Courthouse Advisory Body Outlines Goals
The Frederick County Courthouse Advisory Committee met to set four objectives: assess need for additional facilities, choose location, decide building type, and determine financing. Public hearings will be held to gather opinion, with action on the finance and design questions postponed until need is established. Dorothy Keckley was named secretary and three subcommittees were formed on Site Selection, Building Style, and Finance.
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Frederick County
Commonwealth
Lawrence Ambrogi
Dorothy Keckley
Glen O’rear
Eugene Hoover
Joe Bugarski
Alson Smith
Herbert Shackleford
W. Erle Edwards
Ambrogi
Sheriff Lacy Anderson
George Whitacre
Robert Henry
Jim Robertson
Ross Farrar
Leslie Campbell
John Pickrell
Harold I. Phillips
Leonard Illis
Ed Lambert
James Boyd
E.W. Adams, Jr
Maxine Orndorff
Harry McCann
Keckley
Commissioner of Revenue
Esten Rudolph
Frederick County School Board reinstates 80000 for athletic field
The Frederick County School Board voted to reinstate $80 000 into the James Wood High School athletic field project budget for lighting bleachers and drainage improvements after lengthy discussion prompted by a report from the Frederick County Education Association citing a 1.7 million budget surplus and an additional 600 000 funding claim. The board also created a standards of quality administrative task force with five members to review procedures and coding. Election Day will be added to the 1973 74 school calendar as a work day so schools can serve as polling places.
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Frederick County
James Wood High School
Melton F. Wright
Wright
Frederick County Education Association
FEA
C. Edward Lizer
Michael Morrison
John H. Lewis, Jr
Ed Bridgeforth
United States
30 Day Jail Terms For Hit and Run In Winchester
Roy Allen Mills of Winchester received three 30 day jail terms in Winchester Municipal Court after a conviction on three counts of leaving the scene of an accident two counts of driving the wrong way on a oneway street two counts of failing to stop for a red light and siren one count of reckless driving and one count of failing to stop for a red traffic signal One speeding charge and a defective equipment charge were dismissed Judge John Rice also suspended six months of Mills driver license and deferred fines on remaining charges.
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Frederick County
Winchester
Roy Allen Mills
Rt. 6
John Rice
Rice
Mills
Woman Fractures Leg In Route 7 Single Car Crash
A Winchester woman Mary Chandler Hummer 22 suffered a fractured leg in a one car crash on Route 7 about four miles east of Berryville. She was taken to Winchester Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition. The car left the road hit a yard mailbox step telephone pole and tree before stopping and was demolished.
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Winchester
Rt. 7
Berryville
Mary Chandler Hummer
East St
Winchester Memorial Hospital
J.D. Howell
Howell
Wall Street falls as dollar weakness hits stocks
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 8.13 to 960.19 at 10:30 am amid heavy trading. Decliners led gainers 587 to 213 as analysts point to four factors: economic Phase 3, tight budget, rising rates, and a weakening dollar. John J. Doherty of Blyth cites the dollar as the major factor.
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New York
John J. Doherty
Blyth
Rail splitting contests recall a vanished frontier pastime
Virginia residents remember rail splitting as a county fair attraction of the early 1900s. The piece details fencing’s importance, materials used, and tools such as wedges and gluts, with Abe Lincoln cited as a famed but possibly mythic participant. Prizes varied from tools to baked goods.
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Virginia
Janu
Abe
Waters Family to Perform at Augusta Church of Christ
The Waters Family from Eden North Carolina will perform at the Augusta Church of Christ in Augusta West Virginia from Saturday through Tuesday. The act features Maynard and Kay Waters with daughters Teresa and Pamela plus pianist Phillis Folker. They host a TV show on multiple stations nationwide and aim for a broad, uplifting program.
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Waters
Eden
N.C
Augusta Church of Christ
Augusta
W.va
Maynard
Kay Waters
Teresa
Pamela
Phillis Folker
Garden City
Wyea TV
Columbus
Whae-Tv
Atlanta
Wwbt-Tv
Richmond
Whah-Tv
Portsmouth
Wsls-Tv
Roanoke
Gospel Singing Convention at Shenandoah Valley Baptist Church
A gospel singing convention will be held Sunday at 7 30 p m at the Shenandoah Valley Baptist Church now meeting at Echo Village Restaurant on Rt 11. Groups from area churches including Clarke County Men's Chorus Sunergo Quartet and Salem Church of the Brethren will perform along with many congregational hymns open to the public.
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Shenandoah Valley
Salem Church of the Brethren
Trudy Jenkins
First Brethren Church
Bill Tolen
Market Street
Report finds broad blame for Scope Coliseum loss
An independent five member commission cites mismanagement and weak controls at all levels from the city manager to Scope’s staff as key causes of a 41871 dollar shortage at the Scope Coliseum. The report links the early 1970 opening and staffing gaps to the financial collapse.
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Norfolk, Va
Scope Coliseum
Coliseum
Scope
Denzil E. Skinner
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al Smith
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Wall Street
Middletown
New England
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Abe Lincoln
Phi Beta Lambda
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Phi Lambda
Lord Fairfax Community College
Doug Saffell
Virginia State
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Paula Athey
Jane Mumaw
Gary Tusing
Pam Dyke
Pam Pounds
Steve Milburn
Lois North
Phi Beta Lambda Business Fraternity
Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music
John Westervelt
Derneath
Westervelt
Charles Town
W. Va
Charles Town Race Course
William Schwadron
Gospel Singing Convention
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