Former Kerr official says $13,000 from discarded cocoa beans
James E. Thompson, former Kerr Steamship Co. vice president, says he and a Kerr colleague earned $13,000 selling beans deemed waste from ships. Investigations by federal and state grand juries probe the scheme begun in 1975. Thompson faces possible embezzlement charges while authorities examine the Waterfront activities in Norfolk.
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Norfolk (Ap
Steamship Com
James E. Thom
Norfolk
Kerr Steamship Co
New York
Kerr
Mpson
Thompson
Commonwealth
Walter Oden
Oden
Hampton Roads
Winchester Planning Commission Meeting Seeks RO-1 Refinements
At 3 p.m. the Winchester Planning Commission will hear a city council referral to add business office as a permitted use in the RO-1 District and review all site plans for RO-1 office buildings. The group will also set a date for a public hearing on Winchester Equipment Companys request to rezone 0.1 acre east of 101 Oates Avenue from RS-3 to CM-L.
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Winchester Planning Commission
City Council
Winchester Equipment Company
Oates Avenue
Winchester Evening Star Local Carrier Delivery Rates
The Winchester Evening Star lists subscription options for mail delivery with annual and six month rates. Freemouths Mail and Meter Delivery Rates show a $25.98 yearly plan and a $15.88 six month option.
Godunov Says Meeting Could Have Kept Wife From Leaving
Bolshoi star Alexander Godunov says if he could have seen wife Ludmilla Vlasova before her return to the Soviet Union she would have stayed with him. He remains in the United States after seeking asylum, claiming limitations on his dancing work in the USSR drove his defection. Vlasova returned to the Soviet Union after a brief standoff at JFK Airport.
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Alexander Godunov
Bolshoi Ballet
U.S
New York
Godunov
United States
Soviet Union
But Godunov
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Ballerina
Ludmilla Vlasova
Miss Vlasova
Kennedy International Airport
U.S. State Department
Bolshoi
Russia
States
Virginia Banks Raise Prime Rate to 12 Percent
The prime rate charged by Virginia banks for top-tier business loans hits 12 percent the highest since 1974. Officials anticipate further hikes this year while consumer loan costs rise slowly and inflation pressures prompt tighter money supply policy.
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Virginia
Bank of Virginia
S. Joseph Ward
Mountbatten Bomb Victims Spark Irish Tensions
The IRA claimed responsibility for the Mountbatten bombing that killed the 73 year old World War II hero and three others. Deputy Prime Minister George Colley said police believed they knew the killers but lacked enough evidence to press charges. He gave no details on prime suspects. The blast disrupted Northern Ireland politics as security forces pursue leads.
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Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
George Colley
Mountbatten
McMahon
McGirl
Mountbatten Funeral To Bring Royalty And Dignitaries
The article notes Mountbatten's funeral on September 5 at Westminster Abbey expected to draw Britain’s largest royal and foreign dignitary turnout since Churchill’s 1965 sendoff. It mentions Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher meeting with her Cabinet amid pressure on Ireland over IRA activity and a note about a local teenager killed in the blast.
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Mountbatten
Westminister Abbey
Britain
Winston Churchill
Margaret Thatcher
London
Northern Ireland
Car Fire Wrecks Trooper's Cruiser on Rt 40
A trooper's cruiser caught fire along Route 40 two miles east of Doubie while stopping a traffic violator. Royal and Boyce Fire Departments responded to the scene as the vehicle burned. Details on injuries or cause were not immediately available.
Weather outlook with clouds warm temperatures and storms
The forecast shows cloudy warm days with tonight fair and lows around 70. Friday brings warm humid conditions with possible afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Virginia sees 60s to low 70s tonight, 80s highs, tomorrow for extended period partly cloudy then humid with a chance of storms Monday.
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Central
Eastern Gulf
Eastern Plains
Upper Great Lakes
Northern Plains
Western Plains
Pacific Northwest
Virginia Fair
National Weather Service
Virginia
Berryville Police Pay Raise Proposed by Town Committee
The Berryville Police Committee recommends pay raises for officers and will set figures within two weeks before submitting to the Town Council. Officer Butler’s replacement and other personnel matters were not discussed. A bake sale for the Evangelical Christian Church missionary fund is planned at Ward Plaza Shopping Center from 10 a.m. tomorrow.
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Berryville
John Kauffmann
Whcctcoe
Donald Nesselrodt
Richard Butler
Purcellville
Butler
Hugh K. Malbon
Jim O’brien
Ward Plaza
The
Evangelical Christian Church Missionary Fund
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Allen Barley
Glaize Brothers Lumber Company
N. Cameron St
Barley
Ebert Reproduction and Supply Co
W. Boscawen St
Frederick County
Food and Drug Administration
Kerr — Joyee
Marcus van Hasselt
Holland
New Ad
Thesa
Norfolk Ledger- Star
Fumigation Corp
van Hasselt
Ators
Jeremee al
Conservation Club
SUN
Gainesboro
Associated Press
United Virginia Bankshares
First & Merchants National Bank
Virginia National Bank
Chicago
First Virginia Bank of Tidewater
James Babcock
Bruce J. Summers
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Federal Reserve Board
Donald G. Quimby
Quinby
Epeerihes
Visitiatenar
Londre Tathioe
Portugal
Sandy's Implement Service, Inc
Stephens City
NOAA
Abonrer
Megas
Oso Eee
New Mooney
Fair East
Frideoy
Bake Sale
Montgomery
Montgomery Word
Glenwood Nicholson Campaign Authority
Mable Nicholson
Treas
Birge
General Tire
S. Braddock St
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