Handley Library becomes regional center for Winchester area
Handley Library shifts to regional status as Frederick County and Winchester City Council approve plans. Non city residents now make up 52 percent of 23,240 cardholders, with rising demand and a 25 percent increase in items loaned last year. County funds and state approval aim to boost acquisitions and extend access to hospitals, jails and nursing homes.
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Winchester
Handley
John Handley
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Virginia State Library Board
Clarke, Warren
Shenandoah
Richard Miller
Handley Library
Community effort fears harsher winter for needy families
Joseph P. Sahm, president of Winchester and Frederick County C-CAP, warns that higher heating fuel costs and a growing caseload may push more families to rely on the ecumenical group. Since 1975 C-CAP has aided 532 families. this year as needs rise, volunteers are urged to cut wood, sort clothing, and donate time.
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Joseph P. Sahm
Sahm
Winchester
Frederick County
s_ Congregational and Community Action Project
C-Cap
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Calvary Baptist Church
Hemingway Trucking
Candy sales fuel school clubs and programs in 1970s Winchester
Letters trace candy fundraising as vital for James Wood activities including Concert Choir FBLA Pep Club Band FHA and Choral Department. A 1978 graduate recalls raising 17000 for a Hawaii music festival. Readers challenge press errors and note councilman Mote's August 16 call.
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the Star
James Wood
Hawaii
FBLA
FHA
Councilman
Mote
Star
Disaster for Episcopalian Prayer in 1979 Book
James J. Kilpatrick argues the 1979 revision of the Book of Common Prayer harms traditional Anglican language. He critiques changes from Holy Ghost to Holy Spirit, altered Lord's Prayer, and revised burial rites, predicting a disaster for English liturgical heritage at the Denver convention.
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Universal Press Syndicate
Scrabble
Thomas Cranmer
Canterbury
Denver
Protestant Episcopal Church In
America
Cranmer
Gallup
Episcopal
Veil Lifts on Standardized Tests Sparks Public Debate
Madeline Wade argues the testing industry wields secrecy and power over students, urging congressional Truth-in-Testing legislation and a moratorium on tests. She notes ETS's influence, calls for disclosure of test questions, and cites Frederick County testing in the fall for grades two, four, eight, and eleven along with college-bound juniors and seniors.
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Madeline I. Wade
United States
National Education Association
Hugh Carey
New York
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
ETS
New York State
Frederick County
Madeline Wade
Uncharacteristic public grumbling by Robert Strauss
The piece notes Robert S. Strauss criticized by policy makers after failing Mideast talks. It describes his strained role under Carter, his Cairo mission, and friction with Brezezinski and Vance. It portrays Strauss as a valued yet constrained negotiator facing fatigue and political risks.
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Field Enterprises, Inc
Robert S. Strauss
Mideast
Carter
Strauss
United States
United Nations
Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Sadat
Hamilton Jordan
Zbigniew Brezezinski
Cyrus Vance
Sanato
California
White House
Washington
U.N
NBC
Vance
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Winchester Evening Star
Beth Luby
Tom McCabe
William M. Mote
S. Loudoun St. Winchester
Thomas T
Winchester Evening Star Inc
N. Kent S
Winchester Va
Wire Editor
By James J. Kilpatrick
Open Forum
New Jersey
Educational Testing Service
General Motors
Ford
Bob Strauss
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Ratificaiin Strauss
Conover
Brezezinski
Straus
Iks
Miracle Man
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