Ownership dispute hovers over Rouss Ave ice cream site
A court skirmish over whether an ice cream truck can park on Rouss Ave hinges on who owns the street, the city or Frederick County. Atttorney Scully argues the city owns the roadway, while the county asserts rights. a trespass charge and an Aug. hearing add to the tension as historians note Rouss Ave many names and its courthouse square ties.
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Rouss Ave
Winchester
Frederick County
Thomas G. Scully
Charles Huntsberry
Mister Softee
Loudoun
N. Cameron St
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Huntsberry
Scully
Frederick
J.O. Ronalds
Reuss
Betty Layman
The
Star
Winchester General District Court
Virginia
Garland R. Quarles
Charles Broadway Rouss
Rouss
Quarles
Courthouse Square
Cameron Street
Softee
Governor Godwin Warns of Possible Second Virginia Spending Cut
Gov. Mills Godwin said a second round of state spending cuts is possible if a $26.5 million contingency fund cannot cover deficits for the biennium ending June 30. He stressed layoffs would be a last resort and noted previous 5 percent cuts saved about $100 million, with $70 million in year two. A comptroller report due Aug. 1 could clarify the finances.
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Mills Godwin
Goodwin
Virginia
Godwin
Letter to the Star Editor on Berryville Festival violence
A reader condemns a Berryville Bluegrass Festival report and describes a violent incident in which women identified as Pagans assaulted a young woman. The letter accuses festival management and police of inaction and references armed guards and state troopers passing by without intervention.
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the Star
Berryville
Tor
Wa. A.B.C
Arafat PLO Tension Shapes Beirut Evacuation Drama
Washington weighs a PLO warning over safe passage for U.S. diplomats from Beirut amid Lebanon's civil war. Ford aides fear PLO tactics to gain leverage may prompt nonpermissive evacuation plans with Syria and Egypt pressed to influence Arafat.
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Washington
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
U.S
Beirut
Ford Administration
Yasser Arafat
Arafat
Hafez Assad
Lebanon
Ford
Henry Kissinger
Syria
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Sidon
Nabatiya
Lebanese
Damascus
White House speech clash intensifies over Hartmann control
Congressional Quarterly reports White House staff factions led by Richard Cheney clash with Robert Hartmann over speechwriting authority as David Gergen moves to restructure delivery through an independent channel. Ford allies defend Hartmann amid ongoing primary fight with Reagan.
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Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Ford
Ronald Reagan
White House
Robert T. Hartmann
Richard B. Chendy
Hartmann
Cheney
Hartman
Otis Air Force Base
Massachusetts
Queen Elizabeth
Cape Cod
House
Donald Rumsfeld
Campaign Committee
David R. Gergen
Office of Communications
Gergen
Nixon
William R. Rhathan
Homemakers of America
Charlotte
N.C
Howard H
Bo) Callaway
Ana
North Carolina
Reagan
Winchester as a Hub of Revolutionary Commerce and Supplies
Frederick County served as a key wartime supplier and troop conduit during the Revolution. Winchester linked four major trade routes to markets in Philadelphia Baltimore Alexandria and Falmouth while mobilizing grains beef bacon butter and hemp for the Continental Army. The valley faced troop seizures at mills and ferries and notable incidents include Col Thruston defending his Mt Zion mill from impressment and John Nelson’s cavalry movements.
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Frederick County
Shenandoah Valley
Winchester
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Charles Town
Alexandria
Shenandoah
John Ashby
New York
New Jersey
Daniel Morgan
Harrison
John Nelson
LaFayette
Morgan
Charles Mynn Thruston
Mt. Zion
Thruston
Graves
Virginia
Piccadilly Street
Council of Virginia
Aving
Philip Woolwine
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Moscow
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Laura Virginia Hale
Kenandoah
Cedar Creek
Opequon
Winchester Evening Star
Thames
Byrd
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