Clarke Names Committee to Study Courtroom Renovations
Clarke County supervisors appoint a committee to study remodeling the Circuit Courtroom citing shabbiness and space needs. Members Wood Hummer Hawkins to draft plan for circuit judges approval and possible outside help. The board also considers election district reversion and other county matters.
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Clarke
Berryville
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
James Wood
Robert Hummer
Commonwealth
Harold Hawkins
Board of Supervisors
Ruritans Attend 41st Annual National Convention
Frederick and Clarke County Ruritan Club members and their spouses joined delegates from 31 states at the 41st Ruritan National Convention in New York. The three day gathering installed national officers as attendees from multiple clubs represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Clarke County
New York
Frederick and
P. T. McIntire
Ernest Adams
Robert Cather
Harold M. Bageant
Hylton Clark
Gainesboro Club
Esten O. Rudolph
Jack B. Reed
Garland Cather
Round Hill Club
William Beatty
Charles Orndorff
Edward Lord
Stonewall Club
Donald R. Hodgson
Robert Hodgson
Shawnee Clib
Catholics Split Over Demonstration Plans in Northern Ireland
In Belfast the Catholic leadership fractures over protest plans for Wednesday with Bernadette Devlin backing a disruption campaign while some Catholic MPs urge a 24 hour fast. The report notes ongoing guerrilla attacks on British troops and a manhunt for an IRA leader who escaped Long Kesh jail as police summon 26 march organizers.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Bernadette Devlin
Civil Rights Association
Omagh
Londonderry
Newry
Miss Devlin
New York
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Britain
Irish Republic
Waldheim
Patrick J. Hillery
Ireland
World Organization
Irish Republican Army
Long Kesh
Francis McGuigan
IRA i
New Georgia-Pacific plywood plant dedication in Emporia
Virginia Governor Linwood Holton and U.S. Senator William Spong planned dedication for Georgia-Pacific’s new $7 million plywood plant in Emporia built after a 1971 fire. The plant, five years after the old facility burned, will employ 250 plus 200 woods workers with payroll over $3 million and features total utilization of pine logs.
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Emporia
Virginia
Linwood Holton
U.S
William B. Spong Jr
D-Va
Georgia-Pacific Corp
Georgia-Pacific
Supervisors Schedule Change For Frederick County Meeting
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors adopts a new Wednesday schedule with a 1 p.m. start in the county office board room and a 7 p.m. Courthouse resume. Highlights include a Road Hearing date, Road Viewers named, Planning Commission input on rezoning, and space and tax comparisons by Executive Secretary Roger Alderman. A landfill emergency tonnage rate and a 4:30 p.m. operation report by Sanitation Authority director Don E. Krueger are on the agenda. The Parks and Recreation Commission will present its department nominations in the evening.
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A.R. Cline
State Highway Department
Clarke County
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Planning Commission
Commission
Roger Alderman
Fredrick County
Virginia
Don E. Krueger
Sanitation Authority
Parks and Recreation Commission
Wall Street slips amid mild downturn on Monday
Wall Street prices cooled further in New York trading as the Dow Jones average slipped to 902.92 at 10 30 a.m. with declines outnumbering advances on the NYSE. Analysts cited lack of buying pressure and few news catalysts for enthusiasm. Major stocks like Occidental Petroleum 13 percent lower Gulf Oil 25 percent down Winnebago 64 2 lower Aileen 15 percent higher Telex 13 percent lower.
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NEW York
Dow Jones
New York Stock Exchange
Occidental Etroleum
Gulf Oil
Winnebago
Aileen
Telex
Coyote Menace Threatens Sheep and Poultry Growers
The coyote is identified as a menace to sheep and poultry farmers, posing ongoing challenges to livestock protection and farm operations.
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Tech
Bobby Smallwood
Winchester
Virginia Tech
E.ergency
Scott Chandler
Onancock
Brian Fulton
Blacksburg
Ronald van Voorhis
Virginia Beach
John Moody
Christiansburg
James Pierce
Irwin
Neal Nelson
Falls Church
Hawkins
Mickie Company
Charlottesville
Garrison Ellis
Jack Hardesty
John Scott
Rt. 638
Shenandoah Farms
Wade G. Johnson
Clarke County Education Association
Johnson
Joseph A. Massie
Shirley Lichliter
Elaine Daley
Clarke County Welfare Department
Charles Kackley
Edward H. McDonald
Bart Boehmler
Zoning Appeals Board
DIAL
Bernice Bede Osol
ARIES
Taurus
IRPIO
Sagittarius
Uarius
Electrolux
Sales & Service
Millwood Ave
Lynn Poole
Green Acres
Kibler’s
Georgia Corbin
Zenith Sales and Service
RCA
Route 50 West
Willie Cunningham, Jr
McDonald's
Drift N - Browse Health
St. Loudoun
Cameron St
Hong Kong
Martinsburg
Giffin Bros
Capon Bridge
W.va
Wonder Paint Company
Fairfax Lane
G.C. Carter
Call
C. B. Radio
MR. (Gee
C. B. Radio - TV Sales and Service
Stephens City
B. L. Chadwick
Cross Junction
Wilt's
Papermill Road
John Anderson
Fred Bigden
NEA, Inc
E. Leicester
RADIO
Melvin Boone, Sr
Houce
Wolverton’s
South Stephens City
Norman N. Weisman
Browntown Road
Front Royal
Cleveland
Ohio
John E. Phipps
Dolloff
Cal Wilkin’s Realty Development Corp
PINE
DODGE
Chrysler
Braddock St
C-O
Winchester Evening Star
Anean
Fort View
Front Royal Road
Star
Sunnyside
Blue Point
Bufflick Heights
Reward
Whitacre
Emma Pearl Mowery
Middletown
Valea
Milton Valley Farm
Lofton CB
Stephenson, Virginia
Craft Corner
Jimmy
Poe
Kernstown
Virginia Loan
Thrift Corporation
W. Piccadilly Street
Auto & Fur
Davenport Insulation, Inc
Salvation Army Home League
FBI
Wall Street
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