resides in Warren County.
Virginia State Senator J Kenneth Robinson, Republican candidate for the U S Congress Seventh District, signed a Fair Campaign Practices pledge. The oath commits to seven principles promoting decency honesty and fair play to help voters have a free and clear choice. The code by the Fair Campaign Practices Committee of Washington D C urges no personal vilification misrepresentation or distorting of facts. Robinson, serving a second Virginia Senate term and elected in 1968 to head the Republican Caucus, hailed the move as ensuring fair elections.
Pasquale di Falco, a brave cop in Ladispoli Italy, ate two cream puffs from a batch that sickened 17 customers at a pastry shop. He and others were treated at a hospital. doctors expect full recovery.
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