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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1978
Page
2
In Tokyo a 21-year-old attacker with a knife lunged at Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira as he entered his car. Security restrained the intruder. Ohira was unharmed. The assailant identified himself as Sumio Hirose of Tokyo. motive unclear. The incident occurred near the prime minister's official residence.
Chief Dispatcher Larry Phillips notes Greenwood Fire Company responded to multiple incidents including dumpster fires on Sulphur Springs Road and Route 11, a structure fire east of Winchester on Route 50, a brush fire near Opequon Creek, a chimney fire on Airport Road, a furnace fire near Route 522 with Stephens City aid, and a brush fire at Shawneeland with North Mountain Fire Dept. No major damage reported from the Gray Avenue kitchen fire in Winchester.
The circuit judges fixed per diem payments for 1,224 recount workers at 30 dollars daily and 136 officials at 50 dollars daily plus at least 5,000 dollars for bonded messengers. Court costs mileage and printing pushed the total near 50 thousand dollars, threatening the recount plan that would have started Thursday.
Guyanese police say Peoples Temple attempted to move over seven million dollars to the Soviet consul in Georgetown just before the Jonestown deaths. Couriers reportedly planned letters to Swiss banks in Panama and Venezuela ordering transfers to Feodor Timofeyev. Inquest panel heard about the cash found totaling $935,167 in U.S. currency and $62,000 in Guyanese money and is to rule on the deaths of Rev. Jim Jones and more than 900 followers.
Alice Jenkins 20, listed in very critical condition at Winchester Memorial Hospital after being struck by a car on Rt 522 Friday night. Diane Ritter 25 of Winchester drove the car. Jenkins walked into the southbound lane and was hit while walking southward near a restaurant.
The Knights of Columbus sponsor a Red Cross Bloodmobile at Episcopal Parish House 134 W. Boscawen St from 10 a.m. to 3 45 p.m. Health criteria apply ages 17 to 66 and weight at least 110 pounds. The Winchester Frederick County Red Cross targets 150 pints and hopes for 175 to reach a 1200 pint December quota with free Auto Park parking on Braddock Street for donors.
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