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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1979
Page
4
Police chief A Warren Rudolph retires after 37 years on the Winchester force leaving 370 days of unused sick leave valued at about 31000. He rose from beat cop to chief amid rapid city growth and annexation with only one new officer added. He departs at age 57 with a strong public record and thanks from city officials.
A Middletown reader laments the poisoning of his neighbor’s coon hound and the loss of his 15 year old Tim’s dog Big Red, urging cruelty toward animals be condemned. A second letter warns of house-fire risks from automatic appliances during Christmas and stresses caution with drop cords and automatism.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch discusses a Illinois judge sentencing a murderer to 2600 years to signal parole boards, notes parole’s decline, and cites Senate Judiciary Committee support for a federal code ending parole with fixed guidelines. Virginia practice shows parole as crowding relief and rebalance, urging study of systems to protect the public.
A Washington opinion piece argues the United States must show strength and impose grave consequences against Iran after the embassy seizure. It praises President Carter's handling, warns against token actions, and calls for a decisive response to restore respect.
A writer recalls daily sightings of a group of five geese at Vergil Bates's pond. The flock includes four white birds and a solitary gray goose plus one independent Chinese goose with a peaked crown. The narrator notes their orderly, shared behavior and hints at the lone goose's craving for adventure.
Bates recalls a hunterly incident where three geese were killed on a road near his pond and four men in a blue Malibu likely finished off the flock. The event left two geese alive, with Bates vowing to uncover the shooters.
A strange tale recalls Pringle Sideshaft who was fired after shooting his desk. The piece links his fate to a former headline in Executive Digest praising him as a rising star. The narrator muses desks seek meals and friendship, then laments the desk’s demise and corporate morale.
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