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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1977
Page
2
The piece urges layered loose clothing and head coverings to minimize heat loss. It notes skin reddening can signal slowed metabolism, and explains babies overheat easily. It recommends wool or synthetic fabrics, avoiding alcohol, and using nose to mouth airflow warming in extreme cold. It also warns respiratory issues may worsen in cold air.
Clarke residents delivered firm opposition to a water pumpover to northern Virginia citing future agricultural needs and fertile Shenandoah lands. Dr. Donald C. Masters of Charles Town West Virginia urged legal action to restrain the pumpover. Sam Cravetta of the Audubon Society warned against the project as a regional threat. The meeting included a cross section of Clarke County residents from homeowners to students.
An improperly installed wood stove flue caused a fire last night on Rt 642 between Middletown and Stephens City. A 25 by 15 foot addition was destroyed with heavy smoke damage to the trailer. Fire Chief Jim Ebersole said units returned about 1 a.m. after responding at 10:42 p.m. Harry Armel occupied the trailer. Earlier, Stephens City Fire Company responded to a chimney fire at the Davey residence with no damage.
Boyce Volunteer Fire Company faced a chimney fire at Donald Brown’s residence on E Sharon Drive yesterday at 6 10 p m. Nine firefighters and two units confined the blaze to the flue area caused by green wood with little damage reported.
Chesapeake police killed a bank robber, 47 year old David Doughty, in the bank parking lot after he held up the People's Bank branch and threatened its vice president Richard Roach. The attache case allegedly contained a bomb, but the gun proved to be a toy and no bomb existed. Roach was unharmed.
The Northern Valley forecasts party cloudy skies with gusty northwest winds up to 35 mph tonight slowly diminishing Saturday. Lows in the low to mid teens, highs Saturday mid 20s to around 30. Virginia forecast partly cloudy with gusty winds diminishing tomorrow, lows near zero to the teens, highs teens to low 30s. Extended outlook: very cold Sunday with highs in the teens to low 20s, chance of snow Monday or Tuesday with moderating temps. mountains will run 5 to 10 degrees colder. Temperature recap and rainfall figures for the past year are listed, including 1972 high rainfall 53.02 inches and 1930 low 17.15 inches.
Maryland officials failed to make a 3.1 million Metro construction payment after Montgomery County refused to endorse the check following instructions from County Executive James Gleason. The delay stems from complex Metro procedures and a dispute over expunging a Frederick County grand jury report.
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