Series of Wrecks On Winchester Streets
Several traffic collisions plagued Winchester with minor injuries and heavy vehicle damage. A four car crash on Paper Mill Road at 3:15 involved Steven King Doreen Nicholson Patrick Hamp and Hynn Park with two injured and repairs totaling around 3 500. Gail Park and Doreen Nicholson treated and released. An injury accident at South Washington and Handley Avenue injured Mildred Shores. A third crash occurred on North Cameron Street at Commercial Street later that evening.
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Winchester
Paper Mill Road
Weems Lane
Steven King
Front Royal
Doreen Nicholson
Patrick Hamp
Herndon
Hynn Park
Capon Bridge
W.va
King
Nicholson
Gore
South Washington
Handley Avenue
Mildred Shores
Winchester Memorial Hospital
North
Cameron Street
Commercial Street
Smithfield Avenue
Liberty Street
David Gibson
Leonard Dayson
Gibson
Dayson
Donald DeHaven
Wanda Reed
Miss Reed
Rt. 522
Barbecue and local police reports mix in Middletown note
A community barbecue sponsored by the Middletown Volunteer Fire Department will be held at the Middletown carnival lot starting at 4 p.m with Gene Barley as chef and $2.75 dinner price. In Winchester a pair of traffic mishaps injured two people with damages totaling hundreds and police continued investigations. The narrative also covers President Carter and Mrs. Carter enjoying a sailing trip near Jackson Hole with remarks on the scenery and planned fishing in the area.
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Middletown
Dick Barker
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Teton
Jackson Hole
Jackson Lake
Hail Storm Knocks Out Power Across Frederick County
A late day storm pelted the area with hail and 4:30 p.m. lightning causing power outages to about 500 households and several businesses. Potomac Edison reported outages from Berryville to Strasburg with 95 percent restored by 8:30 p.m. Front Royal and Winchester officials said damage was light beyond outages and street flooding.
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Frederick County
Potomac Edison
Berryville
Clearbrook
Bloomery
Reliance
Guard Hill
Front Royal
Buckton
Strasburg
Clearbrook Welding Company
Winchester
Cedarmeade
Wendell Seldon
C P Poised for Rate Hike Amid Inflation Pressures
C P Telephone Company faces possible rate increases as inflation lowers earnings. Officials said the 9.2 percent return was not earned in the year ended June 30 and a future review to SCC may justify a $40 million hike. Rising wages, depreciation, Social Security taxes and postage costs add to expenses.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
C&p
Richmond
Lee C. Tait
SCC
Tait
Hie
Krakatoa Disaster Recall Marks 95th Anniversary
The Krakatoa eruption of May 1883 killed about 36 000 people and altered global conditions for years. A colossal blast ejected a cubic mile of debris into the atmosphere and spawned a 130 foot tsunami in Java near Merak while dust and ash circled the world dimming sunsets and reducing sunlight worldwide.
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Washington
Krakatoa
East Indies
Java
Sumatra
Merak
English Channel
London
New York
Break-in Intercepted in Stephens City. van sought
Frederick County deputies stopped a break-in in progress in Stephens City around 10:30 p.m. They seek a light colored Ford van Maryland plate N 33236 with two females and one male aboard. The male is white, 5 feet 9 inches, 180 pounds with shoulder length hair. One brunette female wore brown slacks and a white blouse.
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Frederick County
Stephens City
Maryland
County Considers Joint Fire and Police Dispatch Study
The board weighs a county wide joint dispatch for fire police water and sewer services with Winchester Rescue Squad already operating its own. A study on costs feasibility and planning would be proposed by firemen to the board before any action.
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Winchester
Dailey
Roger Koontz
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Hamp
Gail Park
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
Carter Trip
Camps Funeral Home
Arthur H. Boyce
Front Royal Town
Walter Duncan
Scott Mason
The
State Corporation Commission
Robert Baldwin
Hank Ebert
Lewis Fickett Jr
J. Kenneth Robinson
Clarke County
Mae Lanham
Boyce Town
Fickett
Fairgrounds
Rt. 7
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Chicago
John Knight
Chicago Press Veterans Association
Knight
Knight-Ridder
Chicago Daily News
Iva
Bernard F. Groves
Braddock St
Winchester Evening Star
National Weather Service
Great Lakes
Minnesota
Michigan
Pacific Northwest
Low
Koontz
Thomas Rosenberger
Board of Superviors
Rosenberger
Kibler’s Home Improvement
Vipco, Vinyl Improvement Products Company
Kibler's Home Improvement Co
Everett Kibler
Everett Kibler, Jr
Vipco
Dave Tonnesen
Mid South Building Supply
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