Woman Acrobat Resents Being Called Daredevil
Patti Johnson, one of fewer than a dozen female aviation acrobats in the nation, describes aerobatics as exhilarating and compares it to a personal thrill rivaling sex. The 24 year old Oregon pilot flies a small biplane in open cockpit stunts, embracing the Amelia Earhart comparison amidst a male dominated field.
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Hillsboro
Ore
Oregon
Patti Johnson
Amelia Earhart
Fond du Lac
Wis
Sherman
Texas
Leo Loudenslager
Sussex
N.J
Funding Added To Drought and Flood Program
A Senate House conference committee agreed to add funds to the drought and flood conservation program run by the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. The money targets emergency drought impact areas in all 21 counties of Rep. J. Kenneth Robinson's Seventh District to aid farmers with replanting pastureland digging wells and other drought needs.
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Washington
Senate House
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
J. Kenneth Robinson
Robinson
White House
Seventh
Sacred Heart Horse Show Draws 140 Entries From 3 States
The Sacred Heart Academy Western Horse Show near Winchester drew more than 140 riders from West Virginia Virginia and Maryland for its seventh annual event. Grand Champion went to Marleeca Skipbar ridden by Frank Artrip with Reserve to Bill Mackintosh on Buck. Pony honors went to Rockdale's Finally ridden by Mr Stuart and Reserve to Beauty's Cocoa with other class winners listed.
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Sacred Heart Academy
Winchester
West Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
Frank Artrip
Bill Mackintosh
Berryville
Buck
Stuart
Rockdale
Scott Burns
Enid Artrip
Glenwood Lass
Richard Kolb
Bounty Hunter
Allen Payne
Scott Butts
Joan Little Seeks Early Parole From Prison
Joan Little, serving seven to 10 years for breaking and entering and linked to the 1975 icepick killing of a Beaufort County jailer, hopes for parole in September aided by her work release as a dental technician trainee in Raleigh. Her supervisor says she is performing well and credits her progress to the program and daily work.
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Raleigh, N.C
Joan Little
Raleigh
Miss Little
Beaufort County
David Lane
Women’s Prison
Drugs Stolen From Pharmacy in Stephens City
A white male about 5'8" and 150 to 160 pounds robbed Sagers Pharmacy at 8 a.m. today, brandishing a handgun and taking about 450 in controlled drugs including morphine. He fled in a light colored small car. an all points bulletin was issued for the car and driver. The man claimed he had just left the Army and wished someone would catch him. The clerk described his attire as striped tie dark pants and a light shirt.
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Stephens City
Sager
Frederick County
Sheriff's Department
Paul Deaner
Sowers Herd Tops June Dairy Production List
Clarke Frederick Dairy Herd Improvement Association lists the top milk and butterfat producers for June. Frank Sowers Shade Ruff leads test-day milk per cow at 48.8 pounds and butterfat at 1.68 pounds, with Louthan Shady Grove Farm close behind. Others in the top five for milk include James Louthan Shady Grove Farm and Dr Kackley Sons. Top butterfat also features Louthan and Kackley with Stiles Waverly completing the top five.
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Berryville
Clarke Frederick
Frank Sowers
Shade Ruff
James Louthan
Shady Grove Farm
Dr. Kackley & Sons
John Hardesty & Son
Harvie Farm
I. Fred Stine
Fort Collier
Winchester Day Care July Menus Read Aloud
July 25 29 school meal menus show breakfast and lunch offerings at Winchester Day Care Center. Breakfast features French Toast hot cereal eggs and hamlette while lunch includes fish and chips meat loaves turkey pot pie and fruit desserts with milk.
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Winchester Child Day Care Center
Weather outlook for Northern Valley and Virginia
The Northern Valley forecasts thunderstorms tonight with lows in the upper 60s to low 70s, clearing Tuesday with breezy cooler conditions and highs in the low 80s. Virginia expects showers or thundershowers tonight with lows in the 60s to mid 70s, morning showers in the southeast Tuesday, then clearing and cooler with highs in the low to mid 80s. The extended outlook for Wednesday through Friday calls for mostly fair weather with highs in the mid to upper 80s and lows in the 60s to mid 70s. Rainfall data through today and long term rainfall totals for 1972–1977 are listed, noting highest annual 53.02 inches in 1972 and lowest 17.15 inches in 1930.
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Virginia
Atlantic Seaboard Leads in Real Estate Foreclosures
The Atlantic Seaboard led US regions in foreclosures with over 255 million in real estate foreclosures in 1976. Metropolitan Atlanta associations foreclosed on more than 42 million, ranking among the top cities nationwide. Florida totaled 127 million while Georgia posted 52.7 million. Ed W. Hiles of the Georgia Savings and Loan League called 1977 a turnaround year.
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Atlanta
Atlantic Seaboard
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
FHLBB
Savings and Loan
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
District of Columbia
Maryland
California
Arizona
Nevada
Ed W. Hiles
The
Georgia Savings and Loan League
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Ner Funeral Home
Anna M. Bennett
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Clarence E. Harman
Agnes I. Hovermale
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Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Smalts Florists, Inc
Camps
Amherst Streft
Winchester VA
Star
Warren County Front
Clraves
Bernard F. Groves
Braddock
Sacred Heart
Island Blaze
Enders
Hummer’s Island
Watermelon Park
Wayne Wetzel
Enders Company
Wetzel
Ihe
Rt. 606
J. Miles Cary
N. Cameron St
National
NOAA
Associated Press
Rockies
New England
Appalachians
Middletown
Clarke County
Front Royal Fire
Sheritt
Wine Hospital
Front Royal Hospital
Johnstown
W.va
Johnstown Grocery
Martinsburg
Walter Bailes
Evangelis" Bailes
Bailes Bros
Nashville
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