Obituary notices and remembrances across multiple towns
Obituaries announce arrivals and services in Wardensville and Winchester with family survivors and funeral details. Worthie Clinton Swartz aged 76 of Front Royal died Tuesday. services planned, and multiple local figures including Zelma Baxter and Anna Marie Baxter are noted with burial and visitation details. The piece also references historic witchcraft law repeal in Britain, noting 1951 repeal and 1735 act context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worthie Clinton Swartz
Lee St
Front Royal
Warren Emorial
First Baptist Ch
Zelma Baxter
N. Kent St
University Charlottesville
Festival Firemen Meet Tuesday Amid Parade Planning
Harold M. Bageant directs the 1975 Firemen's Parade planning meeting set for Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the George Washington Hotel private dining room. More than 28 volunteer firemen are expected from Sarah Zane Reuss Friendship Star Tannery and North Mountain Fire Cos. Officials urge unresponsive companies to return attendance cards or call Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival by Monday. The California Wine Institute reports women now choose wine with meals, up from 41 percent seven years ago.
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Harold M. Bageant
George Washington Hotel
Bageant
Sarah Zane
Reuss
Friendship
Star Tannery
North Mountain Fire Cos
The
California Wine Institute
Crash Probe: Controller Defends Landing Rules at Dulles
Washington AP. A Dulles air traffic controller testifying at the National Transportation Safety Board inquiry said federal procedures did not require constant altitude monitoring over mountainous terrain during descent. He noted the Boeing 727 crossed 2000 feet and he could not confirm 400 feet, recalling a two minute gap before the jet disappeared from radar.
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Merle W. Cameron
Dulles International Airport
Mt. Eather
Appalachian
Dulles
National Transportation Safety
Cameron
Pan Am Iran Deal Nears as Airlines Seek Cash Relief
Pan American World Airways reportedly nears an Iran deal that could elevate Iran as a major transportation power. The Journal says the arrangement may keep Pan Am operating as a separate entity, with route swaps and service cuts involving TWA to reduce costs.
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New York
Pan American World Airways
Wall Street Journal
Iran
Pan Am
Trans World Airlines
United States
U.S
TWA
Atlantic
Pacific
Paris
Vienna
Frankfurt
Germany
VA Insurance Dividends Paid Early To Aid Economy
The VA will issue about 2.5 million dividend checks within 45 days to veterans with free life insurance policies. Total dividends reach 335.6 million, with 177.8 million in cash and the rest as credits or future premium reductions. Average payments: 168 for World War I policies, 69 for World War II, and 9 for Korea era veterans. President Ford also seeks to defer or cut 2.6 billion in federal spending including farm conservation, aircraft procurement, cancer institute grants, and handicapped education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Ron Nessen
Nessen
Nelsen
Ford
National Cancer Institute
Firearms Incident at Handley High School Sparks Petitions
Petitions were signed against a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old after a Friday incident at Handley High School in which firearms were brought onto school property. Two students were suspended with possible expulsion, while two others received 10 and three day suspensions. Winchester Police found two unloaded shotguns on campus after officials alerted them.
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Handley High School
Winchester Commonwealth Attorney's Office
Jacob L. Johnson
Winchester
Library Donations Improve Prison Shelves at Front Royal
An anonymous donor supplied hardback and arena magazines to the jail in Front Royal. Sheriff states the items will be used in an orderly manner to aid inmate access and literacy programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Stolen Green 1971 Mercury Cyclone From Star Tannery Home
A 1971 Mercury Cyclone owned by Bruce W. Calendar was stolen from his Star Tannery residence between nightfall and Thursday morning. The two‑door green hardtop with a white vinyl top and no license number ERN was taken. Sheriff’s Department investigators continue to probe the case.
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Star Tannery
Frederick County
Calendar Of Events
Calendar listings show multiple gatherings and meetings across Winchester area venues including hospital auxiliaries, art groups, weight watchers, civic clubs, veterans and fraternal organizations, dances, bridge, and barbershop chorus with times ranging from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at community centers, banks, churches, Masonic halls, and libraries throughout the week.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Art Guild of
Round Hill
E. Boscawen St
Ki-Wives
Civitan Club
Lee Jackson
Greenwood Fire Co
Fire Hall
War Memorial
Optimist Club
Lee- Jackson
Masonic
Recovery Inc
George War Memorial Bulding
Berryville
F&m Bank
George Washington
Izaak Walton League
Law Library
Front Royal Oe Gore Fire Co
Break-in cases hit Apple Mountain Lake and Rt 638
Sheriff R N Rollason reported two county break-ins. At Apple Mountain Lake a loss is unclear due to an unreachable owner Louise Powell of Landover Md. On Rt 638, E F Dedethizy of Silver Spring Md reported two tires and a 19 inch TV stolen sometime between Sunday and Thursday. Investigator Cecil Williams leads the probe. The First Unitarian Fellowship meets Sunday at Beth El Temple at 7 pm with a program on Identity How it Grows by Dorothy Spoers.
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Front Royal
R.N. Rollason
Apple Mountain Lake
Louise Powell
Landover
Rt. 638
E. F. Dedethizy
Silver Spring
First Unitarian Fellowship
Beth-El Temple
Dorothy Tilden Spoers
Claudia
Hubert Martin
Jean Lillis
Paul Nicholson
Johann Schenk
Sandra Jackson
Randy Faust
Weather outlook and tax association meeting note
The Northern Valley forecast shows cloudy skies and a chance of rain with highs around 40. Virginia expects rain to spread from the southwest tonight into Saturday with overnight lows in the 30s to 40s and Saturday highs in the 40s. An extended outlook calls for lingering precipitations and temperatures in the 40s to mid 50s. Noon high today is 4. Year ago high was 69. Frederick County taxpayers assn meets Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the courthouse.
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Northern Valley
Virginia
Winchester
Frederick County Taxpayers Assn
Frederick County Court House
Pacific Coast
Rockies
Great Lakes
Texas
mid-Atlantic States
Rainfall totals and church Youth Week activities described
The report lists 62 year average monthly rainfall and five year yearly totals. It notes a 53.02 inch highest annual rainfall in 62 years and 17.15 inches for the theme verse Praise the Lord for National Youth Week in Stephenson with Rev. Ron Estep presiding and services from tonight through Sunday at 7:30 p.m. open to the public.
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Ieee
National Youth Week
Stephenson
Ron Estep
Cumberland
Stephens City man pleads guilty to assault and gets probation
James Eugene Golliday, 39, of Stephens City, pleaded guilty to assault and battery and was sentenced to 12 months in jail with 10 months suspended. He was also indicted in January for stabbing James William last November at Eighth and Royal Ave and received two years of probation plus medical costs for the victim, Frazier.
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Front Royal
James Eugene Golliday
Stephens City
Golliday
James William
Eighth
Royal Ave
Aggokre
Frazier
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Adden To
Anna Milaena Hardesty
Dennis Carter
Hardesty
Seeeee Church
Robert Griffin
Mount Hebron
Jones Funeral Home
Combs Service
Allen Parrish
Aurial
Wardensville Cemetery
Loy
Wardensville
W.va
Mitchell Service
Swartz Service
Mrs
Alfred M.T. Haresty
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Memeri
wiTanios
OMDS
Amherst ST
DIAL
East
White's Highway Market
Jim & Shelda Longerbeam
Virginia Loan and Thrift Car
Virginia Loan
Thrift Corp
West Piccadilly St
Civil Aeronautics Board
Detroit
Cadillac Motor Car Division
General Motors
VA Insurance
Fraternal Order of Police
Old Fredericktown
Municipal Court
Madison Lodge
IOOF
First United Methodist Church
P.m. Acces Inc
Room Winchester
Warren
Unitarians
Stuart M. Perry, Inc
Cross Junction
Rt. 693
Jacob
Furnished
Singerland
Maytag
Philco
Frigidaire
Frost Tree
Edevans
Bob Luttrell
Earl Shell
Anne C. Hunter
S. Cameron St
RCA
Charles R. Duvall
Helen C. Pitcock
C.1.a
Coun Sanver
Athur, Inc
Boscawen Street
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