Winchester Council hears petitions on traffic light and anti-drug funding
Council heard two petitions last night. Sixty two signers urged installing a traffic light at James Wood High School Rt. 50 intersection citing three fatalities and 1500 daily users. One seventy two signers asked Council to fund the Winchester Frederick County Drug Abuse Committee Youth Outreach Program.
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Winchester
James Wood High School Rt. 50
George H. Garber
State Highway Dept
Wilbur Smith
James H. Fleming
Loudoun St. Mall
Boscawen St
Dr. S. Pannill Jones
Council
William M. Mote
Mote
William S. Keyton Sr
Transportation Committee
the American Assn
Winchester Board Denies Variances For Eight-Story Elderly Housing
The Winchester Board of Zoning Appeals denied variances for Eco Inc. to build a 105 unit eight story apartment complex for the elderly and handicapped on Loudoun and Cameron streets. Rent is projected at 220 dollars monthly with 10 to 15 percent handicapped accessible units. The board cited setbacks and off street parking shortfalls.
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Winchester Board of Zoning Appeals
Eco, Inc
Reston
Godfrey Miller
Loudoun St
Winchester- Frederick County
Zoning Appeals Board
B & J Carpet Co
Millwood Ave
Virginia AFL-CIO endorses most Democratic candidates
The Virginia AFL-CIO endorsed all but eight Democratic hopefuls for the General Assembly as about 400 labor leaders wrapped a two day meeting in Norfolk. Some incumbents were skipped and one district backed a Republican candidate in Chesterfield and Colonial Heights.
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Norfolk
General Assembly
Virginia Afl-Cio
Committee On Political Education
COPE
Herbert H. Bateman
Newport News
William V. Rawlings
Capron
Paul Manns
Bowling Green
Dels
Richard Elliot
Campbell County
Frank M. Slayton
South Boston
Lewis W. Parker Jr
South Hill
J. Samuel Glasscock
Suffolk
Chesterfield
Colonial Heights
Afl-Cio
Del
George W. Jones
William N. Humphries Jr
Minister escapes abduction by two kidnapers on I 85
Warren County Sheriff says two men abducted Rev Harmon S Volz of LaCrosse Virginia who jumped from a speeding car on Interstate 85 near North Carolina to escape. He suffered minor injuries and was treated at Community Memorial Hospital in South Hill. Abductors forced him from his home after a stop sign stop.
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Warrenton
N.C
Warren County
Clarence Davis
Virginia
Harmon S. Volz
LaCrosse
Hinor
North Carolina
Volz
Davis
Community Memorial Hospital
South Hill
Emporia
Harassment reports on Roanoke County teens found false
State police ended an inquiry into alleged attacks on Patrick County girls tied to blacks. First Sgt. Craft said the reports were fabricated and unfounded. Earlier stories claimed Ku Klux Klan attackers harmed two teens, with symbols cut into bodies and a bullwhip beating.
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Roanoke
Patrick County
L.F. Craft
Salem
Ku Klux Klan
KKK
Richmond
Mills Godwin
Ford
Virginia
Ford Administration
General Fund
U.S. Treasury
Godwin
Western Australia Largest Australian State by Area
Western Australia, covering almost a third of the nation, remains the largest state by land area in Australia. Its vast interior and coastal regions define its geographic and economic prominence.
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Western Australia
Australia
Camden man appeals murder verdict in twin fetus deaths
Winfield Anderson, 24, convicted of first degree murder in the deaths of twin fetuses after wounding Nikki Spearman in Camden. Each conviction carries a life sentence. Prosecutors say prenatal deaths due to injuries are murder. defense argues fetuses are not persons. An appeal to the state Supreme Court is anticipated.
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Camden
N.J
State Supreme Court
Winfield Anderson
Nikki Spearman
Cesarian
Anderson
Camden County
William T. Cahill Jr
New
Jersey
Break-in At Store Investigated By Winchester Police
Winchester police investigate a Tuesday morning break in at the Valley Avenue Delicatessen. Entry was forced via a side entrance mesh. About 100 dollars in sunglasses beer cigarettes and lighters stolen. Authorities continue the investigation. Two men William Loy and Danny Anderson were charged with grand larceny in a separate case involving a tape recorder from a car on E Piccadilly St. Officer Charles Stines leads the probe.
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Winchester
Valley Avenue
E. Piccadilly St
William Edward Loy
Danny Anderson
Charles Stines
Weather Today Northern Valley Virginia Outlook
The forecast calls for variable cloudiness and humidity with a chance of showers this afternoon or evening through Thursday. Lows in the 60s, highs in the low to mid 80s on Thursday, and humidity with possible thunderstorms in Virginia. Extended outlook Friday to Sunday shows a chance of showers Friday, then partly cloudy with highs around 90 and lows in the 70s.
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Atlantic Coast
Gulf Coast
Northern Plains
Valley
Virginia
Rainfall Totals and Averages Over 62 Years
Rainfall data through 8:30 a.m. today shows 52 inches this month and 27.16 inches year to date. Five year January to December totals range from 36.16 to 53.02 inches with 1972 as the wettest year and 1930 the driest.
Survivors of Hurricane Reunited With Families
A Virginia man Clinton Spooner and three teenage boys Roger Jr Keith and Gordon Stewart survived 15 days at sea on an overturned trimaran after Hurricane Amy. They were rescued by the Greek ship Ellinora and reunited with relatives at a Coast Guard dock near Cape May New Jersey. The boys father Roger Stewart died July 4 after the voyage.
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Cape May
N.J
Virginia
Coast Guard
Roger Stewart
Yorktown
Meridian
Cape Dattaras
Stewart
NASA
Bermuda
Clinton Spooner
Grafton
Spooner
Stewart Boys
Roger Jr
Keith
Gordon
Ellinora
Point Franklin
Delaware Bay
York County
Police Err in Name in Cork St 7 Eleven Confrontation
Winchester police corrected an earlier report naming Ronald Allen Feathers as a suspect in an assault at Cork Street Seven-Eleven. The correct suspect is Robert L. Feathers, per Sgt. Charles Hill, due to a dispatcher error. Zutty Singleton, famed jazz drummer, dies at 77 in New York.
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Winchester Police Department
Ronald Allen Feathers
Cork St
Charles Hill
Winchester Police
Robert L. Feathers
Hill
Zutty Singleton
New York
Arthur James
Zutty’’ Singleton
Star Ad Coupons Boost Savings Today
Read the Star for coupon bargains and money saving ads. The notice promotes the paper’s deals and the chance to get more value with a purchase.
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James Wood
Winchester Citizens Assn
Keyton
Wendell L. Seldon
Federal Aviation Administration
Seldon
Fred I. Brumback
Daniel T. Grimes
Leonard W. Riley
Board of Equalization of
Kurtz
N. Cameron St
C. L. Riley
Fleming
Senate
James M. Thomson
House
Thomson
U. S
Fitzpatrick
Navy Adm
Elmo Zumwalt
Naval Operations
Harry F. Byrd Jr. Zumwalt
Cuba
Associated Press
Secretary of Transportation
Federal Highway Trust Fund
Treasury
Virginia Council On Health and Medical Care
Safeway Stores Inc
Andrew Woods
Hampton
Richmond (Ap
Atty
Andrew P. Miller
Miller
State Division of Drug Abuse Control
Jeremiah Thomas
State Corrections Department
Thomas
Division of State Police
Here
Chesterfield County
DS Funeral Home
Amherst ST
Iat
Glen L. Stebbins
Green Hill
Stephens City
the Order
Sealmark
Bernard F. Groves
S. Braddock St
Christopher James Larrick
Riverview
Strasburg
Secectia
Earieaa
Venicum
City of
Frederick County
Middletown Rescue Sqd
Clarke County
Concern Front Royal
State Police
Winc. Hospital
Front Royal Hospital
Wffv-Fm
Bonanza
Delco Plaza
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