Brush Fires Sweep Front Royal Area as Winds Fanned Flames
Front Royal and Warren County firefighters battled multiple brush fires yesterday. Fires on Harmony Hollow Orchards and Rt 668 burned acres and outbuildings while a J S Cooley estate blaze covered five acres. A downed power line on Rt 606 sparked sparks, cutting power to several homes before repair.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Harmony Hollow Orchards
Harry Robertson
Conservation and Research Center
Robertson
Rt. 668
Strasburg
J.S. Cooley
Rt. 609
Rivermont
Shenandoah Farms
Middletown
Shenandoah Shores
Rt. 606
Potomac Edison
Rt. 617
Center Street and Fox Drive Closed For Drainage Borings
City announces Center Street from Wood Avenue to Fox Drive and Fox Drive from Center Street to Caroline Street closed at 8 am for test borings. Detour signs will guide traffic and emergency vehicles must follow signs unless responding beyond the barricade. Washington Testing, Inc. of Fairfax conducts the borings.
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City Public Works Department
Center St
Wood Avenue
Fox Drive
Caroline St
Washington Testing, Inc
Fairfax
Untaxed Cigarettes Arrest In Monroeville Case
Two state revenue agents arrested Arthur Nelson 64 of Monroeville for six cartons of untaxed cigarettes. Thaddeus Wierzbie 61 of Troutville Virginia was stopped with 14 cartons bearing Virginia tax stamps. Nelson faces charges in Monroeville. Wierzbie charged before District Justice John Salton. Crescent derailment hearing set for January by the National Transportation Safety Board.
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Harrisburg
State Revenue
Arthur Nelson
Monroeville
District Justice's Office
Thaddeus Wierzbie
Troutville
Crescent
Washington
Virginia
Southern Railway
National Transportation Safety Board
Francis McAdams
McAdams
Southern Crescent
Shipman
Byrd Calls for Tougher Federal Debt Collection Efforts
Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr. urged stronger credit management as hearings opened on the federal government's handling of bad debts. He cited GAO and Treasury figures showing potentially up to 10 billion dollars in unpaid debts and 84 billion owed by the public, signalling a shift to serious collection.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd Jr
India
Byrd
Senate Subcommittee On Taxation
Ment
Elmer Staats
U.S. Comptroller General
General Accounting Office
Treasury Department
GAO
Commission
James Galladay Jr
Capital Facilities Committee
County Board
Three on Drug Charges in Winchester Court
Six area men named in sealed indictments by a city grand jury appeared in Winchester Circuit Court. New captuses were ordered for three men not yet arrested while bonds and arraignments were set for others on multiple marijuana distribution charges and LSD case.
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Winchester
Ralph Ivan McClure
Valley Ave
Glenn Edward Creswell
E. Germain St
Correction to Yesterday’s Star On Two Vehicle Mishap
The Star reports that Larry Triplett’s car struck an embankment after swerving to miss a deer and was the sole vehicle involved. J D Howell, a state trooper, was the investigating officer, not a second driver.
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Larry Triplett
J.D. Howell
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Indira Gandhi
Morarji Desai
Desai
Mrs. Gandhi
Gandhi
The
Treasury
By Sue Steward
Star
Stephen Kimberly Ward
Raleigh Court
Randall R. Hamilton
Lynn Franklin Kerns Jr
E. Cecil St
Walter C. Erwin III
Michael Craig Butler
Ken Page
Robbie Honnaker
Zeke Stewart
Frederick County
Abi
Bernard F. Groves
S. Braddock St
Joseph W. Hilliard
Gainer T. Baker
Guiding Light Gospel
Fairview Cemetery
Bessie E. Clowser
Gary A. Owens
Samantha Ann Nicholson
National Weather Service
NOAA
US Dept of Commerce
Nation
Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
Pennsylvania
Great Plains
Pacific Northwest
Winchester Evening Star
Woodmen
America
Modern Woodmen OF America
Fraternal Life Insurance
Rock Island
Illinois
Russell M. Stoneking
Tellvice Ave
Glendon C. Wine
FIC
Timberville
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