Decade's Top News Highlights For Winchester Area
A year by year recap covers shortages in fuel and paper, growth of Winchester and Clarke County, the $500 000 Loudoun Street Mall opening, a Sheriff Keyser resignation, and a fatal 1979 TWA crash near Clarke Loudoun border. Notable 1975 Handley High racial clash and 1976 jail reforms and grand jury findings frame a decade of change.
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Winchester
Clarke County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Loudoun St. Mall
Warren County
Gary Keyser
TWA
Clarke- Loudoun County
Dulles
National
America
New York
Arthur Fiedler
Boston
H. Robert Edwards
State Department of Corrections
Frederick County
Clarke
Frederick County Special Grand Jury
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Parks and Recreation
Robert Fletcher
Richard Madigan
Madigan
Weather summary for Northern Valley and rainfall data
Variable cloudiness tonight and Tuesday with lows around 30 and highs in the low to mid 40s. Rainfall in the past 48 hours ending 8 a.m. today is zero. December rainfall to date 1.72 inches. 1979 year-to-date 51.79 inches. Long term rainfall figures show 66 year averages and historic highs and lows, with the highest annual rainfall 53.02 inches in 1972 and the lowest 17.15 inches in 1930. average 37.09 inches. Yesterday's official temperature was 52 degrees.
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Northern
Valley
Virginia
Nine Die On Virginia Highways In New Year Holiday
Virginia state police report at least nine deaths in holiday traffic crashes across the state. Victims include 19 year old Michael Hunter of Prince George County who died from injuries Saturday night after a two car crash on Virginia 106. Reports name Richard Amides of Hopewell charged with manslaughter. Other fatalities include Walter Norfleet Jr. of Franklin, Riley Bass of Norfolk, Gregory Gaulin of Richmond, James Butler of Capon Bridge, Frances Fritz of North East, Jerry Graham of Jonesville, Thomas Walker of Highland Springs, and Raphael Fisher of McKinney in incidents on Virginia roads Friday to Sunday across multiple counties.
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Virginia
Michael Hunter
Prince George County
Mark Mauger
Hunter
Richmond
Mauger
Richard Amides
Hopewell
Amides
Walter Henry Norfleet Jr
Franklin
Suffolk
Riley J. Bass
Norfolk
Norfolk General Hospital
Princess Anne Road
James Allen Butler
Capon Bridge
W.va
Frances Marie Fritz
North East
Berryville
Clarke County
Jerry Lynn Graham
Jonesville
U.S
Lee County
Thomas Pearce Walker
Highland Springs
Nine Mile Road
Henrico County
Raphael Carleton Fisher
McKinney
Brunswick County
Virginia Extended Forecast Temperatures to Slip across Midweek
The National Weather Service outlook for Virginia calls for breezy and cooler conditions Wednesday followed by partly cloudy and colder Thursday and Friday. Daytime highs range from the upper 30s and 40s Wednesday to the upper 20s to low 40s Thursday and Friday with nightly lows in the 20s Wednesday and Thursday, dropping to the teens and 20s on Friday.
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National Weather Service
Virginia
Live in Warren County Our WIRE FROM WARREN feature
The Star announces a weekly Monday feature for Warren County residents titled WIRE FROM WARREN offering local updates and community notes.
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Warren County
Wire From Warren
Rep F Edward Hebert Dies in New Orleans at 78
Former House Armed Services Committee chairman F Edward Hebert died of a heart attack in New Orleans Saturday at age 78. He served 36 years in Congress.
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F. Edward Hebert
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
New Orleans
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Winchester Evening Star
Handley Ee
Frederick
Apple Pie Ridge
J. Kenneth Robinson
Ray
Shenandoah River
General Assembly
Front Royal
Charles Rutherford
Rutherford
Department
Joan Fristoe
Ron Mason
Donald Burke
The
Star
Sun Belt
Associated Press
Louise Garcia
Manila
Philippines
Timber Ridge
Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation
West Virginia State Line
Federal Highway Administration
Staunton
Edinburg
Wayside’s Hotel
Strasburg
Queen & Holliday St
Wellington
NOAA
US Dept of Commerce
North Carolina
Maryland
Gregory Rowland Gaulin
Ward's Pastry & Coffee Shop
S. Loudoun St
Oleg Cassin
Halston
Elizabeth Arden
Optician
Delco Plaza
Danny
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