Kepone storage lagoon questioned amid leakage debate
Virginia officials dispute EPA findings of Kepone leakage from an asphalt lined lagoon in Hopewell containing 1.5 million gallons of contaminated sludge. Tests of wells and springs show no evidence to support leakage claims despite EPA suspicions.
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Richmond
Environmental Protection Agency
Hopewell
William F. Gilley
Virginia
EPA
Virginia Electric & Power Co
New York City
Vepco
Man Charged in Murders Freed
Riverside California AP David Douglas Hill one of two men linked to the trash bag murders was released after a Riverside County Grand Jury declined to indict him. The panel indicted his former roommate Patrick Wayne Kearney on three counts of murder and he faced a July 28 arraignment.
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Riverside
Calif
David Douglas Hill
Hill
Riverside County Grand Jury
Patrick Wayne Kearney
Central Alarm decision set for second round hearing
Clarke County Supervisors Eustace Jackson and Robert Hummer will join Geoff Cole and Sheriff Albert Nicodemus in Richmond for the State Compensation Board hearing on the Central Alarm status. They seek to appeal a prior decision keeping dispatchers on the sheriff’s budget.
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Berryville
Eustace Jackson
Robert Hummer
Geoff Cole
Richmond
State Compensation Board
Albert Nicodemus
Harold Hawkins
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Jack Hardesty
Jackson
Hummer
Fred Pollard
Charles Trible
Bill Forst
Coleman Luncheon To Feature State Senator Marshall Coleman
State Sen Marshall Coleman Republican nominee for attorney general will be guest of honor at a Dutch treat luncheon Monday at 1 p.m. in Duff's Pagoda Room. The Winchester and Frederick County Republican Committees sponsor the event. Coleman will make brief remarks and visit area sites during the day.
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Marshall Coleman
Duff
Coleman
Clarke YFA Wins Initial Battle To Hold Tractor Pull Contests
Clarke County Planning Commission with a 4 to 3 vote backs the Young Farmers Association proposal to hold two tractor pulls yearly on its west of Rt 7 property. The plan moves to the Board of Supervisors for final approval.
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Clarke Yfa
County hears tractor pull tied to entertainment plan
Blackout administrator ruled the pull not an agricultural activity but an entertainment proposal. A public hearing was set for yesterday at the planning commission monthly meeting. The courthouse housed YFA members and residents as Cam Tabb led the session presenting proposals for two scheduled tractor pulls.
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YFA
Cam Tabb
The
Floyd Dominy
VFA
Warren Arthur
Arthur
Carlton Chappell
William Cross
Dominy
Ben Toxvard
Gwenne Jones
Kenneth Gilpin
Charles Kackley
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
City Rises From Blackout Amid Fires and Looting
Power restored in a sweltering city as fires and looting ease. About 3,300 people face swift arraignments, 426 officers injured, and the mayor vows slower service while seeking relief and answers from Con Ed and federal aid officials.
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Beame
Con Ed
Charles Luce
Correction: Zeropack named refrigeration manager not C L Robinson
In a July 13 ice business story The Winchester Evening Star corrects Charles Gant as refrigeration manager of Zeropack, not C L Robinson. All references to C L Robinson Co. should be Zeropack. The Star regrets the error.
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Winchester Evening Star
The
Star
Charles Gant
Zeropack
C.L. Robinson
C.L. Robinson Co
Weather snapshot and long term rainfall figures
The report details a fair tonight with upper 60s lows and a hot sunny Saturday with mid 60s to 70s then upper 80s to mid 90s. It notes an extended forecast of partly cloudy conditions with possible thundershowers Monday and Tuesday and mid 80s to mid 90s highs, mid 60s to mid 70s lows. It also lists noon high 88 today, yesterday 90, no rainfall in the past 24 hours, and long term rainfall totals and averages with highest 53.02 inches in 1972 and lowest 17.15 inches in 1930.
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Northern Valley Fair
Virginia
Carter energy package moves gas price debate forward
The Carter administration backed continued controls with a slight price rise to spur oil and gas output while deregulation supporters warned of shortages. The House committee approved insulation standards, energy grants, appliance efficiency rules, coal incentives, and new taxes on gas guzzlers and crude oil with homeowner rebates.
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Charles Carney
Ohio
Carter
House
Ways and Means
New Energy Committee
Lease Is Acquitted In Delinquency Charge
Charles G. Lease was acquitted in Frederick County Circuit Court of contributing to the delinquency of a minor after a bench trial. Judge Robert K. Woltz ruled the charge not proven beyond a reasonable doubt despite the 15 year old girl testifying in open court. Defense attorney was Thomas A. Schultz Jr.
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Lulu WiLu
Star
Charles G. Lease
Frederick County
Robert K. Woltz
Lease
General Assembly
Commonwealth
Lawrence Ambrogi
Woltz
Thomas A. Schultz, Jr
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