Brief Chase Yields Auto Recovery in Front Royal
Police recovered a stolen 1970 Lincoln after a brief chase at Berryville Avenue shopping center. Two women, Doreen Baker Jenkins and Donna Jean Gaynor, face forged check charges. a juvenile was petitioned. Vehicle reported stolen December 14 by Mrs. Allen Bolton.
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Grand Union
Berryville Ave
Doreen Baker Jenkins
Winchester
Donna Jean Gaynor
Charles Town
Martinsburg
Allen Bolton
Front Royal
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad Meets Christmas Fund Goal
Since September the squad sought sixty five thousand dollars to replace a vehicle and cover next year’s operations. By Christmas Eve it was short, but on Christmas Day a Royal Crown Cola Bottling Co. family donation of a couple thousand brought the total over the goal. The squad logged 3,033 aid calls this year, up from 2,867 last year.
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Winchester
W. E. Bridgeforth
Royal Crown Cola Bottling Co
Squad Fund Drive
James H. Carwile
Carwile
Two More Area Houses Lost in Separate Fires
Firefighters battled two unrelated blazes overnight in Clearbrook and Rt. 50 east. A Cedar Grove home damaged by dryer wiring sparked a partition fire, while a vacant house across from Perry Engineering on Rt. 50 east was a total loss. Units from Gainesboro Round Hill Greenwood and city crews assisted, with investigation ongoing. J Schoeneman boiler issue at Industrial Park prompted a one hour response.
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Cedar Grove
Rt. 50 East
Clearbrook
Carl Watson
Little Mountain Road
Greenwood Company
City
Perry Engineering
Luray
Woman mugged on Loudoun St Mall near courthouse
A 63 year old Winchester woman, Annabell Shade, was robbed on Loudoun Street Mall in front of the Frederick County Courthouse by two youths. Her brown pocketbook valued at 170 dollars was stolen during the scuffle. Police investigating.
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Winchester
Loudoun St
Frederick County
Annabell Shade
P.m
Herb Holliday
AutoPark
S. Loudoun St
Auto Park
Braddock St
James Fellers
Allen Drive
1300
Martinsburg
Frances Leake
Injured Man Improves After Valley Milk Blast
A man injured in the Valley Milk Products explosion Sunday has improved to satisfactory and moved from ICU to a regular room at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Investigators seek the cause as Plant Manager George Thompson says searches for refrigeration leaks will take days. The blast damaged the powdered milk area, toppled two walls and collapsed the roof, with damage estimated over $100,000. The undamaged section of the plant remains in operation.
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Strasburg
Valley Milk Products
Winchester Memorial Hospital
James Hisghman Jr
George Thompson
Thompson
Right Turn on Red Limits at Winchester Intersections
Statewide right turn on red begins Jan 1 and signs restrict turns at 14 of Winchester’s 38 traffic signals. Of 22 approaches to these intersections, visibility or hazards like a railroad crossing and complex cross streets justify prohibitions.
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Star
Winchester
Red
Cameron
Boscawen St
Kent
Piccadilly St
Right Turn on Red Rules Described at Frederick County Lights
A Frederick County sheriff's spokesman says no exception to right turn on red at two traffic lights. Incoming notes list specific traffic movements at several intersections including Kent Boscawen Cameron Rouss Valley Bellview Loudoun Southwerk Gerrard Papermill and Millwood. An official in Stephens City confirms the Rt 11 signal allows right turns on red except northbound from Rt 277.
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Kent
Boscawen
Cameron
Rouss
Valley
Bellview
Loudoun
Southwerk
Gerrard
Papermill
Millwood
Cork
Pleasant Valley
Loudoun and
Wyck
Commercial
Frederick County
Sheriff's Department
Stephens City
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John LeMarr
Charles Pitcock
The
Commercial & Savings Bank
Nichols Grand Union Shopping Center
Winchester Evening Star
Gainesboro
Round Hill
J. Schoeneman, Inc
SCS
Soil Conservation Service
Virginia
David N. Grimwood
SWCD
Grimwood
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Kennedy St
Raymond Stanley
Senseng Road
Butch Taylor
Mark Crider
Mike Alt
Richie Meuser
Tinuing
Diane Kimbel
General Assembly
West Virginia
North Carolina
Maryland
District of Columbia
D.C
Piccadilly
Washington
Weems Lane
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