Virginia paralyzed by near blizzard snowstorm and record cancellations
A major winter storm sweeps northeast into Virginia dumping up to 10 inches in northern areas and closing roads. Gov. Holton orders state employees home by 2 pm while essential services stay open. Reports cite drifting snow, ice covered highways, and hazardous travel across the state with high wind and gale warnings along the coast.
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Virginia
Linwood Holton
Holton
National Weather Service
Virginia Highway Department
Petersburg
Richmond
South Hill
Highway Department
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Weather Service
Lynchburg
Front Royal
Washington
Buena Vista
Bristol
Buckingham County
Rockfish
Palmyra
Bluefield
Chesapeake Bay
Cape Hatteras, N.C
Prince William
Staunton
Temperature Drops Drifts Piling Up
The first major snowstorm in nearly two years hits with high winds and drifting snow. Eight inches had fallen by 10:30 a.m. at Winchester and 22 mph winds. Roads were passable but drifting expected as more snow fell. Police aided motorists after spinouts. no serious accidents reported. Temperature 19 degrees at 8:30 a.m. as ice from yesterday’s melt refroze under new snow.
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Lulu Williams
Winchester
Highway Department
G.L. Rodgers
State Police
Walter Hough
Strasburg Man Killed in Crash on Rt 11
A Strasburg man, Carl Edward Wymer aged 34, died after a Sunday crash on Route 11 south of Stephens City. He was born March 29, 1939 in Shenandoah County and survived by his mother and several siblings. A funeral will be held Tuesday at Stover Funeral Home Memorial Chapel. Weather notes report heavy snow with plans for snow emergency measures in Winchester and area.
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Strasburg
Stephens City
Carl Edward Wymer
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Wymer
Robie Spiker Wymer
Lester Roy Wymer
Shenandoah County
Meadow Mills Church of the Brethren
Charles W. Wymer
Reliance
Shirley T. Wymer
Stanley Wymer
Glen Wymer
Middletown
Albert Hodson
Albert Henry
Louis McDonald
Dahlgren
Thomas Coffey
Sterling Park
Tommy
Terry Wymer
Stover Funeral Home Memorial Chapel
J. Floyd Wine
J. Harry Lau
Ronald Spiker
Roger Orndorff
Daniel Spiker
James Orndorff
Robert
Winchester
Wendell Seldon
City Transit
Incendiary Bomb Thrown Into American Jetliner in Rome
Four Palestinian guerrillas attacked Rome's Fiumicino airport, set fire to a Pan American jet, and hijacked a Lufthansa plane with 11 hostages to Athens. At least several killed, many injured, and authorities say negotiations involve Palestinian detainees as the Athens airlift continues.
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Athens
Fiumicino International
Pan American World Airways
Lufthansa
Beirut
San Camillo
Frankfurt
Bonn
Foreign Ministry
Pan American
New York
Teheran
Iran
Kissinger Reports Open Geneva Talks With Complete Agreement
Secretary of State Kissinger ends seven nation mission in Jerusalem and says complete agreement reached on opening Geneva peace conference procedures and terms of reference. He met with Israeli leaders and plans to depart for Lisbon for talks with Caetano while noting Israel may send a delegation if others attend.
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Israel
Kissinger
Geneva
Golda Meir
Regions Sewage Plant Plan Up for Ad Hoc Committee Report
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors and Winchester City Council announce separate special meetings Wednesday at 7 p.m. to hear the ad hoc committee report on institutional arrangements for a proposed regional sewage treatment plant. Committee members from both localities have worked for months to decide on operation.
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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Winchester City Council
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United States
Stewart Bell
Frederick County Supervisors
Raymond C. Sandy
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