Cuba to Florida Swim Draws Battle Lines
Diana Nyad 28 years old plans a 130 mile Cuba to Florida swim starting July 21 with a Shark cage and NBC crew. Walter Poenisch 64 seeks a Havana to Florida crossing aided by his wife and crew and calls it The Swim for Peace.
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Marcie Rudell
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Grove City
Ohio
Miami Beach
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Guinness Book of Records
Florida Straits
Death Circumstances Clarified by Unisil Plant
Unisil Corp clarifies a plant fatality as Franklin Mowery of Augusta West Virginia died while repairing a discharge chute in a crushed sandstone silo at the facility Wednesday.
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Gary Henriksen
Frank
Mowery
Winchester man charged after hit and run damages cemetery fence
Kevin M. Farrell, 20, of Fairview Avenue, is charged with reckless driving and leaving the scene after a hit and run damaged the fence around Mt. Hebron Cemetery early yesterday. Officer Thomas Tangeman investigated the incident.
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Kevin M. Farrell
Fairview Avenue
Thomas Tangeman
The
Winchester Police Department
Garber Re elected Vice Mayor in Winchester Meeting
Winchester City Councilman George Garber, previously reported as vice president, was re elected vice mayor at Saturday’s reorganizational meeting. Garber was nominated for vice president but lost to Councilman William Mote on a Secret ballot.
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Winchester
George Garber
Star
Garber
William Mote
Runaway Payrolls Debate Sparks State Officials Clash
In Richmond, Martinsville councilman Barry A. Greene argues Virginia’s merit pay boosts salaries far above the cost of living, urging concern over local funding. State officials counter that increases reflect regrades and merit steps, not runaway payrolls, with most employees receiving annual merit or promotional raises.
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Barry A. Greene
Virginia
Greene
State Department of Personnel
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General Assembly
Charles Walker
Department of Personnel
Kenneth Yancey
Foul Play Suspected in Chesapeake Woman Disappearance
Virginia Beach AP report says Katherine R. Lazernick, 23, vanished after leaving her husband and infant on the resort beach to fetch a baby bottle. Police, led by Detective Steve Summerlin, suspect foul play and describe a brown car and two men involved in a struggle shortly after she left. Lazernick is 5 feet 2 inches, 137 pounds with shoulder length dark blond hair and blue eyes. she wore a brown two piece bathing suit.
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Virginia Beach
Chesapeake
Steve Summerlin
Thursdday
Katherine R. Lazernick
City Council Eyes July Meeting Without Secret Ballot Debate
City Manager says the July meeting agenda does not include discussion on the legality of secret ballots. The council members present for Saturday votes include Mayor Stewart Bell and members Gore Mote Jones Jones Zuckerman Garber Shendon Kremer Davis Smallwood Robinson Kern Pine.
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Stewart Bell
Ronald Gore
William Mote
S. Pannill Jones
Charles Zuckerman
George Garber
William Shendon
J. Thomas Kremer Jr
The Weather New Moon First Quarter Full Moon
The entry lists lunar phases including new moon first quarter full moon and last quarter in sequence. It reflects the monthly visibility cycle and related sky conditions.
Berryville Store Owner Arrested on Marijuana Charges
Clarke County store owner Roy Lee Beatley 45 was arrested Wednesday by State police on three counts of marijuana distribution. He posted a $3,000 bond and is due in Clarke County General District Court on July 21. Beatley operates a country store on Route 340 south of Berryville. Clarke County Sheriff’s Department assisted in the arrest.
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Clarke County
R.C. Martin
State Police Division of Investigation
Roy Lee Beatley
Beatley
Clarke County General District Court
Rt. 340
Martin
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