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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1978
Page
3
Staunton City Council voted 5-2 to amend the real estate tax ordinance limiting the rate to 1 percent of assessed value. The move reflects Prop 13 influence, with the current rate below 1 percent and previous years at 90 to 95 cents per $100. initial referendum plan dropped after city attorney ruled no ballot authority.
Ford Motor Co. fires President Lee A Tacocca after a 32 year rise. Board vote was unanimous and Tacocca will leave Oct 15 on his 54th birthday. Henry Ford II and William Ford led the purge reshaping the leadership trio at the second largest U.S. automaker.
Wilbur M. Feltner served on the reunion committee for the Berryville High School class of 1938. The First Explorer High Adventure camp at Rock Enon Gore was highly successful with 35 explorers and leaders attending.
A 17 year old unwed mother, Marigrace Clonts, hid with her 12 week old son Kevin Jeremy after taking him from the Children's Home Society in Richmond. The agency, funded partly by United Way, had placed Kevin April 18 and sought custody via court, with a detainer issued for the child. The family says they acted to keep the baby from being adopted out, while the agency says legal custody does not guarantee physical possession.
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