Christmas Blues Delay Joint County City Plans
Frederick County and Winchester officials show Christmas Blues as disagreements over a regional sewage plant and government facilities slow progress. Despite conflicts, County Chairman S. Roger Koontz and City Manager Wendell L. Seldon urge cooperation and a joint meeting after the holidays to restore optimism and set a cooperative tone for the new year.
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Frederick County
Winchester
County Board of Supervisors
City Council Municipal Buildings Committee
J. Thomas Kremer Jr
John Kerr School
S. Roger Koontz
Wendell L. Seldon
OPEC and U.S. gas crisis prompt conservation push
As OPEC meets in Caracas to decide oil exports and prices, Washington urges motorists to conserve. Duncan aims to keep 1980 gasoline use near 1979 levels after a 7 percent drop in 1979. If states fail curtailment, options include idle days, limited fills, or higher federal taxes.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Organization of Pétroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Washington
White House
Charles W. Duncan
America
Duncan
Donor Thanks Editors as Winchester Blood Drive Recovers
Letter to The Star from The B Services Committee of the Winchester Red Cross thanks 203 citizens who registered to donate at Tuesday's bloodmobile. They collected 170 pints of blood toward a 200 pint goal, noting prior December 1978 totals and first time donors. The piece credits The Heights of Columbus and others for support and urges continued turnout and funding as the fiscal year nears its end with a 2,400 pint annual goal.
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the Star
B Services Committee
W Chester
Eee
American Red Cross
Sis Lee
Indivi
Psa
Theights of Columbus
We Annes
Winchester Ministerial Assn
Evening Star
WINC
Wong
Eho
Star
Winchester
Frederick County
Winchester Evening Star Publication Details
Publication information for the Winchester Evening Star newspaper includes the USPS designation, publisher Winchester Evening Star Inc., address 2 N Kent St Winchester VA 2350 and contact number 657-5200.
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Winchester Evening Star
USPS
The
Winchester Evening Star Inc
N_ Kent St
Winchester
Washington Va Distressed by HUD Designation
A Rappahannock County column discusses Washington Virginia being labeled physically and economically distressed by HUD. The piece questions the designation, notes the town's small economy centered on a few artisans and inns, and jokes the error may route aid to Washington DC. It laments bureaucratic thresholds and wishes for simple country comforts this Christmas.
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Universal Press Syndicate
Scrabble
Feds
Rappahannock
Richmond
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Washington, Va
Washington
George Washington
Little Washington
Potter
HUD
Peter Kramer
Mosby
Ranger
Rappahannock County
Carter
Washington, D.C
Blue Ridge Mountains
A Chance in Zimbabwe by Tom Wicker
The belated agreement of the Patriotic Front to British cease fire proposals ends years of war and opens the path to Lancaster House supervised elections. The Front faces pressure from rivals and outside powers, but the deal reduces war risks for neighboring states and may recast the Front as legitimate nationalists in the West. Leaders Nkomo and Mugabe forged cooperation, leaving future unity and stable governance for Zimbabwe in question.
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N.Y. Times Service
Patriotic Front
Zimbabwe
Rhodesia
Zambia
Mozambique
Otswana
Tanzania
Front
Lancaster House
Lord Soames
Britain
United States
Salisbury
Abel Muzorewa
Muzorewa
Soviet Union
Africa
Suuen
Sali
Joshua Nkomo
Robert Mugabe
Mr. Nkomo
Mugabe
The Meaning of Going Home by Russell Baker
A humor piece recalling one sentence fillers and odd homecomings. Ambrose Massey and his wife find a stork in their parlor after a movie night. A spoof about headlines, editors, and odd domestic narratives with related jokes of Mrs Flimber and a dinner mishap.
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N.Y
Liverpool
Ambrose Massey
Eulalia
Washington
Massey
Ambrose
Masseys
Skinned Bluff
Kan
Constance Flimber
Flimber
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State Water Control Board
Washingtons
By James J. Kilpatrick
By Tom Wicker
Joshua Nkoma
Abel Muzorew
By Russell Baker
Miss Flimber
Pombeenet
Spotts
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