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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1975
Page
2
Obituary notices for Joseph A. Molony 68 of Doylestown Pa and other death notices from Martinsburg W Va Front Royal Front Royal Va Capon Springs and Shenandoah Memorial Park. Includes service times locations and survivor details with multiple families and funeral arrangements.
Agriculture Department figures show middlemen accounted for more than four fifths of the 1974 grocery price increase. A 1974 market basket cost consumers 33.65 weekly, up 4.09 from 1973, while farmers received 0.63 of the rise and middlemen 3.46. The full year market basket totaled 1,750 dollars, with middlemen getting 1,016 dollars and farmers 734. The report notes the basket includes 65 items to feed a 3.2 person family and excludes certain products. Also noted are forthcoming price trends and separate obituary notices for Charles Shanholtz and Richard Brining.
President Anwar Sadat of Egypt predicts the United States will recognize the Palestine Liberation Organization and urges Washington to press Israel toward concessions. He said he believes recognition is possible and outlined France as a venue for arms deals amid a busy international push for Middle East peace.
The Virginia Supreme Court is asked to overrule a Norfolk judge who ruled the receiver cannot sue on behalf of Norfolk Savings & Loan Corp. depositors. Edwin R. MacKethan contends Judge Spencer G. Gill Jr. misread the law in a case involving five targeted defendants and 3500 uninsured depositors owed roughly 12 million. A depositor suit for 206,113 plus interest was filed in circuit court after insolvency on January 2, 1973.
Weekend events include a Sunday 3 p.m. concert and 8 p.m. recital at Shenandoah College with Dana Claypool and Jancie White. Saturday brings a 8 p.m. movie Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here at Shenandoah College and a Winchester Hospital Follies performance in the college auditorium.
Front Royal Federal Credit Union holds its annual meeting and elections at the Front Royal Fire Hall with Stark from the Virginia Credit Union League as guest speaker. Directors and committee members will be elected as reports show 1,185 loans totaling 2.53 million and member savings near 1.96 million. Savings are insured up to 40 000 by the National Credit Union Administration.
The forecast calls for variable cloudiness windy and colder tonight and Sunday with lows in the 30s and 20s in the northwest. Highs Sunday mid 40s to near 50, with Virginia turning colder and a chance of snow flurries in the northwest mountains. Extended outlook shows rain chances Monday and Tuesday then fair Wednesday with daytime highs in the 50s to around 60 and overnight lows in the 30s and 40s. Weather data also lists daily noon high 42 and low 38, past rainfall totals and long term averages, plus notes on moonrise and sunset for Saturday January 25.
Susan Anne Rockwell, 17, of Silver Spring Maryland, was injured in a two car crash on Washington Street at the intersection with Boscawen Street. Damage totaled about $4,000 to the Tischer and $2,000 to the Scott vehicle. Rockwell was treated at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Ralph C. Tischer and Fred H. Scott were the drivers of the other involved cars.
An ACLD was organized Thursday by parents teachers and area professionals meeting with the Kiwanis Club at the War Memorial Building. The group aims to raise public awareness about learning disabled children and improve local services. The next meeting is set for Feb 27 with ACLD officers to be elected.
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