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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1972
Page
5
Town Council unanimously votes to have the Town Attorney draft an ordinance imposing a one per cent tax on all motel rooms within corporate limits with receipts to be dispersed within the town structure.
Police charged John Oscar Luck and John Emeil Lindgren with the armed Monday robbery of the Janus Branch of United Virginia Bank Seaboard National in Norfolk. Each faces $100,000 bond while a third suspect, the getaway driver, is sought.
State Water Control Board reports a small fish kill during flushing of Front Royal filtration plant basins. Biologists may be dispatched from Richmond for investigation as only three fish were found so far. Plant flushing occurs at least four times yearly to prevent sediment in drinking water.
Warren County public schools opened the 1972-73 session with 3,591 students, up 99 from last year. Officials expect a further rise after Labor Day, as more pupils enroll, while buses operated smoothly and rebuilt facilities at E. Wilson Morrison Elementary welcomed students back.
Fairfield California AP Judge Richard E Patton refused to postpone the mass murder trial of Juan Corona set for September 5 and rejected a request by District Attorney Dave Teja to compel handwriting samples from Corona. Teja’s bid to jail defense attorney Richard E Hawk for contempt was also denied.
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