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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1976
Page
2
Five people were rescued by Coast Guard helicopters and planes about 60 miles east of Hampton after the fishing vessel Ocean Mist sank. They were airlifted from a life raft and brought to the U S Public Health Service Hospital in satisfactory condition.
In Washington, 18 year old William Thomas attempted to dive through a third floor window of the District of Columbia Superior Court after being ordered jailed on a $25 000 bond. He smashed blinds and glass but marshals reeled him back into the courtroom. He faces charges of raping shooting and stabbing a woman in her Northwest DC home on November 23.
A Washington Post survey shows Northern Virginia bingo firms earned about 1.5 million gross with 700000 in profits in 1975. Many licensees did not file required yearly financial statements. The An nandale Boys Club, a major local game operator, is among those failing to report.
Three people Hoover Foster Jr David Allen Nichols and Mary Marie Foster were charged with multiple counts of assault and battery and impeding officers after deputies attempted to serve a warrant on an earlier assault case involving Clyde and Margaret Burrell and Mrs Bessie Martin Lt Donnie Deavers and deputies Billy Chapman Mike Tennett and Kevin Windle were present at the Foster home on Route 2 during the incident.
The forecast shows cloudy skies and milder temperatures tomorrow with highs in the 50s and lower 60s. Tonight remains mostly clear except for a southeast portion, with lows in the 30s. Extended outlook through Saturday calls for partly cloudy skies and daytime highs around the 50s, with little to no rainfall. Rainfall reported in the past 48 hours is none. December rainfall to date 44.68 inches for 1976. The five year totals and average monthly rainfall figures are listed, with 1972 having the highest annual rainfall at 53.02 inches and 1930 the lowest at 17.15 inches. Moon phases are noted with full moon on the 6th at 1:15 p.m. and last quarter on the 14th at 5:14 a.m.
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