Wreck scatters fuel as tanker spills on Rt. 340 South
State Trooper Lee Henderson reported a tractor trailer from Tank Lines Inc. of Virginia Beach carrying 7,000 gallons of No. 2 fuel overturned five miles south of Front Royal on Rt. 340. About 500 to 1,000 gallons leaked before Environmental Control Board crews cleaned the spill and traffic was halted 45 minutes to an hour. No injuries were reported.
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Front Royal
Rt. 340 South
Lee Henderson
Henderson
State Board Environmental Control Board
Tank Lines Inc
Virginia Beach
Edward M. Shields
Rt. 340
Norfolk & Western
Shields
Walker Pleads Guilty to Second Degree Murder
John Frank Walker, 62, pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the slaying of his stepson, Raymond Strother, 27, on Aug 29 in Middletown. Autopsy showed a high alcohol level. witnesses described Strother as violent when drunk. The judge ordered a pre sentence report for Feb 9 with a potential 5 to 20 year term.
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Star
Nellie Walker
John Frank Walker
Raymond Lee Strother
Walker
Strother
George Johnston, III
Middletown
E. W. Buchanan
Frederick County Sheriff's Dept
Buchanan
Sheriff's Department
Ambrogi
Waltz
Innocent Plea Entered By Shanholtz
Shanholtz pleaded innocent to slaying Freddy Gene Lawson on Nov 12. Lawson, 31, found dead at Winchester Garden Apartments from hammer injuries. Grand jury indicted Shanholtz and six others. trial set for April 12. Other defendants pleaded innocent and had trial dates set for late Feb and late April.
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Star
William Elsworth Shanholtz, Jr
Freddy Gene Lawson
Lawson
Winchester Garden Apartments
Winchester Circuit Court
Shanholtz
John William Kerns
Max Johnson
Daniel Jonathan Moats
County Nearing Delinquent Tax Warrants In Frederick County
Frederick County moves toward issuing delinquent real estate tax warrants as Treasurer Dorothy Keckley begins affidavits for Commonwealth Attorney Lawrence Ambrogi. Shawneeland owes about 70000 and Wild Acres about 4500. cases over 5000 go to Circuit Court. The effort follows board action nine months ago to pursue nonresponsive taxpayers.
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Star
Frederick County
Dorothy Keckley
Lawrence Ambrogi
Wild Acres
Mountain Falls Park
Keckley
Shawneeland
Thomas Rosenberger
Ambrogi
Cold Greeting for Lawmakers as General Assembly Convenes
Richmond lawmakers faced a frigid start to the 1977 session as temperatures near 10 degrees chilled the city. Despite signs welcoming the General Assembly, delegates and senators focused on the cold and the work ahead including potential tax considerations to cover an $118.5 million projected deficit.
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General Assembly
House of Delegates
Winchester mayor states city on sound footing in annual address
Mayor Stewart Bell delivered the annual state of the city report praising financial stability and progress across municipal programs. The session featured dispute over a lighted baseball facility and Sarah Zane Fire Company driver provision, with council voting to relocate staff under the fire chief and to reject a Millwood Ave site. The body referred a wrecker service complaint to a committee and urged USPS to keep the old Post Office building open for downtown service and federal use.
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Star
Winchester
Stewart Bell
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Winchester Recreation Park
Bell
Sarah Zane
Millwood Ave
Braddock and
Piccaddilly
U.S. Postal Service
Library Drew Hard on Revenue Sharing Funds
Front Royal officials report that nearly half of their six month revenue sharing funds were spent on Samuels Library. Of 47568 dollars received, 20000 went to the library, 12676 to public safety, 9892 to recreation, and 5000 to Warren Memorial Hospital. The town must submit a semiannual actual use report detailing expenditures.
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Front Royal
Samuels Library
Office of Revenue Sharing
Warren Memorial Hospital
Winchester Frederick Chamber Dinner Tickets Available
Tickets remain for the 59th Annual Dinner of the Winchester Frederick County Chamber of Commerce to be held Tuesday at the Lee Jackson Motor Inn. U S Senator Harry F Byrd Jr will speak and the Outstanding Citizen of the Year award is presented. Reservations via 662 4118.
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Winchester-Frederick County
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Staunton
Environmental Control Board
Strasburg
Rt. 601
Fishers
Hill
John William Baker
William $. Baker
Buster Clem
Tom McCabe
William Walton
Clem
Lulu Williams
Marshall Robinson
Shenandoah County
Robinson
Herman Jenkins
Commonwealth
Donald Grandstaff
Rt. 600
Hayfield
Frederick County Sheriff's Department
Gainesboro
Round Hill
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C. W. Brill
D Monn
Abex Corp
Tennyson Drive
Robb
Charles S. Robb
Virginia
Front Royal Jaycees
Northern Virginia
Lyndon Johnson
Bob Taylor
Jaycee
Robert K. Woltz
Johnston
Irvan O'Connell
O'Connell
Fort Loudoun
Moats
Leonard Donald Voorhees
George Barr
Cassandra Darlene Bethea
Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
8Th Street
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Old South
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