Front Royal vice mayor resigns after grand jury indictments
Front Royal Vice Mayor Jack Albert resigns from the Town Council hours after a Warren County grand jury indicted him on three grand larceny charges involving funds from his Vaughn Albert Insurance Agency. He says serving while legal proceedings continue could hinder the council. Albert is 29 and was elected in 1974. arraignment set for Dec 30.
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Front Royal
Jack Albert
Albert
Warren County
William A. Lillard Jr
Virginia
Dabney Watts
Commonwealth of Virginia
Albert’s
Vaughn- Albert Insurance Agency
Warren County Commonwealth
Edward Greco
Duncan C. Gibb
State Corporation Commission
Greco Gibb
Winchester Commonwealth
Watts
Erie Insurance Company
Commis
Lillard
Council
Robert Traister
Boise Blaze Prompts Two Alarms In Boise and Rt 621
Enders Volunteer Fire Company sent about 30 volunteers and two units to a Boise Cascade plant for a small blaze confined to a floor ventilator duct caused by an electrical malfunction with minor damage. Later, two units and twenty men fought a camper truck fire at a Rt 621 residence for about an hour, destroying the rear interior. Front Royal Fire Company tackled a flue fire at 523 Short Street with no damage reported. It was the 502nd call of the year for the Enders company.
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Pierce Manufacturing Co
Shiley
Middletown
Berryville
Enders
Boise Cascade
Robert Hildebrandt
Rt.621
Front Royal
Iva Kurry
Short Street
Pumpover Plan in Warren County Said Cheapest Solution
Warren County pumpover plan labeled the cheapest way to relieve northern Virginia water shortages. The projected price tag is 26 million dollars, down from 45 million, with a smaller conduit along the median of I-66. The Water Study Commission may expand its membership and continue exploring options including the Shenandoah River pumpover next year.
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Warren County
Virginia
Noman Cole
State Water Control Board
Schwarberg
Water Study Commission
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia General Assembly
Assembly
Shenandoah River
Station Airs Death Hoax On Byrd Report
WTVR-TV Richmond aired a hoax report claiming Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. was dead. The station and anchor apologized as Byrd confirmed he was alive, while a second item notes actor Robert Hegges filed for divorce from his wife Mary in Municipal Court.
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Wtvr-Tv
Richmond
U.S
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Andrea Long
Byrd
Washington
Congress
Ed Byrd
WTVR
Ken Sirpan
Don Dale
Los Angeles
Robert Hegges
Juan Epstein
Kotter
Mary
UFO Sighting Near Wardensville Described by Family
The Garrett family reported a metal oval object hovering near a mountain ridge at night. Four large light beams emitted from beneath the craft as a soupy hum whistling sound filled the air before a single bright beam reached the ground and the object vanished.
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Renee
Garrett
Jennifer
Mrs. Garrett
Weather update for Northern Valley and Virginia
Rain tonight in the Northern Valley tapers to showers Sunday with cooler lows in the mid 40s and highs near the upper 40s. Virginia sees rain tonight and Sunday with 40s tonight and 60s Sunday. Extended outlook stays cloudy through Wednesday with daily chances of precip and highs in the 50s and lows in the 30s or low 40s.
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Northern Valley
Virginia
Five Injured In Rt 522 Head On Crash Near Winchester
A late night head on collision on Route 522 south of Winchester left five injured and both vehicles totaled. Timothy Beverly of Buena Vista Virginia and Ricky Richards of Winchester drove the vehicles. Roxanne Haines Timothy Byers and Tommy Thompson were also hospitalized with satisfactory conditions.
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Winchester
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Rt. 522
Timothy Beverly
Buena Vista
Ricky Richards
Winchester Volunteer Rescue
Beverly
Richards
Roxanne Haines
Clearbrook
Timothy Byers
Tommy Thompson
Bluefield
W.va
UFO flap theory gains scientific backing says Klass
The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal surveys UFO sightings as mass hysteria driven by media. Klass argues flaps spread from initial reports, grow with publicity, then fade as news wanes and competition lowers interest. He links slow news periods to more propagation and predicts psychological factors fuel U F O searches, citing Close Encounters as influential.
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Committee For the Scientific
U.F.O
Mr. Klass
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