Long Road Seen to Solving State Budget Deficit
About 60 businessmen and government leaders met at the Wayside Inn in Winchester to discuss the state's 117.2 million deficit and possible cuts. Local officials urged caution on revenue estimates while voters favored service cuts over tax hikes and debated tax types and government layers. An audience poll favored a sales tax increase if a tax rise is needed, with welfare programs cited as sensitive.
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Star
Wayside Inn
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Raymond R. Guest, Jr
Alson H. Smith
VML
Virginia Association of Counties
Abingdon
Virginia General Assembly
Roanoke
Virginia Senate Campaign Spending Tops One Million Dollars
AP reports more than a million dollars likely spent in the Virginia U.S. Senate race. Byrd Jr. spent about 559 098 through Nov 22 and led with 567 298 raised, defeating Zumwalt and Perper, who had not filed reports by late Tuesday.
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Richmond
U.S. Senate
Virginia
U.S
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Adm
Elmo R. Zumwall Jr
Martin H. Perper
State Board of Elections
Federal Election Commission
Washington
Byrd
Zumwalt
Perper
Deputy Involved in Frederick County Car Wreck
Deputy Charles Stine, 24, was treated for head and facial injuries after a Frederick County Sheriff’s Dept car left Rt 522 north of Winchester and struck two trees at about 55 mph. No charges were filed. Trooper M H Moore investigated. Sheriff Mauck deferred comment pending the report.
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Frederick County
Carroll Mauck
M.H. Moore
Barn Near Huntly Destroyed in Overnight Blaze
Firefighters battled a large barn conversion to a dance hall and bar in Huntly from 12:30 a.m. to about 5 a.m. The building owned by James Dawson was totally destroyed with an estimated 200000 dollars in damages. Cause undetermined. barn reportedly was locked when fire started.
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Huntly — Front
Royal
Huntly
Durston
James Dawson
McIntosh
Dawsons
Front Royal
Ray Santmyers
Flint Hill
Chester Gap
Washington
Town to add funds for safer streets and new signs
Boyce town council votes to amend the 1976 77 budget by 730 to include anticipated revenue sharing for public safety raising the budget to 12730. Street signs stop signs and posts will be ordered with white letters on green signs and Rt 340 may be renamed Greenway Ave.
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Boyce
Butch Pope
Garland Brown
Rt. 340
Greenway Ave
Sharon Drive
Skelton
Lynwood Lanham
Handley Gymnastics Meet Postponed to January 4
Handley postponed its gymnastics meet at James Monroe due to three inches of snow in Fredericksburg. The event will now start at 6 30 p.m. on January 4, with Handley’s next meet moved to Loudoun Valley at 6 30 p.m. next Thursday.
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Handley
James Monroe
Jimmy Omps
Omps
Fredericksburg
Loudoun Valley
Shanholtz Held for Grand Jury in Winchester Homicide
William Ellsworth Shanholtz of Rt 3 was ordered held for the next city grand jury in the death of Freddie Gene Lawson. Lawson was found with a wound to the left side of the face in Winchester Garden Apartments. Shanholtz was arrested November 13 and charged with murder. bond set at $10,000 and continued. The grand jury is scheduled to meet January 11.
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Winchester General District Court
William Ellsworth Shanholtz
Rt. 3
Freddie Gene Lawson
Shanholtz
Lawson
Winchester Garden
David Simpson
Paul Krieger
Larry Gilhart
Adams
Gas leak at General Electric Plant prompts evacuation
Firefighters from Stephens City Winchester and Shenandoah Gas Co. responded to an LP gas leak at the Kernstown based General Electric Plant around 3 p.m. The leak into the underground storm drainage created explosive readings while crews shut off flow. By 7 30 p m operations returned to normal and repairs continued.
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General Electric
Stephens City
Winchester
Kernstown
Shenandoah Gas Co
Gene Dailey
Bob Grzybowski
Weather summary Northern Valley and Virginia forecast
Partial clearing and colder tonight with teens lows in the valley and single numbers in Virginia. Thursday brings more sunshine and continued cold, highs in the 20s to 40s range. Extended outlook through Sunday shows a chance of precipitation Friday and Saturday, with highs in the 30s to low 40s and nights in the 20s. Past 24 hours rainfall tallies and long term averages are noted, plus December moon phases.
Weather Conjecture List Entries For The Month
A catalog of daily weather conjectures noting conditions such as partly cloudy cold stormy fair mild snow or rain clear cool and unsettled periods with hints of wind and flurries across the sequence. The record lists numbers 1 through 31 tagged with varied forecasts and weather moods.
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Stewart Bell
Wendell Seldon
Godwin
Seldon
Smith
Guest
Ann Carbaugh
Warren County Welfare Dept
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San Quentins
State Supreme Court
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Greensville County
Eva King Jones
Greensville
Virginia Taxpayers Association
Virginia Municipal League
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Bernard F. Groves
S. Braddock St
Amherst Street
Christmas
Colonial Flower Shop
N. Cameron St
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United Parcel Service
UPS
Church St
Cherrydale Ave
Handley Gymnastics
Eed
City of
Middletown
Clarke County
Front Royal Hospital
Shanholtz Is
Stanley M. Sager, M.D
Woodstock Orthopedic Associates
Shenandoah County
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